Oh my, what an ad, I love when I see ads like this. I have to see how much for this “sex” of 5 cards:
Set Of 5 Baseball Cards
I have a sex of five authentic baseball cards
Im taking bids till tuesday and the highes bidder will wil plaease reasonalble bids
My initial take: Sometimes you see an ad that just begs to be picked on. If you are going to sell anything on Craigslist, I don’t care if it’s cards or a used vacuum cleaner, at least make the ad not only easy to read, but also pretty descriptive. Plus have a clue what Craigslist is all about, post a price and if I want it I’ll buy it. There is no bidding on Craigslist, if you want items bid on then go to eBay. These cards together are worth maybe 25 cents if that. Let’s go have some fun shall we?
The emails:
Me: Sweet set of cards! What set are these from? How much are you looking to get.
Craigslist Idiot (CI): i not sur wat set from but i have to sell for bills. u want (Nice! I know it’s going to be a fun CI when the other person is illiterate)
Me: I have no idea what the cards are worth, but I know I have to get these for my son. Do you ship?
CI: wat do u mene
Me: Can you mail it if I pay for shipping, cash of course.
CI: shure i can how much u bid
Me: How about 25 cents? I can pay you by paypal, we could wrap this up tonight!
CI: gots to be cash, and ur offr is not sereus.
Me: What would be a serious offer?
CI: 100 to 200
Me: OK, I simply must have these cards, I will up my offer to 150 pennies.
CI: stop messin round, u want cards, i want 200 bucks
Me: But the cards are only worth maybe a penny each. My offer of 150 pennies is quite reasonable. So lets finish this, I’ll mail you the 150 pennies and a self adressed stamped envelope to mail the cards in.
CI: wat rong wit u. I sed 200 bucks. not 150 pennies
Me: Nothing’s wrong with me champ, you cards are worthless, I was offering 100x what they are really worth, got any bids?
CI: u da first, they be mor come (I’m glad I speak illiteracy)
Me: Well in your ad, you said that bidding ends on Tuesday, if I’m still the highest bidder with my 150 pennies, then I’ll send you the stuff to mail it back to me with.
CI: i not sel for dat lo
Me: But then its false advertising. I could sue you for the cards. Any court of law will side with me. You opened up bidding and if I’m the highest bidder I win!
CI: u dum or somthin, i no sel to u for 150pen
Me: I’m sorry did you just call me dumb? I mean I think you did, but with your stellar communication skills it’s tough to figure out. Are you part caveman or something? Like that guy in the Gieco commercials? Anyways, you said in your ad if I was the highest bidder on Tuesday that I win. I’m calling you on Tuesday to see if I win.
CI: forgtit
Me: I will not forge my bid, the 150 penny bid is my serious offer. I would never forge anything.
CI: im dun with u by
Me: So talk to you on Tuesday then, when I win my cards, also if someone tries to outbid me in the last second, like by offering 151 pennies, make my bid like 175 pennies. I hate people that snipe bids in at the end. Wish me luck!!
End of emails
Final Take: How fun was that? I love confusing people, and I decided to try the eBay approach with him. The truth is, he has about a nickel worth of cards there, it’s laughable that he wanted 100 to 200 bucks for it. I think my offer of 150 pennies is way higher than i could get these cards on eBay for. I sure hope no one snipes my bid at the end. I’ll have to check back on Tuesday.
Huh? wat u meen dis guy not from nomal, mybe try 200 chiliean pesos or 1,400 korean won don no. wuz dis internaton creg lis ?
Too Funny
I’m speechless at that horrid display of grammar. I was able to read it and understand it, but I feel like my IQ has dropped because of it. He can’t even put a simple sentence together but he learned for certain that Baseball cards = $BIG MONEY$!
That’s too much…haha. Maybe the bill the guy has to pay is for his “Adult Night Education Class”, or I hope it’s for that. We all know he needs it.
Later,
Submarine Shane – Wax Heaven Man on the Street
I would like to think he’s doing this from his cell phone, but the fact that he’s selling 5 cards for $200 makes me believe he’s just really stupid. I actually became frustrated reading that. Its amazing that there are people like that in this world. Nice job!
Wow. I think I am with Peter on this one… I actually feel dumber (..or dumr) after reading that guys responses which barely resemble any part of the english language. I love the logic here… I have no idea what I am selling but it MUST be worth $200. Another great one BadWax… quite humorous as always.
This was one of the funniest CI posts ever! I can’t stop giggling…Great job as usual!
The guy can’t be serious. I mean… jesus.
It did manage to make me laugh out loud though. Or.. lol.
I don’t know what to think of this one, but I’m glad to see the CI’s are back in full force. This guy must be retarded or something because how stupid can you be? Forget that he wants 200 bucks for this crap, just his way of communicating is scary. Also I have to defend the GEICO cavemen, they are much more articulate then this moron.
This guy is just Reeeeeeetarded…. durrrr.
WOW!!! This has to be the dumbest person you’ve messed with so far. What a complete ass. Not only does he think he’s sitting on gold (as opposed to the worthless crap it is), he can’t even formulate a complete sentence or spell more than 2 letter words correctly.
Too bad spam bombing is frowned upon. We should all send this guy about 1,000 emails a day, complete with proper Kings’ English, offering less than you did.
Worthless cards?
A penny each?
Maybe, sir, you didn’t see the 1990 Topps Tony Gwynn All Star card.
u dum or somthin
Did anyone notice this was listed as a “SEX” of five baseball cards?
Perhaps the cards were not the centerpiece of this deal…
Kudos to Matt for best comment
y u gotta dis caveman? caveman bes musch smarta
I think I just peed a little when I read this.
You actually offered him a pretty sweet deal. Does it still stand? I’ve got a couple Pedro Guerreros I could let go for 150 pen.
the Jim Campanis card is damn sweet!