Craigslist idiot baiter

trickman

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This Craigslist guy is a jerk/idiot:

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Devestators Arcade - $50

I Have A Devestators Arcade From The 80's. Everything Works Really Good But It Takes Up Too Much Room In My Apartment. I'm Asking 50 Dollars OBO And Would Like To Get Rid Of ASAP. If Interested You Can Call Me From 7am to 3am at XXX-XXX-XXXX (Person's Name). No Emails Please

I thought I'd at least look at what this guy had to offer. I call the guy and he tells me that it was a mistake and he wants $500. Uh...what?! I told him he better take down his ad and post another one with the right price. He agreed. Next day, it's still up there. He's just baiting people to call and then springing a new price on them when they do. I hate people like that!
 
to give anonymous the benefit of the doubt, maybe an honest mistake, or he's a craigslist noobie?

what good does it do him to have people call him so he can jack the price up 10 times? that game is a little overpriced at 50 bucks...lol.
 
you could always flag it.

I did flag it. One flag doesn't take down a post though...

And giving the guy the benefit of the doubt means giving him a chance to do the right thing and take down his post and relist it, which he did not. It smacks of a deliberate bait and switch. Price is listed two places in the ad—The title says $50 AND the posting text says 50 Dollars as well.

What good does it do him? Either he is hoping someone will actually think the $500 is a good price (which it's not), or he is selling it for a friend (more likely since the person's name on the email and the name on the ad to call did not match) and he is telling the friend that he got all these calls but it didn't sell.

Oh, and he didn't take pics of the real game either—He grabbed cabinet shots off KLOV of the machine. Again, to me sounds like a scammer more than a noob.
 
put the link in the post and we will flag his ass TRUST ME.

Others must've already flagged him. The listing is gone. I'm sure he didn't sell it for $500! :p

And no, the $300 Devastators machine is from someone else in a different location.
 
I had a similar guy who posted a Mr. Do Cocktail for $100. When I contacted him he said that his girlfriend posted the thing wrong it should have been $1000.

This was in the NYC Craigslist.

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