Craigslist "people"...WOW

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So, I'm selling a pin on Craigslist, and receive an e-mail about it late last night. I reply to the e-mail, giving my work number, and telling the interested party to call me tomorrow (today).

About half an hour, he contacts me, saying he could come buy the machine tomorrow. I tell him that another party -- who had contacted me early this morning -- might come get it this evening, and that if they show up, it's theirs. I also explain that I stopped holding things for people on Craigslist a long time ago, and that it's a situation of whoever shows up first with the money gets it.

After a good bit of silence, he says, "Well that's bullshit", and hangs up on me.

Clearly, this isn't anyone I want to deal with, so I just put it out of my mind.

About 5 minutes later, he calls and leaves a message saying, "Hi, this is xxxx. I can come get the machine in a couple hours. Call me back." After the way he handled our previous conversation, I, of course, choose to continue ignoring him.

A few minutes after that, he calls again, asking the receptionist to patch him through to my supervisor. She forwards him to the CEO's secretary, at which point he leaves a message saying he "needed to file a complaint" about me.

Shortly after that, he gets a hold of one of the other ladies who works here, and tells her that he needed to "file a complaint" about me, and that he "wanted that damn pinball machine". She's completely and utterly stupefied.

After that call, he calls again and tells the receptionist that she didn't forward him to my supervisor, and asked if he could "speak to a man".

A couple of minutes ago, he calls again, getting hold of me and going off about how I didn't give him ANY information to contact me, and that he can't believe that I'm treating him like this after he spent 11 years in the military. I did my best to talk over his ranting, telling him to STOP calling us, and that I considered it to be borderline harassment. I also explained that I have his name, e-mail address and phone number, and would have no problem contacting the Knoxville authorities if need be. I told him a couple more times to STOP calling us, and hung up on his continuing rant.

As of this writing, all has been quiet.

Total...fucking...loon.
 
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Guess he's allowed to get mad at you because of how you "treated" him, but you're not allowed to get mad at him because of how he treated you. Makes sense. :rolleyes:
 
Here's your email back to him:

Dear [crazy loon's name],

I want to apologize for any miscommunication or unfair treatment you may have perceived due to my actions. After cooling down and thinking about this, I was able to understand why you were frustrated, and I'd like to now make amends to you by doing the following:

*I'm going to sell the pinball machine to you for less than my original listed price...after I take a dump on the playfield

*I'll be getting in touch with another local guy who has the same machine and wants to sell it - and give him your information and $100 if he promises NOT to sell it to you

*I'll write your number on the bathroom stall at Arby's with a "For a good time, call" message.

If this sounds acceptable, please let me know.
 
Hence why I never use work phone #s for personal use. I work in IT and trust me when I say I had to run and shut down the mail server once when I saw some email that made it to a bunch of people.
 
Wow. People are freaking nuts. Hopefully it doesn't screw you up at work.

He did a good job at freaking our receptionist out and pissing me off, but other than that, the whole situation is seen as a ridiculous curiosity. After all, we've gone through this sort of thing before with the whole "DetroitPimp" fiasco, so my office knows what's up. (Clearly I'm some sort of lightning rod for the inhabitants of Dumbfuckistan.)

I just wish the boss had been here, 'cause I would have loved to hear what he would have told the guy.
 
What military? I am not sure that any branch of the armed forces endorses this sort of rant. What kind of soldier asks for your boss to complain about this sort of thing... none that I know.

What machine is this? What is worth trying to get someone in trouble for. I don't care if its a addams family for 75 bucks. You don't screw with someones paycheck. You suck it up and move on. I would honestly think most soldiers know this. There are many tough gigs out there.. you don't use your choice of profession to gain favor.

As a side.. I think taking a dump on the playfield violates some sort of code that we live by... let some animal crap inside of it.
 
My CL rant for this week.

I responded to an ad for a car, which has been posted for over 6 months. I emailed the guy and said I'd take it. He called me on the phone to confirm, I confirmed that I'd take it. It was cheap, it wasn't running, no surprises, so I had no problems confirming that I will take it no matter what. I drive 5 hours to get it, only to have the guy tell me that he sold it out from under me because he "thought" I would flake. Never again will I drive more than 15 minutes for anyone on CL.
 
Welcome to the Wide Wierd World of CL. See link for more CL fun: link.

This is why I only post on CL without contact info. That way they have to email and CL forwards it. I can then pick and choose who I respond to. If they want it, they can email. They figured out how to browse to it didn't they?

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What machine is this?

It's the "OMG RAER" and highly sought-after Party Animal by Bally. :/

Apparently, it is the greatest pinball machine to have ever been released, and they are meant to be owned by psychologically impaired ex-servicemen ONLY.
 
So, I'm selling a pin on Craigslist, and receive an e-mail about it late last night. I reply to the e-mail, giving my work number, and telling the interested party to call me tomorrow (today).

About half an hour, he contacts me, saying he could come buy the machine tomorrow. I tell him that another party -- who had contacted me early this morning -- might come get it this evening, and that if they show up, it's theirs. I also explain that I stopped holding things for people on Craigslist a long time ago, and that it's a situation of whoever shows up first with the money gets it.

After a good bit of silence, he says, "Well that's bullshit", and hangs up on me.

Clearly, this isn't anyone I want to deal with, so I just put it out of my mind.

About 5 minutes later, he calls and leaves a message saying, "Hi, this is xxxx. I can come get the machine in a couple hours. Call me back." After the way he handled our previous conversation, I, of course, choose to continue ignoring him.

A few minutes after that, he calls again, asking the receptionist to patch him through to my supervisor. She forwards him to the CEO's secretary, at which point he leaves a message saying he "needed to file a complaint" about me.

Shortly after that, he gets a hold of one of the other ladies who works here, and tells her that he needed to "file a complaint" about me, and that he "wanted that damn pinball machine". She's completely and utterly stupefied.

After that call, he calls again and tells the receptionist that she didn't forward him to my supervisor, and asked if he could "speak to a man".

A couple of minutes ago, he calls again, getting hold of me and going off about how I didn't give him ANY information to contact me, and that he can't believe that I'm treating him like this after he spent 11 years in the military. I did my best to talk over his ranting, telling him to STOP calling us, and that I considered it to be borderline harassment. I also explained that I have his name, e-mail address and phone number, and would have no problem contacting the Knoxville authorities if need be. I told him a couple more times to STOP calling us, and hung up on his continuing rant.

As of this writing, all has been quiet.

Total...fucking...loon.


I would have said that I was sorry his decision making process was so poor that he wasted 11 full years of his life but that's not my problem. Bye.
 
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You ever seen that "people of wal-mart" website? LOL

http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/

I think I'm going to start a "people of craigslist" website, I think it would be just as entertaining.

I always chuckle (and quite frankly, feel sorry for) the guys that have the hacked up generic cabs with some lame game in them and they are asking $1500 firm, and they'd rather keep it than sell it any less, lol.....
 
Dude if you get home and their is a bunny boiling on the stove wrap up the kitchen knives dont take a bath and oh yeah and call the police.
 
People on Craigs can be a joke sometimes.

On the bright side, I do find these rant/crazy price/hellcade threads entertaining reads so I guess I can thank craigslist for that.
 
That was borderline harassment...that WAS harassment! What a shitbag! And that's why I never never never under any circumstances list a number of any kind on craigslist.They can respond through e-mails and that's it.I'm not about to put up with some shitbag's shenanigans.
 
tntbone said:
Dude if you get home and their is a bunny boiling on the stove wrap up the kitchen knives dont take a bath and oh yeah and call the police.

Yeah, seriously. After the way he was acting, I was beginning to wonder if he was gonna go all Rambo on me and show up at the office, taking out my fellow employees one-by-one while screaming "I WANT THAT DAMN PINBALL MACHINE! BLAAARGH!!!"


gutsman004 said:
And that's why I never never never under any circumstances list a number of any kind on craigslist.They can respond through e-mails and that's it.I'm not about to put up with some shitbag's shenanigans.

I never post a phone number in my ads either, but it seems that most would-be buyers don't want to communicate through the written word, so when they ask for a phone number (through Craigslist e-mail), I give them one. And seeing as how FAR TOO MANY people can't properly form complete sentences or at least spell on a 3rd grade level, communicating outside of e-mail is probably for the best.
 
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