RobertBasil
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The funniest Craigslist ad I've seen in a long time!
http://flagstaff.craigslist.org/vgm/3068204926.html
I'll include the text and photos below in case it get's deleted. Yes, I know this is obviously a joke, but it's a great one!
Pinball Wall Art - $100000 (Flagstaff)
Date: 2012-06-09, 5:51PM MST
Reply to: [email protected]
Up for sale is a one of a kind piece of art. You may wonder how a 50 dollar pinball machine with 40 dollars worth of lights is suddenly worth 100k, i'll tell you, its art! And art is worth whatever someone chooses it to be worth. I arrived at 100k using this formula, $50 + $40 + thousands of hours of work. What took thousands of hours? Well to the layman's eye it might look like i just painted it with some black spray paint. However i actually used a stipple technique which consists of making millions of small dots with a single horsehair and since the pinball machine's original color was yellow, this took several applications to get the overall solid black appearance. Then since 1978 particle board isn't very sturdy i reenforced the edges with 2x4's i had around laying around my house. Now if you are some rich fat cat art connoisseur and think you can swoop in and offer me a paltry 10k or something i will be forced to laugh in your face! And then we can discuss where and when is a good time to meet, i can deliver in a 14,500 mile area. In the future when hanging pinball wall art is all the rage, a mere 100k would be a steal. Its like getting Picasso's first coloring book for 10 bucks. NO LOWBALLERS. If serious and really rich, please put in the subject line "I have a briefcase full of money for you, please take it". Thanks for looking.
http://flagstaff.craigslist.org/vgm/3068204926.html
I'll include the text and photos below in case it get's deleted. Yes, I know this is obviously a joke, but it's a great one!
Pinball Wall Art - $100000 (Flagstaff)
Date: 2012-06-09, 5:51PM MST
Reply to: [email protected]
Up for sale is a one of a kind piece of art. You may wonder how a 50 dollar pinball machine with 40 dollars worth of lights is suddenly worth 100k, i'll tell you, its art! And art is worth whatever someone chooses it to be worth. I arrived at 100k using this formula, $50 + $40 + thousands of hours of work. What took thousands of hours? Well to the layman's eye it might look like i just painted it with some black spray paint. However i actually used a stipple technique which consists of making millions of small dots with a single horsehair and since the pinball machine's original color was yellow, this took several applications to get the overall solid black appearance. Then since 1978 particle board isn't very sturdy i reenforced the edges with 2x4's i had around laying around my house. Now if you are some rich fat cat art connoisseur and think you can swoop in and offer me a paltry 10k or something i will be forced to laugh in your face! And then we can discuss where and when is a good time to meet, i can deliver in a 14,500 mile area. In the future when hanging pinball wall art is all the rage, a mere 100k would be a steal. Its like getting Picasso's first coloring book for 10 bucks. NO LOWBALLERS. If serious and really rich, please put in the subject line "I have a briefcase full of money for you, please take it". Thanks for looking.
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