Comments on: Hoax Craigslist ads

By: Craigslist hoax not a hoax @ hello! yoshi

Craigslist hoax not a hoax @ hello! yoshi — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:03:51 +0000

[...] when I wrote that post about Hoax Craigslist ads? Well, turns out, the police say it wasn’t a hoax after all. What apparently happened was a [...]

By: Yoshi

Yoshi — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:31:14 +0000

@insomnic yeah it’s sad. And you know the people that came and picked up stuff will be exonerated as long as they return the items they picked up. stupid.

@joz I’m sure he’ll find out (or the police will find out) who made the post. And yeah I hope he gets his stuff back. I just don’t know how people can live with themselves after stealing his stuff.

@daddy forever and that’s the sad part. These people were using the craigslist as an excuse to steal. That’s just wrong. Sometimes I hate people.

@cybrpunk Yeah, actually this isn’t the first time this has happened. This happened to another person last year. And that was a totally messed up situation. I never followed what happened, but I know it was much worse.

@avitable lol yeah, I know some people too. :D

By: Avitable

Avitable — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:32:05 +0000

I’ve got some people that I should do that to.

By: cybrpunk

cybrpunk — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 03:32:19 +0000

That is seriously messed up. I’ve thought of some insidious ideas in my time, but that one tops them all.

Whoever posted the ad obviously knows the owner. They knew to post the ad when he would be away at the lake. Shouldn’t be too hard to track the person down if Craigslist keeps any logs at all.

But yeah, some measure of blame has to be put on the greedy people who went to the house and took the property. People are greedy and I can only imagine that the people who get up early to beat people to the best deals at yard sales to resell later on are the first people that showed up. Imagine if it had been true though. Sure it’s not something that happens, but that doesn’t mean it couldn’t.

By: Daddy Forever

Daddy Forever — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:35:30 +0000

I’m not sure what could be done, but I would have thought the ad was some sort of prank unless the owner wasn’t going to be there.

By: The Internet Is Not Always True « Insomnic Dreams

The Internet Is Not Always True « Insomnic Dreams — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:21:30 +0000

[...] Internet Is Not Always True Yoshi pointed out a news article about someone posting a fake ad on Craigslist essentially saying “I have to leave the state – [...]

By: :: jozjozjoz ::

:: jozjozjoz :: — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:08:46 +0000

This is so f-ed up!

The people who took the stuff are to blame and committed theft.

I hope the guy gets most of his stuff back + finds out who put the ad up so he can sue their pants off.

By: Insomnic

Insomnic — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:13:34 +0000

Craigslist is a self governed – for the most part – classifieds. There are links for every post that allow you to mark it as spam or fake. I’d see ‘em pretty regularly when looking for PSP stuff. I’d mark them as spam or fake and in about a day they’d be taken down.
Still – I blame the people who went out there and took the stuff more than the person who posted it. Who the hell goes to a home that looks lived in and just takes stuff? When does that EVER happen? Especially when the owner comes home and says ‘That’s mine! Don’t take it!’ and they wave a printout at him and leave with the stuff!? I hope those people get convicted of a whole slew of stuff and hopefully the guy will get most of his stuff back.