I am so excited to bring this to you guys I can barely stand it. Yesterday morning I placed my son’s bunk bed on Craig’s List for $600 OBO. Here is a screen shot. Seeing that many of my former jobs have been writing product descriptions, I think I did pretty good:
About an hour after I posted this, I get my first hit! I specified communication via text only and that is how they responded. They said that due to their job they couldn’t pick it up but would pay me via PayPal and have a shipper come pick it up. RED FLAG 1! A few hours later, I got another “busy bee” who was too busy to pick it up but would send payment via a cashier’s check including, money for the movers. RED FLAG 2! That is when I had an idea and began work. I set up a fake text number and changed it on Craig’s List, sat back and waited. At 9:07 p.m., the first victim responded and here is what went down. Enjoy!
This is when I was like, “oh shit, he wants the “cat” too?” I ran over to a sleeping Chichi, scooped up my Chihuahua and took her up to my son’s bedroom. My son followed me in my wake. Thankfully Chichi held still for a second as I snapped the pic you see in the text above. Chichi was obviously believable enough to be a cat because he moved on….
This Morning
And this is only the first day on Craig’s List peoples!!! I am elated with the thought of how many I am going to be chatting with.
I wouldn’t have the patience to deal with those people!
I enjoyed every ounce of this!
I’m so jealous! When we sold that gross orange pool table on craigslist all we got was whiny football fans who complained that I posted it on a game day and couldn’t I wait a few days to sell it.
OMG! Really? That’s ridiculous. I’ve since had 2 valid offers and George is on the hunt for mannequins as he text me yesterday saying, ” let me see what I can find.”
LOL that is soooo great! I especially like the picture of Chichi! It looks like if you were to see her face it would be like “wtf? I was literally sleeping…” lol
She wasn’t happy. I have never had so much fun posting in the classifieds. I literally took a pic of my tv to fake sell for shits and giggles!
Lol!! Now you’re the scammer!! Haha
I know! And I love it!
lol you are such a hoot!
I hope you manage to sell the bed t a real person in the end!!
I have 2 real buyers but we will see! Believe it or not, George got back to me to say he was going to see if he could find mannequins for me!! LOL!
That is pretty amaaazing!
I think so too!!
hahaha! I was actually laughing out loud! These people are so ridiculous! People must be falling for it cause they keep at it….
I am so glad I made you laugh! I hope I get more scam artists bc I have so much up my sleeve! Such dorks, right?!?!
Dear God! You find em all , dontcha!!!
I pray more scammers text me. I am going to have too much fun with this. Just yesterday a scammer reached out to me for the dresser I really am selling and the fake post for the tv that I am selling. They aren’t responding back though.
Lol! You are crazy!!!!
And I love every bit of it!! 😉
I know you do!
who da scammer here lol. Loved it and you have the patience of an angel!
Yes I’m the scammer now! My youngest thinks the FBI will be after me for fake posting our tv to get a scammer to contact me. That’s adorable.
So funny! clearly your youngest is most concerned for your safety! Good way to turn the tables though. I have a friend that if called on the phone by someone trying to sell them something just says back what the other person says to them until they get bored and hang up!
Oh, Scammers. . . do cute with their dumbness. I’m proud of you for taking the power back (and sharing the hilarious results!
Thank you Angela! I hope to have additional acts of dumbness to share with you guys, once another scammer takes the bait!
Too funny. I can’t wait to see your new mannequins.
I want to buy the catdog from the former president. 500.00 is a steal for that new breed.
Can you believe that moron falling for that?!?! I want to be like, “get your head out of the money and look at the clues that you are being scammed!”
This is hysterical. Way to turn a potentially boring life event into an entertaining transaction. I wouldn’t have thought about doing a fake account for the texting. Love the photo of the dog, er I mean cat, the drawer!
Thank you! I really did think our conversation was done after I put ChiChi in the drawer, BUT HE KEPT GOING!!
That is so funny!!!
Oh my goodness, this is great!!! Thanks for a morning laugh!!!
Yeah! It makes me smile knowing I made someone else smile!! Thank you for reading!!!
Love this! I get a few scam calls on the phone but can never think up a witty enough response. Although I did once play Green Day’s ‘Ha Ha You’re Dead’ down the phone after asking him to hold. Have no idea how long he hung on for!
lol that’s pure evil, but really rather funny. We don’t have Craigs List here, but I think if I tried that on ebay some dude would be round my house with a baseball bat, and not looking to sell it either lol
You’re evil!! This was very funny, thank you1
Yes. Yes I am evil. I’m glad you liked this!! Thank you!
LOL! Craigslist freaks me out. Although the Missed Connections can be really funny.
Yes, I am extremely careful with Craig’s List. Even dumb crooks can be dangerous.
OMG!! I can see why you cried with laughter, what a total idiot. He couldn’t have made it more obvious how much he was scamming you.
I know! It really wasn’t that hard on my part! What a moron!
I just can’t imagine how he thought it was going to end in his favour.
If I were rich, I think I would have gone through with the scam to see how far this guy would go.
I think if I was rich and could be bothered I would trap his cherry ass.
Yeah…that would be fun, wouldn’t it?!?!