Spanky Ham
Joined: 22 Mar 2006
Posts: 5643
Location: Comedy Central
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| Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 5:17 am Post subject: Sometimes spamming Craigslist can backfire |
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This guy in Atlanta calls himself the Geek of All Trades and is always posting three or four ads a day. Almost everything he sells is old digital crap, but he does sometimes have an old CRT or two in. I only look at Craigslist every once in awhile and have mostly been able to avoid reading his multiple postings. To me, it is annoying when someone posts a couple of ads a day (unless it is an attractive hooker:))
Anyway, it looks like he is now getting some negative feedback. I wonder if he will go into hiding. 
http://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/ele/1806480732.html
His detractors:
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"BEWARE OF THIS CON ARTIST IN FLOWERY BRANCH" I ALSO BOUGHT A PROJECTOR FROM THIS GUY FIRST HE SAID HE HAD ONE THING AND WHEN I GOT THERE HE HAD ANOTHER SO LIKE A JACKASS I BOUGHT IT WAS A "OLD" SONY I WAS BUYING IT FOR MY CHURCH. WELL HE LIED ABOUT THE SPECS AND HIS PACKAGE DEAL WAS A SHAM THE MOUNTING BRACKETS DID'NT FIT THE PROJECTOR AND THE SCREEN DID'NT LOCK AND HE SAID IF IT DID'NT WORK I COULD CALL HIM AND HE WOULD FIX IT OF COURSE HE DIDI'NT AND NOW THE PROJECTOR DOESN'T WORK AND THIS WAS TWO MONTH AGO WHEN I BOUGHT IT AND NOW HE WON'T ANSWER MY PHONE CALLS THIS GUY IS EVERYTHING THATS WRONG WITH CRAIGSLIST I EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT CALLING CHANNEL 2 ON HIM BECAUSE THIS JUST WASN'T RIGHT!!!!!!!! |
http://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/ele/1807673297.html
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I brought a projectors from the geek of all trades and they are not new. He is the most rudest person I every came accross after driving 40 min out of my way that to get a deal that was not worth it because It only work for two days and he was not willing to work with me and / or give me a new projector. If you have money to waste then by all means buy from the geek of all trades.
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http://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/ele/1806963254.html
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Sparky015
Joined: 12 May 2009
Posts: 1185
Location: Cleveland / Akron, OH
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| Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 12:17 pm Post subject: |
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I can't stand when personal ads use WOW like 5 times. Seriously. That's a red flag for me that the guy is probably a dushe and not totally on the up and up. I like straight shooting ads that just tell me what they have, condition, and price. Don't try to oversell it by acting all excited and surprised in your ad.
Besides, if he has a day job, where is he getting all of this stuff to sell? That is another flag. Are they lifted, or just plain junk? Looks like they are junk.
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