Sick of CL vigilantes

Rev. Hayes
Rev. Hayes Posts: 475
edited January 2011 in The Clubhouse
Do you all have these people on your local CL that feel that it is their lone responsibility to save idiots from so called "white van" speakers (even when the asking price is perfectly reasonable).

If you can use the internet well enough to search craigslist then you should also be capable of using copy/paste and google.

Caveat emptor, no?


This latests ****SCAM**** alert is just ridiculous.

http://raleigh.craigslist.org/ele/2147175700.html

The seller was only asking $25 for two functional speakers and two long runs of wire.
Sounds good to me...
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  • nguyendot
    nguyendot Posts: 3,594
    edited January 2011
    You'd be surprised. People are pretty dumb and slow.. If you don't like the vigilantes, you don't have to click on their ads you know.
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  • coolsax
    coolsax Posts: 1,824
    edited January 2011
    yeah I don't ever post any warnings.. but I do flag any that seem to be obvious scammers, if they are asking more than $50 for them I'll flag it however, its not worth my time to post warnings. imo.
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  • Rev. Hayes
    Rev. Hayes Posts: 475
    edited January 2011
    coolsax wrote: »
    yeah I don't ever post any warnings.. but I do flag any that seem to be obvious scammers, if they are asking more than $50 for them I'll flag it however, its not worth my time to post warnings. imo.

    Amen

    It's like these guy's want a pat on the back or something.

    If it's a flaging offense then flag.
    Sounds good to me...
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  • blueboxer
    blueboxer Posts: 621
    edited January 2011
    My ex-girlfriend fell for the old white van scam back in the day. Even though she had made the purchase, I still felt a swift kick to the ****.
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  • quadzilla
    quadzilla Posts: 1,543
    edited January 2011
    Doesn't work any way.... If warning people about crappy speakers worked, Bose would be out of business.
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  • kawizx9r
    kawizx9r Posts: 5,150
    edited January 2011
    quadzilla wrote: »
    If warning people about crappy speakers worked, Bose would be out of business.

    Quoted for TRUTH! :biggrin:

    Think I should add that to my sig :wink:
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    heiney9 wrote: »
    Any clue how to use the internet? Found it in about 10 sec.
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