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68 Times People Tried To Make Money On Craigslist, Only For Hilarity To Ensue (New Pics)
Before Facebook Marketplace became a widely preferred platform for online selling, there was Craigslist. It’s one of the pioneers alongside eBay and has remained popular despite its outdated interface, which has seemed to stand the test of time.
Given its hundreds of millions of monthly users, the platform will inevitably attract sellers who are on the oddball side. These are the people who would put up ridiculous listings and seriously try to make money.
Here are some of the posts that take the cake, as featured on the Delusional Craigslist subreddit.
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#1
Sarcophagus Full Of Ramen For $1000
Shark Lady 3 days ago
It would seriously mess with an archaeologist if you ever got dug up in a few hundred years time.
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Billo66 3 days ago (edited)
I have a black and chrome Alice in Chains themed coffin waiting. It's very cool but still not excited to use it. My songs are Nutshell, Down in a Hole, Fade to Black, and A Little Bit off. Sucks planning that shit yourself.
UnclePanda 3 days ago
We have music box coffins now? I gotta get a play list together. My memorial is gonna ROCK! Until they close the lid, at least.
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#2
One Of The Kookier Things I’ve Stumbled Across On Fb Marketplace
Nikole 3 days ago
Because when you put the hassock on the couch the whole thing looks like a lemon!!
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#3
Very Old One
Zach Taylor 3 days ago
That's public nudity and in some places you can end up on the s*x offender registry.
Asher Tye 3 days ago
Note they said they'd only protect you from THEIR family, not anyone else.
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It’s one thing for someone to try to dupe you with a Craigslist ad that came with a ridiculous price tag. It’s another thing to fall for a rental scam on the platform, which many people unfortunately do.
One reason is that these dubious property listings are difficult to spot at first glance. But according to real estate expert Melissa Spittel, there are red flags to look out for.
#4
Japanese Mature For Scale
Sara Frazer 2 days ago
Can you even safely/successfully transplant such an established maple???
#5
Dude Thinks He's Entitled To My Free Lawnmower
#6
She's Selling A Walmart Shopping Cart... For 50 Bucks
Andy Frobig 3 days ago
Well, everything is more expensive in Alaska, and I really miss these double decker carts, but I've had my fill of flying into Anchorage in January
Otto Katz 3 days ago
Someone stole a shopping cart, and instead of returning it, they are trying to sell it.
Load More Replies...According to Spittel, one sign that should raise eyebrows is a seller’s unwillingness to meet in person. Another red flag, and a glaring one at that, is a seller who asks for a down payment before you’ve even seen the place. Then there’s the typical sob story that doesn’t add up.
“They might tell you a family member was in a bad accident, or is very sick, and they need to rent the place as soon as possible to pay medical bills. Don’t fall for those lies,” Spittel wrote.
#7
How I Upset A Low Baller
#8
Buy Me Lunch So I Can Talk About Myself
Michael Largey 3 days ago
After you hear him talk about his novel, you may not be terribly hungry.
Sally Moen 3 days ago
Sure I've got a few hours and some cash to burn, why not? For the Princeton tourist experience
Zombie Andrew 2 days ago
OOh, let me JUMP at the chance of paying for a meal for a complete stranger while they spout the plot of their 30000 page book on space aliens and conspiracy theories
#9
Recent One I Found
Lotekguy 3 days ago
Actually, he's rather courteous about stating his intentions. That's only an asset if he takes no for an answer when she does see him.
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Spittel says it is still safe to rent a property via Craigslist. However, you must exercise vigilance and do your due diligence. Among her top tips is Googling the address. According to Spittel, a legitimate listing will appear on multiple websites.
Her second tip is to do a reverse image search. While it isn’t foolproof, Spittel says stolen images will usually return a list of pages that feature matching photos. That is another clear indicator of a questionable listing.
#10
Surprisingly, Nobody Was Interested In This Offer
Ye Olde Dirty Grumpy 3 days ago
One of the women I was in the looney bin with said she was a captive in such a situation.
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Sally Moen 3 days ago
These type of ads are thinly veiled girlfriend ads. There's many for boyfriends too. And house boys. It's all dependent on you putting your bedroom talents to use
Eggwodd 3 days ago
I think I need to stop calling my sons "house boys", I don't think that means they still live at home...
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#11
Absolutely Gobsmacked
Blue Bunny of Happiness 3 days ago
Made with the other hand tied behind their back, and possibly whilst wearing a blindfold
Barbara Wilcock 2 days ago
Interested about how much weed you need to smoke before this is a good idea
#12
How Much?
Eggwodd 3 days ago
Naw, if it was a cat, he'd be on the lookout for a new hamster.
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Bored Retsuko 3 days ago (edited)
Sure the price is high, but rodent owners are always encouraged to ask a high rehoming fee, so as to not attract snake owners buying it as food! Once OOP got in touch with a potential owner, they may have negotiated the price.
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Other types of Craigslist scams may involve cashier's checks, overseas sellers, and even pets. As such, the platform itself provides tips and warnings to help users avoid losing hard-earned money or sharing sensitive information.
Among the list of Craigslist’s “Don’ts” are accepting cashier’s checks as payment, wiring money, receiving requests via escrow services, and disclosing bank account numbers and other personal data, such as Social Security numbers, driver’s licenses, and even job references.
#13
Autism Table. Handcrafted And Made By Someone Personally Touched By Autism, Whatever That Means
Lukas (he/him, it/its) 3 days ago
I feel bad for her child if she follows autism groups that still use the puzzle piece symbol. Groups like that often advocate for "cures" and consider us to have "pieces missing", like we are less than a whole person for having autism. Autism is not something to be cured or fixed. We are not broken or less than. People need to learn how to work with us, rather than how to "fix" us.
Asmodeus Hare 2 days ago
I asked once. Was told how they felt. Told them I would avoid it but thought it meant life's pieces to find the whole self. She said "oh God wish that was the meaning."
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Help Emptying My Tank
Lotekguy 3 days ago (edited)
One step on the morality ladder above the Epstein crowd.
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JB 3 days ago
"Thomas the tank engine huffed and puffed as he pulled out of Paddington...:
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Ahhh he needs a mechanic! Probs put the wrong fuel in his car tisk tisk silly sausage
Ravenkbh 3 days ago
From Search Assist Answers: You can use a siphon to empty your tank - or an air compressor or manual pump. But avoid the fumes and don't get any in your mouth!
azubi 3 days ago
OP goes all the lenghts to put it into non-offensive words and you still find it gross. Has it ever occured to you that you might find life itself gross?
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Am I Crazy?
Laserleader 3 days ago
For less than $10 a day, thats not enough to drop off a food order let alone enter your house.
moggiemoo 2 days ago
It's one day a week but I'd still want at least double that for all the work described.
Load More Replies...The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office also revealed what is known as a “Sweetheart Scam” using Craigslist. In a nutshell, it’s when a con artist tries to win the trust and affection of a person before taking their money.
In that regard, the Los Angeles DA's office also advises against disclosing financial information, including PayPal email addresses. Agreeing to background checks is also a big no-no, especially before meeting a potential employer, landlord, or real estate agent in person.
#16
Wait... What?
#17
Looking For Quick Sale!
WalterWhiteSavannah 3 days ago
If the battery is still good that's actually worth it for someone who needs a replacement battery for their tesla. They're expensive af.
#18
Never Thought I’d See Such A Good One In The Wild
#19
This Man Is Looking For A Servant WTH
NJ P 3 days ago
You're not even paying minimum wage! Any why NO CAR? You intend on holding against his will?
karen snyder 3 days ago
...and no relationships either. They don't want anyone who will be missed.
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Lila Allen 3 days ago
I'm more concerned he seems to be looking for guys with no family or girlfriend to report them missing
Min 3 days ago
My thoughts exactly. No car to escape and no one to notice he hasn't come home.
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Sally Moen 3 days ago
Summer job with free board and transport if fine, but only for gay men, I guess. This is like Great Depression-era requirements, really. No dependents or wives, like people cannot work hard to save up and go home to their family?
Bobby 3 days ago
Only men and only unmarried men? Wow were prejudicing against at least 2 protected classes here
Hippopotamuses 3 days ago
I'm guessing that this was written in English. But I gave up after the first three exclamation marks.
#20
Bruh
Barbara Wilcock 2 days ago
Cool. But at that price I'd make my cat and I have real martinis for a month 🍸
#21
Be Liable For My $3000 Loan In Exchange For $100 Plus Gifts
Sally Moen 3 days ago
This ad would be targeted to the person who has no idea what cosigning means or what a loan is
#22
That Burger Cell Is Sweet And All, But
#23
Self Proclaimed Ladies Man/Life Of The Party, Moves To Us. Still Has The Same Hair On His Head As He Did Before. Asking 3k
V 3 days ago
Need to trim the bottom 15cm off first. They wouldn't be able to do anything with those scraggly ends so make it easier for them by precutting them. There would still be enough to go into a hair piece after that.
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TheMFKNXerdo 3 days ago
I have a very similar - my hair is around the length of the last black knotted hairband on this picture. Sadly, I cannot get any of the local cancer charities to take it yet. I only grew it for that purpose. And I will do it again once it's taken.
#24
No. Nasty. Remarks. Please
#25
I Can’t Stop Laughing
Hippopotamuses 3 days ago
The only thing which would make this more odd, would be if the dog was on the barbeque.
#26
25 Dollars For A Single Pair Of Socks With Some Beads Attached
Jane Doe 3 days ago
Came to comments to say I was mad that they were $1.50 at Dollar Tree when I bought them for a christmas gift.
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For Only $1,000 This Handmade Jouch Can Be Yours!
RandoPandoFano (She/Her) 3 days ago (edited)
I like the idea, but the result . . . not so much.
#28
Pay Me $3k For An Opportunity To Dispose My Pool And Fill Up The Hole
Sally Moen 3 days ago
I don't know if the pool and equipment is a deal, but shoving a bunch of dirt in the ground after shouldn't be expensive
Paul McCullough 3 days ago
Depends on where the dirt went when the pool hole was excavated. If you have to buy fill, it can run into money.
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Only $50 And You Can Own This Vintage 90's Plastic As Walmart Bag
#30
"Only Worn A Few Times"
Babs Ishkabibble 3 days ago
How luxurious, slipping your feet into the cradle of somebody else's funk.
Ripley 3 days ago
They're Birkenstocks - 1) they're pretty expensive new, 2) the footbeds do discolour pretty quickly after a few wears, 3) they actually don't look to be in too bad condition. I don't know that I'd pay 50 bucks for them, but after a good clean you'd get literally years of use out of them.
#31
Van Halen
#32
This Was Posted In A Local Facebook Group In South Florida
Jane Doe 3 days ago
Is it training to be a high class escort? I'm asking a serious question, because you are working on commission as an executive assistant? Yeah, ok.
Load More Replies... Hippopotamuses 3 days ago
Surely there are better EA recruiting sites than Craigslist. This is definitely dodgy.
#33
Beauty Is In The Eye Of The Deranged Lunatic
Hippopotamuses 3 days ago (edited)
It looks like someone cant read the room. On several counts.
TheMFKNXerdo 1 day ago
I would never be able to sleep if this thing were anywhere in or near my house. Ironic considering, you know.
#34
ASAP! Give Me 500-8000 For A Piano People Pay To Have Hauled Away
#35
Seller Wants You To Pay Him $5000 To Haul Off His Storm Damage
Papa 3 days ago
I suspect the price is unreasonable, but it should be worth something. Red oak is valuable wood, and it looks like that log is large enough to produce a significant amount of lumber.
ƒιѕн 3 days ago (edited)
The price is unreasonable. I have a sawmill and run into this constantly, people think their fallen trees are worth a small fortune. Take that tree for example, I have to take my truck and load it up, but I will also have to cut it to size before loading, if I damage your property getting it out of there, you will want me to fix that, and what about all the trash cut off from the log? Do you expect me to also clean that mess up? Then I have to mill it, depending on the moisture content it can take a few months in the kiln to dry depending on the thickness I mill the boards. If I sticker the boards and just let them air dry, then just plan on one year per inch thickness to dry to reasonable moisture content, most likely after a year I would put them in the kiln to speed the process along, (we need to get down around 10% MC or less), after that then I will most likely re-saw and plane the rough sawn boards into usable dimensional lumber... continued
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The Oh So Coveted "Rare Black Diamond" Vhs'
#37
Seller Says It Was Found In The Rear Seat Pocket Of An Old Car 🤢
M O'Connell 3 days ago
There are several notable Youtube personalities who will eat that, or at least thoroughly document it for posterity.
Load More Replies... BarBeeGirl 2 days ago
How did they arrive at a price point of $260? Not $250. Not $225. $260? Smh
#38
Creepy 12' Tall Elvis Head
#39
40k For An Automatic Civic With Cheap Aftermarket Rims, Airbag Suspension And Only 999 Miles
M O'Connell 3 days ago
It costs that much if you're paying someone else to do all the work. Good quality custom paintwork can cost $20k by itself.
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#40
What A Deal!!!
#41
Most Expensive Poptart Ever
Otto Katz 3 days ago
I'd pay $25, if I was in the market for cake, which I'm not.
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#42
No Thank You
Fire Singer 3 days ago
I'm a weirdo who likes photos of surgeries, have photos of each of mine, and I've asked people I'm close with at work who've had surgeries if they have photos. So like...there's a market for this, but even I'm not that market because that's just too weird even for me lol!
#43
I Didn’t Know This Was A Thing?
Lila Allen 3 days ago
Would pay substantial amount to have someone keep these the heck away from me
Hippopotamuses 3 days ago
I'm sure that that mer-thing is going to appear in my nightmares within the next few days.
#44
Absolutely Outstanding Deal
Abel 3 days ago
The seller probably needs an anger management treatment more than an another screen to break.
Hippopotamuses 3 days ago
Hmm. I wonder what percent of the value of a 65" tv is tied up in the screen? Most, I suspect.
#45
Wtfeet For Just $69
Purple light 3 days ago (edited)
Foot shoes with foot fungus (Tinea, had to look it up, wish I didn't) in them. Who wouldn't want them...
Jane Doe 3 days ago
eeewwww. and "developed on their own...because of my feet." eeewwww
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wow, from Australia, never seen anything like this before in australia
#46
Does Delusional Estate Sale Count?
General Anaesthesia 3 days ago
Leather couch $220. (Reddit link "shnanogans" under the photo). "JD Vance was here".
Load More Replies... Billie Jackson 2 days ago
That looks like crime tape around it....wait! What happened in that chair?
M O'Connell 3 days ago
That isn't real leather though. Actual leather doesn't peel and flake off.
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This Guy Is Selling His Dirty Old Broken Headphones For $375,000. He Only Has 11k Monthly Listeners On Spotify
#48
Found One In The Wild. The Reactions Speak Fir Themselves
#50
Don’t Google It. Just Trust Me. It’s Worth $50,000. Serious Enthusiast Only
Hippopotamuses 3 days ago
This person should be writing the terms and conditions for Facebook.
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Anyone For Casserole Near Chicago? I've Never Bean This Hungry
#52
Enchant Your Walls!
#53
My Dad Has A Fortune In Boxes In The Basement If We Can Hustle Em For 15 A Piece…. LOL
Hippopotamuses 3 days ago (edited)
Dāmn. I threw out my old Apple tv, iPhone, and Samsung tablet boxes out a few months ago. Don't know why I kept them, but it looks as though they could have been gold!
#54
Often, Mechanics Hate Installing Customer-Supplied Parts. Are Surgeons The Same Way?
visacrum 3 days ago
I'm glad this isn't one of the products the company I work for sells. That said, this either came out of a patient because it had failed and had to be replaced, or the person it was in...well, let's just say they no longer need it. Fun fact: Bipolar means that there should be 2 articulating surfaces between the femoral head and acetabulum. That silver part does not look like it would articulate against the dull gray part it's on. So in fact it's either unipolar, or there's a component missing ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Billie Jackson 2 days ago
It took me a minute to realize just what that is....my husband watches all the slasher films, and I thought it was a weapon made from a ball hitch.
#55
Uhhhh... Who's Gonna Tell Them?
Sleepy children love Moon 2 days ago
I mean, if you phrase it like it's a deal then someone will be bound to fall for it
Load More Replies... RandoPandoFano (She/Her) 1 day ago
They didn't math correctly. ONE should be FIVE bucks, but if you decide to get BOTH cases, that should instead be TWENTY-FIVE bucks 'cause you're getting TWO cases for FIVE bucks. See? Math. :D
Bi.Felicia 2 days ago
That if they bought both it should be $10, not $15, at $5/piece.
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#56
Looks Like A Steal To Me
#57
Rare "iPhone 1" For Sale, Only $2,000
#58
I Am Completely At A Loss For How To Title This
M O'Connell 3 days ago
There's nothing unreasonable about this. a 7" brush would be for painting/staining wood siding. New ones (of dubious overseas quality) run about $40.
Hippopotamuses 3 days ago
True. It's interesting that the photo doesn't include the bristles.
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This Cracker Box 624 Sq/Ft Home Sold For $43k Last Year. No Wonder Why My Generation Can't Afford Homes. My Dinky 2br Apartment Is Bigger Than This!
Bored Retsuko 3 days ago
Now this is BS. Where I live people would k**l to get a flat that size for the equivalent price, let alone a free standing bungalow.
#60
Anyone Wanna Buy My Literal Trash? $50 Please
Don Adams 2 days ago
You know someone is going to take that as a challenge, and come up with something really egregious, like gently used toilet paper.
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That’s A Lot Of Dvds
#62
How And Why?
Joe Smith 3 days ago
"Are you an up and coming wannabe rapper with little to no street cred? Buy these kite envelopes and show to all your followers and friends that you are that hard as steel and tough as nails gangsta trap kid that you always wished you were."
Jp@nda 2 days ago
Kite envelopes? I see you are trying to earn some 'street?' cred here too. Not a kite, a prepaid envelope for indigent inmates to send letters out to people.
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#64
That’s Not His Signature
bntxy64kf8 3 days ago
To be fair, the seller only said it has "Patrick Mahomes name and number" on it. NOT that it's an autograph. LOL.
Doug Moyer 3 days ago
He wore #5 when he was in high school, so maybe? He was already a phenomenon back then...
Daniel Atkins 3 days ago
Could be the American football Player's father. He was a professional baseball player, But I'm not sure of his jersey number so it could still be fake.
#65
Great Deal Just 18,000 Over Msrp On A Used Truck
Daniel Atkins 3 days ago
Ouch someone fell for those trade in refinancing loans so whoever would be stupid enough to take this loan over is probably paying carried over principal from another vehicle.
#66
20k For A 3 Decade Old Previa. Uhuh
M O'Connell 3 days ago
If it's rust-free and the supercharged version, that seems fair. 170hp (modifiable for more) in a mid-90s minivan made these quite rowdy.
#67
Rare 👀
Doug Moyer 3 days ago
"it's more Pepsi". Ha! I had a twelve pack freeze and one of them exploded so dramatically that it punched through the cardboard and flew from the bed of the truck to the hood...
#68
Come Chop Down My Massive Tree For $50,000
Charlotte Ingle 2 days ago
Sooooo thru are willing to pay $50k to have it cut down and carted away?
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