# Another Craigslist Idiot

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-craigslist-idiot/554933>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [September 24, 2010, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-craigslist-idiot/554933 "2010-09-24T21:20:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-craigslist-idiot/554933/41 "2010-09-28T22:44:07Z")

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Looking for an older iPod for my niece’s B-Day. This is the actual text from an actual Craigslist ad:

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> This ipod works great. I just dont use it anymore just have a nano but i bought this from a friend who didnt have the cord and i have the cord but its my moms so i cant give you the cord

Needless to say, I’m haggling for the cord, then telling the mother.

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**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-craigslist-idiot/554933/42 "2010-09-28T22:59:30Z")

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Craigslist is dead. It’s about as important as the classified ads in a local newspaper.

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**Author:** ![pikey\_pete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pikey\_pete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pikey_pete)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-craigslist-idiot/554933/43 "2010-09-29T01:10:26Z")

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just remember, every morning, when you wake up, there is an idiot out there with your name on it. think of it like a soldier waking up every day with a bullet with his or her name on it.

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**Author:** ![pikey\_pete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pikey\_pete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pikey_pete)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-craigslist-idiot/554933/44 "2010-09-29T01:12:22Z")

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> [@kevja](#):
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> Craigslist is dead. It’s about as important as the classified ads in a local newspaper.

ok, you do realize that the classifieds is how newspapers made their money. Craigslist and ebay are what has killed print journalism. Trust me, I’m a journalist.

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**Author:** ![BobArrgh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobarrgh/32/2881_2.png) [@BobArrgh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobArrgh)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-craigslist-idiot/554933/45 "2010-09-29T15:46:19Z")

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> [@pikey\_pete](#):
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> Trust me, I’m a journalist.

Sorry, but that is a _non sequitur_. 😛

**Cabin Fever** , good luck in your endeavors. I, too, have had my share of interviews with the types of morons against whom you are ranting. They don’t seem to understand that quality web design follows a formula that looks like this:

Cost = (HourlyRate \* NumberOfHours) + MonthlyHostingFees

Stay away from the guy, keep plying your craft, come out with a portfolio site, and move on down the road to success.

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