# Pitting Craigslist users who are geographically challenged, otherwise known as stupid **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 4, 2008, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-craigslist-users-who-are-geographically-challenged-otherwise-known-as-stupid/458856 "2008-08-04T23:40:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-craigslist-users-who-are-geographically-challenged-otherwise-known-as-stupid/458856/1 "2008-08-04T23:40:48Z")
When you view a Craigslist item, the city of listing is there. So, even though I don’t live right in Bumfuck, which is the listing city, my individual listing says Buttcrack. Don’t call me and whine that it’s sooooo far away, such that I should drop the price of the item. We have these inventions called maps, which are available on teh intarwewbs, free even, and also the old foldy paper kind, either of which will allow you to estimate your distance from thee to me. When you tell me that you have lived in Shitestain for the last 35 years, and that town is only 15 miles from me, don’t ask for fucking directions. I’ve only lived here 15 years, but have been able to find my away around, without bothering people. Expand your horizons. To all you potential naysayers, fuck off, and have a nice day. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![THespos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@THespos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/THespos)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-craigslist-users-who-are-geographically-challenged-otherwise-known-as-stupid/458856/2 "2008-08-05T02:11:58Z")
When they start to whine, ask them straight out… “Are you going to cry?” Usually that changes the mood of the recreational haggler. They immediately realize that you’re not going to accommodate any discount requests. Usually the “can you give me directions to your house that’s soooooooo far away?” thing is just a ploy to get you to invest more phone/e-mail time so that you’ll drop your price when they threaten to walk away. Funny thing is, if they’re trying to get $5 off a $10 item, it’s just for the sport of it. If your original price was $15, they’d be trying to get it for $10. Sometimes people haggle just so they can feel like they got a deal. I love the CraigsList assholes who try to pull the ol’ “Can you bring the item to my house?” bit. Everyone I know who has fallen for that one ends up bringing the item back home or settling for less when they find out the buyer can’t seem to come up with the full amount. “You DO understand what ‘Cash & Carry’ means, right?” Fuckers. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-craigslist-users-who-are-geographically-challenged-otherwise-known-as-stupid/458856/3 "2008-08-05T02:42:44Z")
And another thing. For Craigslist rental ads, you put in the address when you place the ad, and lo! A clickable map link will appear in your ad. And they still email: where is it? How far away from Location B? What’s the address? Also, people rarely reference which ad they’re replying to; a pain when I have about 10 or so ads up at any one time, all of which list the address. ---
**Author:** ![Driver8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Driver8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Driver8)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-craigslist-users-who-are-geographically-challenged-otherwise-known-as-stupid/458856/4 "2008-08-05T04:16:50Z")
[QUOTE=Savannah] And another thing. For Craigslist rental ads, you put in the address when you place the ad, and lo! A clickable map link will appear in your ad. [/QUOTE] I wish Craigslist would take this one step further: allowing you to search a map for listings, rather than only allowing you to see the map once you’re already at the listing. Many people don’t classify their area very well, so it would be much easier to start at the map level. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2008, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-craigslist-users-who-are-geographically-challenged-otherwise-known-as-stupid/458856/5 "2008-08-07T15:12:51Z")
My wife posted some maternity clothes the other day, and this conversation came out of it: _“I’m interested in two of those shirts. You’ll take $5 for them?”_ “Sure will.” _“Ok, I live two hours away from you. Will you meet me halfway?”_ \ Yeah, sure, we’ll spend 15 bucks in gas to get five bucks from you. 'Fraid fucking not. ---
**Author:** ![SomeUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e480ec/32.png) [@SomeUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SomeUserName)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2008, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-craigslist-users-who-are-geographically-challenged-otherwise-known-as-stupid/458856/6 "2008-08-07T17:10:46Z")
I know Craigslist is free but I wish even half the people selling something would at least put some effort into placing their ad. Looking for a computer? See an ad headline for one that is in your price range? Open it up to see this: **I has a puter. its 2 years old. hardly used. no mouse, boord ur wires.contactme** WTF? Why bother to place an ad that has zero information. What pisses me off even more is when I see something I want and I email and they never respond. If the fucking thing has sold then take down the fucking ad. Don’t leave it up and then just ignore all the responses you get after it is gone. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2008, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-craigslist-users-who-are-geographically-challenged-otherwise-known-as-stupid/458856/7 "2008-08-07T18:22:54Z")
[QUOTE=danceswithcats] Bumfuck […] Buttcrack […] Shitestain [/QUOTE] Whatever state it is you live in…I have resolved to never go there. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2008, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-craigslist-users-who-are-geographically-challenged-otherwise-known-as-stupid/458856/8 "2008-08-07T19:52:19Z")
[QUOTE=Sage Rat] Whatever state it is you live in…I have resolved to never go there. [/QUOTE] I think it must be Texas. It sure _sounds_ like Texas. ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2008, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-craigslist-users-who-are-geographically-challenged-otherwise-known-as-stupid/458856/9 "2008-08-07T21:03:15Z")
…snerk!.. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2008, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-craigslist-users-who-are-geographically-challenged-otherwise-known-as-stupid/458856/10 "2008-08-07T21:08:35Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] I think it must be Texas. It sure _sounds_ like Texas. [/QUOTE] I changed the names from New Jersey towns to protect the guilty. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2008, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-craigslist-users-who-are-geographically-challenged-otherwise-known-as-stupid/458856/11 "2008-08-07T21:40:59Z")
My wife just had a garage sale. She absolutely hates it when I’m there since I hate hagglers who want to pay $1 for an item I priced at $2 which originally sells for $15 and I rather argue the point with them rather than sell the junk. Even when I try to be nice people are cheap jerks and piss me off. Guy brings a pair jeans up to me. Dude: “I’m not paying $4 for these jeans. I’ll give you $2.” Me, not feeling in a fighting mood: (sigh)“Fine. $2” Dude: “Really? Well in that case I’ll give you $1.” Me, blood pressure rising a few clicks: “Actually now they’re $10.” Dude: “What!?!” Me: “Yeah, you passed up the $2 deal and now they went up to $10. You should have really taken the $2 deal.” Dude leaves confused and annoyed. Wife: :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2008, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-craigslist-users-who-are-geographically-challenged-otherwise-known-as-stupid/458856/12 "2008-08-07T21:58:18Z")
[QUOTE=Hampshire] My wife just had a garage sale. She absolutely hates it when I’m there since I hate hagglers who want to pay $1 for an item I priced at $2 which originally sells for $15 and I rather argue the point with them rather than sell the junk. Even when I try to be nice people are cheap jerks and piss me off. Guy brings a pair jeans up to me. Dude: “I’m not paying $4 for these jeans. I’ll give you $2.” Me, not feeling in a fighting mood: (sigh)“Fine. $2” Dude: “Really? Well in that case I’ll give you $1.” Me, blood pressure rising a few clicks: “Actually now they’re $10.” Dude: “What!?!” Me: “Yeah, you passed up the $2 deal and now they went up to $10. You should have really taken the $2 deal.” Dude leaves confused and annoyed. Wife: :rolleyes: [/QUOTE] Fair fucking play to you! ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2008, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-craigslist-users-who-are-geographically-challenged-otherwise-known-as-stupid/458856/13 "2008-08-07T22:06:41Z")
And if he’d then raised you to $20, you’d know you were in a Warner Brothers cartoon. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2008, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-craigslist-users-who-are-geographically-challenged-otherwise-known-as-stupid/458856/14 "2008-08-07T22:12:01Z")
[QUOTE=An Gadaí] Fair fucking play to you! [/QUOTE] Right? I think that’s brilliant. I’m going to find a way to steal that now. ---
**Author:** ![Lama\_Pacos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Lama\_Pacos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lama_Pacos)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2008, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-craigslist-users-who-are-geographically-challenged-otherwise-known-as-stupid/458856/15 "2008-08-09T05:49:54Z")
Craigslist geography axiom: If an apartment is listed as being “between” two desirable places, that means its distance from each is equal-- equally far as fuck. ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2008, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-craigslist-users-who-are-geographically-challenged-otherwise-known-as-stupid/458856/16 "2008-08-09T06:23:07Z")
[QUOTE=Hampshire] My wife just had a garage sale. She absolutely hates it when I’m there since I hate hagglers who want to pay $1 for an item I priced at $2 which originally sells for $15 and I rather argue the point with them rather than sell the junk. Even when I try to be nice people are cheap jerks and piss me off. Guy brings a pair jeans up to me. Dude: “I’m not paying $4 for these jeans. I’ll give you $2.” Me, not feeling in a fighting mood: (sigh)“Fine. $2” Dude: “Really? Well in that case I’ll give you $1.” Me, blood pressure rising a few clicks: “Actually now they’re $10.” Dude: “What!?!” Me: “Yeah, you passed up the $2 deal and now they went up to $10. You should have really taken the $2 deal.” Dude leaves confused and annoyed. Wife: :rolleyes: [/QUOTE] This reminds me of an old Dennis Miller joke from back when he was funny. He said his wife wanted to have a garage sale and he wanted to price something as “1 pubic hair” just so someone would offer him a half a pubic hair for it. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2008, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-craigslist-users-who-are-geographically-challenged-otherwise-known-as-stupid/458856/17 "2008-08-09T06:53:24Z")
[QUOTE=Hampshire] My wife just had a garage sale. She absolutely hates it when I’m there since I hate hagglers who want to pay $1 for an item I priced at $2 which originally sells for $15 and I rather argue the point with them rather than sell the junk. Even when I try to be nice people are cheap jerks and piss me off. Guy brings a pair jeans up to me. Dude: “I’m not paying $4 for these jeans. I’ll give you $2.” Me, not feeling in a fighting mood: (sigh)“Fine. $2” Dude: “Really? Well in that case I’ll give you $1.” Me, blood pressure rising a few clicks: “Actually now they’re $10.” Dude: “What!?!” Me: “Yeah, you passed up the $2 deal and now they went up to $10. You should have really taken the $2 deal.” Dude leaves confused and annoyed. Wife: :rolleyes: [/QUOTE] You are my hero! ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2008, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-craigslist-users-who-are-geographically-challenged-otherwise-known-as-stupid/458856/18 "2008-08-09T15:08:19Z")
Those maps are great! I just found out that Bugfuck is only twenty miles from East Jesus. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-craigslist-users-who-are-geographically-challenged-otherwise-known-as-stupid/458856/19 "2008-08-11T06:46:56Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] I think it must be Texas. It sure _sounds_ like Texas. [/QUOTE] Take a look at a Missouri state map sometime. I have appropriated various interesting and amusing town names from it for my D&D world. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-craigslist-users-who-are-geographically-challenged-otherwise-known-as-stupid/458856/20 "2008-08-11T15:19:07Z")
We were looking at ads for washers and dryers. Nine times out of ten, they didn’t state if the dryer was electric or gas in the ad. Fuckers. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-craigslist-users-who-are-geographically-challenged-otherwise-known-as-stupid/458856.md?page=2)