by "Xyl0c41n3" (i-am-xyl0c41n3)
Published 03/03/2017 at 22:11
by "Xyl0c41n3" (i-am-xyl0c41n3)
Published 03/03/2017 at 22:11
Tags: Wrong number bro
STARS: 4
Somebody is selling their car. Good for them! Unfortunately, they listed my phone number in the ad. People have been calling and asking if I still have the Nissan Maxima. What’s your worst Craigslist experience, Oppo?
"Racin'Jason001" (racinjason001)
03/03/2017 at 22:14, STARS: 1
Finding out that the car is already sold, or the person selling the car is not the actual owner.
"My X-type is too a real Jaguar" (TomSlick)
03/03/2017 at 22:15, STARS: 2
Selling parts that fit a Cougar, my advice don’t.
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
03/03/2017 at 22:18, STARS: 2
The owner lying to my face about the car not having electrical issues. The mirrors, windows, and seat wouldn’t budge.
"Mercedes Streeter" (smart)
03/03/2017 at 22:19, STARS: 8
What’s your worst Craigslist experience, Oppo?
Dating.
I think that’s pretty much a “nuff’ said” thing, right?
"Birddog" (maintmgt)
03/03/2017 at 22:20, STARS: 2
Setting up a day/time and driving a couple of hours to look at/buy a vehicle only to have the seller call and tell me it’s sold when I’m literally 15 minutes away.
"DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time" (dc3ls-)
03/03/2017 at 22:21, STARS: 0
Shit. I remember hearing about a really good prank someone did who was in the same situation. Can’t think of it now!
"Noah - Now with more boost." (antriebverliebt)
03/03/2017 at 22:24, STARS: 4
Unless someone has been stabbed I’m pretty sure I win: I bought a set of ultra rare vintage MOMO wheels in BMW fitment for my old E24. They never made it onto the car and had to go back on Craigslist. I sold them to the same guy who I bought them from, also a hopeless BMW nerd. AKA we both lost hundreds of dollars exchanging a set of wheels.
"Scary__goongala!" (corymagee)
03/03/2017 at 22:26, STARS: 2
Tried to sell used winter tires. Someone tried to scam me with a fake certified bank check. Had I fell for it, it would have cost me $1700. Which as a college student is not something I can afford. Gave all the info to the police, never heard anything else about it.
"Alfalfa" (alfalfa-romeo)
03/03/2017 at 22:27, STARS: 1
Okay when I clicked on this I SWEAR the lede image was Sam Winchester. Then it magically changed to Dean. What is happening to my brain.
"Xyl0c41n3" (i-am-xyl0c41n3)
03/03/2017 at 22:28, STARS: 3
Hahahaha. It WAS Sam Winchester, but kinja kinja’d the gif so I switched it to Dean. :)
"Alfalfa" (alfalfa-romeo)
03/03/2017 at 22:29, STARS: 1
OKAY. I feel a lot less crazy now.
"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
03/03/2017 at 22:32, STARS: 2
Our land line was one digit off from a local casino/gas station. About 30% of our calls were for the casino.
"gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee" (gogmorgo)
03/03/2017 at 22:32, STARS: 7
I once attempted to buy a car from someone 200 miles away. It would’ve been my first. I think it was a malaise-era Trans Am or Camaro. Definitely a project, but three pedals, ran, drove, and looked like it would pass a safety inspect pretty easily. We spoke on the phone, he sent a ton of pics and we agreed on a price. He knew I was coming from a distance with cash in hand, and that I’d borrowed a tow vehicle and rented a trailer. I get to his address, don’t see the car, and I knock on the door. He opens the door, figures out who I am, says he already sold the car and shuts the door in my face. Won’t come back out. He had my cell number and knew I was travelling a pretty significant distance, but made no attempt to contact me. Asshole.
"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
03/03/2017 at 22:32, STARS: 1
.... and hey do you still have that Nissan for sale?
"interstate366, now In The Industry" (interstate366)
03/03/2017 at 22:40, STARS: 3
It took me 3 months to sell a clean, stock, rust-free 1991 Prelude with an asking price of $1000. Because it had an automatic transmission.
"CB" (jrcb)
03/03/2017 at 22:42, STARS: 3
Not Craigslist, but phone number related. I was in tenth or ninth grade when I had to explain to a woman that no, I didn’t meet you at the club last night and no, I didn’t give you my number. Sorry, miss.
"Xyl0c41n3" (i-am-xyl0c41n3)
03/03/2017 at 23:03, STARS: 1
Why, yes I do! I want tree fiddy for it. No low ballers! I know what I have!
"Xyl0c41n3" (i-am-xyl0c41n3)
03/03/2017 at 23:08, STARS: 3
In college I once had a dude who would call me at least once or twice a week asking for the same person each time. This went on for months. And always late at night. Each and every time I’d remind him that he had the wrong number.
Months.
I still don’t understand why it took him so long to get it.
"tromoly" (tromoly)
03/03/2017 at 23:09, STARS: 1
"smobgirl" (smobgirl)
03/03/2017 at 23:13, STARS: 4
My dad is the craigslist guy in your story. He’s sold and bought back the same Accord twice, I think.
"smobgirl" (smobgirl)
03/03/2017 at 23:14, STARS: 3
I would’ve bought it ten years ago! I couldn’t find a prelude I could drive or afford.
"scoob" (scoobsti)
03/03/2017 at 23:15, STARS: 0
Now that’s brave.
"interstate366, now In The Industry" (interstate366)
03/03/2017 at 23:25, STARS: 2
I ended up selling it to a kid who lived in the neighborhood right across I-95 from mine. Saw him drive it every day since he worked nearby. He riced it, of course, and blew the engine after about a year. I imagine you’d have taken better care of it.
"Noah - Now with more boost." (antriebverliebt)
03/03/2017 at 23:27, STARS: 1
LOL what!? Why?
"smobgirl" (smobgirl)
03/03/2017 at 23:29, STARS: 4
He sells it to non-car people, eventually something minor happens that they think is catastrophic, he buys it back for cheap. I think he’s using it as a daily driver now though.
"Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap" (ddadragon)
03/03/2017 at 23:34, STARS: 1
My number is one away from an office at UAB. I get some interesting characters calling
"scoob" (scoobsti)
03/03/2017 at 23:35, STARS: 3
Also not Craigslist, but we used to live across the street from a church. Our block was a thin right-triangle shaped block, so towards the top half of the triangle each house on the block spanned the width of the triangle. Crappy MS Paint picture included. The road between our house and the church was kinda small and it wasn’t even on Google Maps.
For years and years, we had been getting fed up with the churchgoers’ behavior: they double parked all over the street, parked in front of people’s driveways while they were in church, and stuff like that. I get it, no places to park, and they gotta go to church. But their cars always blocked our cars and we couldn’t leave.
One day, our doorbell rang. There was a guy in a suit at the door. He told us there was a funeral being held at the church, but the organizers got the address wrong. They used our address. We looked past the guy and there was a hearse outside our house and a shit ton of cars and sad (SAD!) looking people in suits and dresses.
We moved.
Edit: Should mention, they didn’t get the address wrong as in oh, just walk across the street and they’ll be at the church. No, they were on the left side of the triangle.
"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
03/03/2017 at 23:41, STARS: 2
Troll them!
"unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins)" (unclevanos)
03/03/2017 at 23:57, STARS: 1
OPPO CENSUS! TAKE IT! ASK ME FOR LINK! -Scoob
"Xyl0c41n3" (i-am-xyl0c41n3)
03/03/2017 at 23:58, STARS: 1
Now I don’t feel nearly so bad about the perplexed looks on people’s faces when they come into my office and don’t see dogs and cats. (For whatever reason, Google keeps telling them my office is really an animal shelter. We’ve sent corrections to google to no avail).
"Xyl0c41n3" (i-am-xyl0c41n3)
03/04/2017 at 00:00, STARS: 3
Ain’t nobody got time for that.
"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
03/04/2017 at 00:04, STARS: 0
Oh no, that’s just the beginning of the story. This needs popcorn. Be right back.
"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
03/04/2017 at 00:07, STARS: 2
#missedopportunity
#mrsrobinson
"XJDano" (xjdano)
03/04/2017 at 00:09, STARS: 0
Can you not just CL search your number to find the add to email or flag it?
Or start dialing your number, but be one number off every time, as them the same question. Then tell them you had it sold twice for $500 above their asking price but you couldn’t get ahold of them
"RallyWrench" (rndlitebmw)
03/04/2017 at 00:27, STARS: 1
I had a dude threaten to take me to court over things I unquestionably disclosed in the sale of a sort of rare (manual wagon) but nonetheless cheap ($2300 ) car I used to have. “I was special forces, my dad’s a PI, we’re coming after you”. Dude’s on the other side of the fucking country. After reading all our correspondence, I saw he was trying to fault everything I specifically said was OK with the car, and it did need work, which I carefully noted. He called me at work on my damn birthday to lay his shit on me. I semi-politely told him to fuck off, and that all future correspondence should be in writing, and he went away. As it happens, that car was later one of Graverobber’s NPOCPs, the guy was listing it without all the special parts for like $10k. He’s a piece of shit, and all I wanted was a good home for the car. Fuck Craigslist, forever and always.
"BaconSandwich is tasty." (baconsandwich)
03/04/2017 at 00:27, STARS: 2
Drugs. Probably drugs.
"Svart Smart, traded in his Smart" (svartsmart)
03/04/2017 at 01:23, STARS: 0
!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!
"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
03/04/2017 at 03:17, STARS: 0
Seriously make time to troll them , and report back to us all
"Noah - Now with more boost." (antriebverliebt)
03/04/2017 at 08:25, STARS: 2
hahah the uninitiated never cease to amaze... “THE BRAKES ARE RUINED”
*buys the car back, replaces pads, keeps driving*
"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
03/04/2017 at 08:55, STARS: 0
No, that’s uncalled for. The seller who listed the wrong number is the one who ought to be trolled, if only there was some way to contact him.
"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
03/04/2017 at 09:01, STARS: 0
you’re no fun then.
callers are wasting her time, so she needs to stuff ‘em around to be honest
:)
"Funktheduck" (funktheduck)
03/04/2017 at 10:56, STARS: 1
This happened to a friend of mine. He always said “hey ray!” And my friend would tell him it was the wrong number. Went on for a couple years. Consistent at first but then every once and a while.
"Funktheduck" (funktheduck)
03/04/2017 at 10:59, STARS: 1
It took Google a few years to get the phone number right for my business. There’s still hope.