Craigslist Experiment Time

"Garrett Davis" (GarrettDavis) 01/30/2015 at 19:18 • Filed to: None

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We've all seen those absolutely awful Craigslist ads with zero useful information and just the worst pictures possible. It makes you wonder if they actually want to sell their car. After scouring craigslist for the past few days !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , I started to wonder if these idiots were actually successful at selling their cars despite their ad looking like a blind 8 year old asked his dead parakeet to type it out using only sign language.

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So I made a fake ad out of curiosity, frustration, and the fact that I'm a terrible person. I used all the classic terrible lines and left out as much useful info as possible and added some particularly troll-y details. I want to see how many emails I get (if any).

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NotUnlessRoundIsFunny > Garrett Davis 01/30/2015 at 19:30

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I enjoyed this more than I should have.

Please keep us posted on the responses!

nafsucof > Garrett Davis 01/30/2015 at 19:33

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I think you have the keywords down. You could search for anything car related and come up with your ad nicely done.

Garrett Davis > nafsucof 01/30/2015 at 19:35

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Haha, thanks! I had more, but Craigslist now won't let you put in other car model names, which I thought was pretty interesting.

nafsucof > Garrett Davis 01/30/2015 at 19:36

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really? Awesome either way. Hope someone has a nice gixer to trade.

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > Garrett Davis 01/30/2015 at 20:13

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You know what's weird? I always see ads with just "Car for sale" in the title and I always think that's a stupid thing to do. Then I click on it every single time, because what if it's some really cool rare thing a woman is selling because her husband left her and maybe she's really attractive and we'll hit it off and she'll just give me the car because she thinks I'm cute and oh it's just an 03 Oldsmobile Alero.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Garrett Davis 01/30/2015 at 20:16

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please keep us informed.

this is not matt farah's foxbodymiata > Garrett Davis 01/30/2015 at 20:19

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"looks like pic but is Ford Focus"

I am actually dying right now. You nailed it.

Garrett Davis > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 01/30/2015 at 22:25

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Exactly!

AdverseMartyr > Garrett Davis 02/05/2015 at 19:46

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I missed seeing this a few days ago. Has anyone responded to your ad?

I'd be curious to know if there were any of those 'Re:clean,good...' posts to craigslist about your post?

Garrett Davis > AdverseMartyr 02/05/2015 at 20:06

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Nope, not a single one. I scanned for a response too, nothing.

It was worth a shot and a laugh, haha.

AdverseMartyr > Garrett Davis 02/05/2015 at 21:32

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Give it a month, and maybe the people trying to make a quick buck will start asking.