So i wanted to do a little experiment to find out what kind of a-holes were living in my area. So i started with posting this ad in the local craigslist 50 inch tv? - $500 (ferndale) Reply to: your anonymous craigslist address will appear here Date: 2006-02-23, 10:39AM PST i don't know much about tv's. this was in my son's apartment. we cleaned it out after he died and i dont need a tv this big. is it worth $500? i guess it wasnt that old. i don't know if $500 is a fair offer or too much? email me with a fair offer. * this is in or around ferndale * no -- it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests i recieved about 25 emails....and what a surprise!? 15 of the cheapskate f*ggots said the tv was worth less than $500 and only 4 said that i was posting a bad deal. less than 20% were honest example emails include dani capili <blank@hotmail.com>to sale-136256813 More options 11:38 pm (11 hours ago) craigslist Advisory: Fraud and Scam Warning! Please read our scam advisory page before replying to this message: http://www.craigslist.org/about/scams.html This warning is automatically attached to ALL craigslist forwarded emails Hi first of all I am sorry for your loss being a father just cant imagine how hard it is too loose a son. I live in birch bay saw your add. I’ll be honest with you I cant afford 500.00 and I don’t want to offer too low, but if you could give it to me and work out a payment .I would gladly appreciate it. If not that’s fine too! I hope you don’t feel that aim taking advantage of the situation. Thanks and god bless! My email is danicapili@hotmail.com WHAT A CHEAPSKATE justin rosgen <blank@yahoo.com>to sale-136256813 More options 12:10 am (10 hours ago) craigslist Advisory: Fraud and Scam Warning! Please read our scam advisory page before replying to this message: http://www.craigslist.org/about/scams.html This warning is automatically attached to ALL craigslist forwarded emails Do you have the model # and brand. I have $400 to spend on a TV and am looking for something like this. Thanks, Justin LYING BASTARD but some were honest...... Stan Ng <atomicstan@msn.com>craigslist Advisory: Fraud and Scam Warning! Please read our scam advisory pa... 11:06 pm (11 hours ago) Stan Ng <blank@msn.com>to sale-136256813 More options 11:10 pm (11 hours ago) craigslist Advisory: Fraud and Scam Warning! Please read our scam advisory page before replying to this message: http://www.craigslist.org/about/scams.html This warning is automatically attached to ALL craigslist forwarded emails find out the make & model# on back of TV then Google search it, you will find your answer then. don’t sell it that cheap. - Show quoted text - just goes show that there are still some decent americans... but more than half(i'm assuming the ones influesnced by the media) are SCUM
The price all depends on what brand TV, what features it has and what type it is (LCD, DLP, Plasma, CRT) knowing this information will really give you a better chnace at knowing if your price is fair. Look at the model number and look it up on the internet. Then go to a few istes like Best BUy and Circuit City and see what they are going for brand new and you can figure out a fair price. But i think for a TV that big $500 is a really good price. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?type=category&cmp=&id=pcmcat54400050011 look at the prices on these 50" and up TV's
Well you know like someone else said it really does depend on the brand and the model as well as how old the TV is. A friend of mine has a 55" Mitsubishi he paid 180 bucks for at a clearance place. Of course it was a much older CRT Rear Projection set but you also have to remember that people these days are more concerned with the "me" factor than the fact that the person selling the TV was selling his dead son's belongings. I think that the more we supposedly "evolve" to conform with the new generation the more our "humanity" diminishes. My advice, move to Canada with us, you may still get assholes e-mail ya, but they won't shoot ya on yer way to the corner store.
You'll get no arguement from this American. Canada and its citizens are awesome! Even the canadian government and its politics...while I doubt that there is such a thing as efficient government, Canada's government is probably more geared to the welfare and well being of its citizens than any other government in the group of advanced nations ... I think the US is dead last. As you've probably read in the news, we've got a big problem with illegal aliens getting into the country over the southernmost border ... we certainly don't have the same problem with our northernmost borders LOL!
