Here is a good craigslist yardsale ad.

[cyberdan]

Garage sale miscaintings stamps beanie babies globe organ pool table

he goes on and on and on about what he is selling and right in the middle he slips in how he predists earthquakes and then goes rambling on again. when he gets to the end NO ADDRESS.

funny this is I have met the guy, have seen a bit of his stamps and had to listen (ad nausium) about his earthquake theory.

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Garage sale misc items: oil paintings beanie babies antique organ and antique pool table minkus georhythm citation and scott stamp collections electric lawn mower and much more: OLD USA STAMPS MINT AFTER 1925....SCOTT NATIONAL POSTAGE STAMP ALBUM .....ASKING $3700 (CATALOG VALUE IN 1986 WAS $37,000) 90% COMPLETE
OLD USA STAMPS EACH ONE VALUED OVER $100.....MINT AFTER 1925....ASKING $3100 ...(CATALOG VALUE IN 1986 WAS $31,000)
40 GOLDEN REPLICAS OF USA STAMPS...PROOF REPLICAS ON 22KT GOLD SURFACE....ASKING $5 EAC`H...OR $200 FOR ALL 40.
OLD USA STAMPS...CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA....VALUES AS OF 1986 CATALOG......$1600 PLUS....ASKING $995
1862-1863.....$400
1873-1884.....$200
1879-1893......$100
1912-1913 $500.....PARCEL ISSUES
1912 $200.....US PARCEL POST POSTAGE DUE
WAR SAVINGS STAMPS....$100
RED CROSS 1908....1930'S THROUGH 1940'S.....$100
FOREIGN STAMPS... SCOTT INTERNATIONAL POSTAGE STAMP ALBUMS... 6 VOLUMES @ $600 EACH...ASKING $3600
13 CITATION WORLD STAMP ALBUMS (NO LONGER MANUFACTURED).(AVERAGE $150 PER VOLUME).....WITH STAMPS...ASKING $1995
50 MINKUS WORLD STAMP ALBUMS...THE SUPREME GLOBAL STAMP ALBUMS....WITH STAMPS....ASKING $75 EACH...OR $3750
CATALOG VALUE OF ALL THE ABOVE USA AND FOREIGN ALBUMS AND VOLUMES IS OVER $150,000 IN 1986 CATALOG PRICES...WELL OVER $200,000 NOW
ASKING ONLY $15,000 FOR ALL THE COLLECTION.......ASKING $8,500 FOR THE USA COLLECTION SEPARATELY...AND $8,500 FOR THE FOREIGN COLLECTION SEPARATELY. PRESENTLY I USE OVER 100 FACTORS TO PREDICT EARTHQUAKES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING:
(1-40) THE TOTAL NUMBER OF EARTHQUAKES AT 4 INTENSITY LEVELS AND AT 5 TIME INTERVALS
AND WEEKLY AND DAILY COMPARISONS. (4X5X2=40)
(41-80) THE TOTAL AVERAGE OF ALL EARTHQUAKES AT 4 INTENSITY LEVELS AND AT 5 TIME INTERVALS SEMI-WEEKLY AND DAILY COMPARISONS.(4X5X2=40)
(81-120) AS WELL AS THE TOTAL ENERGY AT 4 INTENSITY LEVELS AND AT 5 TIME INTERVALS AND COMPARISON WEEKLY AND DAILY. (4X5X2=40)
(121-127) MOONS: FULL, NEW, WAXING, WANING, ECLIPSE, ELLIPSE, SOLSTICE. (+7)
(128-130) EXTREMES OF LOW TIDES DAILY COMPARE WITH EARTHQUAKES. (+2)
(131-133) HIGHEST OF HIGH TIDES DAILY. COMPARE WITH EARTHQUAKES. (+2)
RING OF FIRE QUADRANTS-NW, S, NE AND SE- AND HAWAII AND DIRECTIONALITY AND TRENCH DEPTH. (+4)
AS WELL AS OTHER FACTOR PRESENTLY BEING DEFINED AND CALCULATED. 128 OIL PAINTINGS EACH SIGNED BY ARTIST/2FT BY 3FT & SMALLER/ORIGINALS - $500
128 ORIGINAL OIL PAINTINGS EACH SIGNED BY A DIFFERENT ARTIST AND COME IN VARIOUS SIZES AND SCENES AND SUBJECTS
24" BY 36" (45 EACH.) 2 ARE FRAMED/ 16 ARE MOUNTED/ 27 ARE UNMOUNTED---ALL 45 WILL SELL FOR $900
ARTISTS INCLUDE: C. DYSAN, D. BREN, D. PELHAM, A. JULIA, CHASE
20" BY 24" (22 EACH) . THESE ARE UNMOUNTED. $300 TOTAL FOR THESE 22 PAINTINGS
ARTISTS INCLUDE G. LANNON, JACKSON,ETC.
16" BY 20" (47 EACH). THESE ARE UNMOUNTED AND WILL SELL FOR $550
ARTISTS INCLUDE: SNYDER, D. RUTLEDGE, E. KING, M. SHAWN, T. WOOD, GENS, H. PROBST, B. MALEY, Y. ANTRELL,
A. KERSWIU, SHAMAS LEE, W. SILVER
12" BY 16" (3 EACH) PAINTED BY T. WOOD WILL SELL FOR $30.
8" BY 10" (11 EACH) ARTISTS INCLUDE: T. WOOD, SAMPSON, D. ROCHE WILL SELL THESE FOR $100
tHE TOTAL PRICE FOR BUYING THESE PAINTINGS IN INDIVIDUAL GROUPS IS $1880.
IF YOU BUY ALL 128 SIGNED OIL PAINTINGS TOGETHER A 75% DISCOUNT WILL BE GIVEN. SO THE TOTAL FOR ALL IS $500.
THIS AMOUNTS TO $4 PER PAINTING.
THESE PAINTINGS COULD BE SOLD INDIVIDUALLY FRAMED FOR $100 OR MORE EACH TO HOTELS FOR THEIR ROOMS, CASINOS, REAL ESTATE MODEL HOMES, ART GALLERIES, RESIDENTIAL HOMES, COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES, ETC, ETC.
Location: Placentia
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[isabella1]

It would have been easier for them to put "my stuff is all over priced, don't bother coming, I'm too attached to sell it!"

 

[Nickleanddime]

Is that a joke?

 

[Minrelica]

Dan said he talked with the guy so prob not a joke but people do write joke ads all the time to try to get into the Best Of Craigslist section

 

[diggummup]

Guy sounds pretty nutty. Here are what others post around in my area- BEWARE OF HAITIAN LADY'S STEALING AT YOUR SALES... ads like these are placed every week in some form or fashion-

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flag [SUP][?][/SUP] : miscategorized prohibited spam best of Posted: 2013-08-01, 10:32AM EDT
[h=2] BEWARE OF HAITIAN LADY'S STEALING AT YOUR SALES[/h]WATCH OUT FOR HAITIAN LADIES WORKING IN PAIRS TO STEAL YOUR ITEMS AT YOUR GARAGE SALE. ONE DISTRACTS WHILE THE OTHER PLACES ITEMS IN THEIR CAR. I HAVE VIDEOS THAT I WILL BE GIVING TO THE AUTHORITIES WITH LICENSE NUMBERS AND PHOTOS. THEY USUALLY WORK THE COMMUNITY SALES. SO SAD THAT THEY STEAL ON SATURDAY AND GO TO CHURCH IN SUNDAY. BUT, NOW THEY WILL BE CAUGHT.

• it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests

Posting ID: 3973545331
Posted: 2013-08-01, 10:32AM EDT
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[AC500]

scammer or not I know thats an old pool table, from the angle of the photo I'd say Brunswick Balke Collender Co.

 

[billjustbill]

Guy sounds pretty nutty. Here are what others post around in my area- BEWARE OF HAITIAN LADY'S STEALING AT YOUR SALES... ads like these are placed every week in some form or fashion-

Reply to: see below
flag [SUP][?][/SUP] : miscategorized prohibited spam best of Posted: 2013-08-01, 10:32AM EDT
BEWARE OF HAITIAN LADY'S STEALING AT YOUR SALES

WATCH OUT FOR HAITIAN LADIES WORKING IN PAIRS TO STEAL YOUR ITEMS AT YOUR GARAGE SALE. ONE DISTRACTS WHILE THE OTHER PLACES ITEMS IN THEIR CAR. I HAVE VIDEOS THAT I WILL BE GIVING TO THE AUTHORITIES WITH LICENSE NUMBERS AND PHOTOS. THEY USUALLY WORK THE COMMUNITY SALES. SO SAD THAT THEY STEAL ON SATURDAY AND GO TO CHURCH IN SUNDAY. BUT, NOW THEY WILL BE CAUGHT.

• it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests

Posting ID: 3973545331
Posted: 2013-08-01, 10:32AM EDT
email to a friend

It's not kept to those ladies for stealing. A lady at our garage sale told of putting up and cleaning up after her own garage sale. Her daughter came up with a pair of old, dirty shoes that wasn't their family's size or quality and condition.... Someone walked away in a stolen pair and actually left their old ones behind.

Today, at the local flea market, a husband and wife, in their 70's, had a low riding implement trailer filled with "get rid of this today because we just sold our house" items. At the end of the trailer facing the flea market walkway was an older/vintage medium size "Red Ryder" wagon. At some point the lady owner said she was distracted and the wagon disappeared.... I knew her character when she said: "If they wanted it that bad, I'd just given it to them!"