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Guy screwed me on a craigslist transaction

838 247 November 12, 2011 at 10:01 PM in Chat
What happened was we did a phone trade and he gave me his Iphone which I thought was fully working. I tested it out and everything seemed good. I go home and the usb cable that plugs into the Iphone only goes in halfway and if I move the cable just a little bit it disconnects from the computer. I contacted him and he says its a small problem and he didnt think he should have ran it by me. Now he is ignoring me after I asked him to just undue the trade or pay $20-$40 so I can fix it somewhere.

Well Im kind of ticked off and dont get how someone would just do that and not try to resolve the issue. And before anyone goes and says its my fault that I didnt test the phone, no one would think to plug in a usb cable to see if it fits in the Iphone. Anyways, stupid of him he forgot to wipe his contacts and his facebook account. What would you do in my place? Let it go? Iphone warranty ran out so its coming out of my pocket.
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mcjazz1232
11-13-2011 at 09:24 PM.
11-13-2011 at 09:24 PM.
Quote from cgrady :
And I also answered that, but I guess you ignored it as well :p
Please enlighten me. Where did you suggest to me what I should do about the info I have on him?
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cgrady | Staff
11-13-2011 at 09:25 PM.
11-13-2011 at 09:25 PM.
Quote from mcjazz1232 :
Please enlighten me. Where did you suggest to me what I should do about the info I have on him?
First reply I did:

Quote from cgrady :
Also, impersonating someone is often(always?) illegal, so technically you could get in trouble if someone decided to push the issue.

As in "bad idea, don't do anything"
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nutter218
11-13-2011 at 09:33 PM.
11-13-2011 at 09:33 PM.
Quote from IVIal :
Rofl2





The best part about that post... is this thread continues for another two and a half pages. LMAO LMAO LMAO
You should set your settings to 40 post per page! Much easier to read (except when everyone has paragraph- long posts.



I wanna Dead Horse.


OP, Next time, if you want a better response, you post in the Hot Deals or the Freebies Section. They are much more helpful than The Lounge.
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Deusxmachina
11-13-2011 at 09:57 PM.
11-13-2011 at 09:57 PM.
Quote from mcjazz1232 :
Holy shit someone actually read my original post and answered my question. Well I'll be damned.
I read your post and told you what to do about seven pages ago. Tell his contacts on the phone you are trying to get in touch with him because he sold you a broken phone and now he won't return your calls.
Quote from ucantstopme :
Ive sold laptops and tablets on cl at least 20 no one has ever opened the box to test it or look at it ive sold an iphne used too all they did was check that It turned on. I could have screwed them all but didnt and they trusted me like u did that guy. He obviosly wasnt screaming crook. And its usually not worth the hassel of pissing someone off by screwing them unless its something very big which this was not. U did nothing wrong and ull just have to be less trusting in the future because people like that exist and most of them are probably on here calling u stupid because they lack human decency.
I sold a $100 phone recently on c list. I started showing the guy everything is functional... then, judging by his demeanor, I said, "I don't have to be doing this because you're going to buy this anyway, aren't you." "Yeah." 'Course, some people simply live in shadier areas than others and expect people to be evil.

I do wonder if the replies would be the same if the thread was about a woman walking at night alone and got attacked. It's her fault for dressing like that, I guess.
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Maleficent
11-13-2011 at 10:57 PM.
11-13-2011 at 10:57 PM.
Quote from nutter218 :
You should set your settings to 40 post per page! Much easier to read (except when everyone has paragraph- long posts.
I tried it. I hate it. All that scrolling, scrolling, SCROLLING! Annoyed

A click to the next page is easier.
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marg_fan
11-14-2011 at 02:42 AM.
11-14-2011 at 02:42 AM.
After being gone most of the weekend, I'm trying to get up to speed. Are we still allowing the OP the illusion he is successfully trolling us or have we reached the point where we really don't care?
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11-14-2011 at 02:52 AM.
11-14-2011 at 02:52 AM.
Love the thread title.
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dalokgawd
11-14-2011 at 05:02 AM.
11-14-2011 at 05:02 AM.
You know what this thread needs?

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TigerStar
11-14-2011 at 05:23 AM.
11-14-2011 at 05:23 AM.
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You know what this thread needs?
You trying to suck up to the mods? This thread needs to continue as an excuse that all it takes is a condom to make the world a better place.
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cupcake42
11-14-2011 at 05:30 AM.
11-14-2011 at 05:30 AM.
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You know what this thread needs?
Smack It's just starting to get fun! Mad
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Majide
11-14-2011 at 08:14 AM.
11-14-2011 at 08:14 AM.
Has there been a good spoof yet?! Whee
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MikeBear
11-14-2011 at 08:50 AM.
11-14-2011 at 08:50 AM.
Quote from TigerStar :
You trying to suck up to the mods? This thread needs to continue as an excuse that all it takes is a condom to make the world a better place.

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saint.
11-14-2011 at 08:55 AM.
11-14-2011 at 08:55 AM.
Quote from mcjazz1232 :
Please enlighten me. Where did you suggest to me what I should do about the info I have on him?
Quote from cgrady :
First reply I did:




As in "bad idea, don't do anything"
Sonned!
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Deusxmachina
11-14-2011 at 09:31 AM.
11-14-2011 at 09:31 AM.
Quote from Majide :
Has there been a good spoof yet?! Whee
I thought about making one about Madoff screwing me out of my life savings on an investment transaction, or having the head guys at Enron do the same, or getting my car stolen because I dared to drive it in theft-capitol San Diego, or maybe one about getting mugged while buying a bad-USB-port iPhone off Craigslist, to see if those things would also be considered my fault, but eh.
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MTwallet
11-14-2011 at 06:57 PM.
11-14-2011 at 06:57 PM.
Quote from ucantstopme :
His fault for having faith in people? Sad that those who trust others are considered fools but no matter this was not an obvious issue and could and is a mistake most would make . Its not like the phone was dead or did not work upon inspection
yeah but Master OP phone buyer/inspector has done this 200 times before, so, yeah, duh
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