Comments | mellikitten: Craigslist

mellikitten

Craigslist

Jan 24, 2009 09:31

Is it silly that I refuse to buy anything on Craiglist with a posting that has poor spelling and/or grammar or that's TYPED IN ALL CAPS?

Comments 5

badandyho January 24 2009, 19:04:15 UTC

I feel the same way.

electrichobbit January 25 2009, 04:05:43 UTC

So you never buy anything on Craigslist?

mellikitten January 25 2009, 07:45:51 UTC

Once I almost picked up a bed frame because the posting was not only grammatically correct, but damn clever, too. I wish would have saved it. The poster was having a hard time giving away the item, so he wrote out this long case for it, including such phrases as, "Look! He likes you. He wants to go home with you."

I never thought anthropomorphizing furniture could be such an effective means of selling. I'll have to remember that in the future.

vofleck January 25 2009, 18:04:54 UTC

when my sister was selling stuff on craigslist, she refused to reply to any email with bad grammar/spelling.

mellikitten January 27 2009, 02:32:36 UTC

Good for her! I'm glad I'm not the only one.