Craigslist people AGAIN

Wow. People on there don't surprise me anymore. Put an ad up for nonworking electronics and a guy that I assume scraps also emailed me accusing me of scamming people and threatening that him and his buddies will have my ad flagged and removed. Once I told him I wasn't gonna be bullied into taking my ad down he said it was on and he was gonna get me barred from craigslist. I responded with "man it's so hard to create a new account huh?" Apparently he didn't like that or that I laughed at him cause my ad is still up so then it turned to threats. He emailed me this morning saying "see you soon, you are gonna learn what blindsided is" lol.
A half hour later I get a email from a guy claiming to have all types of stereo equipment that no longer works and that if I want to come check it out I can. I emailed the dumb guy back and told him he has to try harder than that to trick me but he hasn't replied yet. Reply about the stereo stuff a half hour after he said that seems fishy considering I haven't had any other replies about the ad I put up all week. Call me paranoid but I don't know, maybe I'm wrong

I emailed the guy that replied saying he had stereo equipment and asked if he can send pics but he won't send them. Says it would take a while to take pics of it all but I can stop by whenever so more reason to think it's the guy threatening me

Its easy show up with a pistol on your side and see if he is as big as he says he is when your face to face. most people hide behind the internet and bully people. Show up and watch him squirm his way out of it when you have a 45 pointed at him.

I'd ignore him and the "guy with stereo equipment" and go about your business - not worth the trouble.

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Originally Posted by logansryche

I'd ignore him and the "guy with stereo equipment" and go about your business - not worth the trouble.

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That's my plan. Crazy it all started cause him and his buddies think they're the only ones who can post scrap related ads on there lol

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Originally Posted by PartTimeScrapper

Its easy show up with a pistol on your side and see if he is as big as he says he is when your face to face. most people hide behind the internet and bully people. Show up and watch him squirm his way out of it when you have a 45 pointed at him.

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True! Lol. And I'm big guy that most people find intimidating anyway so he'd probably run lol

Does kinda suck knowing I might be missing out on the stereo equipment if it's not the same guy, pretty coincidental he replies a half hour after the see you soon threat though

you will probably have to confront him eventually. You guys share the same territory, he will keep flagging your adds.

The scumbag must be one of those guys mentioned in the San Antonio article about $2500/night scrapping: "....way too much personal baggage...."

Jon.

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Originally Posted by ParkerFlyer4

you will probably have to confront him eventually. You guys share the same territory, he will keep flagging your adds.

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Supposedly him and his buddies already have flagged it, ads still up so I think he needs more buddies to help. You got a point though. Crazy people take it that far, makes scrapping sound like drug dealing or something lol

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Originally Posted by sawmilleng

The scumbag must be one of those guys mentioned in the San Antonio article about $2500/night scrapping: "....way too much personal baggage...."

Jon.

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Lol, he could be. I'm in Indiana but I'm sure there's quite a few like the San Antonio guy here and in every other city lol

He called you. You have his number. Call him up with a sweet scrap deal and when he gets there you and your buddies tell him that now you know what he looks like and wish him good luck on his scrapping endeavors.

DO NOT SHOW HIM YOUR WEAPON UNLESS YOU PLAN TO KILL HIM!!! Once he gets a look at your carry piece, he can describe it to the cops anytime and have his story backed up by the examination of your carry piece matching his description of the weapon you pulled on him.

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Originally Posted by t00nces2

He called you. You have his number. Call him up with a sweet scrap deal and when he gets there you and your buddies tell him that now you know what he looks like and wish him good luck on his scrapping endeavors.

DO NOT SHOW HIM YOUR WEAPON UNLESS YOU PLAN TO KILL HIM!!! Once he gets a look at your carry piece, he can describe it to the cops anytime and have his story backed up by the examination of your carry piece matching his description of the weapon you pulled on him.

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It's all thru craigslist anonymous email, no name or number. I don't even plan on meeting with him. Wouldn't be worth it. There's been so much back and forth trash talk so far that if I did it would definitely lead to a fight. My birthday's tomorrow so I don't wanna go to jail for kicking his a++ lol

I'll catch ire for this but lets see..

The replies have been...

Show up with a gun.

Fight him.

Threaten him with your own friends.

Be the adult and ignore the fool.

I think I'd go with the last option. The others may make you feel good at first, till they turn around an bite you in your ass, an you find yourself facing felony charges. Seriously man, it's Craigslist. Not high school. Ignore the bull**** an move on with your day. Save the emails if you must an fwd them to Craigslist and have him banned. I'm pretty sure threatening someone with bodily harm is a violation of their TOS.

Or..you know..show up, pull a gun for no reason, with all your buddies there, run the risk of a gun charge, mob charge, etc etc.

Jus' saying.

Sirscrapalot - .....

I recommend you print out the threatening emails and his phone number.

Report him to Craigslist right away-they take threats seriously and they WILL deal with it.

Also make a police report.

Do not take threats lightly.

Most importantly do not confront him.

Let the police and craigslist handle it.

Also tell the scrap yard he sells to that he is threatening you.

Just my .02

I think you should tell all of us what city this is and then we can post additional scrap ads to really fire him up. We could all send forward you any emails or leads that we get.

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Originally Posted by Sirscrapalot

I'll catch ire for this but lets see..

The replies have been...

Show up with a gun.

Fight him.

Threaten him with your own friends.

Be the adult and ignore the fool.

I think I'd go with the last option. The others may make you feel good at first, till they turn around an bite you in your ass, an you find yourself facing felony charges. Seriously man, it's Craigslist. Not high school. Ignore the bull**** an move on with your day. Save the emails if you must an fwd them to Craigslist and have him banned. I'm pretty sure threatening someone with bodily harm is a violation of their TOS.

Or..you know..show up, pull a gun for no reason, with all your buddies there, run the risk of a gun charge, mob charge, etc etc.

Jus' saying.

Sirscrapalot - .....

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You're right. I take my "friends" suggestion back. I got a bit carried away with his threats. Call the cops and report the threats.

Frankly I'm surprised you didnt notify the police and CL already. It happened to me last year. I did my diligence and called the authorities whom I assume contacted craigslist for all the pertinent information. Short while later in our newspaper there are two guys each arrested for making threats and cyber bullying (its a crime in wi...i had no idea). I am trying to offer a service NOT entertain anyone who thinks I am slighting them by offering said service. The guys would have gotten quite a bit further selling what they get to me than harassing.

I would never suggest a gun be brandished at all, no reciprocation of threats, nothing. Heck...I guess people forget cops love craigslist for this very reason. It's an easy way for them to make arrests because there is no such thing as anonymous.

And now ladies and gentleman, I'm off to see a man about some scrap. hehe

That's what I'd do. We had a "property dispute" issue with a neighbor dumping junk on our property. Everyone else tried everything from returning the garbage, to talking with him, to...

I saw him do it once, and I called the county sheriff. End of problem!

exactly matador...for all the issues that society in america seems to have with cops we are quick to forget that WE pay THEM to SOLVE PROBLEMS without resorting to violence or crimes ourselves. Take advantage of the service offered because YOU pay taxes for the very reason you don't HAVE to accept threats like that. I hope some others take that as a lesson.

Definitely. This man wouldn't stop, and his dogs were running after us on our own property (Dobermans). Legally, in our state, we could shoot them. We could hit them with a car/truck/tractor, or set traps. This would cause a feud. Or, we can call the sheriff, who can tell him about these laws, and put an end to it.

We stay on our sides of the fence, and I'm fine with that. It's a lot better than a decade-long feud.

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Same thing here. Sometimes, a badge can scare a person enough to behave. That's what I'd do. Because, he'll know that if he ever does anything to you, he'll be reported. That may be enough.

Plus, I knew the sheriff at the time. That helps! ;)

I never planned on confronting him with a gun or at all. I told the stereo equipment guy he was too far away just in case it was him. I'm not worried about the threats, people are stupid. I said some things I probably shouldn't of after he got smart with me so showing emails to police or craigslist probably wouldn't help lol.
I debated on just taking my ad down but haven't. Last email from him was over 12 hours ago so hoping he found something better to do. It's officially my birthday now so it'd be nice to not have to deal with him anymore lol

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Originally Posted by mthomasdev

I think you should tell all of us what city this is and then we can post additional scrap ads to really fire him up. We could all send forward you any emails or leads that we get.

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THIS IS A AWESOME IDEA lol

Since open carry is legal in Colorado and I dont go to a CL ad without mine. There are way to many crazy people out there. This case in point proves it. Just remember the cops are not there to protect you from crime they are there to charge people with a crime after it happens and let the courts figure out if your guilty or not. The only person that can protect you is YOU!!!!!!

The scrap business is deep with these guys, threatening others online, they need to be investigated. Everyone has the right to safely post ads on CL.

This ain't about the right to self defense, or to carry, or whatever. I own a nice supply of guns tyvm. ;) so lets not turn it into that.

My point is...we're grown adults. Let's act like it. No need to antagonize a situation that can be avoided by you know...Showing up an pointing your 45 at someone.

Whole situation could have been avoided by the OP ignoring the idiot. OP admits he didn't do that, I ain't going to bash him for that, hopefully he learned in the future to just ignore morons.

It's whatever. Ain't my freedom, or life. Folks can do as they please.

Sirscrapalot - Sticks an stones.

Reason I don't carry a gun is because I am just crazy enough to use it..............I do agree CL sux sometimes but what other FREE options do we have to get that kind of exposure

Luckily it's been quiet since sunday, haven't heard back from the crazy guy since then.
Fun now has been the amount of people replying to my ad wanting to charge crazy amounts for nonworking electronics. In the last 24 hours I've been offered a xbox360 with a broken cd tray and no power for $65, a gateway all in one computer that doesn't turn on for $60, nonworking speakers for $20 and a few nonworking stereo receivers for $150 lol

If I shopped around, I bet I could buy working things for all of those items for less than what they're asking!

When broken PC speakers are worth $20, please let me know! I'll buy the $10 new working ones, and break them! :lol:

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If I shopped around, I bet I could buy working things for all of those items for less than what they're asking!

When broken PC speakers are worth $20, please let me know! I'll buy the $10 new working ones, and break them! :lol:

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Lol, I thought the same thing. The speakers were 12" stereo speakers but even $20 for those nonworking is pretty steep. It's funny that they get ahold of you acting like they're trying to help ya then give you b.s. prices on it all

Were they broken PC speakers? Didn't see that part if so. An if you can work on electronics, depending on the damage those recievers can bring decent money. I don't think so at 150 for broken. LOL. There's a guy near my sandbar who drives down an buys a bunch from a tv hookup I have. He pays anywhere from 20 to 50 bucks for each one depending on damage. Fixes an resells them.

If those we're car speakers an weren't blown or anything one could make a good resale on them. 20 ain't crap for decent speakers. Some people just don't know what they have. I sell used speakers all the time. PC ones to..the seem to be great for surround sound systems for some reason. They sell real good for me locally.

Despite all the above yes, it's amusing what people think their broken electronics are worth. I love getting calls from people who think a broken 15 year old computer is worth 150.00. Makes me laugh..while I'm on the phone. Or other high priced goods. Some dude wanted 20 for a broken tube tv. I had a good laugh. I don't expect much business from him, as he got upset when I laughed, so I told him he was an idiot. Dude..it's a broken tube! What do you think, I'ma refix a 32 inch tube tv an sell it for 150 bucks? I wish.

CL is full of entertainment. Even the trolls. Nothing better then feeding a troll to the point it implodes.

Good luck dealing with all the BS. Just remember to have a good laugh now an then at it all or you'll become one of them. ;)

Sirscrapalot - Finds humor everywhere. EVERYWHERE!

I have a box of computer speakers(working) that I haven't been able to part with because they still had some value as far a Ebay was concerned...I should probably get them on there before that is no longer is true.

make another craigslist account and make an ad on that craigslist account saying you buy can tabs for 3 dollars a pound for a charity and put his phone number on that add. Guarantee he will have to buy a new phone with a new number and you dont have to go all walter white on him and put a 45 in his face over some craigslist competition.

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Were they broken PC speakers? Didn't see that part if so. An if you can work on electronics, depending on the damage those recievers can bring decent money. I don't think so at 150 for broken. LOL. There's a guy near my sandbar who drives down an buys a bunch from a tv hookup I have. He pays anywhere from 20 to 50 bucks for each one depending on damage. Fixes an resells them.

If those we're car speakers an weren't blown or anything one could make a good resale on them. 20 ain't crap for decent speakers. Some people just don't know what they have. I sell used speakers all the time. PC ones to..the seem to be great for surround sound systems for some reason. They sell real good for me locally.

Despite all the above yes, it's amusing what people think their broken electronics are worth. I love getting calls from people who think a broken 15 year old computer is worth 150.00. Makes me laugh..while I'm on the phone. Or other high priced goods. Some dude wanted 20 for a broken tube tv. I had a good laugh. I don't expect much business from him, as he got upset when I laughed, so I told him he was an idiot. Dude..it's a broken tube! What do you think, I'ma refix a 32 inch tube tv an sell it for 150 bucks? I wish.

CL is full of entertainment. Even the trolls. Nothing better then feeding a troll to the point it implodes.

Good luck dealing with all the BS. Just remember to have a good laugh now an then at it all or you'll become one of them. ;)

Sirscrapalot - Finds humor everywhere. EVERYWHERE!

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The speakers were from a home stereo system and the cone on one was tore, said he doesn't know if the second one works. 2 of the receivers burnt up from overheating, other one doesn't turn on. Might've been able to get that one going but by the sound of it the other 2 are toast so figure $150 for the chance to get one of them to work is pointless.

I've had alot of luck reselling car speakers here, was hoping that's what his would've been.

Guess the people that think their junk is worth gold are everywhere. $20 for a broken tv seems worse than the guy I'm dealing with lol. I would've laughed at him too.

Thanks, I'm the same way. If it wasn't for me trying to find humor in everything I would've went crazy a long time ago lol

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The speakers were from a home stereo system and the cone on one was tore, said he doesn't know if the second one works. 2 of the receivers burnt up from overheating, other one doesn't turn on. Might've been able to get that one going but by the sound of it the other 2 are toast so figure $150 for the chance to get one of them to work is pointless.

I've had alot of luck reselling car speakers here, was hoping that's what his would've been.

Guess the people that think their junk is worth gold are everywhere. $20 for a broken tv seems worse than the guy I'm dealing with lol. I would've laughed at him too.

Thanks, I'm the same way. If it wasn't for me trying to find humor in everything I would've went crazy a long time ago lol

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I concur with that, people in my area are getting like that with their tvs and phones. "hey i have an iphone that costed me $300 but the screen shattered and I want $150 for it" uh, no lol.

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The speakers were from a home stereo system and the cone on one was tore, said he doesn't know if the second one works. 2 of the receivers burnt up from overheating, other one doesn't turn on. Might've been able to get that one going but by the sound of it the other 2 are toast so figure $150 for the chance to get one of them to work is pointless.

I've had alot of luck reselling car speakers here, was hoping that's what his would've been.

Guess the people that think their junk is worth gold are everywhere. $20 for a broken tv seems worse than the guy I'm dealing with lol. I would've laughed at him too.

Thanks, I'm the same way. If it wasn't for me trying to find humor in everything I would've went crazy a long time ago lol

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I concur with that, people in my area are getting like that with their tvs and phones. "hey i have an iphone that costed me $300 but the screen shattered and I want $150 for it" uh, no lol.

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Lol exactly! I've seen people asking for more than that for ones with broken screens here. I don't even spend that much when I buy a new phone lol. I'm fine with paying a little amount for some items but things like that or this guy wanting almost $100 for a computer that's old enough it has windows 98 on it and won't turn on at all is CRAZY. I try to stay nice but I really just wanna tell them good luck with that

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Lol exactly! I've seen people asking for more than that for ones with broken screens here. I don't even spend that much when I buy a new phone lol. I'm fine with paying a little amount for some items but things like that or this guy wanting almost $100 for a computer that's old enough it has windows 98 on it and won't turn on at all is CRAZY. I try to stay nice but I really just wanna tell them good luck with that

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But think of all the gold in that computer, if it's that old it probably has 2 Trojan Ounces in it! LOL

I've been getting more of the "why don't you just curbshop" and "stop posting so much or we'll all get banned" BS lately.

Also, a little off topic, some A-hole took a dishwasher I left in front of my garage yesterday. It was garbage night so I hope they just thought it was going to the curb, but I'm glad it was just a DW, cause now I know better and will put a little more effort into stashing and hiding stuff. In Spring/Summer, I would have piles of crap at the side and in front of the garage. People are getting desperate with low prices and crappy weather.

I posted a new ad and said depending on what people have to get rid of I would pay a few bucks for it, woke up today to a email from a guy with the original playstation asking if I'd be interested. Seemed alright until he said he wants $125 for it lol. He even says he has a guy in Ohio that offered him $250 for it but wants to stay local. Wanted to ask if he meant to say stay loco lol