I can’t get over the snarky attitude people feel they must put into their adds. Here is verbatim an ad to sell suitecase weights on CL:
<“THIS AD IS NOT A SOLICITATION OF YOUR OPINION!
<GET YOUR WIFE'S PERMISSION PRIOR TO CONTACTING ME!!!!!
<IF YOU ARE READING THIS AD THEN THE ITEM IS STILL FOR SALE SO DONT BE AN ASS AND ASK ME IF IT IS!
<SOLD AS IS WHERE IS, NO WARRANTIES EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED!
<ITEM LOCATION IS 19014
<I'M NOT A WORLD MAP, I DO NOT KNOW HOW FAR YOU ARE FROM ME!
<CASH IS KING
<COME WITH IT OR NOT AT ALL
<NO SHIPPING, NO CHECKS, NO THIRD PARTY PICK UP, NO SOLICITING, DONT PICK YOUR NOSE IN FRONT OF ME!!”
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I wonder how they would react if stores they dealt with put this in their ads?
<“THIS AD IS NOT A SOLICITATION OF YOUR OPINION!
<GET YOUR WIFE'S PERMISSION PRIOR TO CONTACTING ME!!!!!
<IF YOU ARE READING THIS AD THEN THE ITEM IS STILL FOR SALE SO DONT BE AN ASS AND ASK ME IF IT IS!
<SOLD AS IS WHERE IS, NO WARRANTIES EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED!
<ITEM LOCATION IS 19014
<I'M NOT A WORLD MAP, I DO NOT KNOW HOW FAR YOU ARE FROM ME!
<CASH IS KING
<COME WITH IT OR NOT AT ALL
<NO SHIPPING, NO CHECKS, NO THIRD PARTY PICK UP, NO SOLICITING, DONT PICK YOUR NOSE IN FRONT OF ME!!”
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I wonder how they would react if stores they dealt with put this in their ads?