Wow... more Craigslist fun
 

Not sure if this is the right place to post this, but it's funny.
I can't believe some of the listings I have found on Craigslist People trying to sell services or stuff and their descriptions are just great!

http://centralmich.craigslist.org/pts/2127301107.html

Would you trust this guy to work on the headlights on your car?

ROD

wow, just wow....what a spell-check noob!

wouldn't let anyone else touch my lights. $10 does seem very cheap though. He's probably doing one coat with the polish.

My headlights are good, and even if they weren't, this guy wouldn't be the one cleaning them.

I've seen:

your=you're (daily)
they're=their=there
no=know
looser=loser
prolly=probably
alot = a lot
breaks = brakes

But tords = towards? Finally, there goes my hope for this country's future :(

10 bucks is not that much; even if he polishes the headlight lenses, his labor and time are worth 10 bucks. He's not asking for the world. Obviously, he's doing it because he needs money; he's not stealing or robbing from people. There are much worse people out there who are actually committing crimes.

What do you expect from the ghetto of the internet? LOL

Agree with this.

Plus, who cares how he spells? He isn't writing me an essay. He's polishing headlights. Do you care if your plumber knows the capital of the neighboring states?

Really? Coming from Yale Law School, I would think you'd expect a modicum of professionalism while conducting any business, whether it be the advertising or service aspect. When someone offers something that sounds sketchy, it normally is.

In any case, Yale Law, huh? Congratulations. I'm applying for law schools myself. I definitely don't think I can reach that high on the totem pole.

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Not that it matters, but I know a guy who is a diesel tech at a Ford dealership. Really rough around the edges. He chain smokes, he's covered in filth all the time and cant spell a word to save his life. Know what? That dude brings home a six figure pay every year. He's got 2 kids, his wife doesn't work and he lives in a $400.000 home. Just sayin'.....

But this diesel tech isn't the one who approves advertising content for the Ford dealership, right?

We're not talking about competence here, we're talking about smart marketing.

1. He has the ability to get on the Internet if he posted on Craigslist.
2. His time is not worth very much if he's charging $10 per car.
3. Logic would follow that it would be a good investment of his time to Copy / Paste into a spellchecker (or just use the free checker on the Google toolbar).

He's just a guy doing this in his spare time. There's nothing really professional about it to begin with.

Do I care that Chinese restaurants have a bunch of spelling and grammar mistakes? Nope. Funny, yes. Affects my decision, no.

I agree. If you want professionalism then your not picking a ten dollar job found on Craiglist.

Oh no doubt. Totally agree with you there. I guess what I'm trying to say is that everyone seems to be so quick to pile on and make fun of someone like this, when in reality, they could be earning a better living than some attorneys or doctors.

Jesus Christ! A lot of pretentious people on here. The guy is asking to polish headlights and for 10 freaking bucks. It's not sketchy to me. He's asking if someone needs him to polish the headlights, then to pay him 10 bucks for his labor. If someone doesn't need their headlights polished, then move on.

Honestly, I've seen far worse on craigslist.

Case in point.

Well done.
:rofl:

From a detailing point of view, it's pretty hard to charge more than that. Polishing headlights takes virtually no time at all and he's probably using a $20 Meguiars kit (with wool pad for a drill) that would let him do 50+ cars.

Considering a lot of people would freak if they saw how little it took and he tried to charge more than that...

Of course you wouldn't care. The restaurant's reputation, ambiance, taste, customer service, menu selection, etc. are the catch points for the sale. All the craigslist man has to catch customers with is the advertisement. It's made one potential customer think otherwise about using him. I'm sure there are more that's been turned off by it solely due to the ad.

[QUOTE=Steponme,Dec 28 2010, 06:51 PM] Jesus Christ!

Where is Magician?

It's so awesome when people criticize the grammar/spelling of others and then screw it up themselves. Let's learn how to form complete sentences and punctuate correctly before we start making fun of others. It's a freaking ad for a service on Craigslist for $10...if you were expecting a well thought out and well articulated ad then I think the guy that placed the ad should probably be making fun of you instead.

[QUOTE=Steponme,Dec 28 2010, 05:51 PM] 10 bucks is not that much; even if he polishes the headlight lenses, his labor and time are worth 10 bucks.

Runon sentence fail.

Where the hell is Magician when you need him?

:iagree: D'oh!! Oh, the irony! :D

In the spirit of correct spelling and grammar, I think you meant run-on....

Its run-on, or run on. Two seperate words.

Damn, villain beat me to it. :thumbup:

[QUOTE=broke 20,Dec 29 2010, 05:54 PM] Its run-on, or run on. Two seperate words.

Damn, villain beat me to it.

:iagree: :LOL:

Buncha grammar nazis!

If he's going to clear my clouded headlights for only
$10, I don't care how bad he spells!

I imagine for $10, it'll be a 10 year old rag that he throws on the ground to let dry, then picks it back up with gravel and stones to buff your car. $20 school car washes often do that.

Since we're all being a bunch of hypocritical grammar Nazis, I might as well join in the party. :LOL:

"badly". :D

Minor errors vs the author's own interpretation of the English language? We all commit infractions and occassionally misdemeanors, but we all want murderers put away. All of these consistitute crimes, so are we hypocrites for thinking a murderer deserves his punishment when we curse the government and its employees for serving justice when we skew over the speed limit? Apples and oranges, buddy.

Dude, shut up! The guy is asking to polish headlights for 10 focking bucks, not represent you as your attorney in a court of law. When an attorney who can barely write or spell, then it's a major problem. When a headlight polisher who doesn't write very well, then who gives a fock. Some mechanics who can barely spell but know about engines better than the backs of their hands, their spelling wouldn't matter that much.

:ponder:

Speaking of infractions, does anyone else find the "apples and oranges" cliche ridiculous (in general, not in your quote)? Anyone with half a brain can legitimately compare apples and oranges and make relative judgments about them.

He means when he speeds it's an apple, but when headlight polishers misspell it's an orange. :LOL:

Jesus.

What? I was relating the quoted poster's claim that we're all hypocrites to him comparing two different levels of fault. One is minor accidental errors in spelling, where as the other is an egregious re-definition of English grammar. Then I related that to another form of low level mistake to high level mistake.

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sgv...131445636.html

lol GPW....