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Woody
Woody GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
11/23/10 8:49 a.m.

Seriously? This is the only photo in the ad:

novaderrik
novaderrik HalfDork
11/23/10 8:50 a.m.

what was for sale- the car, the house, or a piece of furniture on the deck?

oh, wait, i know- they are selling the XBox 360 that is hooked to the tv..

mndsm
mndsm Dork
11/23/10 8:53 a.m.

I thought it was someone trying to barter service for the washer and dryer in the basement.

oldtin
oldtin HalfDork
11/23/10 10:21 a.m.

This one's got to be up there in utter uselessness - two year old photo of a black car at dusk

BoxheadTim
BoxheadTim GRM+ Memberand Dork
11/23/10 10:24 a.m.

That seems to be the normal type of photo on CL out here - black car, taken at night with a cellphone camera...

MrJoshua
MrJoshua SuperDork
11/23/10 10:27 a.m.
Woody wrote: Seriously? This is the only photo in the ad:

"Today on CAR SHOP: How to sell your car when your wife has a restraining order"

cghstang
cghstang Reader
11/23/10 10:50 a.m.

CL retard said: mazda B-2300 reg. cab. great on gas 1 owner,auto,air,new brakes,timing belt,bed liner.Only picture I have is th one of the truck in the backgroundbehind my camaro
16vCorey
16vCorey SuperDork
11/23/10 11:18 a.m.

Not the worst by far, but I just found this one: That was the only pic. The description was about as good as the pic.

dj
dj New Reader
11/23/10 1:06 p.m.
cghstang wrote:
CL retard said: mazda B-2300 reg. cab. great on gas 1 owner,auto,air,new brakes,timing belt,bed liner.Only picture I have is th one of the truck in the backgroundbehind my camaro

OK, that is ridiculous.

16vCorey wrote: Not the worst by far, but I just found this one: That was the only pic. The description was about as good as the pic.

Love how he parked it right in front of the mailbox for the picture. Perfect!

fast_eddie_72
fast_eddie_72 Reader
11/23/10 1:17 p.m.

My mom used to say to my sister and me: “I never worry about you two being successful. Most people aren’t even trying”. It is the most cynical thing I ever heard her say. These ads kind of bear that out though.

It’s an oddly encouraging thought when I’m sitting at work thinking “I could have done that better”. I think about Mom and then think about the other people I know who do what I do for a living. Yeah, I’m doin’ fine.

Pumpkin Escobar
Pumpkin Escobar SuperDork
11/23/10 1:26 p.m.
cghstang wrote:
CL retard said: mazda B-2300 reg. cab. great on gas 1 owner,auto,air,new brakes,timing belt,bed liner.Only picture I have is th one of the truck in the backgroundbehind my camaro

best worst ad ever

Ranger50
Ranger50 Reader
11/23/10 1:37 p.m.

I can say the same for dealers selling cars too. I looked at a 95 325i, I think, last night at one of the Ford dealers off Autotrader. The pics are decent for what I would expect for a $1700 car. There just wasn't many of them, 4 I think, so I clicked on the VIDEO......1:37-ish in, I found the drivers front window isn't attached to the regulator properly and it looks like the drivers rear window doesn't even move and is down inside the door. It made me say, "WTF, really? Seriously?". Even for $1700 at a dealer, I would expect better.

Brian

PubBurgers
PubBurgers Dork
12/9/10 10:33 a.m.

Bringing it back:

Covered in snow and blocked by a tree, nice. It's like people are afraid to go outside their houses and snap pics from the windows instead.

Ranger50
Ranger50 Reader
12/9/10 10:37 a.m.

That would mean someone would have to get dressed out of their PJ's or moomoo to get a pic. I mean COME ON!

alfadriver
alfadriver SuperDork
12/9/10 10:48 a.m.

In reply to PubBurgers:

My teeth are chattering just considering selling that car.

And not because it's cold.....

PubBurgers
PubBurgers Dork
3/31/11 7:57 p.m.

New challenger:

Maroon92
Maroon92 SuperDork
3/31/11 8:00 p.m.

Things you can tell from that picture^

  1. its red
  2. it exists
  3. it is some form of 4 wheeled transportation...looks cheap
  4. the owner is a LAZY berkeley!
T.J.
T.J. SuperDork
3/31/11 8:35 p.m.

Damn you people.

In an effort to not be outdone, I dutifully went to my local craigslist to find my version of the worst picture ever. Instead I found an E30 318i parts car for $250. No grill or seats, but supposedly the powertrain is intact. No pics at all.

link

jamscal
jamscal Dork
3/31/11 9:03 p.m.
Ranger50 wrote: That would mean someone would have to get dressed out of their PJ's or moomoo to get a pic. I mean COME ON!

No, with these people they would have to get dressed into their PJ's and moomoo's

Even been to Wal-mart?

integraguy
integraguy Dork
3/31/11 9:10 p.m.

What I like (I'm being sarcastic) are the ads that tell you everything you can already see in the poor pictures...like the color and how many doors, but DON'T include info like just how bad the "light" damage is to the side of the car they (purposely?) did not photograph. Or what their idea of LOW mileage is/means. If you have a 10 year old car with, say, 50K miles on the odo....why not just say "It has 50K miles on it". An ad I looked at recently, and I see this on E-Bay alot, claimed low mileage. It turned out they based the claim on the "new" engine that was recently installed. Sorry, it's not a "low mileage" machine, if every part EXCEPT the engine has 200K miles on it.

16vCorey
16vCorey SuperDork
4/1/11 7:36 a.m.

This one just popped up.

Craigslist tard said: 307 auto cold natured carb runs great when warmed up ,super nice interior paint and top are decent,original spare rides great,clean car to fix up or cruise call mike at 812-641-0462 READY TO SELL MAKE OFFER!!!! OR IF U HAVE A NICE SS MONTE,MUSTANG GT 5 SPEED,OR LIFTED NICE TRUCK I WILL THROW IN SOME CASH ON A TRADE I LIKE

And the only picture:

16vCorey
16vCorey SuperDork
4/1/11 7:40 a.m.

Ooo another one!

Craigslist tard said: Rust free car . Needs inner fenders radiator support . Have the fenders they just are not in the photo. Found another project that I want to do so I must get rid of this. Title in hand. Call or txt 8127606961

PubBurgers
PubBurgers Dork
8/12/11 3:18 p.m.

Back again:

mad_machine
mad_machine GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
8/12/11 3:48 p.m.

hmmmm.. that is a pontiac firebird, right?

rjones33
rjones33 New Reader
8/12/11 4:01 p.m.

I thinks it's a miata with a body kit. NO, a civic with a body kit!

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