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  Jordan1 year, 5 months ago

  This is amazing and scary. I wonder if they'll be able to track down the offender.

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  zplan1 year, 5 months ago

  I hope they get everyone involved. How can just an ad be binding so that so many could just get away with taking things? Who in the hec would believe that they could just walk into a place and start taking things without any authority of some kind? Holy cow. What if someone placed an ad inviting all to a free trip to the moon?

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    earthlingerer1 year, 5 months ago

    Anyone who "F's" with family deserves this kind of service.

    I hope the guy has enough money to fix everything up again, because I don't think his family will lend him any.

    1 for anonymous internet!

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      jock1 year, 5 months ago

      For all you know his sister f'd with HIM and deserved to get the boot. You know NOTHING about his family or the man who got ripped off. I hope whoever broke the law here goes to jail where they belong. You don't get to steal from someone just because you don't get what you want.

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      loquaciousrana1 year, 5 months ago

      She will probably end up suing Craig's List for liability. Since the owner of the house was not the one placing the ad, she did not sign or authorize a waver. More than likely the company will settle out of court to prevent bad publicity.

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  natashas1 year, 5 months ago

  So much for neighborhood watch!

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  pacificmist1 year, 5 months ago

  this is not the first time I have heard about things going bad after a post like this. There are just people out there waiting for things like this. I posted something on Craigs list for my son once and you can't believe the calls I got. You just have to be careful how you word things you put on the net because people will read what they want it to say.

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  joeblowe1 year, 5 months ago

  Now, Now, let's not get excited here. I'm SURE that everyone who went there and took something will replace it immediately soon as they hear it was just a scam. /end humor/

  My mother used to say that everyone had a little bit of larceny in them. I've always thought she was a bit too cynical. After hearing about this, I'm starting to think maybe not cynical enough.

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  Redneck1 year, 5 months ago

  One has to wonder how the doors were left unlocked. Sounds fishy to me. Must have been the sister if she was living in the place before this happened.

  Even if the owner has been an absolute jerk no one should have stolen from him or set it up so others could. Family sometimes are the wrost "renters" one can have. Even with them one needs an ironclad contract which one will enforce! I have watched this over the years I recommend everyone write out a contract so all things are clear from the beginning. At least if one person violates the contract all parties knew what was expected. :-)

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    elll1 year, 5 months ago

    lol.....can't lock doors that aren't there! THEY TOOK THE DOORS!!

    :o)

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  elll1 year, 5 months ago

  If I read an ad that said "take anything you want for free" I'd think it was a dump and not worthwhile. If I got there and it was a nice house, nobody home....I'd be suspicious and leave with NOTHING!

  The people responding to the ad are just as guilty as the person placing the it.

  If it's TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE........

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  SusanParrish1 year, 5 months ago

  Maybe Craigs list needs to change how they list things, maybe someone should verify listings before they post. One phone call to the owner of the place in question could have prevented this.

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    PaganGodess1 year, 5 months ago

    "One phone call to the owner of the place in question could have prevented this."

    Are you certain of this? Unfortunately, when it comes to ads and the internet people need to use their best judgment.

    In my opinion, people who run these internet sites don't give a damned what kind of ads are run, as long as the person placing the ad has a valid credit card (it doesn't even have to belong to the person using it) what do they care?

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      SusanParrish1 year, 5 months ago

      That's why I said the owner of the place, not the lister of the ad. The address was given, they could have googled the landlord and then called him up. An ad like that should have raised some red flags. And you are right, the people who run web sites like that don't care at all. So long as they get their money, it's all good, for them.

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        joeblowe1 year, 5 months ago

        You do know that listing on Craig's list is FREE, right - no money involved.

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          PaganGodess1 year, 5 months ago

          All the more reason not to spend time researching who is listing then.

          People do some really amazing things!

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          SusanParrish1 year, 5 months ago

          I assume they get advertising money.

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  ABANOCLA1 year, 5 months ago

  CRAIGSLIST: One exwife, free for the taking, please pick up at .............lmao

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  thomas9981 year, 5 months ago

  The act is as disturbing as the lack of action by the police. http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/205655...

  according to this article the police wont be pressing any charges against anyone. They claim its a civil matter.

  Somehow I would think that fraud (listing something that wasnt yours as yours), wirefraud (if they phoned it in or used the internet), conspiracy could all be applied to the person who placed the add. And if you want to get pick, receipt of stolen property, vandalism, tresspass, larceny... all come to mind with respect to the people taking stuff.

  I know they will claim they thought it was free, but if you buy something from someone and its stolen it isn't a defense to say you didn't know if the price was such that a reasonable person would have known or suspect it.

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  Dharma1 year, 5 months ago

  The police aren't going to do anything about this because it is a civl matter?! WTF! That makes absolutly NO sense! So if I shoot my brother, or rob his house, they won't investigate because its family? If they aren't going to investigate cause its family it should be illegal to rent to family. What if her sister hadn't been paying the rent for months on end or something similar? This woman better hope her homeowners insurance covers this or she is going to have to rebuild ( VERY expensive in this case) or sell at a loss.......

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  elll1 year, 5 months ago

  I'm thinking the police might have gotten more involved if the tenant had SOLD the stuff instead of giving it away. Any landlord/tenant problem (finacial, damage, etc) is normally not taken care of by the police. From my experience, it's usually something that ends up in small claims court. Theft of "service" is typically handled like that.

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