{"id":1944,"date":"2009-05-18T10:37:40","date_gmt":"2009-05-18T13:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yousuckatcraigslist.com\/?p=1944"},"modified":"2009-05-18T11:28:19","modified_gmt":"2009-05-18T14:28:19","slug":"ysac-vol-305","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.yousuckatcraigslist.com\/?p=1944","title":{"rendered":"YSaC, Vol. 305: The heartwarming story of a woman, her kayak, and central air."},"content":{"rendered":"

Martha is a regular and long-time contributor to YSaC (she has her own tag<\/a>!), and she sent in this account of her real-life adventures on Craigslist:<\/p>\n

So I’m actually trying to barter my ridiculously expensive kayak for central air.\u00a0 Here’s the ad I found…<\/p>\n

\n

BARTER ****You need a CENTRAL A\/C or FURNACE ? (Rosemount , Farmington, Hampton)<\/h2>\n
\n

********BARTER HVAC SKILLS for cash **********Or ?<\/p>\n

Heating , Venting , Air Conditioning<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Central Air —- 13 seer 2 ton Central Air Unit $775.00<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

A-Coils as low as $195.00
\n\"\"<\/p>\n

Furnaces — 80% 70,000 Btu $578.00 FREE DELIVERY , FREE DISPOSAL with install Ready to ——– ” GET ER DONE ” ——- CALL xxx-xxx-8082<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\n<\/blockquote>\n

<\/p>\n

\nSo I email the guy, and here’s the ensuing email trail:<\/p>\n

\n

Hi,<\/p>\n

I have this ad out on Craigslist (http:\/\/minneapolis.craigslist.org\/bar\/xxxxxxxxxx.html) and am interested in bartering for C\/A installed on my (small) home.\u00a0 All ductwork is in place, all that would be needed is a slab and unit.<\/p>\n

Please let me know if you are interested, it seems like it would be a fair trade.<\/p>\n

Thanks,
\nMartha<\/p>\n

\n

— On Mon, 4\/27\/09, <\/strong>CentralAirAsshat@juno.com\u00a0<\/em><\/strong> wrote:
\nFrom: CentralAirAsshat@juno.com
\nSubject: Central Air Our Reply ! !
\nTo: xxxxxxxx@yahoo.com
\nDate: Monday, April 27, 2009, 4:15 PM<\/p>\n

Barter my CENTRAL AIR SKILLS for CASH.
\nReally have no need for a KAYAK.
\nWhen you sell your KAYAK then email.
\nYour Phone Number and City you live in.
\nSo we can get your CENTRAL AIR installed.
\nLooking forward to serving you.<\/p>\n

Thanks<\/p>\n

\n

From: “Martha F”
\nTo: “CentralAirAsshat@juno.com”<\/p>\n

You do know that BARTERING means for goods, not cash, right?\u00a0 You should really remove your ad from the barter section, since you are really just advertising your services for CASH ONLY (which is selling).<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/barter<\/a><\/p>\n

Looking forward to not doing business with you.<\/p>\n

\n

Martha says, “I really had to hold myself back from calling him a moron.\u00a0 And I never heard back from him, but this jackhole is still posting the same ads.\u00a0 Apparently he didn’t check the dictionary link.”<\/p>\n

Thanks, Martha! I hope you get your kayak bartered AND your central air installed. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Martha is a regular and long-time contributor to YSaC (she has her own tag!), and she sent in this account of her real-life adventures on Craigslist: So I’m actually trying to barter my ridiculously expensive kayak for central air.\u00a0 Here’s the ad I found… BARTER ****You need a CENTRAL A\/C or FURNACE ? (Rosemount , […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[58,39,9],"class_list":["post-1944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-barter","tag-asshat","tag-mf","tag-unclear-on-the-concept"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.yousuckatcraigslist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.yousuckatcraigslist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.yousuckatcraigslist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.yousuckatcraigslist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.yousuckatcraigslist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1944"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"http:\/\/www.yousuckatcraigslist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2302,"href":"http:\/\/www.yousuckatcraigslist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1944\/revisions\/2302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.yousuckatcraigslist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.yousuckatcraigslist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.yousuckatcraigslist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}