YSaC, Vol. 350: One of these things is not like the other …

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4 Tall Standing Lamps – $20


4 lamps for sale. 3 of them are identical (black lamp). I only have one of the yellow wooden lamp. All are functional. Buy all 4 for $20.

Is it really necessary to post three of the exact same picture just because you have three of the same lamp?

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13 responses to “YSaC, Vol. 350: One of these things is not like the other …”

  1. princessluceval Avatar
    princessluceval

    Now I’m confused. Does that person have three (or even four) of those yellow chairs, too?

    1. Colleen in MA Avatar
      Colleen in MA

      Yeah, what’s the deal? I only want to buy the chairs.

  2. hdsquaver Avatar
    hdsquaver

    So would have been cooler to see a picture of each of those black lamps, but also a little weird. But hey if you are taking the time to take a picture why not do every one of a few identical items to “prove” they exist. Wait a second new craigslist scam, take one item you have to sell and take multiple pictures of it in different locations and list it as more than one. But then say you’ll only sell them individually so nobody realizes.

  3. J0seyW4les Avatar
    J0seyW4les

    It appears that the picture of the yellow wooden lamp was taken seconds before it fell over. That lamp has got some serious lean going on.

  4. Lola Avatar
    Lola

    The levolor blinds over the sliding door (I’m assuming) in the black lamp photo(s) remind me of the apartment complex I lived in in college. The coffee table, which came with the place (and was able to support a surprising number of drunken coeds dancing despite its obvious cheapness), does too.
    … That I graduated 15 years ago and cheap apartments are still furnishing their units with the identically same crap doesn’t surprise me in the least.

  5. unfortunate names Avatar

    maybe at least a different angle?

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    @hdaquaver

    How would that work as a “scam” exactly? You could still only sell one of them.

  7. Mrphysic Avatar
    Mrphysic

    well he does say 3 of them are identical……….maybe he wanted to highlight just how identical they were. Part of me wants to believe that he has actually taken a photo, unplugged the lamp and moved it, replaced it with another (identical) lamp and then taken the same photo (from the same angle)…….but that’s just daft.

    It does kinda remind me of Sesame Street though – ‘….one of these things things is not like the others…..’. Maybe he’s trying to add to the fun of Craigslist by including a simple ‘spot the odd one out’ contest.

  8. Julia Avatar
    Julia

    Maybe those *aren’t* the same picture. Maybe those are the four corners of a really, really creepy room.

    1. MoxieHart Avatar

      Stole my thoughts. What if it’s just four identical corners?

  9. Alana Edmunds Avatar

    Love this craigslist ad! Mentioned this website on a podcast/digital lifecast that I create with one of my friends

    http://millennio.us

  10. Mushroom Avatar

    I have one of those lamps (the kind he’s got 3 of), it’s from IKEA and it will not stay upright nor can it be fixed to stay upright. Best picking up #4 and tossing these three into your recycle bin (they come apart into 3 pieces)… oh wait, #4 looks diagonal too. Skip it.

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