Misleading add ,Craigslist

[Jackdaw]

Dava,



You gotta keep in mind, Craigslist ads are from the lower minded folks. Too cheap to put in the time & money to properly list items. think low brow. When on the net, remember it is after all still, "The wild west."

CR

Disagree with you Ron... I know many people that have bought and sold high-value boats on CL, and none of them were lower-minded. I've personally bought and sold several; its often part of a broad campaign to get a boat sold. Or to find one.

 

[Kings Gambit]

Dava,

When a 28 ft. boat claims it sleeps five, think of dead bodies that need less space. Living people are different. I also don't believe a 28 footer is rated to carry 15 people.

You gotta keep in mind, Craigslist ads are from the lower minded folks. Too cheap to put in the time & money to properly list items. think low brow. When on the net, remember it is after all still, "The wild west."

CR

I've heard nearly everything now. The character of the now sailing-folk-hero Captain Ron epitomizes low brow in just about every dimension. I'm amazed that someone donning that moniker would write such a thing unless intended as a joke! As always with advertising--think READERSHIP: that's the only thing that counts--bang for the buck. CL is high bang, no buck. Geeze Louise.

 

[sailingseadragon]

"... can carry 15 safely" this does not seem unreasonable if they are neatly stacked.

 

[Joe]

I've heard nearly everything now. The character of the now sailing-folk-hero Captain Ron epitomizes low brow in just about every dimension. I'm amazed that someone donning that moniker would write such a thing unless intended as a joke! As always with advertising--think READERSHIP: that's the only thing that counts--bang for the buck. CL is high bang, no buck. Geeze Louise.

KG... You must consider the source... but I concur with your comment.

 

[justsomeguy]

Dava,

When a 28 ft. boat claims it sleeps five, think of dead bodies that need lessk space. Living people are different. I also don't believe a 28 footer is rated to carry 15 people.

You gotta keep in mind, Craigslist ads are from the lower minded folks. Too cheap to put in the time & money to properly list items. think low brow. When on the net, remember it is after all still, "The wild west."

CR

I've got nothing. I thought we were just dogpiling on captnron.

Actually, I use Craigslist a lot, selling off all the crap I've accumulated. Sure, there are the usual flakes, but if it's useable, it usually sells.

And then there's the "free" listings. If people think that you're giving stuff away, there's less incentive to follow through on the transaction. Folks seem to need to ascribe some kind of monetary value to the item to even commit to a rendezvous.

People are weird.

 

[fdr14127]

During a Youngstown Level regatta the Coast Guard waived over the Niagara on the Lake bumboat and cited the young dock monkey for driving under the bow of the Uniflight where the Cox could not see him. While getting his ticket at the CG Station, Customs wanted them to seize the NOLSC whaler and the Coasties demurred saying it wasn't warranted. Border Patrol said they don't go to sea, Immigration said they had made arrangements with Youngstown and Niagara and they wouldn't, so Customs impounded the bumboat stranding 30+ Canadians in Youngstown. Shortly after midnight, Canadian Border Patrol indicated they wanted to go home for the night....what to do. A thirty foot C&C sloop was dispatched to Youngstown to retrieve the happy racers and they were all loaded below except the helmsmen and two on deck so as to not attract attention. The helm reports he did not look below but there was a whole lot of giggling going on.... Canadian Customs processed 32 returning to Canada and went home.

Yes you can put on that many according to the Craigs list. Safety of course is totally another matter.

 

[John Howitt]

When my wife and I bought our Hunter 29.5 a friend told me, it drinks 12, feeds 4 and sleeps 2.