914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
10/15/18 12:09 p.m.

..and look for something suspicious.   It's got $2k in wheels and tires.  Am I just a skeptic?

(photos shot through a screen door?)

GameboyRMH
GameboyRMH MegaDork
10/15/18 12:15 p.m.

Yeah seems too good to be true. First one looks like it was literally shot through a screen door, second one looks like it was printed out and scanned back in.

RossD
RossD MegaDork
10/15/18 12:17 p.m.

Someone took photos of their computer screen. If you want to verify that it's not a scam, ask for a picture of them holding their monitor with today Google News website displayed.

Woody
Woody MegaDork
10/15/18 12:30 p.m.

I came here expecting a Rotary.

dculberson
dculberson UltimaDork
10/15/18 1:24 p.m.

Because it's a scam. There is no $2000 Ridgeline that's in that kind of condition.

GameboyRMH
GameboyRMH MegaDork
10/15/18 1:28 p.m.
RossD said:

Someone took photos of their computer screen.

It's possible, but I don't think I've ever seen a screen with such atrocious dot pitch/disinclination lines.

spitfirebill
spitfirebill MegaDork
10/15/18 1:45 p.m.

The past few days has seen a huge spike in scam CL ads, usually ATVs, UTVs, Kubota tractors, other construction equipment.    

Appleseed
Appleseed MegaDork
10/15/18 2:16 p.m.

I've seen a ton of scams like that pop up. Cell camera shot of a Web picture. Usually multiple shots of the same picture. I see that fuzzy shot of a monitor,  and I'm already on to the next ad. 

Ian F
Ian F MegaDork
10/15/18 2:40 p.m.

It confuses me how someone could have enough working brain cells to put together a CL ad, but not enough to simply right-click/save-as on a picture.  Or hell - just do a screen capture or Snip-it.

RossD
RossD MegaDork
10/15/18 2:45 p.m.
GameboyRMH said:
RossD said:

Someone took photos of their computer screen.

It's possible, but I don't think I've ever seen a screen with such atrocious dot pitch/disinclination lines.

The person that has to take a picture of his monitor has an old 4:3 flat screen from 2004. It might even say Compaq in the corner.

MadScientistMatt
MadScientistMatt PowerDork
10/15/18 2:56 p.m.
Ian F said:

It confuses me how someone could have enough working brain cells to put together a CL ad, but not enough to simply right-click/save-as on a picture.  Or hell - just do a screen capture or Snip-it.

Supposedly that's to confound Google Images searches, or possibly some sort of mechanism in Craigslist that auto-flags duplicate listings.

JAGwinn
JAGwinn New Reader
10/15/18 9:06 p.m.

What! There is a puddle of fluid on the ground on the opposite side of the airconditioner drain.

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