Simple Jack

As some of you may already know we’re in the process of moving. During this ordeal The Admiral has been doing quite a bit of the search via Craigslist. I’ve never cared for this site myself but she seems to navigate through it pretty well. Below is an email response we got to a query she made. The only thing funnier than the response we got is that we all know that somewhere someone is going to fall for this crap.

From: Jason Grover [mailto:grover_jason@yahoo.com] Subject: Re: $800 / 3br - Kirkland Totem Lake On Greenbelt End Of Road (Kirkland)


Hi, I did get your response concerning the AD I posted on craigslist.The house is still available but presently I'm not around.. I did bid for a portion of petroleum land sometimes ago in West Africa and fortunately I won the bidding so I have to move quickly down to Africa to have my company set up because I will still have to rebid for it in the next 10 years. I came over here with my wife, we both owned the house when we got married. As soon as we settled down here I had a thought of selling the house so I have to look for an agent, after getting one, we got a deal but later my wife advised against that. She said we may not be able to win the bidding next time, in other to keep our head when we return that we have to keep the house. I reasoned with her and accepted her advise. So I contacted the agent back and requested for my keys and documents. Later we decided to have the house rent out because of maintanance, we would have give the same agent this job also but the truth of the matter is that the agent would want to handle it professionally and the occupant may not be able to reason along with me later if I let him or her know that I'm letting it out because of maintanance... If you notice, you will discovered that the price we are offering is far below standard price, this is enough for you to know that we are not after the rental fee but the maintainance.. I know there is no way I can be sure that you are the right person to live in the house because we won't be able to see physical before sending you the keys and the documents to occupy the space. But I just had a feeling that anyone who knows what it takes to put the kind of structure down should know that maintaining a building is mandatory, so if you belief you can take good care of the house and handle it like yours then I will be more than happy to let you rent the house.Please if you are ready now to occupy the house and believe you can assist us in maintaining the house, kindly provide the information below for record purpose.

PLEASE TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF Full Name__________________________________________________

Home Phone ( ) ________________________

Date of Birth_________________________________

Other Phone ( ) ___________________

Current Address_______________________________Apt#________ City__________________ State______ Zip________Reasons for Leaving____________________________Rent $__________Phone ( ) ____________________________

Are you married____________________________

How many people will be living in the house____________________________

Do you have a pet____________________________

Do you have a car____________________________

Occupation____________________________

Your Exact move in date____________________________

How soon can you make the deposit payment________________________

How soon do you want to receive the keys and documents of the house________________________

House Address
12457 NE 136Th Pl