Wed 23 May 2007
I’ve gotten over a dozen calls and emails this morning about my beautiful view home rental advertised on Craigslist. Great, right? Except I have no rental listing available.
Someone, not in malice, erroneously put an ad from the CBBain website on Craigslist, with my contact information on it.
Obviously, we have seen ads places there with malicious intent, like that gal who placed the ad to come and take anything they wanted out of her aunt’s house. Or those who place rental ads, collect first, last and a deposit, on homes they don’t own, and do it a dozen times to a dozen different renters. Or the stupid and short-sighted landlords and agents who post fake, repetitive, or bait-and-switch adds over and over. This is tame and harmless compared to that. But annoying, nevertheless.
It serves as a reminder to check your links before posting anything online, don’t believe everything you read and “flag with care”.
May 23rd, 2007 at 11:10 am
Hey Marlow, wonder if it’s the person who stole your IDX code. That one still cracks me up.
May 23rd, 2007 at 1:26 pm
For many months, the Holm Team ( http://www.holmteam.com ) inadvertently framed every listing on their site with my photo, name, phone number and website address. Sadly, someone must have told them or they discovered it themselves, and they changed the IDX feed on their site.
But it was fun while it lasted!
May 23rd, 2007 at 2:33 pm
As great a resource as Craig’s List is, it’s a shame to see how easily it can be misused and exploited.
May 29th, 2007 at 9:13 am
How true! your point about not believing everything you read (even on the internet). How many times have you found an error on the MLS?
June 12th, 2007 at 3:35 am
Marlow, you still around? Haven’t heard from you in a few weeks.
June 12th, 2007 at 6:50 pm
I’ve just been insanely busy and put this temporarily on the back-burner until I got caught up. Glad someone missed me!