A Craigslist posting worked a little too well for some Brookfield residents last week.
A woman came to the City of Brookfield Police Department about 9 p.m. Saturday to report a theft from her home on Elmridge Avenue on the city's southeast side.
According to the Brookfield police report:
The woman said she and her husband had posted an ad on Craigslist announcing they had free chairs to give away, and someone picked up the furniture from the home shortly thereafter.
But the couple did not remove the ad from the site, and the woman later discovered that someone had taken two patio chairs - which weren't the "free chairs" mentioned in the Craigslist ad - from her front porch.
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You want a lesson? Who in their right mind posts their address on Craigslist and
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Something similar happened to me. I had a large amount of dirt posted for removal, met and helped the guy, and he decided to come back on his own to get more without my approval. I tracked him down and surprised him one day at his house, asked him what he thought he was doing. The reaction was priceless.
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Why is this news?
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Back to topmkejsonline - Jul 27, 2010 11:40 PM - Report Abuse
"Seriously lucky that all that was taken was the two chairs"
Your logic makes no sense. Do you think there are roving bands of scavenging criminals who are waiting to descend upon anyone who posts on Craigslist? If this were the case, why wait for a post on CL? Why not just go down the road and steal something?
Ozymandius - Jul 27, 2010 1:01 PM - Report Abuse
says come to my house and get free stuff? That is insane! You have the person
e-mail you (and for the initial contact Craigslist hides your e-mail address), and
set up a meeting. They are seriously lucky that all that was taken was the 2
chairs on their porch.
wag - Jul 27, 2010 10:58 AM - Report Abuse
Life Experienced - Jul 27, 2010 9:40 AM - Report Abuse
This should have been a lesson for the couple placing the ad; take the ad off of craigslist immediatly after the "free" chairs were picked up.
If the ad said "free" chairs and there were chairs on the porch, one might assume, they were for the taking.
Was this a "police-worthy" issue?