Never Again
It was a few weeks before my Junior year of college, so this was 2010. I wanted to sell an old couch from my previous house because we were getting 2 new roommates and they already had couches. I posted the ad, and 15 minutes later I got an email. The guy said he would pay $75 for the couch (I had listed it at $100) but would bring some Xbox games to trade to make up the difference. Okay, nice.
So he pulls up in a truck with two women in the bed. I insist on helping him get the couch outside but he says no and has the two women do it. Then it gets interesting. He says he only has $50 but if I took the money, he would “give” me one of the girls for 20 minutes. Keep in mind, he told me this as the couch is sitting in his truck. I didn’t know what to say. I took the $50 and said to just leave.
He was insulted for some reason and threatened to come back and, “Beat me and rob me blind.” We moved to our new house the next day with our new roommates. Fast forward a month, I read my school’s newspaper and on the front page was a picture of my old street with the headline, “Man arrested intimidating students at a party with a crowbar.” My old residence. I read on. His name was Bruce and his criminal background included 17 misdemeanors and an attempted kidnapping charge.
Also, just as icing on the cake, he was wanted in Ohio on numerous stalking charges. Craigslist…never again.