nihonto1001 Posted June 23, 2012 Report Posted June 23, 2012 ...to laugh your ass off. This one is too funny to ignore: http://winchester.craigslist.org/clt/3086657272.html Quote
cabowen Posted June 23, 2012 Report Posted June 23, 2012 standing here, ass-less.....Very good.... Quote
SwordGuyJoe Posted June 23, 2012 Report Posted June 23, 2012 Wow. I think the action photo is going to be what sells it! Quote
Veli Posted June 23, 2012 Report Posted June 23, 2012 I like the Angry Birds t-shirt he's wearing. I guess he wants to become the Angry Swords billionaire... Veli Quote
Derek Posted June 23, 2012 Report Posted June 23, 2012 Hmmmmm..... the missing Masamune perhaps? Looks legit. :lol: Derek Quote
kusunokimasahige Posted June 23, 2012 Report Posted June 23, 2012 Always wondered what 24-carrot gold tastes like.... Probably nice in soup. KM Quote
drdata Posted June 23, 2012 Report Posted June 23, 2012 Ha. The crutches in the background would make a better weapon. But, 2 oz of 24 ct gold. At least one could pay to have their arse reattached. Regards Quote
cfm15 Posted June 23, 2012 Report Posted June 23, 2012 Way too funny,I'm sure he placed very high on standardised testing. Quote
Kai-Gunto Posted June 23, 2012 Report Posted June 23, 2012 Always wondered what 24-carrot gold tastes like.... Probably nice in soup. KM Its rabbid gold nice sword The last idiot has not been born yet! Quote
JeffT Posted June 25, 2012 Report Posted June 25, 2012 Let's see, for $3k, someone unscrupulous could buy 60 of these same "nihonto" at $50 apiece: http://www.amazon.com/Trademark-Spiral-Dragon-Katana-40-Inch/dp/B002TFEK7I Then take the pics of Little Timmy in the Angry Birds T-shirt (I'd suggest the one with the crutches on the couch because it implies he is sick & needs an operation; evokes the sympathy buy that way) and have listings for 'em in 60 different places. Just sell one, and you've broken even. Sell more, and you could make enough $ to buy some real nihonto. Not sure Little Timmy is the actual seller. Case in point, we were looking at buying a horse the other day, and found multiple listings, in which someone had cut'n'pasted pics of various families with their horses into 50 different ads, each listing claiming to originate from a different city. Thing is, though the names of the horses and the pics changed in each listing, yet their descriptions were all the same. Specs on the horses, same. Story about having to move and can't take the horses with us, all verbatim identical. The seller's email address & bank account were all the same. Seems like it would be a good idea for the folks here who are experts in nihonto to help stop fraud. I'm not an expert at all, BTW. This listing claims the sword came directly from the maker in Japan, so my guess is it qualifies. We've all been ripped off at least once in our lives, and from that perspective, I don't laugh much. So I just reported this scam to Craigslist. Obviously it constitutes $2950 in fraud. Not sure where Winchester is, but this probably is considered some sort of felony regardless of location. Thanks for posting the listing. I got a big chuckle out of it at first. Now I hope the scammers have to deal with some authorities. Quote
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