Friday, December 10, 2010

Summing up the Wonder of the Internet

This is what happens when CraigsList, Google and Twitter work together in brilliant harmony.

Step 1: Stumble on a ridiculously overpriced item on CraigsList:


Step 2: Call them out by writing them a secretly snarky e-mail: (the other ornament mentioned in this message is a 1987 edition, listed here for $20.)



Step 3: Tweet about the amazingly high price and the inaccurate date of the items in the CraigsList ad.


Step 4: Receive two replies from the CraigsList ornament seller:



In between messages, the seller googles my e-mail handle, and replies with this: