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Filed under: originals, comedy — Scott at 10:06 am on Thursday, September 1, 2005

Male Triplets
Reply to: job-94404257@craigslist.org
Date: 2005-08-30, 5:22PM EDT

I am looking for male triplets that can look like business men. I need all three men to wear the same dark business suit, have short dark brown or black hair, height should be 5′8 or taller and of medium build. I will consider twins if I can cast a similar looking third male.

Photo shoot is for stock photography.
Plan to shoot week/end of September 20th.

Subject: Male triplets
To: job-94404257@craigslist.org
Hi I’m one guy with Photoshop. Please let me know.
Scott

Subject: RE: Male Triplets
To: sserilla@hotmail.com
Can you send me a photo?
If your not a triplet or a twin you may look similar to a couple potentials.

Thank you for the inquiry…and honesty!
Angela

Subject: RE:RE: Male Triplets
To: job-94404257@craigslist.org
Look, here’s the deal, let’s say you were gonna pay triplets two hundred a piece for a photo shoot. Instead of six hundred dollars why not just pay four hundred even, two hundred for me, two hundred for Photoshop. Plus I’m better looking than three guys put together.
When do you need me?
Scott

Subject: RE:RE:RE Male triplets
To:sserilla@hotmail.com
I still have to see a photo?
Ang

Subject: RE:RE:RE:RE: Male triplets
Umm I’m not sure i feel comfortable doing that. If I send you photos of myself, what’s to stop you from going to some other guy who just has photoshop and slapping my beautiful face on top of a suit and replicate me three times? I don’t mean to suggest you’re dishonest, but as an experienced craigslist model, I know you can’t be too careful.
I propose one of two things. One i have a friend whose wife works at Ford Modeling in New York, contact her or their legal team and we’ll go from there. Two send me a deposit of two hundred dollars directly by a check made out to cash or a money order, half of which will be refunded if you decide not to use me and my computer program (I’m looking at a photo of myself right now and I don’t think that’s gonna be an issue! and in that case you will then just send me the second two hundred).
would you like my PO box number?

Scott

Subject: RE:RE:RE:RE:RE: Male triplets
To: sserilla@hotmail.com

I need three men that resemble each other in appearance. I did not ask for ‘identical’ triplets or ‘identical’ twins. Therefore Photoshop would do me no good.
You’ve obviously had a negative experience in the past (or more) before. My father is an attorney and my brother a police officer so I understand where you’re coming from.
I wish you the best.

Ang

Subject: RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE: Male triplets
To: job-94404257@craigslist.org

OK let’s take a step back and take a breath.
You’re an artist, I fully respect that because I’m one too, I’m not just an amazingly beautiful man, an unreasonably gorgeous piece of scenery. You are worried that by using Photoshop people will assume you cheated, that it will look like a doctored photo. With all due respect I am also a gifted actor and Photoshop is an exceptionally good image-editing program. With the proper lighting and my stellar character work I’ll be able to create rich back-stories for each “brother.”
They say the camera doesn’t lie, which it won’t have to because in the moment I WILL be quiet, reflective Tommy, brash ladies-man Steve and Peter, true of heart, but with a dark secret (he could also part his hair on the other side).
We’ll just be bringing together the Andersons back together in a digital reunion for the first time since their mother’s funeral to sell … wait was the ad for again?
It doesn’t matter because whatever the photos are for I can research and prepare variations of the human spirit that will dazzle your audience. Plus with Photoshop I can deepen those characters by adding eye-patches or scars, whatever!
I’m going to go a head and book a flight up to Traverse City, so I can get a feel for the lay of the land, start getting a sense of what life might be like for local good-looking triplets growing up in the rustic setting.

Scott

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Comment by Gorilla

September 1, 2005 @ 2:03 pm

We should do this for real. Maybe I should email her.

We are awesome looking.

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