Putting up a sublet ad on craigslist resulted in 2 marriage proposals, 3 money embezzling schemes and a journalist who wants to interview us on subletting. Can we just get someone normal?
Yes, we are still trying to get someone in for July and August. We've posted on DNA (Strasbourg site), Vivastreet (free ad site in France) and Craigslist (Strasbourg-specific). I got two marriage proposals from India (I'm assuming it's because of my name) which I rejected based on their poor grammar. Both must have been from the same desperate set of people (else they are copying and pasting from the same translation website). The money embezzlement schemes were also rejected, also because of their grammar. They must realize that they need to polish up their scheme in order for people to fall for it. Also, they seem to all be interior designers and fashion consultants that are moving from dangerous places like San Diego CA (because of the fires) and Hurricane Katrina which I know, didn't just happen. The method of payment is also the same, so they need to change that up too (my employer owes me money so will wire you $10 000, of which you can take the rent from that, plus $500 for your troubles, and then give me the rest).
The last email we received came from a journalist who is doing a breaking news story on subletters. We gave her our number so if she's legit, she might call us. We figure that this might be our 15 minutes of fame, so we should take it. Subletting in Strasbourg - the mystery and excitement revealed.
We think that this might be the only way to get a real subletter...so cross your fingers for us!!!
Tschüs! (bye in german)
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
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