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Here's the deal: Among the many non-money making enterprises I run is Wise County on the Web which includes Wise County Free Classifieds. A couple of months ago, someone posted an ad to adopt twins on the cheap. I really didn't notice because I rarely look at the ads. Well, someone called the Sheriff's Office who starts an undercover investigation. (They tell me because the cops and I are tight.) Never really thought anything else about it.
A couple of days ago the ad is posted again but this time it really infuriated a bunch of people, and I get bombarded with complaint emails. Then, today, KXAS Channel 5 calls me! Good grief. The above screenshot is from their web site, and I think they are even running something on the news about it tonight.
So I check back with the High Sheriff who indicates that the best they could determine was that the offer came from some lady out of the country who wouldn't give up any information. And she kept wanting any potential buyers/adopters to go through a middleman who she referred to as "my reverend." Bottom line: They are very sure there are no children and even surer it's just a scam for money. (Like the Nigerian scam but with a picture of a cute kids.)
Anyway, everyone can calm down. Plus, you know those kids had to be little hellions if they were just worth $6 a piece.
24 comments:
Dude, I get my hookers and weed off Wise County on the Web. Thanks for hosting this valuable resource.
Oh Barry so Sorry, I knew that was coming when I saw it on FaceBook!
I read that ad and never read that she wanted any money just wanted someone to care for her kids. I thought how sad for her and went on my way.
I hope they don't find your pantie collection and put it on the air
People can be paid for being a surrogate mom, therefore giving up the kid you bear for money. Plus, you can give away your kids for FREE and not go to jail. Church groups even encourage it instead of letting someone opt for abortion; and often a third party makes money off of a person giving away their kid and the whole adoption process....you can even sell your female or male baby-making components and have kids out there you'll never know...and yet, directly selling your kid is illegal and gets everybody crazy....interesting laws and perspectives we have in this country. I don't like the idea of a person selling their child...seems impossibly awful...just saying that other means of accomplishing the same exact thing are NOT against the law; even some through which money is made....
hell barron, times r tough and i done spent my stimulus $ . sheesh.
dubble fake
illegal immigrant
hasta la vista!!! gringo
I almost got burned for a squirrel monkey on your classified ad site, dude, but I didn't. I didn't even biatch about that to you........now, you're selling babies? OMG!
Dayum, I would love to have a squirrel monkey again. I've had three in my lifetime...one would wear a Ken doll orange sweater and catch rubber balls, but he got up under that old Cadillac we used to have, and when my Mom started the engine, he got his tail ripped off, survived and eventually ran off with one of our Siamese Cats.
I know I have told you that story before.....so, then....after the Rhesus monkeys we got after that, and the baby I stole from them, that we gave to the local zoo, and they killed them, I freaking give up on keeping a monkey, but I will well assure you all, I am capable of taking care of a monkey, so if you get one, and get tired of all the crap and pee, let me know.
Well, actually, upon second thought, no freaking way.
P.S. I am not your girlfriend, but I know she loves monkeys too.....so y'all be warned. Do. Not. Get. A. Monkey.
I'll go as high as $10 for that one on the right but that one on the left looks a little goofy.
i was one of, if not the only one, of the people who called cps about the ad. when it was first posted 3 months ago i figured it was a scam, but on the off chance it wasn't i sent the woman an email telling her if she could not properly care for her children she should call protective services. i didn't think anything else about it til i got an email last week saying - if you still want my babies, email me.
you see, my husband and i were trying to become certified to become foster parents a few years ago , and when you take those classes you hear about all sorts of horrible things that happen to children. so when i read that last email it really worried me. you should not turn your back and hope it turns out ok when a child could be in harms way.
so, i am very sorry for any trouble this whole thing may have caused you mr. green, but i do not apologize for doing the right thing when so many saw it and thought "its probably a scam" or "i'm not going to get involved".
also i apologize for any typos. i'm typing this on my phone
Another time that if people would just read carefully, they can tell it's a scam----look at the translation to English! Kinda hosed it up there!
You are going to hell Barry. Not only are you gay but you're running scams off of your websites. God will have no mercy on you. You may as well throw away your baptist roots and succumb to the devil and become catholic or muslim since all us good baptists know they are evil incarnate.
I show up at your office with $12 in my backpack and you would not take my money. Why you do this to me?! Why you go haten on me?
That's old news. I wrote about it on my blog back on February 6, 2010 and took a screen shot of the original ad.
I don't blog often but it looks like the big news hounds might want to check out my site for a few good leads.
What is the price if I buy a dozen?
My wife is complaining we never have anything to do. Problem solved!
My Other Brother Darryl
Dude, the lengths you will go to to get free publicity...
Barryslist! It will turn Craigslist into MySpace.
I think this is how Chico finds their coaches
Pocket Taxi
Whether the ad was a scam or not, this post generated some of the more clever and humorous responses (all in delightfully bad taste) in a long time. (And with apologies to Anon@8:19 for my glee.)
If it had been Banjo's I wudda falled for it.
Let me see if I have this straight; Barry is being investigated by local law enforcement and featured on KXAS News for selling his twin babies on his swap-meet site?
Yyyyep, that sounds about right.
There is a reason Barry does not have pets.
Barry, you can not say that you did not know about this ad. I sent you numerous messages about this ad and you NEVER responded so don't act like you have no idea whats going on!
7:25 Did ya ever ahhhh spank that Monkey.
Sometimes it seeems like there's a monkeyphobia on this blog. Maybe it's just me. It's often confused with banjomania.
Half-Baked marcus Welby M.d.
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