With Super Bowl excitement building, anyone who’s managed to snag tickets—which cost an average of $6,000 a pop—must consider themselves pretty lucky. Still, more than a few considered giving them up in exchange for what appeared to be a far sweeter deal: a 2,100-square-foot, three-bedroom, two-bathroom home in Erie, CO.The ad, which appeared in local newspapers, cut to the chase: “Getting divorced; leaving her with nothing. Will sell home for 2 tickets to the Super Bowl with airfare and lodging.” It also shows a photo of the home and lists the phone number for homeowner Brian Lusk, whose line has been jammed with phone calls ever since.
The catch? The ad was a prank.
“I have a buddy who’s a good Pittsburgh Steelers fan,” Lusk told 9NEWS, adding that he is definitely not getting a divorce. “We had some bets going for the Steelers game, and, of course, the Broncos won, so I rode him pretty hard for two or three days and gave him a lot of heck.” Well, it looks like his pal hecked him back pretty good.
But the bigger point is this: Tongue-in-cheek real estate ads seem to be popping up more frequently than penalty flags in a high-stakes scrimmage. Not surprisingly, they often crop up on Craigslist, which recently listed a handful of four- and five-bedroom homes in Vancouver for under $100,000. However, as the photos made clear, they were “a little snug,” meaning homes only a doll could love.Home rental ads are equally prone to pranking, as was made clear recently when an igloo went up for rent on Airbnb during snowstorm Jonas for $200 a night. Because, hey, “igloo” is a legitimate category on Airbnb, although the site did eventually shut the ad down for not meeting “occupancy standards” for amenities such as, say, heat.
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The catch? The ad was a prank.
“I have a buddy who’s a good Pittsburgh Steelers fan,” Lusk told 9NEWS, adding that he is definitely not getting a divorce. “We had some bets going for the Steelers game, and, of course, the Broncos won, so I rode him pretty hard for two or three days and gave him a lot of heck.” Well, it looks like his pal hecked him back pretty good.
But the bigger point is this: Tongue-in-cheek real estate ads seem to be popping up more frequently than penalty flags in a high-stakes scrimmage. Not surprisingly, they often crop up on Craigslist, which recently listed a handful of four- and five-bedroom homes in Vancouver for under $100,000. However, as the photos made clear, they were “a little snug,” meaning homes only a doll could love.Home rental ads are equally prone to pranking, as was made clear recently when an igloo went up for rent on Airbnb during snowstorm Jonas for $200 a night. Because, hey, “igloo” is a legitimate category on Airbnb, although the site did eventually shut the ad down for not meeting “occupancy standards” for amenities such as, say, heat.
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