Oh oh... she replies..

SSSnail

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http://losangeles.craigslist.o...est/nyc/445962092.html

Dear Sir,

I must confess that I was somewhat taken aback upon reading your email. Indeed, it has taken some time for me to sufficiently recuperate from my surprise. Lest your confidence quickly inflate for little reason (as we know is the predisposition for Wall St. types), allow me to hasten to reassure you that the source of my surprise was neither your candor nor the accuracy of your perception. Indeed, it is your "claimed" success in light of your poor grasp of economics which has me baffled. If the standards required to meet with financial success on Wall St. have sunk so low, perhaps I should indeed "make my own money", except for the fact that the effort/reward ratio is far too high for my liking - especially when so many of your ilk have displayed a far more cogent grasp of market realities than you have.

By now you are likely scratching your ever-vanishing hairline in confusion, so allow me to elaborate, dear man. To build some credibility I will tell you a bit more about yourself. Though you did not mention the details of your occupation, it is clear that you are an investment banker and not a trader, as any good trader would understand that human courtships are based upon a semi-efficient open market, and not an investment banking cartel. However, your inability to grasp the realities of the dating market is not surprising, given that you have successfully employed the tools of collusion and market manipulation rather that true acumen in your supposed wealth generation.

If your grasp of finance were not a minority partner with your ego, you would realize that the "outflows" associated with my depreciating "assets" are quite certain, and therefore subject to a low discount rate when determining their present value. In addition, though your concept of economics evidentially failed to move past the 1950s, advancement in plastic surgery is not subject to the same limitation. Thus, with some additional capital expenditure, the overall lifetime of "outflows" generated by these assets is greatly increased. Sad that Ashton Kutcher has demonstrated understanding of the female asset class which you, in all of your financial "wisdom", have not.

You, on the other hand, are, given the uncertainty of the Wall St. job market, more of an inflation-indexed junk bond with an underwater nested call option. Though you may argue that you are more of an equity investment, my monetary minimums required from you do not change, and if you are unable to pay them, I will liquidate you without the benefit of a chapter 11, just as you would me.

Because your outflows are so much more uncertain with respect to mine, I require additional compensation in the form of a underwater nested call option on your future assets. I say underwater because, even taking into account the value of your junk bond coupon payment to me, the value of my "outflow" is in excess of the market price of your equity (which is quite low due to its riskiness associated with your poor grasp of finance and my existing claim upon your junk bond coupon).

I must thank you though for raising the question, despite the reputation cost of subjecting your weak logic to such widespread scrutiny. This took either considerable courage or ignorance on your part- and we'll give you the benefit of doubt, just this once. My current boyfriend (a trader who lives in Central Park West, of course) and I thoroughly enjoyed discussing your response and we wish you the best of luck in your unhappy pursuit of that elusive market inefficiency.




She's trying so hard to sound smart, I can't wait for the repeat ownage that guy dished up the first time. And, I doubt that she knows how much she was owned the first time. She also tries to be funny... now, that's funny.
 

Vette73

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I thought she was looking for a guy but says she read it with her boyfriend?

Yea I don;t think she wrote that by herself, and even then its pretty bad on top of that.
 
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Good Lord...

Is there anyone who doesn't think this is the same guy? I'd bet a dollar that the same person wrote the original "gold digger" post as well. It's just some guy trying to make an interesting dialogue and get a bit of craigslist fame.

Guranteed...

There will likely be another insallment of this drama....
 

Passions

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Sounds like the same guy who wrote the reply, too.

Wasn't there a guy on anandtech years ago who did the same thing?

 

Ns1

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Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
Good Lord...

Is there anyone who doesn't think this is the same guy? I'd bet a dollar that the same person wrote the original "gold digger" post as well. It's just some guy trying to make an interesting dialogue and get a bit of craigslist fame.

Guranteed...

There will likely be another insallment of this drama....

Sounds like a nigerian to me.
 

SSSnail

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I don't know, but I'll give this the benefits of a doubt. The first one sounded genuinely interested in finding a mate of her qualifications. The second one was a respond that was dead on funny and with the right sarcasm. The third one, I doubt it was written by either, but merely an attempt to sound smart and playing into the theme that the second response set.

Also, the third response didn't have that sense of humor or the perfect sarcasm that the second letter conveyed, it seems forced and reactive. She obviously asked someone to write this for her, someone that may know a bit about Wall Street terminologies, but lacking that sense of humor.

We'll see.
 

Nocturnal

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I doubt it was the same person. It's probably some lady who thought it would be funny to write that.
 

badkarma1399

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hai. I'm new to the intarwebs. Can someone post the link the the girl's original "gold diggers" post? Btw, the guys response was awesome, hers, not so much.
 

Zenmervolt

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Originally posted by: SSSnail
I don't know, but I'll give this the benefits of a doubt. The first one sounded genuinely interested in finding a mate of her qualifications. The second one was a respond that was dead on funny and with the right sarcasm. The third one, I doubt it was written by either, but merely an attempt to sound smart and playing into the theme that the second response set.

Also, the third response didn't have that sense of humor or the perfect sarcasm that the second letter conveyed, it seems forced and reactive. She obviously asked someone to write this for her, someone that may know a bit about Wall Street terminologies, but lacking that sense of humor.

We'll see.

Agreed. Personally I think that the first and second installments are genuine, and that this third installment was written by a third-party who likely has no contact with either of the initial parties.

The gross misapplication of financial terms in this third installment would argue against Whoozyerdaddy's theory that all three postings in this series are written by the same person.

Furthermore, whomever did write this third response failed to account for the opportunity cost involved with buying as opposed to renting. While her present-day "outflows" may be guaranteed, so are the outflows of many other "stocks" with similar ratings. By securing her outflows (which must diminish over time) the purchaser forgoes the opportunity to sample alternative investments and thereby diversify his portfolio. It is well known that the outflows of a properly diversified portfolio will always be greater over time than the outflows of a portfolio that places excessive preference to a single stock.

ZV
 

badkarma1399

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Originally posted by: Zenmervolt

Furthermore, whomever did write this third response failed to account for the opportunity cost involved with buying as opposed to renting. While her present-day "outflows" may be guaranteed, so are the outflows of many other "stocks" with similar ratings. By securing her outflows (which must diminish over time) the purchaser forgoes the opportunity to sample alternative investments and thereby diversify his portfolio. It is well known that the outflows of a properly diversified portfolio will always be greater over time than the outflows of a portfolio that places excessive preference to a single stock.

ZV

This is the best analogy for teaching economics I've seen yet. :thumbsup:
 

compnovice

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Originally posted by: NeuroSynapsis
Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
Good Lord...

Is there anyone who doesn't think this is the same guy? I'd bet a dollar that the same person wrote the original "gold digger" post as well. It's just some guy trying to make an interesting dialogue and get a bit of craigslist fame.

Guranteed...

There will likely be another insallment of this drama....

Sounds like a nigerian to me.

With very good grammar :laugh:
 

DangerAardvark

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Originally posted by: NeuroSynapsis
Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
Good Lord...

Is there anyone who doesn't think this is the same guy? I'd bet a dollar that the same person wrote the original "gold digger" post as well. It's just some guy trying to make an interesting dialogue and get a bit of craigslist fame.

Guranteed...

There will likely be another insallment of this drama....

Sounds like a nigerian to me.

Pft, nigerian please...
 

Zenmervolt

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Originally posted by: badkarma1399
Originally posted by: Zenmervolt

Furthermore, whomever did write this third response failed to account for the opportunity cost involved with buying as opposed to renting. While her present-day "outflows" may be guaranteed, so are the outflows of many other "stocks" with similar ratings. By securing her outflows (which must diminish over time) the purchaser forgoes the opportunity to sample alternative investments and thereby diversify his portfolio. It is well known that the outflows of a properly diversified portfolio will always be greater over time than the outflows of a portfolio that places excessive preference to a single stock.

ZV

This is the best analogy for teaching economics I've seen yet. :thumbsup:

Governing Dynamics my friend. ;) In the hands of someone with a creative mind, I'm convinced that Economics can answer more questions about human nature than all of Sociology, Anthropology, and Psychology combined.

ZV
 

timosyy

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I couldn't finish reading that. Painfully bad. Sounds nowhere near as sincere as the original posting.
 

JEDIYoda

Lifer
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Originally posted by: michaels
I would wager she didn't even write that on her own.

yeah she did...can`t you tell......she was lying on hr back when she wrote it..lol