Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain’s office furnishings on Craigslist


This is entertaining. John Thain’s Office Furniture – On Craigslist

According to reports John Thain became Merrill Lynch’s CEO in early 2008, he hired Michael S. Smith Design to revamp his office suite, spending approximately $1.22 million according to documents.

He paid $1,400.00 for a trash can. No, its not covered in gold or Swarovski Crystal for details on the horror GO HERE

What make this interesting is that a spoof lisitng was created on Craigslist for the sale of these items. Find details HERE Craigslist since has removed the listing from their site, but not without it making the Best of Craigslist. Craigslist list added this to their BLOG.

Spoof or not; I wonder why they chose Craigslist. eBay is known for such spoof. Here are the details posted on CNBC regarding the listing on Craigslist.

The things that make you go hmmm……

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Comments

  1. Betty says:

    And no wonder they went under huh? lol!

  2. Being the largest classified website online, stuff is always happening with Craigslist involved.

  3. I just have to read everything to do with Craigslist. Does that place ever stop with the news?

  4. Super post. Please keep em coming as I’ll be looking back in again soon.

  5. Brilliant info there about the happenings on Craigslist. Keep it up.

  6. Think I’ve seen this mentioned somewhere else before as well…

  7. Craigslist is always a wealth of info. But I can say I didn’t think of this before.

  8. Not sure this stuff should really be posted, Craigslist has some very odd and crazy stuff going on.

  9. Gotta have a good roffle at Craigslist when I see this kind of thing happening.

  10. whateverebay says:

    @Craigslist Proxy – The lessons are priceless

  11. Craigslist again? Never stops does it. Always in the news and crazy stuff going on.

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