This should be easy, all we have to do is ask the RIAA to find the imposter. They find illegal downloaders all day every day. Then we could see just how much more tech savvy they are then us!

But then again, they might be too busy looking for real criminals like five year olds and Seventy year old grandmothers. Nevermind, they shouldn't be buggered on such a trivial task. We'll just leave it for the local police, I'm sure their cyber-crime unit is top notch!

What makes you think the advertiser is clueless or will be easy to catch. It could have been his own wife using a proxy and they could never find out, depending on the proxy.

im sure that once craigslist gets a hold of the ISP with the IP used to make the posting and then the police cross reference the address with the list of customers the guy has/had, it will zero in on who did it.

still.. all those who showed up and partook should seriously be held accountable as well. but im afraid for him thats gonna be a bit of a lost cause.

The very idea that a post on the net says "come to this address and take all you want" and people just do it. It's one thing if the stuff is on the side of the curb, but a whole different store to walk into private dwellings (ex: a barn) and take stuff out is theft, even if they were invited.

I'd say he should press charges against anybody and everybody, it may be a loosing battle, but as the quote goes "ignorance to the lawsuit isn't as escuse".

Amazing, both on the cleverness of the hoaxer and the parasites who went there and vultured his items.

SHAME ON THEM, leeches.