The truth is that one of the founders of Craigslist was at a show years ago and a cymbal flew off a stand and left a deep, disfiguring gash in his face. He is now filled with hatred for cymbals and drum sets in general, so he designed software that rejects any ad with the word "cymbal," "bass," "pedal," "stand," the name of any known manufacturer, and so on. Photo recognition software rejects any toms that are angled fewer than 45 degrees or less than 8 inches apart, or the absence of duct tape and deeply dented heads.
And now you know why all the ads read, "Vintige Tamaha drum set with Pasted and Silogian symbols, shiny things you put the cimbals on, petal thingy you step on to make the big drum go boom, top hats, thrown to sit on, long pieces of wood to hit the drums included, original custem factory heads, $5,000 obo."
I am SO inspired to come out with a Craigslist brand of drums. Wraps would include Duct Tape Crackle, Dust Matte Fade, Sandpapered, Random Bash Pattern, Sticky Spill and Vomit.
