Kid tried to flip the motorcycle

Two years ago I sold a motorcycle on Craigslist. The guy who bought it was an early 20s guy who didn't bring any riding gear with him. Said he'd left it at home and saw my ad while he was at work.I rode the bike down the street and back for him. He said it sounded fine. Long story short, I let him talk me down $100 because he seemed like a nice kid. I rode the bike to his sister's house for him, had my wife follow and pick me up.

The next day it's back on Craigslist. For $500 more than I was asking.

USING MY PICTURES.

I'm a professional photographer. I've had my photos on magazine covers. I was okay with a shithead kid conning me and flipping the bike, but not with using my pictures.

So I sent him a text telling him to take the ad down and post his own damned pictures. He didn't.

So I posted my own Craigslist ad that said something like:

"Free Chickens. And Goats

"I'm old and tired and I think it's time to quit. I've got 600 hens and enough roosters to keep them laying. Also 40 milk goats. I just want to make sure they go to a good home. First come first served. Se habla espanol."

And I posted his phone number.

I waited a day. Called from my home phone at 9:30 at night.

"Hello?" He sounded tired.

"Estoy llamando por las gallinas," I said. I'm calling about the chickens.

"Ain't no fuckin' chickens! Fuck! FUCKFUCKFUCK! No chickens, asshole!"

I waited half a second, then said, "¿Tienes cabras?"

"NO FUCKIN' GOATS!" he yelled, then hung up.

Then next day he texted me. Told me he'd changed the pics and could I please take down the ad for the chickens. I thanked him for taking down my photos, and asked him what the hell he meant about the chickens?

EDIT: GOLD!¡Gracias!

To answer some comments below, the kid definitely conned me (or lied or fibbed or whatever word you'd like to use). I left out that long conversation because it slowed the story to a crawl and wasn't interesting or funny.

It was definitely about the pictures. I put a ton of effort into them -- nicely-posed shiny clean bike with snow-capped mountains in the background, fill lighting on a bright sunny day, couple of hours cleaning them all up digitally. . . I've seen worse pics in manufacturers brochures. Was pretty proud of those pics and while I could live with the fact that I'd gotten taken, I hated the fact that he was plagiarizing my creative effort.