Comments on: This Isn’t Satire

By: noot

noot — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 05:06:37 +0000

NY courts have actually retreated from Caveat Emptor in recent cases — I think the doctrine is still limited to liability for what a buyer would discover upon a reasonably thorough inspection See: the haunted house case, where a contract for sale was rescinded because the seller didn’t tell the buyer that the house had a reputation for being haunted. (“As a matter of law, the house is haunted”).

Difficult to place the burden of discovery on a buyer to find out that house gets routinely raided by police by mistake. I think the buyer wins this one.

By: Deoxy

Deoxy — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 22:41:59 +0000

I would think that they would have an obvious legal case, at least. Seriously, if THIS can’t be grounds for damages, what can?

(Yes, I know that really, not much can… but if ANYTHING can, wouldn’t this be it?!?)

By: Hunter

Hunter — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 17:21:06 +0000

In Chicago you could always use Wrigley Field.

By: supercat

supercat — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 01:57:37 +0000

BTW, I would think the proper thing to do in case one needs an address that will pass validation would be to use the police department’s own address. That would pass address validation (whereas 0000 Enter Address Here would not) but raise obvious red flags if anyone was going to raid it.

By: supercat

supercat — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 01:56:01 +0000

The article didn’t mention an address; I wonder if it was something like 123 Fake Street (typed in, without realizing that there was in fact some person with a surname of Fake who got a street named after him).

By: random guy

random guy — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 19:12:57 +0000

Seriously, who uses a real address for a test like that?

“0000 Enter address here” was to difficult for them to think of?

Or maybe it would just be more embarrassing when a judge inevitably rubber-stamps a warrant with no address on it, so they put a default in to save face.

By: thorn

thorn — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 18:54:03 +0000

“Perfect for surprise gatherings!”

By: Joe

Joe — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 12:40:20 +0000

Rapid First Responders is good, but 15 is best.

By: André

André — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 04:23:09 +0000

15:

Thank you, sir. You made me laugh out loud.

/lives in Jersey

By: marco73

marco73 — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 02:14:59 +0000

Real Estate: “So inviting that strangers will knock down the door to get in!”

By: Matthew

Matthew — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 22:59:58 +0000

Followup – on google maps:

Did you mean:
Fake Rd, York, PA 17406
Fake Rd, Brogue, York, PA 17309
Fake Dr, 1, West Luray, Page, VA 22835
Fake Ln, Orangeburg, SC 29118

Must be hard to get a pizza delivered there

By: celticdragon

celticdragon — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 22:57:40 +0000

No doubt, the cop fluffers will insist that the couple had it coming for living at a known trouble address.

By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 22:53:38 +0000

Challenge to Agitator commenters: Come up with a real estate euphemism that turns this into a positive.

“At least it’s not in New Jersey.”

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 22:28:52 +0000

Small-town feel: you’ll be on a first-name basis with neighborhood police officers. Just like Mayberry!

By: croaker

croaker — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 21:55:56 +0000

@10 I use 123 Sesame Street New York NY

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 21:50:13 +0000

“No illegal activity” (on your part)

“recently inspected”

“rapid first responders”

By: Z

Sat, 05 Mar 2011 21:49:38 +0000

Second Amendment training site with 21st century 4th Amendment features.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 21:47:12 +0000

This is why I always enter “123 Fake Street” for my test addresses.

By: Judas Peckerwood

Judas Peckerwood — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 21:18:34 +0000

“Well-patrolled”

By: Darth Cuddly

Darth Cuddly — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 21:10:19 +0000

‘Absolutely no problems with the neighborhood kids here.’