Finding a roommate

Ziltoid · #1 03-22-2013, 03:56 PM

Figured I might as well ask here if anybody has tips.

So far I've put an ad on most local classifieds websites, even the paying ones, as well as on the university's student housing web billboard. I got a few hits with questions and the such but nothing solid.

The only other thing I'm thinking about is the actual billboards on the campus, but it seems a bit pointless as the ads I saw on those where left totally untouched.

I don't want to move out of this apartment as it's very very close to the campus, well lit, pretty big and pretty inexpensive. But if I do not find a roommate for the coming year I might be forced to.

I never thought finding a roommate in a town with that many students would be so hard.

Anybody has tips/idea or funny comments?

iamlowsound · #2 03-22-2013, 03:59 PM

Start talking to people and say that you have a room for rent. Someone will know someone that is looking for a place.

lowsound

Ziltoid · #3 03-22-2013, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by iamlowsound

Start talking to people and say that you have a room for rent. Someone will know someone that is looking for a place.

lowsound

I asked everybody I know before posting ads, it did not yield any results, sadly. My roommate who is leaving did the same on his side as we have different social circles. I also asked a few teachers (family friends) at my previous college if they knew of any students switching college and that did not yield any results either.

Simo98 · #4 03-22-2013, 04:11 PM

Buy that expensive coffee machine you've been talking about, then include a picture of it in your advert telling people you know how to use it.

You'll have students lining up out the door to move in!

Ziltoid · #5 03-22-2013, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Simo98

Buy that expensive coffee machine you've been talking about, then include a picture of it in your advert telling people you know how to use it.

You'll have students lining up out the door to move in!

Haha! I actually bought a small espresso machine, maybe I should try that

MJ5150 · #6 03-22-2013, 05:03 PM

Simo98's comment cracked me up, and it's a great idea.

Could you expand your search beyond students?

-Mike

Bloodhammer · #7 03-22-2013, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Simo98

Buy that expensive coffee machine you've been talking about, then include a picture of it in your advert telling people you know how to use it.

You'll have students lining up out the door to move in!

Yep. If you want people around you, you have to provide something they want.

Unless you're a hot woman. Then that something is you.

MatticusMania · #8 03-22-2013, 05:20 PM

Hang around in bars.

Bloodhammer · #9 03-22-2013, 05:22 PM

Yeah, nothing like having a lush for a roommate!

Ziltoid · #10 03-22-2013, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by MatticusMania

Hang around in bars.

There is some truth to that, I did not meet many people this year as I did not go out at all. I guess I'm paying the price of having no social life now

Bassic Playing · #11 03-22-2013, 10:41 PM

Put your avatar up in the ad.

Prospective females will be lining the pavement, demanding you allow them to live with you

TOOL460002 · #12 03-23-2013, 12:23 AM

My CL is truly about 50% horrible i wanna move out asap and 50% made friends for life. I found no gray area. This is in santa cruz though. People are cooler here. Good luck! (Or just eff it and move out here man!)

Kenzy · #13 03-23-2013, 12:28 AM

Change the ads you're putting out. It's obvious at this point that no one wants to be even kind of near you (even your old room-mate is trying to get away...). If you really want to get a room-mate, you have to advertise something else first...draw them in by putting out ads for that cool espresso machine you have...say you're selling it very cheap but they have to pick it up at your place. Bag and tag 'em. Boom. New room-mate.

Ziltoid · #14 03-23-2013, 12:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Kenzy

Change the ads you're putting out. It's obvious at this point that no one wants to be even kind of near you (even your old room-mate is trying to get away...). If you really want to get a room-mate, you have to advertise something else first...draw them in by putting out ads for that cool espresso machine you have...say you're selling it very cheap but they have to pick it up at your place. Bag and tag 'em. Boom. New room-mate.

You're mistaken as I'm awesome. (My roommate is moving to pursue his PhD elsewhere.)

Kenzy · #15 03-23-2013, 01:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Ziltoid

You're mistaken as I'm awesome. (My roommate is moving to pursue his PhD elsewhere.)

Just trying to help you get a roommate. You can try other options, but, ultimately, everyone comes back to the tried-and-true bag and tag method.

fraublugher · #16 03-23-2013, 03:46 AM

I think Kenzy's on the right track.
Also, you could wait by the window with a bucket of used bath-water , until someone you might think would be appropriate happens by.
Spill the bath-water on them , appologize , invite them in to dry off .
While they're waiting for their clothes to dry , assess whether or not they are appropriate physically and offer to mend their socks.
Use the coarsest thread you have , this way every time it scratches them
they'll be reminded of your new friendship.

Hobobob · #17 03-23-2013, 04:02 AM

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Originally Posted by fraublugher

I think Kenzy's on the right track.
Also, you could wait by the window with a bucket of used bath-water , until someone you might think would be appropriate happens by.
Spill the bath-water on them , appologize , invite them in to dry off .
While they're waiting for their clothes to dry , assess whether or not they are appropriate physically and offer to mend their socks.
Use the coarsest thread you have , this way every time it scratches them
they'll be reminded of your new friendship.

...?

Unrepresented · #18 03-23-2013, 12:32 PM

Hire someone incredibly attractive to play you in your interviews and craigslist ads; someone charming, with a quick wit, and a willingness to really do some "method acting."

Lease is signed, "you" move out, to be replaced by their cousin Ziltoid, who's vouched for by "you." "Really cool guy, doesn't spend all day chatting with bassists online."

With that, and some incriminating blackmail, you should be solid on retaining them for the semester.

We in the grifting business call that one the "soft yolk in a hard pan."

spade2you · #19 03-23-2013, 12:34 PM

Without my glasses, I read "finding a remote". Finding a room mate is definitely easier.

Ziltoid · #20 03-23-2013, 12:35 PM

There's some pretty sick and deviant individuals on this website. Must be why I love this place