I’m going back to school in September to start my masters so am looking to find an apartment. I figure that since I’m currently living in the city it wouldn’t be too bad to find a place, either a bachelor or someone looking for a roommate. However, it seems as though every ad that I reply to warrants silence from the original poster. I’ve tried responding to ads placed in local newspapers, on university websites and online classifieds such as “lists of craig” and “jikiki”. I don’t see why people aren’t responding, even if it’s to say it’s already leased out or I’m not what they’re looking for. Come on people, I don’t want to be without an apartment come September 1.
This article appears in Jul 3-9, 2008.
The system at “jikiki” cannot handle certain email addresses. Your messages may not be getting to the people who place the ad.