It’s one of those unexpected pleasures in life – finding an entire genre of photos that are strangely amusing but you had no idea existed.

For us, it was photos of people trying to sell their mirrors. It’s a gold mine of strangeness!

The lengths that people will go to in order to make their mirror look appealing, as well as the trouble some of them won’t go through to get a decent photo, could keep us entertained for hours.

From bad reflections to creative photography, here are 15 of our favorite Craigslist ads of people trying to sell mirrors:

1. Haunted mirror

Nailed it. Now they’ll never know who you are.

But do you have to promise a free exorcism with purchase?

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A post shared by Eric Oglander (@craigslist_mirrors) on Feb 12, 2018 at 5:07am PST

2. We’ve lost trust

Buddy, what happened to your neck?

We might know why those side mirrors are for sale and are a little suspicious of how well they work.

Now we want to see the rest of the car.

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A post shared by Eric Oglander (@craigslist_mirrors) on Feb 1, 2018 at 7:21pm PST

3. Nice try

Dude, c’mon, just get the shot at an angle.

At least the mirror is older than the camera – but both look pretty vintage to us.

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A post shared by Eric Oglander (@craigslist_mirrors) on Apr 14, 2016 at 5:38am PDT

4. Mirror or magic gateway?

Now THIS we would buy.

We’ve always wanted our own secret gateway to Narnia and we simply don’t have room for a wardrobe.

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A post shared by Eric Oglander (@craigslist_mirrors) on Jan 19, 2016 at 5:29am PST

5. Not from a pet-free home

“Pet-free, smoke-free” is the phrase many buyers look for when purchasing second-hand items.

Even if we didn’t have allergies, we’d want to give this a good scrub before bringing it in.

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A post shared by Eric Oglander (@craigslist_mirrors) on Nov 14, 2015 at 9:28pm PST

6. Family photo

The gang’s all here!

We’re not sure why they all needed to be in the photo when at least two of them could have moved to the side, but whatever.

Thank goodness we didn’t miss out on this intimate glimpse inside their home.

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A post shared by Eric Oglander (@craigslist_mirrors) on Nov 1, 2015 at 5:27pm PST

7. Perfect timing

That’s a lot of work to go through just to make sure your hand isn’t showing.

We’re impressed.

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A post shared by Eric Oglander (@craigslist_mirrors) on Aug 10, 2015 at 11:21am PDT

8. We assure you it works

This person could have easily taken the coveted photo without their own reflection that others have tried so hard to master.

But it looks like they just felt like it was necessary to prove that it does reflect humans.

At least you’d know you weren’t purchasing it from a vampire.

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A post shared by Eric Oglander (@craigslist_mirrors) on Sep 24, 2015 at 11:19am PDT

9. Reflections of shame

Aww, poor pup.

We almost want to buy it just to help out with the vet bills.

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A post shared by Eric Oglander (@craigslist_mirrors) on Aug 25, 2015 at 5:32am PDT

10. Now that’s impressive

Painting or mirror?

The latter, actually!

How long do you think it took to set up this shot? And do you think half the people who saw it online even realized it was a mirror?

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A post shared by Eric Oglander (@craigslist_mirrors) on Dec 12, 2015 at 7:39am PST

11. Trade you for a shirt

This mirror has been through some trauma.

Would it have killed this guy to get dressed before snapping a pic?

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A post shared by Eric Oglander (@craigslist_mirrors) on May 16, 2016 at 5:49am PDT

12. Wait, which one’s for sale?

Shirts, people. What do you have against shirts?!

This poor guy clearly has no idea he’s being doubly reflected.

We blame whoever posted this online without some cropping.

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A post shared by Eric Oglander (@craigslist_mirrors) on Aug 9, 2016 at 6:30am PDT

13. For dogs only

Have you ever thought “I’d really like to get my dog a mirror, but I just don’t know if he’d use it.”

Well, now you know.

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A post shared by Eric Oglander (@craigslist_mirrors) on Nov 7, 2017 at 4:09pm PST

14. Mint condition

We’re skeptical.

We’d rather see your feet and know there’s not a big ol’ crack in the center.

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A post shared by Eric Oglander (@craigslist_mirrors) on Nov 2, 2019 at 6:52am PDT

15. Problem solved(ish)

Seriously people, why not just set it on the floor?

Although we have to admit it’s a much better photo this way. And at least we have the man for scale!

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A post shared by Eric Oglander (@craigslist_mirrors) on Nov 22, 2019 at 7:09am PST

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Well, now you know what NOT to do if you ever need to sell a mirror online!

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Source: @Craigslist_mirrors via Instagram