There was a man named Doug Costello who sold a used $40 USD printer on Craig’s list. He sold it to a man who frequently filed lawsuits and was known within the county for filing lawsuits about ridiculous things. The man who purchased it was named Gersh Zavodnik.

According to him, the printer was broken—not functional. Gersh sued Doug for ‘falsely advertising a malfunctioning printer with missing parts, and taking Gersh’s money.’

Zavodnik threw away the printer, although he sued Costello for a whopping 6k USD.

Now poor Zavodnik, he is emotionally distressed, as all people would be when they get a printer that doesn’t work… so he files another lawsuit. Taking it to the county superior court, he files a lawsuit for ‘breach of contract, fraud, conversion, deceptive advertising and emotional distress.’

…this guy is creative.

He tried 27 more times to get him to pay $30k USD for the sale of the $40 printer. He’s denied each time.

So Zavodnik, creative as he is, files a $300k lawsuit against Costello for conspiring with a judge. He also files a $600k lawsuit against Costello for liabilities for the sale of a $40 printer.

By this time, you are surely thinking: WTF?

And Costello ended up having to pay that $900k accumulated from multiple charges.

Six years after the sale of the $40 printer sale, Costello pays $30k for breach of contract.

Remember, this is a $40 printer on Craig’s list.