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cossie1600 03-01-2012 10:31 PM

wtf is wrong with craigslist?
 
I do house cleaning every six months. When I find things that are too nice to donate, I usually sell it for a fair value on craigslist. While you get your usual spam from the a$$holes in Nigeria or other spams, I have been dealing with plain idiots/creepy people/jerks. Instead of getting people that are truly interested in the item, I get the following

#1 The person who asks 20 emails, then stops responding
#2 The person who asks questions, then stops responding once they get your phone #
#3 The person that wants to talk to you on the phone and ask 20 questions on a product that is worth <$20.

I mean wtf, are these people just into wasting time or is there some sort of code for sex that they are waiting for?

I ended up throwing out or donated most of the products that I intend to sell for $20!

eastwest2300 03-02-2012 01:58 AM

Dude, this is funny.. thanks for posting this!:tup:

XwChriswX 03-02-2012 02:20 AM

The only thing Craigslist is good for picking up is herpes... :ugh2:

eastwest2300 03-02-2012 02:22 AM

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Originally Posted by XwChriswX (Post 1577011)
The only thing Craigslist is good for picking up is herpes... :ugh2:

:bowrofl::bowrofl: hahahhaha.....ahhhhhhhhh:roflpuke2:

WhiskeyHotel 03-02-2012 08:22 AM

LOL. Stay out of the personals, man.

nmjaxx9 03-02-2012 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by WhiskeyHotel (Post 1577192)
LOL. Stay out of the personals, man.

:icon18:


But in reality CL is a good place to sell items, I have sold a bunch of stuff on there including my old car.

Most people who do ask a lot of questions though are only trying to low ball on your price and/or don't have the money to began with but hope that they can in someway get it for free or something. Thats what the free section of CL is for!!

eddieconfetti 03-02-2012 12:25 PM

craigslist is perfect for buying and selling bikes. i sold and bought my bikes from craigslist.

cossie1600 03-02-2012 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by nmjaxx9 (Post 1577501)
:icon18:


But in reality CL is a good place to sell items, I have sold a bunch of stuff on there including my old car.

Most people who do ask a lot of questions though are only trying to low ball on your price and/or don't have the money to began with but hope that they can in someway get it for free or something. Thats what the free section of CL is for!!

I think you are right. The more questions they ask, the less likely they will buy. I swear some do it to either stalk females or pray for some m/m encounter and are hoping for the keyword to get it on.

I usually just put the prices $10 below average and put the word firm on it. I am not dealing with idiots who tries to lowball me on the spot.

I once had a guy asked me why my wheels have to be so big. If they were smaller, he would buy it. I mean if it doesnt fit, why waste people's time?

nmjaxx9 03-02-2012 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by cossie1600 (Post 1577734)
I think you are right. The more questions they ask, the less likely they will buy. I swear some do it to either stalk females or pray for some m/m encounter and are hoping for the keyword to get it on.

I usually just put the prices $10 below average and put the word firm on it. I am not dealing with idiots who tries to lowball me on the spot.

I once had a guy asked me why my wheels have to be so big. If they were smaller, he would buy it. I mean if it doesnt fit, why waste people's time?

LOL those are the people that get no action. :rofl2:

But yeah some of the questions are really dumb. Like if someone texts you and says whats the your best price, or how low are you willing to go, that usually means they don't have anywhere close to your asking price.

Then when you tell them im pretty firm on my price, they start bitching about how your item isn't all that great and etc, then I just think to myself if it wasn't interest in the product im selling than what prompted you to call or text me in the first place.

I love CL though, really a good place to sell items, its just the people who buy stuff from you really don't know how to make a smooth transaction, and most of the times are what I like to call "broke shoppers" looking for a free handout.

m4a1mustang 03-02-2012 02:40 PM

Craigslist freaks me out.

Baconboy 03-02-2012 02:44 PM

Maybe you need to move to a nicer area so you aren't surrounded by jack holes? I generally don't have those problems on Boston's cl.

TerribleONE 03-02-2012 02:45 PM

I disagree with the area making a difference.. I couldnt agree more with things in socal even in a nice area... I prefer ebay IMO..

ZMan8 03-02-2012 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang (Post 1578043)
Craigslist freaks me out.

:iagree: people on there are weird a good 50-60% of the time

Pauly 03-02-2012 02:48 PM

should be called trollslist

m4a1mustang 03-02-2012 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by ZMan8 (Post 1578071)
:iagree: people on there are weird a good 50-60% of the time

Yep. I just don't like meeting random people to sell/buy something. I'd rather ship but sometimes I guess it makes sense. You just have to be extra careful with who you are dealing with. Thankfully I can carry in VA. :tup:


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