So Craigslist.. How about some "Are You Kidding me Stories?"

**EcoSafe** · 10-07-2014, 12:10 PM

I was selling off some excess stuff, Miller welder, golf cart, 50cc scooter etc, got some calls , sold the welder. got several calls on the scooter and golf cart. Golf cart was $500 and scooter $100, the going rate for old carts here is about !500/1800 and scooters $300 but I just wanted them out of the way quickly. got calls for weeks. would you take $400 for the cart, ans yes, no show on all calls. several calls on scooter, after weeks of no sale got calls, would you take less ( Im on welfair, my husband left me, my kid needs it for school etc. OK $75. lol no one ever showed, still got em.

**IdahoScrapper** · 10-07-2014, 05:24 PM

Had a lady call on a truck I have for sale. She was pretty insistent that she see it the next day, so an appt was made. She said she would call ahead. No call. No show. I called the following day. Phone was disconnected.

If you can't afford to pay your phone, maybe wasting peoples time calling on a truck isn't what you should be doing.

**Sirscrapalot** · 10-07-2014, 05:29 PM

I want your scooter.

Seriously.

I'm guessing it's running or you would have said otherwise.

Pictures would make me happy. Long as it runs I don't really give a **** what it looks like. LOL

Sirscrapalot - Wanting to scoot about his sandbar.

**IdahoScrapper** · 10-07-2014, 05:30 PM

I have a sno cone trailer I am trying to sell. Being that it's somewhat of a speciality item, I don't expect a lot of inquiries, or for it to sell right away. So this lady emailed about it August 18th. Came out and looked at it. Said she could do $4,000. I said I'd think about it. She calls a few weeks later, and offered $3,500. Maybe it's just me, but when people lower their own offers, it pisses me off.

So I declined.

She calls again and wants to come out and look at it again, with her husband. Okay.

"How much does it weigh? How easy is it to tow?" blah blah blah.

Okay, that's all the questions I have. We'll be in touch. As I think to myself, sure, sure we will. You've been dilly dallying for 2 months already.

They call again, wanting to take it for test tow.

I just...

My head hurts.

**harsas** · 10-07-2014, 08:08 PM

Originally Posted by olddude

I was selling off some excess stuff, Miller welder, golf cart, 50cc scooter etc, got some calls , sold the welder. got several calls on the scooter and golf cart. Golf cart was $500 and scooter $100, the going rate for old carts here is about !500/1800 and scooters $300 but I just wanted them out of the way quickly. got calls for weeks. would you take $400 for the cart, ans yes, no show on all calls. several calls on scooter, after weeks of no sale got calls, would you take less ( Im on welfair, my husband left me, my kid needs it for school etc. OK $75. lol no one ever showed, still got em.

Yeah drives me crazy too. I tell them I will not entertain any offers until they come and see the item. How can they judge the value of an item they have not even seen. I also go the other way on pricing. It seems higher prices bring more serious buyers...

**jord0690** · 10-07-2014, 08:36 PM

Iv dealt with every single scenario listed above. Multiple times. Drives me nuts.

But what really drives me nuts, is when someone lists something for sale, THEN DOESNT ANSWER YOUR INQUIRIES.

Have been lookin for a toolbox for my truck for a while. Found one for $100 in real decent shape. No phone number, just email. Ok not Ideal but ill try. So i ask if its still available. Get a reply a few hrs later. Yes it is. So i say that id like to come have a look and that i would more than likely take it. No answer. Emailed a few other times, nothing..... SERIOUSLY? Fine by me, I'll go hand $100 to someone else. Its still online tonight.

Another guy has an enclosed 14ft trailer for sale. Iv emailed him atleast 3 times saying id like to come take a look. No answer. Not once. Its also still listed tonight.

Dont get it... I guess some people dont want to sell their stuff.

**EcoSafe** · 10-07-2014, 11:20 PM

It been setting for a year. probably won't start with out cleaning the carb etc.

**Longhairboy** · 10-08-2014, 03:46 AM

Man depending on what brand of scooter that was I'd probably be there the next day I seen it! Seeing as all I have I can drive i scooters

**pwajunkie** · 10-08-2014, 07:09 AM

Originally Posted by jord0690

Another guy has an enclosed 14ft trailer for sale. Iv emailed him atleast 3 times saying id like to come take a look. No answer. Not once. Its also still listed tonight.

Dont get it... I guess some people dont want to sell their stuff.

I found that sometimes people list there stuff only to appease their spouse. I got a buddy who has a motorcycle listed on CL for almost a year well above the "value" of the bike. He has no intentions of selling it. Hey can say that he is trying to sell it when he wife asks him about it.

I on the other hand, when I am selling something, do not reply to low ball offers or to any email the just says "is it still available?" Those type of e-mails are usually e-mail fishers. They want you to reply to get your email address to add you to a list to sell to marketers. When I see something on CL that i want, i usually type more to let the person know I am a real person. Ask question about the location of the item and when I can come and see it.

**Otto** · 10-08-2014, 07:23 AM

Originally Posted by pwajunkie

I on the other hand, when I am selling something, do not reply to low ball offers or to any email the just says "is it still available?" Those type of e-mails are usually e-mail fishers. They want you to reply to get your email address to add you to a list to sell to marketers. When I see something on CL that i want, i usually type more to let the person know I am a real person. Ask question about the location of the item and when I can come and see it.

As a way around this, I just use a throw-away email address to respond to these type of inquiries. Cut and paste their email into your response.

**phred59** · 10-08-2014, 07:36 AM

i have probably sold 200-300 items on CL in the past few years, and I haven't made a single purchase off of it. No joke. I have no idea what the buyers end of it looks like. I usually do my normal pick ups and buy big lots of this and that for pennies on the dollar via online and live auctions and sell it off/scrap what doesn't sell as i become sick of looking at it.

**sledge** · 10-08-2014, 08:33 AM

Originally Posted by phred59

I have no idea what the buyers end of it looks like.

Believe me.. it is just as jacked from the buyers side as it is from the sellers side on CL! World of the strange, stupid and ignorant. I have had a lot of good transactions both ways.. but it sure does give you a measure of the "IQ of 'merica" sometimes!

**mikeinreco** · 10-08-2014, 09:13 AM

I am so over CL........I go back and forth between ebay and CL........I was so frustrated with Ebay I quit for 2 months...........I sell mostly computers on CL...........I realize how computer illiterate these people are and its frustrating........They ask a million questions and I either don't have the time or desire to answer them....LOL............Scrap is so down right now I am forced to re-sell my stash because alot of it I would break even or lose money scrapping it..........I have begun to screen CL people to the point that I have turned down several sales this week.........I give out as little info as I have to and if they start asking to many personal questions (like my full name) I tell them thanks but no thanks........Some people on CL are desperate to sell while others (like myself) it does not make a hill of beans if we sell it or not

**pwajunkie** · 10-08-2014, 11:24 AM

Got one the afternoon. I did a storage clean out and one of the things I got was a pink swing machine. Basically a starter for someone wanting to try out swing. Retail new ones are about $30. Add states condition and "I really don't know much about the durability of the machine. I didn't use it. I did plug it in and it does turn on and make noise. However it doesn't have string or thread and I do not know how to work it." It is used and not knowing much about it I have it for $10

(cut and past,with some edits)

Them" Hello,

Can you please advise if you still have this available? Does it work? I am looking for a cheap alternative to buying Halloween costumes but need a sewing machine, Will this get the job done?

Me: I really don't know much about the durability of the machine. I didn't use it. I did plug it in and it does turn on and make noise. However it doesn't have string or thread and I do not know how to work it. notice I just copied what was in the add.

Them: OK when can you bring to it me?

Me: Unless you are in (my town) i can not deliver it as it would cost me more in gas than it is worth.

Them: Well if you can't bring it to me my kids will go without costumes this year.

WTF!!! My friends. WTF!!!!

**IdahoScrapper** · 10-08-2014, 11:43 AM

Originally Posted by pwajunkie

Them: Well if you can't bring it to me my kids will go without costumes this year.

WTF!!! My friends. WTF!!!!

People have no qualms about being entitled leeches. It's disgusting.

I also get the people who ask questions that are answered in the listing if they would just wake up and look. It's as though they zero in on the contact info and gloss over the rest of it.

**sledge** · 10-08-2014, 12:13 PM

Originally Posted by pwajunkie

Them: Well if you can't bring it to me my kids will go without costumes this year.

WTF!!! My friends. WTF!!!!

This would have set me OFF.. I would have said "Well do you have some bed sheets and a pair of scissors? Viola- Your Kids now have costumes! No Machine necessary!"

**KzScrapper** · 10-08-2014, 12:15 PM

I have a snowmobile track on right now with a pic of the machine it came off of...$90.

Text...Does it start and run good??

Few minutes later...My bad nvmnd.

**jord0690** · 10-08-2014, 12:35 PM

Originally Posted by KzScrapper

I have a snowmobile track on right now with a pic of the machine it came off of...$90.

Text...Does it start and run good??

Few minutes later...My bad nvmnd.

I *Facepalmed* as soon as i read this.... im part of this group on FB Called Autojiji. Same as Kijiji but a FB group. Anyways people always list cars and say NO TRADES or Trades ONLY for _______!

Always always ALWAYS get guys. Trade for my truck/car? Trade for my sled/dirtbike? I startes commenting " #peoplewhodontread " they just reply "huh?" Usually i post back "Yup! Just what i thought!"

Always get 10+ likes so obviously others think the same way. I love calling out people who are too **** lazy to read the friggin ad. Tell me im wrong in doing that but i cant resist it lol

**IdahoScrapper** · 10-08-2014, 03:24 PM

Originally Posted by KzScrapper

I have a snowmobile track on right now with a pic of the machine it came off of...$90.

Text...Does it start and run good??

Few minutes later...My bad nvmnd.

haha. Probably saw the price/pic and got super excited. Then went back and paid attention.

**Jonniebrass** · 10-08-2014, 03:56 PM

This week Craigslist ad says buying insulated wire 2.00 a pound. Same day service. I replied. So couple of days go by get no reply.

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