Craigslist laughs

[Philbert]

I posted a used, pro-grade drill press / lathe chuck recently on local CL. Summary of one exchange, over several emails:

Him: Gee, I really want it, but that's a long way to drive for a chuck (maybe 20 miles?).
Me: Sorry, this is where it is.
Him: Do you ever drive down this way?
Me: No.
Him: That's gonna cost me more than $5 in gas, plus the time.
Me: Add $10 and I will mail it to you.
Him: (. . . crickets . . . ).

Philbert

 

[Lee192233]

I posted a used, pro-grade drill press / lathe chuck recently on local CL. Summary of one exchange, over several emails:

Him: Gee, I really want it, but that's a long way to drive for a chuck (maybe 20 miles?).
Me: Sorry, this is where it is.
Him: Do you ever drive down this way?
Me: No.
Him: That's gonna cost me more than $5 in gas, plus the time.
Me: Add $10 and I will mail it to you.
Him: (. . . crickets . . . ).

Philbert

Typical CL exchange.

I had a Craftsman radial arm saw listed. Guy says he wants to look at it. Comes over, looks it over, measures it and tells me he just wanted to measure it. He had no intentions to buy it from me. Wasted a half hour of my time for nothing!

Lee

 

[ktmtigger]

Typical CL exchange.

I had a Craftsman radial arm saw listed. Guy says he wants to look at it. Comes over, looks it over, measures it and tells me he just wanted to measure it. He had no intentions to buy it from me. Wasted a half hour of my time for nothing!

Lee

Better patients than I. He would have left walking funny with the saw halfway up his ass

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[Jhenderson]

And nobody understands why I throw saws under the workbench rather than put up with the general public.

 

[tickbitintn]

I just sold a saw that I forgot that I even had on CL...

21 emails over 3 days and 4 phone calls...
Then drove a half hour away....

Last one I will ever waste my time on.

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[Lee192233]

It's a pain in the a$$. Between the scammers and the tire kickers it truly becomes a hassle to try to sell things. I give more stuff away to people who need it. Feel better about that than the couple of bucks for hours of time wasted.

 

[Maintenance supervisor]

I did just sell an old saw in very nice condition on CL , but only 3 emails and 2 phone calls , pretty rare.

 

[svk]

Donate the stuff to a charity. You can deduct it. For anyone in a mid to higher tax bracket you are getting roughly 1/3 the value back in tax savings, are helping out a charity, and don’t have to deal with tire kickers.

 

[kevin j]

It's a pain in the a$$. Between the scammers and the tire kickers it truly becomes a hassle to try to sell things. I give more stuff away to people who need it. Feel better about that than the couple of bucks for hours of time wasted.

This

 

[sean donato]

The last cl experience I had put me off selling my stuff. Too much hassle, amd apparently some liability for people being stupid as well.

 

[svk]

I have had better luck selling stuff on Facebook Marketplace than CL. Even if you do not believe in FB, having a profile just for selling is useful. Unlike CL, you get to see who is PM'ing you and potentially get an idea if they are legit (and local) or not. If you get some joker with an obviously false profile pic or are sharing weird/spammy things on their profile, easy to just hit the "block" button.

Block button is even better than ignore here as that person will never see you again.

 

[Philbert]

"Buyer Beware, there are competitors up north and in MN that have stole our customers pictures and used them as their own on here but sell an inferior product. We have been in the business long before the competition and want what’s best for honest customers. "

(This warning in an ad that sits on a spam cloud of about 2,000 unrelated key words added to manipulate your search. I am touched by their concern for honest customers).

Philbert

 

[fishercat]

I wouldn't give over 300 new for a clone.

I wouldn't give you $3.00

 

[jerrycmorrow]

Send him “no saw for you !” and then block his number.

[emoji108]

I’ve got a low baller been offering less than half my price. Guess he thinks I’m desperate. Told him he could have it for my price plus $10. Next time it’ll be more

 

[pauljoseph]

https://greenville.craigslist.org/grd/d/belton-husqvarna-440e-chain-saw-lot/7250952566.htmlDon’t let this deal get by you!
40 cc chainsaw! His mom must’ve told him it is a “big boy toy”.

 

[kevin j]

Not a bad price for it all, but my curiosity is why did he buy all that much stuff to run one can of fuel and one log. I don’t see any blood

 

[fishercat]

Not a bad price for it all, but my curiosity is why did he buy all that much stuff to run one can of fuel and one log. I don’t see any blood

That's NOT a good price. Unless you're in Canada maybe.

 

[svk]

If a guy has a lot of $$ and some spare time, spending say $800 bucks on equipment to do a job that a contractor quoted him $5000 to do then he sells the stuff for $600 is a pretty good deal (to him).

 

[Philbert]

Not a bad price for it all, but my curiosity is why did he buy all that much stuff to run one can of fuel and one log. I don’t see any blood

If a guy has a lot of $$ and some spare time, spending say $800 bucks on equipment to do a job that a contractor quoted him $5000 to do then he sells the stuff for $600 is a pretty good deal (to him).

Maybe he decided that it's 'not for him'?

Anyway, could be a good deal for someone looking for the same stuff (assuming that he did not straight gas it, or so something not shown in the photos).

Philbert

 

[fishercat]

If a guy has a lot of $$ and some spare time, spending say $800 bucks on equipment to do a job that a contractor quoted him $5000 to do then he sells the stuff for $600 is a pretty good deal (to him).

My guess is he voted for Biden and came to the realization that this man stuff just isn't his style.