Dealing with A-holes on craigslist

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Ye0ldmario

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Has anyone else ever been stood up before on craigslist by idiots? I've been browsing the local for about 2 years now and the sheer amount of idiots I've encountered has been amazing. Maybe it's karma, maybe it's the areas I frequent.

WITHOUT FAIL, whenever I try to do any kind of buying/selling/bartering, I either get

1. Lowballers. They generally offer you more then half of your asking price, and act like they're doing you a favor by taking the shit off your hands. 42" LCD 1080p TV for 250 bucks? Will pay more for a bigger one? yea, like I'm that stupid.

2. Flakes. We all know about these idiots. Basically they will see your ad, open it, think in their mind, "hey, i want that!" then fire off an email saying they are interested. I'd say in my experience, about 60% of the time, I either get retarded questions which can be answered by reading the ad, or they commit to purchase and then dissapear. No more emails. Sometimes, it gets to the agreement on where to meet up or show up to buy/sell/trade, and guess what happens. They never come. When the time comes to fork over the cash, you get silence. Then you email/call/text them and ask why they didn't show, and you never hear from them again.

3. Plain out assholes who wanna trade you shit for your good stuff. Like some guy offers you an old rusted out lawnmower from the 1960's for a playstation 3....yea, right...

4. You post a wanted ad looking for something, someone emails you and says "hey seen your add on CL, i have a ______ i will sell you for the price you said, let me know if you're interested. Then you agree to buy it and they never respond back? Who would turn down cash in hand? These are the kind of people I bet that if you waved a million dollars under their nose they would probably fall asleep.

The main thing I hate are the time wasters and game players. I really wonder sometimes wether it's either some kids just messing around, some creep collecting peoples phone numbers or addresses, or some stupid shmoe who was just not sure in the long run. I'm not one of those assholes to tries to get a bunch of money outta something thats worth like 5 bucks either.

So, do you guys have any strange CL stories dealing with creeps who do this shit? I'm just curious. The whole site is infested with morons and those nigerian scammers who offer to pay you 10x your asking price with a fake check.

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I haven't used craigslist many times but i have had a recent bad encounter with someone. But nearly all of my other encounters were very pleasent.

So i was selling some of my 360 games on CL.
This guy message me and said he was interested in 4 of my games, 25$,15$,15$, and 10$.
He lived in the part of the city that i was going to be in anyways for another deal so i said ok.
I looked up his place on mapquest and it didn't look far, until i tried to drive there. It was a weird half build long ass narrow whiny dusty retarded road and it took forever to get through.
But ok I got there eventually, and he came out of his apartment taking his sweet time.
Checked out the games i brought.
Looks right at me and goes ... "looky here man ... ahh i only have 23$."
"I hadn't been to the bank and i forgot i only had this much."
(Note: I told him the day beforehand that i was coming that day AND i called him a few hours prior to getting there)
"So, you think you could give me the games for $23?"
That question was so ridiculous i was dumbfounded.
He knew it was retarded too so immediately he said.
"okay okay just give the other three games (15$,15$, and 10$ ones) 23$ for them okay?"
I quickly did the math ... $40 listed for $23 ... "fuck no."
He tried his hardest to convince me some more, telling me he saw those games for alot cheaper at other places.
I was like ... "good, why don't you buy them there then."
Finally he just asked me if i would give him the $25 game for the $23.
You know what, i drove all that way already and i needed the money and at least 2$ short of 25$ is heaps more reasonable than his other offers.
Took the money and had to drive that retarded road again to get out of there.

So at the end I still manage to sell one game at near my asking price, but just the point of me having to stand there listening to this jackass thinking I'm retarded was just unbelievable.
 
[quote name='supraazn']I haven't used craigslist many times but i have had a recent bad encounter with someone. But nearly all of my other encounters were very pleasent.

So i was selling some of my 360 games on CL.
This guy message me and said he was interested in 4 of my games, 25$,15$,15$, and 10$.
He lived in the part of the city that i was going to be in anyways for another deal so i said ok.
I looked up his place on mapquest and it didn't look far, until i tried to drive there. It was a weird half build long ass narrow whiny dusty retarded road and it took forever to get through.
But ok I got there eventually, and he came out of his apartment taking his sweet time.
Checked out the games i brought.
Looks right at me and goes ... "looky here man ... ahh i only have 23$."
"I hadn't been to the bank and i forgot i only had this much."
(Note: I told him the day beforehand that i was coming that day AND i called him a few hours prior to getting there)
"So, you think you could give me the games for $23?"
That question was so ridiculous i was dumbfounded.
He knew it was retarded too so immediately he said.
"okay okay just give the other three games (15$,15$, and 10$ ones) 23$ for them okay?"
I quickly did the math ... $40 listed for $23 ... "fuck no."
He tried his hardest to convince me some more, telling me he saw those games for alot cheaper at other places.
I was like ... "good, why don't you buy them there then."
Finally he just asked me if i would give him the $25 game for the $23.
You know what, i drove all that way already and i needed the money and at least 2$ short of 25$ is heaps more reasonable than his other offers.
Took the money and had to drive that retarded road again to get out of there.

So at the end I still manage to sell one game at near my asking price, but just the point of me having to stand there listening to this jackass thinking I'm retarded was just unbelievable.[/quote]

I would have offered him the $10 game for $23.
 
Only once so far, buying a busted laptop off a guy and everything seems fine, we agree on a price and he gives me his address. So I get out there and gee what do you know it's an apartment complex. I email him on my phone trying to get the apartment number from him but after 20 minutes no response so I said screw it. So he emails me a few hours later saying he guessed I didn't want it? I go what is your address? Same address, again no apartment number. I ask the guy flat out what is your apartment number then he goes oh nevermind you missed this 'opportunity".


Outside of that meet ups have gone off without a hitch. Everything from iphones to car mats. Honestly lowballs or terrible trades don't' bother me anyway, just give me a chuckle as I hit delete on the email.
 
[quote name='coolsteel']Only once so far, buying a busted laptop off a guy and everything seems fine, we agree on a price and he gives me his address. So I get out there and gee what do you know it's an apartment complex. I email him on my phone trying to get the apartment number from him but after 20 minutes no response so I said screw it. So he emails me a few hours later saying he guessed I didn't want it? I go what is your address? Same address, again no apartment number. I ask the guy flat out what is your apartment number then he goes oh nevermind you missed this 'opportunity".


Outside of that meet ups have gone off without a hitch. Everything from iphones to car mats. Honestly lowballs or terrible trades don't' bother me anyway, just give me a chuckle as I hit delete on the email.[/quote]

wonder why we he wouldnt give the number, maybe he was trying to screw someone over with it?
 
99% of the time i do any business on craigslist, its excellent, and ive sold/bought tens of thousands of dollars of stuff on craigslist. Whenever i am going to do a deal with anyone, i make sure to talk with them on the phone first. If i dont feel confident in them after the phone call, i do not bother with the deal regardless of what it is or the price. Doing that weeds out most of the scammers and scary people out there. You can get a good feel for someone by talking to them and asking questions.
 
I had several people try to scam me when I listed my 360 a few weeks ago. Finally I get 3 people within my state (Damn Scammers..) and I email back. 3 respond, 1 saying "I'll give you 50 dollars for it, since its got a broken USB port" the other giving me a sob story and a number, then the last some 15 year old who couldn't type.

I call the two people who sent numbers, and the sob story decided to buy it, so I was like "I kind of need the money now, so if you come tonight, its yours." They no show and then call up with another sob story. I tell them I have another offer and that they might want to hurry. They set up another time (next day) and again, another No show.

I call the 15 year old with the typing problem and he comes and picks it up for the agreed price. Gotta love the world. Try to sell stuff to kids man, seriously. Offer candy.
 
For the most part my experiences have been fairly good. I do encounter a lot of flakes, low ballers, and even uninterested sellers(I posted a request for an SNES, and got a bunch of responses saying they would sell one to me, but after attempts to get a response I got nothing, don't you want some easy money!?), but it's just the way of craigslist... Personally I wouldn't recommend even using the site unless you're buying. The following instance was probably the only real time that I was ready to snap.
I had a woman buy a wii, sealed halo LE, and an xbox 360 from me a couple of months ago. After driving downtown to our designated meeting point, the woman called and said she changed her mind, and instead of wanting to meet up at our original location she would rather come over to my house and check it in person to make sure it worked, which required me driving back and giving her directions to my house which she seemed to have trouble understanding... Not to mention having to take everything out, unpack it and hook it up to my tv. Upon her arrival, I hook everything up, and pop in a copy of mario galaxy into the wii and virtua fighter 5 into the 360 so her son can check them out and make sure they work. As he is testing everything, the woman asks if she can talk the price down $30 due to the fact that she thought the 360 came with two controllers(where this thought came from I have no clue). I politely declined but said I would take $10 off which was okay with. Everything checks out, and I start to pack everything up, as we're putting everything in the box, the kid takes the two games and tries to cram those in there as well. I have to go "ohh wait, sorry those games aren't included, I just used those to test the systems" which made things kind of awkward. Minutes later they're out the door, I have my money, and all is well with the world. Nope, not really... 2 hours later I'm getting emails from the woman asking why the internet connection doesn't work. I then have to spend about 4 hours trying to tell her how to use HER wireless router while she keeps sending me passively aggressive nonsense:
"I thought the manual would've been included"
I specifically said in the listing no manuals were included
"my son is mentioning a USB adapter, did you not include that part?"
Those aren't included with wiis, you have to buy them seperately
"it looks like you left your password lock on the wii"
I reformatted the system before selling it, the password lock was on her friggin' router!
I basically had to scavenge the internet for hours, sending her links to the nintendo wii manual pdf, nintendo FAQs, her router's guide, and constantly telling her that I really could not help since I'm not an IT expert and can hardly even work my own router. Well, I suppose I didn't have to help but I didn't want this woman spamming me or something if she got bitter. Did she work it out? I don't know, she never even emailed me back to say "thanks for dealing with my crap".
 
I sold a pc on CL in Aug and I said all sales final in my ad and numerous emails to potential buyers.

The lady who bought it kept emailing me back asking me dozens of questions about how to hook up the internet and where to buy a power cord and why doesn't the sound work...
 
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Can a single person flag an add off with multiple Ip addresses? I posted up an ad last night looking to buy old systems and stuff, some guy emailed me and said he had an atari 2600 with 20 games this morning. I asked him how much he wanted for it, said make an offer. I told him i'd give him 30 bucks if everything was in good shape.

"make an offer"

"i can do 30 if everythings in good shape"

"i can get more for the games alone on ebay"

"what were you expecting me to offer you? 100-300 dollars for a USED atari?"

"i can get 150 on ebay for it, good luck ripping people off"

Why the heck would I blow 100 dollars on a used atari 2600 which has a 85% chance of crapping out on me any day? I told the guy to go shove it and now, my add was flagged down.

My theory is he spoofed his ip a few times and flagged it. What you guys think?
 
Whenever I sell something on craigslist I always have them pick it up at my place. I tell them I have X people interested and if they want it, be the first here. That way I don't have to fuck around with people who want to waste my time.

The only bad experience I had was trading an old laptop for a PSP. He couldn't figure out how to work the damn thing and locked himself out of the PC three times. He was yelling at me for not telling him the password when I didn't send it with one. I just took it back and sold it to my GF's co worker for $150 and never heard from them again. :lol:

A few weeks ago I tried to get a Sega CD from a guy that wanted an old PC or laptop. I have no idea what he thought his technological marvel of the 90s was worth, but a P4 system was obviously beneath him... :roll:
 
Craigslist can be both good and bad depending upon what you are trying to do, I know many friends buy cheap phones off of CL and sell them on Ebay for huge marginal profits. It could be profitable, Just have to be cautious.
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Can a single person flag an add off with multiple Ip addresses? I posted up an ad last night looking to buy old systems and stuff, some guy emailed me and said he had an atari 2600 with 20 games this morning. I asked him how much he wanted for it, said make an offer. I told him i'd give him 30 bucks if everything was in good shape.

"make an offer"

"i can do 30 if everythings in good shape"

"i can get more for the games alone on ebay"

"what were you expecting me to offer you? 100-300 dollars for a USED atari?"

"i can get 150 on ebay for it, good luck ripping people off"

Why the heck would I blow 100 dollars on a used atari 2600 which has a 85% chance of crapping out on me any day? I told the guy to go shove it and now, my add was flagged down.

My theory is he spoofed his ip a few times and flagged it. What you guys think?
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It's possible, but I was always under the impression that it only took one flagging to take something down by the way some of my listings have vanished so quickly. It does sound like he was rather bitter so it's always possible though. Also, no offense friend, but it sounds like you are doing the same thing to this guy that gets you so mad about CL... He probably won't be getting $150 for it on ebay, but $30 is still a pretty low offer for an atari with 20 games, not to mention a rather hostile counter-response you gave him.
 
[quote name='eastshore4']It's possible, but I was always under the impression that it only took one flagging to take something down by the way some of my listings have vanished so quickly. It does sound like he was rather bitter so it's always possible though. Also, no offense friend, but it sounds like you are doing the same thing to this guy that gets you so mad about CL... He probably won't be getting $150 for it on ebay, but $30 is still a pretty low offer for an atari with 20 games, not to mention a rather hostile counter-response you gave him.[/quote]

yeah thats true, i get in the habit of lowballing if i see something i want :lol:
 
Looking up ebay prices, 30 isn't that far off from what they go for. It was a fair offer for a 2600 and games. As for why that guy wouldn't give me an apartment number for the busted laptop, the usual really. I did a test with another email address and yeah all the sudden he thought his broken 5 year old laptop was worth hundreds or something.


And for the record it takes more then one flagging, otherwise any idiot who clicked it by mistake or wanted to be a dick and up their chances of a deal could just flag it after contacting the person.
 
I was selling GH III for the 360 on CL. I took a few pictures, one of which included my hand holding the game so you could see it was unopened. I list it and get an email "hey would you trade GH3 for Battlefield: Bad Company?" I replied back with a no. A week later I relisted it, with the same photos mind you. Guess who emails me? The same guy "hey will you trade it...?" I replied back "This is the same guy, and no." So I list it a third time, but this time I am smart enough to add in the description "will not trade for BBC".

Then just last week I had my DS Lite listed. Girl emails me "hey I have cash in hand I can come by at 5pm is that okay?" It was and I emailed her back with my address. I then get an email back from her "hey does your DS come with any games?" I replied that it did not.

So here it is 6:45pm and I email her asking if she was still interested. She replied back "sorry, I found a better deal". Good thing I wasn't putting off any plans waiting for her...
 
I mean would you guys pay 100 for a used atari 2600 that probably is dustier then the old west? lol. I'll probably just look for one at some rummage sales.
 
I've actually had quite a few good experiences with craigslist. To say the least most of the Denver area uses craigslist themselves and all or most of them have a pretty good understanding of how to make a trade or sale. I have purchased many items from ppl and have not had any problems with anything I've purchased thus far "Knock on wood". As well for any trade I've done has gone pretty well.

The funny thing is I've had several purchases from myself that have occured at 10pm or later. My wife is always scared that they're a mass murderer and she hides in the bedroom with a butcher knife LOL. Those purchases went really well, but were kind of awkward only because of the timeframe.

The only times I've had bad experiences with craigslist is when I'm trying to finalize a deal and the buyer/seller can't; drive that far, has to wait a couple days, doesn't have money yet, eccetera, blah and blah.
 
[quote name='Ye0ldmario']
My theory is he spoofed his ip a few times and flagged it. What you guys think?[/quote]

The game dealers in my area will flag any ad I try to post within seconds of publishing it. I spent two hours putting up a post offering to buy games only to have it removed within 30 minutes. There is quite a few people in my area that buy and sell games through craigslist, so I know it was them that got me flagged. Most likely it was one of the two guys at the flea market that always post their own ads on CL.
 
I would say I have some good experience with Craigslist.

I have got so far:

19 inch Viewsonic monitor
Nintendo Wii with SSBB, Boom Blox, Lego Indy, Rayman Raving Rabbids 2, and Mario Kart
Bioshock, Too Human, Crackdown, GH 2 and III with guitars, Rock Band Special Edition, Halo 3, and Mass Effect for 360.
Uncharted with guide, MGS 4, GTA IV, Ratchet and Clank Future: TOD, and Army of Two for 360.
White PS2 and Rock Band special edition for PS2
Nintendo DS
1 GB micro SD card for cellphone
Motorola V-something cellphone
30 GB video ipod

I have to admit its very hit or miss though.
 
[quote name='Doomstink']The game dealers in my area will flag any ad I try to post within seconds of publishing it. I spent two hours putting up a post offering to buy games only to have it removed within 30 minutes. There is quite a few people in my area that buy and sell games through craigslist, so I know it was them that got me flagged. Most likely it was one of the two guys at the flea market that always post their own ads on CL.[/quote]

yep i'm thinking thats it because there are 2 guys I see who also post in my areas. One guy only buys "huge lots", the other guy is more of a cherry picker/re-seller dealer type shmoe who spams the games/toys and wanted sections every day.
 
I was selling some anime and Family Guy DVDs on CL one time and got an email back from someone telling me that " anime sucks and family guy sucks"

Why waste your time emailing me?
 
[quote name='Ye0ldmario']1. Lowballers. They generally offer you more then half of your asking price, and act like they're doing you a favor by taking the shit off your hands. 42" LCD 1080p TV for 250 bucks? Will pay more for a bigger one? yea, like I'm that stupid. [/quote]

Out of all the stuff I've sold on CL, I've only had one ad that had problems and it was that.

I had posted an ad for a complete Guitar Hero 3 w/ guitar:)ps2:) after christmas that I was trying to sell for $40(I got it for $27, but the stores jacked the price back up to $60 after buying it). I got nothing but sob stories and offering $15-$20 for it.

After a week of that, pulled it and relisted it with a $27 price, figuring that it's better to break even than be stuck with the game. Got the same people sending me $15 offers and explaining to them that if I didn't take their lowball offer last time, why would I take it now. Finally about 5 days after posting, I found someone that was willing to buy it for $27.
 
[quote name='Slappybob']I was selling some anime and Family Guy DVDs on CL one time and got an email back from someone telling me that " anime sucks and family guy sucks"

Why waste your time emailing me?[/quote]
Your post sucks.
 
I'm not sure if I'm one of the lowballing jerks your talking about or the sellers are just doofs.

I offer on nearly every video game collection that shows up on CL in my area. I generally don't solicit sellers. And I note in my e-mail to get back to me if they don't get any better offers. As far as I'm concerned, if they can't get a buyer to show up (a lot of people come to me after others noshow), then I'm making the best offer, which IS fair, b/c obviously no one else is offering that much - usually this is because they've priced themselves out of anyone else taking themselves seriously.


I normally make an offer that's comparable to the prices I usually pay (I don't deal much with 360/PS3/Wii - lotsa gamecube and PS2) which IS often about half their asking price, mostly b/c people overvalue their crap in my opinion. A gamecube with 5-10 games goes for about $40-50 on my local CL, obviously HEAVILY dependent on the games. A lot of people start by asking $70-100, and end up getting back to me a week later.


In regard to the person offering $30 for the Atari - I see NOTHING wrong with that offer, though after his first reply, it all may have turned out better if you just asked "well, how much are you looking for?" and, if he said $100 or something ridiculous like that, just ended with a "no thanks" - if he kept e-mailing and pushed the issue, just say "then feel free to sell it on eBay'.


On the subject of flagging, technically, if you're buying for resale and post an ad, the ONLY "appropriate" category is services - just something I learned from the "flagging" forum. You can get away with wanted, though often will get flagged out of Games and Toys - I do just as well just checking CL all the time and making sure I reply early with my offers.


And I've done hundreds of transactions on CL and have been stood up once.
 
I've had some bad experiences and some good experiences, with more good experiences lately though.

Just before Christmas, I sold a sealed silver PStwo and a used PS2 controller for $115 total, with NO real haggling about price. The same day, I also sold an LCD photo frame my gf got for Christmas from a co-worker for $30 or so.

About two years ago, I sold 2-4 XBox and PS2 games for $35-40 to someone with little to no haggling.

However, my recent ads(for Uncharted with the guide for $35-40)have been stagnant. I guess no one has money two months after Christmas, but at least no one has flagged down my ads like they used to.
 
Things that bother me about craigslist:

1) People that inquire about something and never respond back when you tell them it's available. I've had about 5 people email me for a T.V. I was listing and they never responded to my email.

2) Retards. This includes a lot of responses, but I've gotten things from, "I'll give you $150 for your guitar, it usually goes for $200 used" (so why are you offering lower than what you just told me I can get), to just general responses from people that type like they are 11.

3) The "people" that want your jewelry as a present for their recently married daughter in West Africa. GTFO

4) Liars. I bought a 360 off this kid for the cheap. It came with 3 games I believe, Gears of War, Halo 3 and GTA4. He said they were all great, and Halo was in less acceptable condition because he bought it used. GTA4 turned out to be dirty as fuck (not scratched though), Gears was busted (no manual and a chunk of case missing), and Halo 3 was resurfaced. The price was good so I still took it, but I wish I offered him at least $35 less because of the shit games.
 
I've never really had a problem buying or selling stuff on CL (I get these same annoying buyers and sellers) but I always try to feel the person out before meeting them. Just be careful out there, guys. I live in NY so things can get pretty rough, but I always meet people in public places like malls or parking lots.
I know its an extreme case, but my cousin's best friend was murdered recently when he was selling his car and agreed to meet a buyer at his house. The buyer met him there with a bunch of friends and made him drive to an isolated field where they killed him for it.
The only thing I would sell from my house is something I couldn't carry but never meet someone by yourself.
I once bought a GC off a kid who invited me to his house. I was kind of surprised when I got there because he was like 12 and I could have easily just swiped it and left.
 
[quote name='carbontiger']I've never really had a problem buying or selling stuff on CL (I get these same annoying buyers and sellers) but I always try to feel the person out before meeting them. Just be careful out there, guys. I live in NY so things can get pretty rough, but I always meet people in public places like malls or parking lots.
I know its an extreme case, but my cousin's best friend was murdered recently when he was selling his car and agreed to meet a buyer at his house. The buyer met him there with a bunch of friends and made him drive to an isolated field where they killed him for it.
The only thing I would sell from my house is something I couldn't carry but never meet someone by yourself.
I once bought a GC off a kid who invited me to his house. I was kind of surprised when I got there because he was like 12 and I could have easily just swiped it and left.[/quote]

wow thats crazy, i always meet people at my house and thankfully havent been robbed or anything. I did get suckered once but it was my fault for not checking the stuff out before i handed the cash over. Thankfully it wasnt really a big loss ($50 electronic item) but I still get angry about it sometimes. Now I always inspect stuff and if they have a problem with that I tell them to pound sand.
 
i've done a lot of transactions over CL before too. been stood up a few times, been rewarded a few times. Just hit or miss, lucky shots i guess.

I usually try to meet at a local place unless I can't move the item.

Can you believe the people that want to pay by check?! and the south africa guys...yeah...that's funny
 
[quote name='carbontiger']I know its an extreme case, but my cousin's best friend was murdered recently when he was selling his car and agreed to meet a buyer at his house. The buyer met him there with a bunch of friends and made him drive to an isolated field where they killed him for it.
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WOOOOW wth... that's really scary dude. where exactly was this?! killed someone for a car?! that's so unnecessary.

anyways, yeah i deal a lot on craigslist since i find it much simpler than ebay or amazon, and i haven't had many problems yet. most of the people i've dealt with are usually pretty cool. when i sell, i usually ENCOURAGE people to inspect what i'm selling them because i don't want them to come back saying that i sold them a crappy product, which i would never do without telling them.
 
I've always met people during daylight hours and only in a public place. Usually a shopping center parking lot. It's safer that way.
 
[quote name='swolgam']Since we are sharing stories check this one out!

http://columbus.craigslist.org/ele/1029714379.html

The guy told me he was firm! I knew he was on drugs so i offered $250 to see if he would take it. NOPE, $300 or nothing![/quote]

That guy is looking for a sucker. If they charged people 30 cents per listing I bet we'd never see ads like that again.
 
I would assume he just doesn't know the price of it.

If he was looking for a sucker, he would have accepted $250.

You may want to e-mail him asking him what he's basing that price on.
 
[quote name='rigo707']Omg check this out xD
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/tag/1029150359.html[/quote]

They want the same amount as Gamestop? I don't see the big deal with the price.

Then again, if were selling my copy, that's probably what I'd try to sell it for.

Why NOT try to get as much as you can for your stuff? If someone wants to pay the price, they will. If not, then you just keep it or lower the price.

As for me, I have really NEVER priced my stuff at 'give away' prices and I laugh at people who e-mail me from CL offering HALF of what I want for stuff.

People think it's like a flea market and you can barter and haggle, even if someone puts FIRM in ad as far as price goes.

I'd rather take a sledgehammer to my stuff than give it to someone for next to nothing. Unlike the shit I see plastered on CL all the time that looks like someone took a fat shit on it, then smeared it all over said item, I actually take care of my stuff.
 
I dont' see the big deal on that one either - i wouldn't bother with it, and I wouldn't expect he'd get it, but not too bad.

I get shocked every time I realize how fast GTA game depreciate.


Tell me something though: if you put FIRM - does that mean that if you can't get a buyer for that amount, you'd rather keep it?
 
[quote name='pfp']
Tell me something though: if you put FIRM - does that mean that if you can't get a buyer for that amount, you'd rather keep it?[/quote]

That's my sentiment exactly. I had a SEALED/NEW PStwo slim up on CL just before Christmas and JUST as I was considering pulling the ad someone responded and after I said the price was indeed firm($100 for the system, $30 off normal MSRP), they actually accepted that AND bought a used PS2 controller I had listed seperately for $15 extra.

Unfortunately, just AFTER Christmas my fuckin' car needed a new fuel pump and that took THAT money and more to fix.

Sometimes it helps to hold your ground, though most times I've ended up just pulling the ads or they get flagged by angry people who respond offering me 50% or less of what I have stuff listed for.
 
Craigs is fine for me. I'm seldom in a hurry and I just never agree to meet them anywhere other than my own place unless I'm going to be heading their way anyway. I'd say 80% of my transactions have been flawless, 10% have featured minor inconveniences, and 10% have been flakes. I typically just ignore responses from people who can't type a coherent email, which I think filters out a lot of goons.

For reference, all of my living arrangements for the last 5 years (2 apartments and finding 4 roommates at my own place) have been done via Craigs. I also met a girl I dated for 4 years in the personals :)
 
As for me, someone wanted to buy my GTAIV. They show up and it's this kid and his mother. They look at my game and the kid thinks its a fake. He said its because his 360 couldn't play the GTAIV game he bought from another guy so he thinks he's getting jipped again. He tells me if its ok to take the game home with him and test it out. I said no of course ("Hell no" in my head). So they left and wasted my time.

Other then that, I just get a lot of inquires about my items but they're never serious. Weird.
 
[quote name='Interstella 5555']As for me, someone wanted to buy my GTAIV. They show up and it's this kid and his mother. They look at my game and the kid thinks its a fake. He said its because his 360 couldn't play the GTAIV game he bought from another guy so he thinks he's getting jipped again. He tells me if its ok to take the game home with him and test it out. I said no of course ("Hell no" in my head). So they left and wasted my time.

Other then that, I just get a lot of inquires about my items but they're never serious. Weird.[/quote]

I bet that kid got the ps3 version of GTA4. :roll:
 
The one's that drive me nuts are the ones that list both:

"Firm" and "MUST GO SOON" or "MUST GO, I NEED THE MONEY" or "I WANT IT OUT OF THE HOUSE BY FRIDAY"

Apparently, it must nothing if you're not willing to be flexible on price.
 
[quote name='pfp']The one's that drive me nuts are the ones that list both:

"Firm" and "MUST GO SOON" or "MUST GO, I NEED THE MONEY" or "I WANT IT OUT OF THE HOUSE BY FRIDAY"

Apparently, it must nothing if you're not willing to be flexible on price.[/quote]

I've actually had luck with some of these. I will send them a counter offer and tell them I can be there by tonight or within a very short time period. About half the time that strategy works, I think they like the idea of having money sooner than later.
 
[quote name='pfp']The one's that drive me nuts are the ones that list both:

"Firm" and "MUST GO SOON" or "MUST GO, I NEED THE MONEY" or "I WANT IT OUT OF THE HOUSE BY FRIDAY"

Apparently, it must nothing if you're not willing to be flexible on price.[/QUOTE]

The classifieds that ALWAYS drive ME nuts are the one where they list the "supposed" price they paid for the item... and when they use the word "sacrifice" in the listing...
 
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