I listed something on craigslist. What it was doesn’t matter. I listed the thing at less than half what I paid for it; new the thing was $240, and I listed it at $100. Posted photos. Description ripped off directly from the manufacturer so no detail was spared. Cash only. Meet up in West Ashevegas only. Serious inquiries only. Blah blah blah.
Emails came flooding in…”will you take $30 and some candles?” “I could buy this in like two weeks maybe.” “Would you bring it to Tennessee?”
Ummm. No.
“I’ll meet you Sunday at 6 pm if you’ll do $80.”
Ok.
Fine.
No show.
“I’ll meet you Monday at 5. Would you take $75?”
Uggg, after loading the heavy thing up and having a no show, fine.
…aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand…no show.
Next person sent SIXTEEN emails of questions before agreeing to buy it on Tuesday.
…and texted me about 15 minutes before the meeting time to say he’d changed his mind.
WTF?! Are people just insane? Do they just want to be email pen pals with someone so desperately that they’ll correspond with craigslist sellers with no intention to buy? I have never replied to a craigslist sales ad without the intention to buy that day, so this transaction has annoyed the hell out of me.
When someone messaged me on Wednesday about the thing, saying he really wanted the thing and it was just what he’d been looking for at a price he could finally afford, I was so skeptical because at that point, I was thinking if this dude doesn’t show up, I am not selling anything else on craigslist ever again. But he showed up! So eager to buy, in fact, that he beat me to the meeting place. SOLD! Thank goodness for a few normal human beings amidst the crazies.
I hate them! I made arrangements to meet someone in Greenville to buy a tent. Drove an hour and the location they gave me was deep in the hood at a convenience store.
I waited a half hour past the appointment with a drum stick under my jacket and held it so it looked like the barrel of a gun to anyone coming or going past my car.
No show. Grrrr!