Craigslist Vent - Page 3

[ollineeba]

I had someone do that once- he showed up to buy a toddler bed and decided to offer $20 instead of the $40. He said he thought he could buy it new for $50 or so.
I told him thanks but no thanks. And if he could find it for $50, he should grab it because that was a great deal for this particular bed.
I think he was surprised that I turned his offer down, but I didn't think it was fair. I was annoyed that I had brought it all out to the yard for him to look at and then I had to bring it inside, but it ended up selling for my asking price the following day.

[OkiMom]

I thought I was the only one that got annoyed by these things. I have turned people away when they offer a lesser price in person (even if I would have accepted the price over e-mail.. to me its rude to agree to one price and then want it for cheaper when you come to get it). I also get annoyed when people don't show up with the proper amount of cash, I don't usually carry money on me so I don't have change to give it to people. I was selling a playkitchen once with dishes and pots for 35, the woman showed up an hour late to pick up the kitchen. At first she started to leave without paying me at all and when I followed her out of the apartment and asked for the money she was like "I only have two twentys and a 10 so you HAVE to take 20 for it" "sorry it was 35" "So you will take 30" "Nope it was 35" finally she managed to "find" a 5.00 bill. She was so rude about it. Ughs.. I dont' do transactions now unless DH is there to help me with people. In not a people person.

Other thing that annoys me is when people want you to deliver items to them because it would be to hard for them to go pick them up. I have on all ads "for pick up only" but I always get people who say Im to far away I need to deliver the items to them. Or "I have x number of children and don't want to drag them over there, can you bring it here?" Umm, if I could deliver I would have put that on the ad but since I said for pick up only its for pick up only. Its just as long for me to drive over there as it is for them to drive over here. The "I have kids so I need you to deliver" thing always makes me laugh though since most of what I sale is kids stuff so obviously I have children too.

[minimunklemama]

this is why I always add on 25% than I want to end up with.If you don't get anu bartering then you score some extra.if they do barter you still end upi with more or less what you wanted