I hate Craigslist...
I love Craigslist. I am a junkie and I could go on and on about all the good deals I have gotten on some great stuff over the years. You just have to exercise good judgment when dealing with folks. I don't get mad about low ball offers as I have made some myself and been surprised with the results. I just tell them "not today" and smile.
Road Master
Joined: Sep 2010
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Being a rabid bargain hunter I LOVE Craigslist!
I bought my bike off of there
I bought my wifes bike off of there
I bought my wifes car off of there
I bought our camper off of there
I've bough several cars off of there, fixed them and then fliped them for a profit. Heck the last car I made $150 off of it and all I had to do was drag it home (picked it up from less than 10mi away) and then repost it for more than I paid.
I've bought numerous car parts for projects off of there. I've even found some classic car stuff that is very hard to come by for VERY reasonable prices.
I've sold countless things on there as well. The only down side is having to sort through the scammers and people who clearly aren't interested in buying unless they can almost steal it. Just don't take anything personal and if some idiot trys to lowball you after agreeing to a price send him on his way empty handed.
CL is still my preferred method for selling anything.
I bought my bike off of there
I bought my wifes bike off of there
I bought my wifes car off of there
I bought our camper off of there
I've bough several cars off of there, fixed them and then fliped them for a profit. Heck the last car I made $150 off of it and all I had to do was drag it home (picked it up from less than 10mi away) and then repost it for more than I paid.
I've bought numerous car parts for projects off of there. I've even found some classic car stuff that is very hard to come by for VERY reasonable prices.
I've sold countless things on there as well. The only down side is having to sort through the scammers and people who clearly aren't interested in buying unless they can almost steal it. Just don't take anything personal and if some idiot trys to lowball you after agreeing to a price send him on his way empty handed.
CL is still my preferred method for selling anything.
Road Captain
Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 509
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From: Bristol, England.
I've hosed down a couple idiots from craigslist with a drychem fire extinguisher for showing up wasting my time then insulting me with the low ball roll , you wanna play I've got no problem with that . Mind you this all after it was agreed this crap would not happen during the phone conversations . I hear you man but Ebay still sucks more .
I used to buy bikes for a motorcycle shop out the paper, got told to get out of some guy's house and that he wouldn't sell it to me for the asking price due to my opening offer.....lol
It's all part of the game as far as I'm concerned. I don't have a lot of cash so it needs to go as far as possible. At the end of the day, if the seller don't want your cash he doesn't have to accept it.
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From: San Quirino, Italy
Did you even read my post? I was commenting on the lowball offers and scammers not the lack of a sale. I hate keyboard commandos. I doubt you would be such a smartazz douche bag in person...
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From: Streetsboro, Oh
I'll tell you what, I browse Craigslist often for different items. When doing so, Im not looking to pay a "Fair Price", I usually low ball everything I'm interested in since they are usually items I can live without. 80% of the time the seller agrees, he gets a sale, i get a deal. Remember, you don't have to agree to a lowball offer, but it's an online flea market where haggling is the name of the game.
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From: Niles Canyon Ca.
When your posting a group of items ( commercial welding equipment ) some new still in the boxes for about a 1/4 or less of what well used marginal junk is going for a little haggling is to be expected , when gomers show up rifle through everything then throws out I'll take this junk off your hands for a couple c notes while trying to load a cherry picked box to carry out after you have said NO to them , yes I'll hose their ***'s . There's haggling then there's the guys who try to intimidate , made a living selling bike parts at swap meets in the late 70's & early 80's I know this game well .
Last edited by TwiZted Biker; Apr 14, 2011 at 02:23 PM.
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Let me get this straight, you buy some over priced item new, because you wanted it, and then you decide to sell it on Craigslist and you want someone to buy it, and then get upset if the buyer then offers you a low ball price. Maybe the buyer thinks that's all it's worth. It's only worth what someone else is willing to pay.
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Road Captain
Joined: Aug 2009
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From: Newark OH
Let me get this straight, you buy some over priced item new, because you wanted it, and then you decide to sell it on Craigslist and you want someone to buy it, and then get upset if the buyer then offers you a low ball price. Maybe the buyer thinks that's all it's worth. It's only worth what someone else is willing to pay.
Most are bottom feeders that dont want the item cept to resell it and make money. Those scammers should be punted. They waste more of the time and one reason I hate craigslist.
