So Craigslist.. How about some "Are You Kidding me Stories?"

**jord0690** · 10-07-2014, 08:36 PM

Iv dealt with every single scenario listed above. Multiple times. Drives me nuts.

But what really drives me nuts, is when someone lists something for sale, THEN DOESNT ANSWER YOUR INQUIRIES.

Have been lookin for a toolbox for my truck for a while. Found one for $100 in real decent shape. No phone number, just email. Ok not Ideal but ill try. So i ask if its still available. Get a reply a few hrs later. Yes it is. So i say that id like to come have a look and that i would more than likely take it. No answer. Emailed a few other times, nothing..... SERIOUSLY? Fine by me, I'll go hand $100 to someone else. Its still online tonight.

Another guy has an enclosed 14ft trailer for sale. Iv emailed him atleast 3 times saying id like to come take a look. No answer. Not once. Its also still listed tonight.

Dont get it... I guess some people dont want to sell their stuff.

**pwajunkie** · 10-08-2014, 07:09 AM

Originally Posted by jord0690

Another guy has an enclosed 14ft trailer for sale. Iv emailed him atleast 3 times saying id like to come take a look. No answer. Not once. Its also still listed tonight.

Dont get it... I guess some people dont want to sell their stuff.

I found that sometimes people list there stuff only to appease their spouse. I got a buddy who has a motorcycle listed on CL for almost a year well above the "value" of the bike. He has no intentions of selling it. Hey can say that he is trying to sell it when he wife asks him about it.

I on the other hand, when I am selling something, do not reply to low ball offers or to any email the just says "is it still available?" Those type of e-mails are usually e-mail fishers. They want you to reply to get your email address to add you to a list to sell to marketers. When I see something on CL that i want, i usually type more to let the person know I am a real person. Ask question about the location of the item and when I can come and see it.

**Otto** · 10-08-2014, 07:23 AM

Originally Posted by pwajunkie

I on the other hand, when I am selling something, do not reply to low ball offers or to any email the just says "is it still available?" Those type of e-mails are usually e-mail fishers. They want you to reply to get your email address to add you to a list to sell to marketers. When I see something on CL that i want, i usually type more to let the person know I am a real person. Ask question about the location of the item and when I can come and see it.

As a way around this, I just use a throw-away email address to respond to these type of inquiries. Cut and paste their email into your response.

**phred59** · 10-08-2014, 07:36 AM

i have probably sold 200-300 items on CL in the past few years, and I haven't made a single purchase off of it. No joke. I have no idea what the buyers end of it looks like. I usually do my normal pick ups and buy big lots of this and that for pennies on the dollar via online and live auctions and sell it off/scrap what doesn't sell as i become sick of looking at it.

**sledge** · 10-08-2014, 08:33 AM

Originally Posted by phred59

I have no idea what the buyers end of it looks like.

Believe me.. it is just as jacked from the buyers side as it is from the sellers side on CL! World of the strange, stupid and ignorant. I have had a lot of good transactions both ways.. but it sure does give you a measure of the "IQ of 'merica" sometimes!