Craigslist is crazy....

[Bulls Beers]

I don't use it very often, but I have a portable dishwasher that i wanted to sell. I redid my kitchen recently and bought all new appliances. I posted it about 15 minutes ago. I have received 3 calls saying they want it and can come over in a half an hour with cash...I guess I priced it too low...lol. Amazing..

 

[Misfit]

Or all 3 of them want to murder and rape you

 

[nukinfuts29]

or nobody will actually show up

 

[the_bird]

Maybe they thought you were selling a Mexican dishwasher. They want to murder and rape HIM.

 

[Bulls Beers]

Thanks guys....Now I'm gonna bring this thing to a mall parking lot with lots of camera's and lights...

 

[Bulls Beers]

Actually, I've been with my wife for almost twenty years, getting some attention from a stranger might be kinda nice..

 

[nukinfuts29]

yea, a MALE stranger.

 

[KayaBrew]

Same thing happened to me last spring when I listed my '94 Toyota 4x4 with a Meyer 6' poly plow. I actually had a bidding war on my property! I listed it for $1K, by the time the dust settled, I had $1500 cash!

 

[brewingmeister]

Yep. Craigslist is filled with lots of interest and no shows. Good luck with the sale, try not to get murdered over a dishwasher.

 

[jmendez29]

There were some really old curtains in my house when I bought it. I decided to leave them for a little while so it was one less thing that I needed to deal with at the moment. When I repainted the living room, it was time for the curtains to go. I washed them and put them on craigslist for free, explaining to people that the first person to show up would get them and that I would remove the listing as soon as they were gone. I got a total of around 20 emails about them and they were gone within the hour. But what really gets me is that one person, the fourth person to respond, I think, actually got mad at me because I didn't save them for her. She claimed that her families house burned down and that they were in the process of rebuilding their lives. First, I didn't know anything about this until after they were gone. Second, I didn't know if she was making stuff up to try and get ahold of them to resell them and make money, but when I asked her to prove what she said, she got even more mad at me.

All I could do was laugh. Which apparently got her really p!ssed at me.

 

[WhineinAlbany]

I had bad luck with Craigslist. I was trying to sell an old dresser and received a bunch of emails for it arranging times. Even left work early for one woman that said she worked night shifts and could only see during the day. Didn't show up. After 5 no shows, I eventually gave the dresser away in the town spring clean up. People are just rude.

 

[nukinfuts29]

There were some really old curtains in my house when I bought it. I decided to leave them for a little while so it was one less thing that I needed to deal with at the moment. When I repainted the living room, it was time for the curtains to go. I washed them and put them on craigslist for free, explaining to people that the first person to show up would get them and that I would remove the listing as soon as they were gone. I got a total of around 20 emails about them and they were gone within the hour. But what really gets me is that one person, the fourth person to respond, I think, actually got mad at me because I didn't save them for her. She claimed that her families house burned down and that they were in the process of rebuilding their lives. First, I didn't know anything about this until after they were gone. Second, I didn't know if she was making stuff up to try and get ahold of them to resell them and make money, but when I asked her to prove what she said, she got even more mad at me.

All I could do was laugh. Which apparently got her really p!ssed at me.

Thats the best part about CL, it brings out everyone's sense of entitlement. I have been dealing with CL since before it went mainstream, and I can say with no doubt in my mind that unless she was in complete tears having a mini breakdown she was probably full of it. People don't get the first come first serve, they just feel like you owe it to them to wait and you are on their schedule. When you don't and they get embarrassed or angry they try to make you feel bad so they can feel like they have won. Laughing was the right response.

I had bad luck with Craigslist. I was trying to sell an old dresser and received a bunch of emails for it arranging times. Even left work early for one woman that said she worked night shifts and could only see during the day. Didn't show up. After 5 no shows, I eventually gave the dresser away in the town spring clean up. People are just rude.

No show's are insane on Craigslist.

 

[Domminigan]

I sold a transmission on Craigslist. It was a 2003 Corvette T56 Manual transmission, and that's exactly how I listed it. A guy popped up right away for it and happily paid me. Two days later he calls me up accusing me of ripping him off. He needed an automatic and "Discovered" it was a manual. He wanted me to pay him back two hundred more than he'd paid me for it or he'd call the cops on me. I told him I'd have taken it back at the same price he'd paid for it, but not after he tried to threaten me. He was less than pleased.
Every other person I've dealt with on Craigslist has been excellent to deal with.

 

[weirdboy]

I've never had a problem selling something on Craigslist within a day.

 

[Sea]

I've had great luck with CL. There's always a risk of nut-jobs and no-shows, but it's the risk you have to take to easily move items, and find great deals. There's really no other venue like it.

 

[nukinfuts29]

There were some really old curtains in my house when I bought it. I decided to leave them for a little while so it was one less thing that I needed to deal with at the moment. When I repainted the living room, it was time for the curtains to go. I washed them and put them on craigslist for free, explaining to people that the first person to show up would get them and that I would remove the listing as soon as they were gone. I got a total of around 20 emails about them and they were gone within the hour. But what really gets me is that one person, the fourth person to respond, I think, actually got mad at me because I didn't save them for her. She claimed that her families house burned down and that they were in the process of rebuilding their lives. First, I didn't know anything about this until after they were gone. Second, I didn't know if she was making stuff up to try and get ahold of them to resell them and make money, but when I asked her to prove what she said, she got even more mad at me.

All I could do was laugh. Which apparently got her really p!ssed at me.

Just realized you are in Holland. The scariest people on this planet can be found lurking on the GR craigslist LMAO.

Ahh, the Grand Raggity

 

[schmoe]

Just realized you are in Holland. The scariest people on this planet can be found lurking on the GR craigslist LMAO.

Ahh, the Grand Raggity

Apparently I have been lucky. The last few times I have dealt with GR craigslist, I have had good experiences.

 

[nukinfuts29]

Give it time. I used CL about 20 times a day and GR was something else. Great beer's, no jobs, crazy people lol

 

[Fritobandito]

Apparently I have been lucky. The last few times I have dealt with GR craigslist, I have had good experiences.

I guess I've been lucky also. Probably bought/sold 10 things on Craigslist, but haven't had a problem in Grand Rapids.Well there was this one time When I was looking for a mini-fridge to convert to a fermentation chamber. I met this guy in Greenville and I brought a 6.5 gallon bucket with me to see if it would fit in the fridge. I told him I wanted to see if the bucket would fit in the fridge, but he kept asking me "how do you think the fridge will fit inside the bucket." No amount of explaining could make him understand that the bucket went inside the fridge, not the other way around. Needless to say, I never bought that refrigerator. I don't know why he thought I would be trying to put a refrigerator inside a bucket. Oh well, I ended up getting one from a guy that lived on campus at GVSU , so it worked out well for me.

 

[nukinfuts29]

I guess I've been lucky also. Probably bought/sold 10 things on Craigslist, but haven't had a problem in Grand Rapids.Well there was this one time When I was looking for a mini-fridge to convert to a fermentation chamber. I met this guy in Greenville () and I brought a 6.5 gallon bucket with me to see if it would fit in the fridge. I told him I wanted to see if the bucket would fit in the fridge, but he kept asking me "how do you think the fridge will fit inside the bucket." No amount of explaining could make him understand that the bucket went inside the fridge, not the other way around. Needless to say, I never bought that refrigerator. I don't know why he thought I would be trying to put a refrigerator inside a bucket. Oh well, I ended up getting one from a guy that lived on campus at GVSU , so it worked out well for me.

That's awesome. I take it you never showed him what you meant? People in general never fail to amaze me.

 

[Fritobandito]

That's awesome. I take it you never showed him what you meant? People in general never fail to amaze me.

I told him the bucket goes inside the fridge, not the other way around. It seemed to go right over his head.

 

[Homercidal]

I'm doing freecycle. It's like CL, but for FREE items. You have, you give. You need, you ask.

I need to get rid of my old entertainment center. It's still in real good shape, but we don't have a tv in the room that it was in, and frankly, a new LCD is not likely to fit and we need the space for other things now.

I snapped a pic and the third person set up a time to come over and get it in the afternoon. Just about the time she was to show up, her boyfriend calls and asks how big the opening was for the tv. I tell him. He says no thinks it won't fit.

Dumb@zz girlfriend didn't even think to find out if it will work for them before she has me sit at home waiting for them.

I could relist it with clear dimensions, or I could take it apart and use the pieces as shelving for the attic in my garage. Brewing storage area, baby!

 

[nukinfuts29]

I use Freecycle CONSTANTLY. I cannot tell you how many ale pale's, bottles, etc have come from there.

 

[Homercidal]

I use Freecycle CONSTANTLY. I cannot tell you how many ale pale's, bottles, etc have come from there.

Oh, yeah... I should totally ask for beer kegs on freecycle! :rockin:

 

[nukinfuts29]

It's how I got mine the other day....

 

[JJL]

Oh, yeah... I should totally ask for beer kegs on freecycle! :rockin:

I scroll though freecycle now and again. Never seen kegs on there, but then again I've never asked. But CL is ridiculous around here for kegs. Never ceases to amaze me how much people think their used corney's are worth. I saw a 3 gal corney on there one day that some guy wanted $75 for. I see guys regularly asking $45+ for their used corney with the assurance that it worked the last time they used it.

 

[the_bird]

.... $75 is a pretty fair price for a three-gallon corney. It's actually on the cheap side, if it's in decent shape. You ever price the little ones out? They're worth a lot more than the big ones, just because they're so scarce and they're so convenient for a lot of purposes.

And, $45 isn't absurd for a good 5-gallon corney, there aren't as many around as there used to be (if you find a stash of $20 ones, buy as many as you can).

 

[malador]

Thats the best part about CL, it brings out everyone's sense of entitlement.

No show's are insane on Craigslist.

I know, i tried giving away a bunch of T12 lamps and ballast, I got 10 emails in less than hour about them, so i took the add down. The first person answered said he'd be by in a few hours, then called and said he couldn't make it because his kid was in the hospital, So i boxed them and put them out side so he could get them whenever he wanted. After a week he never came by so i emailed the remaining nine people with my address and said first come first takes it. Two weeks later he emailed me asking me to bring them by his house, and got mad when i told him they were gone.

 

[nukinfuts29]

I have a friend in NY is on his last step for a doctorate in Psychology and they are doing a research experiment where they basically use CL to screw with those types of people.

 

[MN_Jay]

I listed a pony on CL once. The ad went something like this "For sale, one pony $100. If it doesn't sell by this weekend I'm putting it down".

That last statement triggered a whole lot of crazy. We had numerous threats and animal rights people emailing us. It actually sold almost instantly so luckily I took the ad down.