TIRED Of Dealing With People Selling Items
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I guess what really surprises me is how all these morons think that they're the only one interested in your stuff, so they should automatically get a discount.
You have to know when the price is good. The wagon in my avatar was bought at the asking price...because I knew it was a deal at the listed price. When I got there at the agreed time, the seller told me his phone had been blowing up with guys from the city offering $250-400 less "right now". Funny how a guy from 35 miles in the opposite direction (I was 90 miles from the seller's location) beat all those "right now" guys there. You gotta know when to pay the asking price.
You have to know when the price is good. The wagon in my avatar was bought at the asking price...because I knew it was a deal at the listed price. When I got there at the agreed time, the seller told me his phone had been blowing up with guys from the city offering $250-400 less "right now". Funny how a guy from 35 miles in the opposite direction (I was 90 miles from the seller's location) beat all those "right now" guys there. You gotta know when to pay the asking price.
My best one that I had as a seller was a restored 66 Sears suburban garden tractor. New engine, new paint, decals, three point hitch, 3pt hitch tiller with new engine, 3pt hitch turning plow, lots of spare parts. asking 600 for the whole package, first guy offered 150.00. I responded no 600 firm, then no response. second guy says I'm I'm three hrs way I want it. He shows up don't bat an eye at the price. Happy with the deal. Next day first guy messages me again wanting to know my best price told him it was gone and he got pissed saying that lowballing and counter offering is how business is done.
People are relentless with lowballing. I had an 88 iroc I got for the drivetrain, figured I'd unload a bunch of stuff on it I had no use for. I listed the t tops from it on CL for $50 just to get them out of the way. Every other set on CL was listed around $250 for a set. Guy calls me up and wants them complaining how much everyone else wants for them and that mine are a steal at less than 1/4 the price. And still tries to get me to knock more off the price to give him a good deal. 🙄
Maybe that's what happened to me last week on Ebay. Guy had item for $140 with best offer option.
I offered $50 and he sent me a message to stop messing with his listings and then blocked me!!
I would have paid the $140, but there was a best offer option, I wasn't about to use the BIN...
Anyone that wants to bid $40 on it, pm me for the link!!
I've been wheeling and dealing since the 1960s. My best "tool" ever was a 1980 Chevrolet 1 ton appliance truck I bought in the early 90s and my Brother and I converted into a dovetail roll off with a 12 ton PTO. I named it Big Daddy. I use to advertise in small weekly publications like the Auto Trader but smaller. One that I used was called "The Merchanette". In SE Ohio, I'd get calls from Pennsylvania and West Virginia. I learned how to get a good deal and usually I'd make a Friend and they'd call and give me leads. I dealt mainly with Oldsmobiles. Most of my cars were bought this way. First I never knit picked a car. Never pointed out any flaws. It's kind of like someone has a hair lip, you don't point it out, he knows he has one. I'd ask "how much they need for"whatever", they'd give me a price. I'd change the subject, talking about cars, work, the area, small talk. They might ask what I thought about the price he'd quoted me. I'd tell him, yes, it's worth it but I just either can't or don't have that much money. They'd usually drop the price. Now, I always went and looked at the car, engine, etc and made the deal before I brought Big Daddy to pick it up. Some cars would be sunk into the ground or on the side of a "mountain", $30, $40, $50. I could write a book on my car journeys. Back then 425s/455 Oldsmobile 88's and 98's were everywhere. This is a pic of the very last Olds I found and hauled on Big Daddy. Both Big Daddy and I have gotten old and it won't pass a safety check now.
I have cash
ME Don’t Bother with the credit card pal because cash is all we except around here
ME Don’t Bother with the credit card pal because cash is all we except around here
Couldn’t agree more, and why list parts and not be willing to ship? I get not shipping a hood or something but come on your selling pieces to a puzzle a guy has been trying to put together for a long time but NO I’m only selling to the 6 people close enough to come pick up like man people it’s not hard to tape up cardboard box and get a quote I mean damn you can even do it from home by measuring it and weighing it and get a quote on line!!! Stupid f$&@s just want some sort of attention I don’t get it..
some people including me don’t do electronic transactions to make shipping parts easier I don’t know how stupid head
You still can send parts through the united states postal service by C.O.D it’s not cheap for the guy on the other end but it guarantees you’re going to get your money
And he’s going to get his part
You can also do it with a personal check just write deposit only on the back of the check this way when they deposit in a account and they have to deposit it Now both parties have personal account transaction information and if they don’t send you your part you can get your money back Just explain it to them so they understand and are less likely to steal your money this works well and I have done it both ways as a seller and the buyer
You still can send parts through the united states postal service by C.O.D it’s not cheap for the guy on the other end but it guarantees you’re going to get your money
And he’s going to get his part
You can also do it with a personal check just write deposit only on the back of the check this way when they deposit in a account and they have to deposit it Now both parties have personal account transaction information and if they don’t send you your part you can get your money back Just explain it to them so they understand and are less likely to steal your money this works well and I have done it both ways as a seller and the buyer
Had an irritating experience with a buyer this morning. I replaced the transaxle in my old Cub Cadet and listed it on craigslist with a bagger, plow, deck and chains for $650 OBO. I think that's pretty fair considering the hours and the attachments.
Buyer shows up and proceeds to tell me he doesn't even want the plow or the bagger so those are useless to him and how maintenance records "don't mean anything", then nitpick it, and starts inventing problems. He said all the bearings in the deck were bad and the PTO clutch is going out. Well they don't have any play in them and he is the only one who can hear it "whirring". It is a mower deck, its gonna make some noise. I told him everything was always greased and I don't think he is correct. Then he gives me the Scotty Kilmer speech about how hes a mechanic and he's been doing it 50 years, blah, blah.
I told him I didn't even want to hear his offer and then he told me he wasn't going to make one and I shouldn't be selling something and trying to hide issues.
It's a facking 17 year old lawn tractor. Hide issues?! If you buy it and it immediately breaks in half, you own both halves. As is, where is. I'm not hiding jackshit. I didn't even blow the dirt off it.
Buyer shows up and proceeds to tell me he doesn't even want the plow or the bagger so those are useless to him and how maintenance records "don't mean anything", then nitpick it, and starts inventing problems. He said all the bearings in the deck were bad and the PTO clutch is going out. Well they don't have any play in them and he is the only one who can hear it "whirring". It is a mower deck, its gonna make some noise. I told him everything was always greased and I don't think he is correct. Then he gives me the Scotty Kilmer speech about how hes a mechanic and he's been doing it 50 years, blah, blah.
I told him I didn't even want to hear his offer and then he told me he wasn't going to make one and I shouldn't be selling something and trying to hide issues.
It's a facking 17 year old lawn tractor. Hide issues?! If you buy it and it immediately breaks in half, you own both halves. As is, where is. I'm not hiding jackshit. I didn't even blow the dirt off it.
