Anyone ever try to sell furniture or anything on Craigslist lately? My brother and his wife recently tried to sell some furniture and they had a “fun” experience with a bunch of sleazy losers.
My brother’s wife (my sister in law) is about 7 months pregnant so they’re moving out of their one bedroom apartment and decided to unload some furniture on craigslist. They didn’t want to deal with moving the furniture so they listed the bulk of the stuff at really cheap prices from $10-$20. You wouldn’t believe the kind of rift raft that get attracted to cheap furniture. Here are just some examples.
One guy called and asked about the couch that was listed for $20. He asked about public transportation and how many stops it would take to get there from where he lived. My sister in law then asked how he planned to get the couch to his place if he’s taking public transportation. He then asked if we had a van we could use and she replied we don’t. He then asked if we had any friends who had a van he could use. I mean, seriously… what?
Another girl called about the table for $10 and said she lived about 5 blocks away and was wondering if my sister in law could help her carry it. She told her she was 7 months pregnant and was in no condition to help her. The girl then asked if we had any friends that could help her carry it because she didn’t have any. Seriously? You can’t find one guy friend to help you carry the table 5 blocks?
Let’s not even get into the people that show up and are extremely snotty and try to bargain down a $10 item. 3 guys all the way from South Jersey came for the $10 bookcase and tried to bargain it down to $5. They bluffed, threatened to walk and all that nonsense. They eventually took the bookcase.
I mean, if someone is selling a $400 couch for $20, they’re basically giving it away. The issue here is people don’t know how to act. The seller isn’t your friend and asking them if their friends can help you move furniture is just inappropriate. If we were talking about a $400 item here, that would be a little different.
I posted about my garage sale on craigslist once. A bunch of really snotty and rude people showed up really early before I even started setting things out. They treated my garage sale like a liquidation like I needed the money THAT bad. I kicked most of them off my property.
Ohh man, I’m in the Craigslist circus right now! I just moved in with my finace about two weeks ago and we’re trying to unload as much of our stuff we don’t want to keep as possible. I listed everything on Craigslist and it’s crazy what people will ask. I had a girl ask me to drive my item to her, which isn’t that bad as I charge a delivery fee for items I take to people but she wanted me to drive a $20 item 40 miles to get it to her. This chore would have taken me at least an hour and a half for $20! Anyway, at least in time my pile of “stuff” is getting smaller.
Craigslist buyers are the most annoying people on the planet. How many times can you get a response, “is the ____ still available I have cash in hand and ready to buy ASAP”. WHen you write them back they never respond and the 1% that does will stand you up and then ask teh following day if we can still meet and stand you up again. CL is soo great but it is getting ruined by trashy people who should be locked up!
Hmmm, that’s my line:
“is the ____ still available I have cash in hand and ready to buy ASAP”
But I show up when I say I will and I don’t dicker the price. Jesus, it isn’t that hard…
We tried to find homes for our puppies on Craigslist, and you wouldn’t believe how many losers were contacting us. They tried to get us to give them the puppies for free because they “couldn’t afford anything over $50.” Man, if you can’t afford more than $50, how can you afford to take care of the puppies?
Yea, it’s really sad. I was selling a brand new water fountain that sold on Amazon for $35, not including shipping. I had some moron from the LA area contact me and didn’t want to drive the 120+ miles to buy it. She wanted to know if I could meet her in Riverside, which is 60+ miles away from me. All for $15. Can’t believe these people.
The best part, if I had actually agreed, you damn well know they wouldn’t have shown up or would have wanted to haggle the price down.
Whats even better is if you try the personals, such as in the strictly platonic or looking for a date. I have a hard time meeting new people due to my line of work (property management), so I thought I’d give it a try. Big mistake. There’s probably less then 5% of the people on CL that are worth a crap, the rest are huge losers. I met a couple nice/cool people and where still friends today. But most of then…run and never look back.