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Craiglist, Facebook Marketplace, company bulletin board, whatever...just come and buy my stuff when you say you are interested. Respond to my replies when you ask if the item is available and would I take $xx. I need this stuff gone. I wish I could sell everything on SF! What a different clientele we are for each other. ------- Trying to simplify my life... | ||
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Online market places are full of what I call "inventory checkers". They ask if you have something then never respond again. I guess they just like knowing if you have something or not. Then they're are the people that finally make the decision to buy but expect you to deliver it to their home because they don't want to drive very far. No one's life, liberty or property is safe while the legislature is in session.- Mark Twain | |||
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I love the... “well your pretty far away will you take $xx (usually some insane price) off?” .... uhhh not my problem you clicked on an ad that says what city I’m in and you still contacted me | |||
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| Get my pies outta the oven!  |
Selling stuff on Facebook Yard Sale/Marketplace is getting aggravating. I love the people that respond to something you have for sale as “interested” and they think this gives them some sort of first dibs placeholder for you to wait for their indecisive, games playing ass to decide to buy it. Either you want it...or you don’t. I can’t tell you how many people reply with “interested” then go radio silent. Then you sell said item to the first person who actually wants it, then suddenly they are back and bitching right and left about how they were “first” and you bypassed them. I swear these sites are full of people that just like to play games and cause problems. | |||
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Or the buyers who want to "Come and look at it sometime this weekend". Uh, I posted several pictures of the item and a full description of the items and what it fits and ASKING price and you just want to come and look at it. Sorry. I won't be home this weekend. ********* "Some people are alive today because it's against the law to kill them". | |||
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In neighborhood facebook posts, the first "I'll take it" gets it even if they can't come right away. When selling stuff to the general public when cleaning out my mom's house, or selling my own stuff when moving or no longer needed, I'm very clear that it's the first one to show up with the cash - not the first I'll take it. The exception is: If someone contacts me shortly after I post it, and has a good sob story about how bad they need it and why they can't come immediately but are specific when they can come, and my senses tell me they are sincere, then I will take the item off the market and save it for them. | |||
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The Unmanned Writer |
So I am reading the description for a factory sealed, first pressing, of Blind Faith (1969) and while the price is good the fact is, unless you can recall exactly what the original plastic seal felt like on the album, and a myriad of other nuances - the cover could be a very good, non-inspectable fake with a piece of crap trash record sealed inside - you don't know the contents unless opening the seal. While the value is in the factory seal, as the buyer I am rather leery and want to inspect the contents to keep everything on the up-and-up. As I would be putting the vinyl on the platter as soon as I get home (and the album cover possibly in a frame) - no amount of description will do. I need to inspect the product - in person - and the inspection will not happen in less than five minutes. Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. "If dogs don't go to Heaven, I want to go where they go" Will Rogers The definition of the words we used, carry a meaning of their own... | |||
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How about the people who come into a (my) running store, get sized, their gait analyzed and fitted for the shoe specific to their body type and running style, then whip out their phone and take a picture of the shoe and the box so they can go buy online? You can't truly call yourself "peaceful" unless you are capable of great violence. If you're not capable of great violence, you're not peaceful, you're harmless. NRA Benefactor/Patriot Member | |||
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"Good afternoon, sir (or ma'am). Because <what you described above> there is a twenty-five dollar charge, payable in advance, for a custom fitting. This amount will be applied to any of our shoes that you buy, or if you decide not to but today, you will be issued a store credit for that amount." הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים | |||
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No, my example was a used unwraped unboxed Thule bicycle rack with around a half dozen pictures of it taken from every angle. Sale price was $100 or BEST OFFER. ********* "Some people are alive today because it's against the law to kill them". | |||
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Now now, I can say there have been a few things on here I said I would take and after realizing it wasnt worth it/didnt really want it at that price, I didnt mention anything. However, getting mad is stupid, since as a potential buyer im upfront about I may not buy im just interested in more info Used guns deserve a home too | |||
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Given the album title, it seems a bit of a contradiction.  | |||
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| That rug really tied the room together.  |
I sold a used lawn mower to a guy for $100. Guy never negotiated the price, says it looks good, lets load in the back of the car. After the mower is loaded, he says, "I can only afford $50, here is $50." The fuck you say? You negotiate the price of shit BEFORE you take possession of it. I told him give me $100 cash NOW, or to unload the mower and get off my lawn. ______________________________________________________ Often times a very small man can cast a very large shadow | |||
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| Go ahead punk, make my day |
I had a guy buy a gun from me. We agree on the price and arrange a meet. He looks it over, says it looks good, then asked if I'll take $50 less. Nope. | |||
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Yesterday the nice Ovation acoustic electric mandolin I advertised had a serious inquiry. But, at the last moment, the buyer wanted me to bring my amplifier, power cord, instrument cord, and demonstrate that the instrument did actually work. To her location, visiting friends in south Richmond, off Jefferson Davis Highway. You might as well say south Baghdad, or south Beirut. Nope. "Well, I wouldn't be comfortable buying an electric instrument without hearing it through an amp." I understand those words, but it angers me to think that someone won't trust me. Mayberry doesn't exist anymore, I guess. ------- Trying to simplify my life... | |||
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Told cops where to go for over 29 years… |
Agreed, the time to discuss price is before you waste my time to meet unless said item is not as described. What part of "...Shall not be infringed" don't you understand???  | |||
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Or on a similar note “oh I only brought (insert amount less than agreed price)” Well tough shit buddy. | |||
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Big or small, this will happen, yet another reason I sell almost nothing by these means. Last was a sweet condition used G35. Guy showed up for test drive, loved it, went to get cash and meet up again next day. He shows up with the story above - like $1K less than the already low agreed price which he'd not discussed. Once asked if he was seriously there with only that much, got in the car and drove away. You only have integrity once. - imprezaguy02 | |||
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| Get my pies outta the oven! |
That's some brazen bullshit right there. There is a large food/vendor market in Philly called Reading Terminal Market and there was this lady who had a really cool cookbook stand. It got to the point she had signs up saying "no photography" because people would see a cookbook and say "hey that's nice"..."lemme get a picture of it so I can order it on Amazon the second I step foot out of here!" 
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| The Unmanned Writer |
And the buyer couldn't come to you why? When I am selling stuff I never go there to sell. There's a 7/11 down the street where the local LEOs like to hang out due to its centralized location. That is where I will meet a buyer. When I am the buyer (such as the Technics turntable I bought last Friday), I do a bit of research on the address and area. In this case, how could I know the quality of the goods without hearing it? Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. "If dogs don't go to Heaven, I want to go where they go" Will Rogers The definition of the words we used, carry a meaning of their own... | |||
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