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kf4zht said:
I dont care if someone wants to lowball. Doesnt cost me anything to ignore, but they get on my bad side when either - want to ask a million questions about it, then lowball - or - Lowball, I accept (just want it gone) but then they arent in a position to make the deal happen immediately.

Also dont get how many people can list something for 3K+ and can't be bothered to take more than 2 blurry pics of it
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kf4zht said:
I dont care if someone wants to lowball. Doesnt cost me anything to ignore, but they get on my bad side when either - want to ask a million questions about it, then lowball - or - Lowball, I accept (just want it gone) but then they arent in a position to make the deal happen immediately.

Also dont get how many people can list something for 3K+ and can't be bothered to take more than 2 blurry pics of it
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Yep, and the pics are taken after dark.
 
I notice a huge correlations between how fast my widget sells and the quality and number of pics I take. Ive tried all different ways and now all my adds for tractors are pictures taken in the last hour of the day in the same spot.

Also listing on thursday night seems the best by far. You catch the early weekend crowd and are still high enough in the results for sundays stragglers. It also allows you plenty of time to renew your listing the following thursday
 
2big bronco said:
I notice a huge correlations between how fast my widget sells and the quality and number of pics I take. Ive tried all different ways and now all my adds for tractors are pictures taken in the last hour of the day in the same spot.
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Just curious. Lots of detailed pics I would assume.
 
2big bronco said:
Also listing on thursday night seems the best by far. You catch the early weekend crowd and are still high enough in the results for sundays stragglers. It also allows you plenty of time to renew your listing the following thursday
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Interesting, I've noticed the opposite. I get the most traffic mon-tues when people are fucking off from work.

The weekend people are doing something besides browsing Facebook.
 
toyotajeep said:
Just curious. Lots of detailed pics I would assume.
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Not even detailed pics but enough to clearly show every side. If lets say the bucket is new I might include multiple angles that happen to highlight the bucket. Ill also take multiple pics of the implements to make sure I have the max allowed pictures. Somehow in my head it seems like subconsciously the buyer will see more for the money if there is 20 pictures rather then 3
 
2big bronco said:
Not even detailed pics but enough to clearly show every side. If lets say the bucket is new I might include multiple angles that happen to highlight the bucket. Ill also take multiple pics of the implements to make sure I have the max allowed pictures. Somehow in my head it seems like subconsciously the buyer will see more for the money if there is 20 pictures rather then 3
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I do the same as a seller, as a buyer many clear pics greatly influences weather or not I will take time fo even think about buying.
 
2big bronco said:
I notice a huge correlations between how fast my widget sells and the quality and number of pics I take. Ive tried all different ways and now all my adds for tractors are pictures taken in the last hour of the day in the same spot.

Also listing on thursday night seems the best by far. You catch the early weekend crowd and are still high enough in the results for sundays stragglers. It also allows you plenty of time to renew your listing the following thursday
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Do you wet them down?
 
Have a 2000 Dodge 2500 24 valve 5 speed for sale and its got some issues but its got 140k on it and I listed it for what I paid 1.5 years ago.

Dude responded to the ad saying its priced too high and if it were lower he'd be interested. Im like, alright the price is flexible. No response.

Why bother messaging the seller if you dont agree with pricing? :confused:
 
Trying to get rid of few things before selling a house without a dumpster or trip to dump. Already had two rollofs about a yr ago. Few things have changed.
Unloaded an old 300 gal fuel tank, 6’ disc harrow, seed spreader and set of tires. Been fuckin painful but pocketed like $1500.

I listed a takeoff bumper from a 2019 f150 platinum.

Originally had at $300 but got tired of the broke dick lowballs, changed to $100.

I got so sick of dealing with marketplace after trying to give it to a guy I deleted the ad and planned to cut up and put in can by road.


Random what I thought was sketchy foreign broken engrish woman on fuckbook had been messaging a week and finally agreed on a time.
Not wanting to deal with it anymore gave the address (down rd from me) and threw out by road and sent them that picture.

I told them leave cash in mailbox.

I thought this could be entertaining, be funny if they stole it.

She was a he and actually waited 10 mins for me to call them back and explain what mailbox was the right one, payed me and said god bless you:homer::lmao:


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A friend just got burned on a car hauler scam. This seems quite popular in our area at this time. He’s out $600

A month ago someone sent people from 5 hours away to my moms address to pick up a travel trailer

Then I have this clown:
 

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I've had a couple equipment trailers listed on FB / Craiglist for a little while.

Sketchy dude who I thought was a mexican from atl reached out via craigslist email.. According to google hes a cuban from Miami?

After an initial email he starts relentlessly calling/testing about a $3500 trailer on sunday afternoon while i was in a meeting. Later I called him back...dude hardly spoke english so I asked him text?

So we used translator to communicate, although poor.

Going against my gut, I agreed on 6:30 pm at a grocery store about 15 mins from me..

We confirmed time again yesterday, he says he has cash etc..

He ignored questions about where hes coming from etc..

I get a text at 11:30am today hes on the way. I say no, we agreed to meeting at 6:30.

He calls a little later and magically he can speak pretty good english. He says can it be a little later? I said 6:30.

I asked him where he is coming from again....crickets. So i tell him no deal, no more games, blocked his number & deleted the ad. Later get an email saying hes driving from orlando and it will be 9:30.

Should have listened to my gut.

:homer:
786-414-ninety ten
Roiney Corbea???
Look him up on fuckbook and says he from cuba

Scam or just :homer::homer:?
 
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Got a funny Craigslist story.

I listed a item for $6000. After a couple months, I was going to lower the price to $5200. But I was busy and havnt got around to it. So this guy calls a couple days ago and says “what’s the lowest you’ll take”? Normally, I would answer that with “I don’t negotiate over the phone”. But since I was going to lower the price, I said $5200.

Today he comes by to look at it. He points out a few scratches on it and a worn hose. He says “enlight of the defects I found, what would you take off the price”? I said “I’ll take off $800”.

He thinks a bit and says “$4400 is still a lot of money”. I say “I guess so, but I’m not selling it for $4400, $6000 minus $800 is $5200.”

For some reason he didn’t appreciate the humor. (I didn’t make a sale) lol.
 
When I reply to a for sale ad now I include my name and phone number.
I just bought a truck a couple of weeks ago off Marketplace. I responded to the ad 20 minutes after it was posted and the seller called me saying I was the eighth person to inquire but the first to provide contact info. After chatting a few minutes he agreed to hold the truck for me since I was 2 hours away. When I got there he said he was getting messages the entire time.
We negotiated 1g off the 40k asking and the deal was done, quick and easy.
 
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Vinman said:
When I reply to a for sale ad now I include my name and phone number.
I just bought a truck a couple of weeks ago off Marketplace. I responded to the ad 20 minutes after it was posted and the seller called me saying I was the eighth person to inquire but the first to provide contact info. After chatting a few minutes he agreed to hold the truck for me since I was 2 hours away. When I got there he said he was getting messages the entire time.
We negotiated 1g off the 40k asking and the deal was done, quick and easy.
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Bought a woodstove 3 hours a way yesterday. Nice guy. I said I could be there in a bit over 3 hours and pay asking price. He said you are the 4th person to contact me but you seem serious. It will be here he said.

Phone numbers and truck and trailer are a language that sellers like.
 
New tactic in buying. I went to look at a boat. I loved it at first sight. I had several other boats to look at, so after checking everything out, I made an offer. He said he already had that offer over the phone and turned it down. I said I have cash in the truck, but he still said no. I told him that I may come up, but I’m going to go look at those other boats first. I (honestly) said that I don’t think they will be as nice as this one, but they are less expensive. If I go, they have a chance to “sell” me their boat. If he would except my offer, I won’t even look at them.

He thought about it for minute and said “let me go talk to my wife”. I knew it was my boat.
 
WaterH said:
New tactic in buying. I went to look at a boat. I loved it at first sight. I had several other boats to look at, so after checking everything out, I made an offer. He said he already had that offer over the phone and turned it down. I said I have cash in the truck, but he still said no. I told him that I may come up, but I’m going to go look at those other boats first. I (honestly) said that I don’t think they will be as nice as this one, but they are less expensive. If I go, they have a chance to “sell” me their boat. If he would except my offer, I won’t even look at them.

He thought about it for minute and said “let me go talk to my wife”. I knew it was my boat.
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This kind of handholding on how selling works is necessary for some idiots (often younger folks)- but you gotta read the seller because it will infuriate other people who will interpret it as you talking down to them or attempting to apply pressure to them.
 
WaterH said:
Got a funny Craigslist story.

I listed a item for $6000. After a couple months, I was going to lower the price to $5200. But I was busy and havnt got around to it. So this guy calls a couple days ago and says “what’s the lowest you’ll take”? Normally, I would answer that with “I don’t negotiate over the phone”. But since I was going to lower the price, I said $5200.

Today he comes by to look at it. He points out a few scratches on it and a worn hose. He says “enlight of the defects I found, what would you take off the price”? I said “I’ll take off $800”.

He thinks a bit and says “$4400 is still a lot of money”. I say “I guess so, but I’m not selling it for $4400, $6000 minus $800 is $5200.”

For some reason he didn’t appreciate the humor. (I didn’t make a sale) lol.
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I hate when people come over to look at a 30 year old car I have for sale and say "Oh it's got a scratch and needs maintenance, will you take money off" . I say this might not be the car for you.
 
now that I gave cured the red lightning bolt of deth on the red jeep, I listed it for sale on FBMP at $10K, seems reasonable compared to others that are similar, so Ive gotten 25 scammers wanting me to use a special site that is "better" than Carfox, last one I told him I have the printout from that site. Ive been offered a 2010 boat, a new toolbox, and asked to donate it to a guy in CO who is helping vets...LOL, it still there and eventually Ill find a buyer who has cash or guns and cash.
 
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