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Roc Doc said:
Ad for a case of 5.56 rounds in 2020.


Me: Case of PMC X-Tac 5.56 62g on stripper clips. $900. (Picture)

Douche: Is this Covid pricing? LOL!

Me: Yes

Douche: Will you take $700

Me: No.

Douche: You don't have to be an ass about it!

Me: OK snowflake.


Had two cases and sold them both in under a week for my asking price. Knowing the actual value of your product at the time is kinda important.
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Middle of the covid BS, I had a cop text me that with his LEO discount he could get ammo cheaper than what I was selling (50rnd 147gr gold dotz) and therefore I should lower my price. :lmao:
 
Lowballing me on airpods, I tell him nope and good luck. I'm done with this idiot and he just keeps going.
I like how he used the word "literally", that sealed the deal for me that he's 100% the type of person I don't want to meet.
I'd rather throw these away or smash them with a sledge and send him the picture than sell to him even for $200 at this point.


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Both as buyer and seller I'll do some negotiating before meeting for smaller things. Vehicles I do in person, pictures dont tell the whole tale there. I price my stuff at a price to get it to move while also so knowing I can knock 5-10% off and still be happy.

My go-to address move if we're meeting on a future date, normally 1-3 days depending on schedule. Say we're meeting on Wednesday after work:

"I'll send a message Wednesday morning to confirm we're still good to meet at 6 and if you could send me your address before I leave my place at 3. Thanks."

80% of the time they send the address right then. 20% reply to my morning text with an address. Final 1% send it near my departure time.

I also shoot a quick message as I'm walking out of the house: " I'm on my way, GPS says I'll be there at X:XX."

Do the opposite as a seller: Shoot me a message an hour before you want to be here and I'll send the address and make sure I'm not on a parts run into town when you get here. Too many people no showing after getting my address and setting a time. I also no longer change my daily schedule around people buying stuff.

I also include my phone number (Google #) early in communications as it quickens things because they call me or at least send their number so I can call if I don't have service. Learned my lesson waiting at the rez grocery store for a hour to pick up a parts truck. No service and I didn't have his number. Thankfully he was just a late idiot and still showed. It also knocked what I wanted to pay down a few hundred.

Also now that I live in a small town, I'll bring it to Fargo and schedule 3 people to pick up parts in the Menards parking lot within 30 minutes of each other. I always need to get something for the house, so no extra fuel cost to make sales happen.
 
Also had a guy negotiate himself down on a parts rig:

1994 K3500: $1500

My mental price was $1k for the parts I wanted. He was an OTR trucker going through a bankruptcy that was a pain in the ass to meet. Took a month or two to buy.

I always ask a few simple questions in my first message, shows I'm not a scammer.

"Will it drive itself on a trailer and how long has fifth gear been out?"

"Lowest I'll go is $800."

"I can do that, how long has fifth gear been out and will it roll onto a trailer?"

"It has to be a cashiers check to XX bank, I'm going through bankruptcy."

"Not a problem. If fifth gear is out, did it get driven after it failed and is there room in front of it for a trailer to winch it up?

We finally set up a time to meet. I blew an oil cooler line on my tow rig while almost to his place. The oil started an underhood fire in BFE. Thankfully got it out by running back and forth with a tote of water from a nearby house's yard hydrant. Guy was pissed that I called him to reschedule for the next day. Dude, you've drug your feet for a month. I just about had my shit burn to the ground, here's a picture, and I'll be there with a different pickup tomorrow.

I also showed him a video driving over
the oil slick and shoulder where it burned when I finally got there the next day.

Never got a real answer about fifth. Opened it up and it was just a few small parts and springs failed/missing and I fixed it reasonably cheap for my 53.
 
Six fucking pages of how you idiots will play mind games and engage in dumb negotiation strategies. You people realize you are why buying and selling sucks, right?

You are the problem.
 
arse_sidewards said:
Six fucking pages of how you idiots will play mind games and engage in dumb negotiation strategies. You people realize you are why buying and selling sucks, right?

You are the problem.
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There's a few goon responses here, sure. But if you can't see the forest for the trees i'd say your mirror is really dirty.
 
arse_sidewards said:
Six fucking pages of how you idiots will play mind games and engage in dumb negotiation strategies. You people realize you are why buying and selling sucks, right?

You are the problem.
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I would add that fuckbook is a large part of the problem and it's stupid built in messenger encouraging the careless/casual nature.
 
WTF? said:
so if youre selling a car/trailer and someone says hey i'm coming from x state over and can be there tomorrow around lunch would you accept {say 10% less than your listed price} you're going to tell them 'we can talk about that when you get here.' ??
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if you ask intelligent questions and prove you arent a dolt we can talk price, but if people come in with price first then i wont engage.

if i am listing something i want to sell its because i want it gone and im going to price it accordingly.
 
Swayzeexpress said:
I got a claw machine for the kids for Christmas from a restaurant. They said 1k firm to me. Sent the ad to my 24 year old nephew, he just wrote "would you tale 650?" They said yes lol

He basically said if you write too much kids think it's a scam or you are old and rich:homer:
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if I get some response on craigslist that looks like ebonics like that, they aren't getting any response at all

don't want some hood rat goat owner knowing where I live
 
KDXSR5 said:
Also, if I do end up doing in person negotiation, I put what I plan to offer in one pocket. I then split up incremental amounts into different pockets and have a stash in the truck. This allows me to pull out my exact offer while also letting me incrementally go up with my offer one pocket at a time. I also then have some extra in the truck in case I want something else they have. I prefer negotiating over text, but I will do it in person with this method if they force it. Some people are just "old school" like that.
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that guess which pocket has more money in it game would get you invited to fuck off:laughing:
 
Last truck I sold didn't run due to likely needing a fuel pump and I was tired of fussing with it. I said that in the CL ad along with everything else I knew about the truck. 5 spd. Cracked windshield, ATKOs, minor body damage and steam cleaned interior. Advertised as basically 23 year old truck project. Low balls will be ignored. First cash in hand takes it.

Got 50% low ball offers that I ignored. If people offered a reasonable amount less I told them I was going to wait a week before accepting anything other than my already low asking price. Had people say they wanted it and were going to come look at it that Ghosted me. Three really interested with one giving me asking price cash is hand in a few days after looking at it. Another was going to look at it the next morning.

Dont take lowballs seriously. Clearly communicate to anyone who seems genuine. Move on to the next when interest fades for what ever reason.

Most of all ask for more money so you can come down if you need to!
 
I've watched my neighbors do that. Always wondered why not just answer the door?:laughing:
 
Johann said:
Dont take lowballs seriously. Clearly communicate to anyone who seems genuine. Move on to the next when interest fades for what ever reason.
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back in the early days of craigslist, a dorm mate figured out that lowballing was fishing with dynamite- spam out dozens/hundreds of lowballs ( like 50% or less of asking price) and you probably got a acceptance/ significantly entertaining counteroffer somewhere around 15-20% of the time- fish on! :grinpimp:

in current era, 'is this available' to a 20+ week old ads can occasionally be fruitful in the fish in low water supply outing themselves.
 
The free stuff is always interesting.

early 20's giving away a couch that we had also gotten for free:grinpimp: Kid pulls up, obviously just moved out of the folk's house. I'm helping him load the casting couch into his truck when some change falls out of it.

That fucking kid wanted to have a debate on who's change that was now:lmao:
 
Just did a silly deal on FB right now.
Had something on there for $100.
Guy said 60, I said no. He said 80, I said 90.
We meet, he hands me 80. I tell him "it's 90".
He asks if I have change. Nope.
Pulls out a 5, then two 1s, and a 2 dollar bill.

I say "One more dollar".
Finally ponies up the last buck.

You bet your ass I would have walked over that one dollar.
 
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if I get some response on craigslist that looks like ebonics like that, they aren't getting any response at all

don't want some hood rat goat owner knowing where I live
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that was my typo lol, and craigslist here is all hood rats or scams. It's a shame how quick it went to shit
 
Yota Up said:
Just did a silly deal on FB right now.
Had something on there for $100.
Guy said 60, I said no. He said 80, I said 90.
We meet, he hands me 80. I tell him "it's 90".
He asks if I have change. Nope.
Pulls out a 5, then two 1s, and a 2 dollar bill.

I say "One more dollar".
Finally ponies up the last buck.

You bet your ass I would have walked over that one dollar.
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I had guys do that with a cheap camper last year. Dad came up short, I made son in law fork over the difference. I had already helped them load it which they couldn't have done without me. :shaking:
 
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Filthy McChevy said:
I had guys do that with a cheap camper last year. Dad came up short, I made son in law fork over the difference. I had already helped them load it which they couldn't have done without me. :shaking:
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Learned that one. Now everything is paid before anything gets loaded up.
Also if you drive a subaru, have CA plates, look dumb or I just dont like you. I'm goona need cash in hand before the test drive :grinpimp:
 
WTF? said:
back in the early days of craigslist, a dorm mate figured out that lowballing was fishing with dynamite- spam out dozens/hundreds of lowballs ( like 50% or less of asking price) and you probably got a acceptance/ significantly entertaining counteroffer somewhere around 15-20% of the time- fish on! :grinpimp:
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I miss the late 00s heyday of CL, FB just plain sucks in that manner.

So many good deals to be had from simpletons. Searching for axel, moter, hydrolic, etc really paid off.
 
TRINDU said:
I miss the late 00s heyday of CL, FB just plain sucks in that manner.

So many good deals to be had from simpletons. Searching for axel, moter, hydrolic, etc really paid off.
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The simpletons are the flippers not searching those terms and driving up those prices.
 
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