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Don't we have a "bitch about idiots on CL or Marketplace" thread?

SomeGuyFromOlympia said:
you guys bitching about instant messages, one click this, pictures instantly sent that

I used to flip my motorcycles as a teen by going to the store and getting the Trader, buying it, going home and reading it, find your item, find a phone that was actually hooked to a wall with a cord, having to wait to call when everyone was home from work, or they didn't answer, talking to a person, paying for the long distance charges, writing directions on a paper with a pen, getting on a car and driving using the Road Runner for directions (if you were lucky to have one) hoping that this guy didn't miss a land mark when he was telling you how to get there because if you did you had to wonder around to find a pay phone ......just to see the item in some other way tan a black and white newspaper quality picture

selling
you would have to buy film, take the picture with an actual camera, go to have it developed (if you were done with the roll) wait a week, they call you, you go back (hope they turned out) you buy the Trader (again) cut the advertisement page out, write (clearly) your advertisement, mail it in with a check, (snail mail)wait until the next issue printed, and you hoped that the editor didn't mess up and details.
Then you had to hang around the phone all day to hear the phone .......just to get to "Is this still available?"

Thankless fucks :laughing:
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I used a polaroid:flipoff2:.

These roadblocks meant buyer and seller were serious with any communication, Everyone knew the time to talk was after work/before bed and made it count.

I had a lot of good luck listing misc. parts in the back of truck / auto traders as a teen.

The buying/selling process was much less painful because people had to either speak to each other on the phone and/or in person. I bought and sold quite a few junky rigs.

The only thing that sucked was no nation wide search so the pool of used junk was much smaller. There was a short time where traderonline was the place to buy and solved the distance problem, and it was great until the net flooded to what it is now.
 
Auto Trader?

*Laughs in PennySaver. :laughing::flipoff2:

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Levigarrett76 said:
I used a polaroid:flipoff2:.

These roadblocks meant buyer and seller were serious with any communication, Everyone knew the time to talk was after work/before bed and made it count.

I had a lot of good luck listing misc. parts in the back of truck / auto traders as a teen.

The buying/selling process was much less painful because people had to either speak to each other on the phone and/or in person. I bought and sold quite a few junky rigs.

The only thing that sucked was no nation wide search so the pool of used junk was much smaller. There was a short time where traderonline was the place to buy and solved the distance problem, and it was great until the net flooded to what it is now.
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it is a Dealer Trader the last time I looked
 
rockota said:
Because it's annoying AF... if the ad is up, it's available. Don't waste people's time with BS "is it available?" messages. It just wastes bandwidth. So people put it in the ad that they don't want to be annoyed by people who are not actually interested in the item listed.
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Yep, and I get it. Annoying.

Just don’t see what that line accomplishes other than make you seem irritating to deal with. The people who will send that message aren’t reading it, and those who read it and probably won’t send “is it available?” are judging you. :flipoff2:

Levigarrett76 said:
I used a polaroid:flipoff2:.

These roadblocks meant buyer and seller were serious with any communication, Everyone knew the time to talk was after work/before bed and made it count.

I had a lot of good luck listing misc. parts in the back of truck / auto traders as a teen.

The buying/selling process was much less painful because people had to either speak to each other on the phone and/or in person. I bought and sold quite a few junky rigs.

The only thing that sucked was no nation wide search so the pool of used junk was much smaller. There was a short time where traderonline was the place to buy and solved the distance problem, and it was great until the net flooded to what it is now.
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There were plenty of tire kickers back then as well…

 
Mikenike said:
In their defence the maps are usually just a general center of county or town deal as to where it drops the pin not an actual address. Depending on where you are sometimes saying you live in x county could mean you are 2 hours from me if on one end or 4 hours if on the other. Big difference between the two.
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But that's not the issue around here. When someone asks that I usually respond "Near the ford dealer" since there is only one in town/county. Then they ask what city (which is listed), I tell them and they respond "Oh, thats 4 hours away, no thanks"

That might be a thing in the middle of nowhere, but on the east coast where there is a new city name every 10 miles it doesn't fly. These people are just dumb
 
Still trying to not pay to get rid of this popup camper, at least 15 people have contacted me about it, not one of them have shown up. :frown:
 
lagunaMS said:
Shut the fuck up grandpa I ain't reading all that :flipoff2:
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I was reliving all of it while I was reading it.

I never actually posted an ad in the auto trader, but there was a store front 2 towns over that would take a pic of your car and proofread and submit your ad. Not sure how much they charged.
 
Broke a second lever in the heater controls in my 72 K10 last week. Looked on Cl Denver someone had listed a couple for close to a month. Contact had email and phone #. Called, asked if he still had a silver one for sale. Yes.
Asked if I could come buy it the next day. Yes. They asked where we could meet. I said wherever, I'm coming from the mountains over an hour away. They gave me their address we picked a time, I nailed the time and bought it the next day.
Too bad that doesn't always happen but I also have to laugh at "don't ask if it's still available" That is the 1st and only question Farcebook suggests. Don't any of you tards buy as well as sell? Like Durrh.:flipoff2:
 
I was looking at an ad and hit the damn button on accident, dood msgs me.
I said "sorry man, totally fat fingered the button while scrolling, good luck with your sale"
Guy says, thanks, that was the most honest relply Ive gotten all week..:lmao::homer:
 
Unka-Boo said:
I was looking at an ad and hit the damn button on accident, dood msgs me.
I said "sorry man, totally fat fingered the button while scrolling, good luck with your sale"
Guy says, thanks, that was the most honest relply Ive gotten all week..:lmao::homer:
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I've had that happen a couple times. Facebook Shenanigans.:laughing:
 
I listed my old freezer last week for $100, got a bunch of low balls and someone asked if I would give it to them for free. Finally a guy offers $80 sight unseen, I reply OK I'll take $80 but only if you pick it up within the next two hours. Dude agrees to the terms and I tell him the clock starts now.

Four hours later he shows up $80 in hand, I tell him nope it's $100. Well he starts gettin' angry and whines about breaking a deal. I told him he was the one who broke the deal and if he wants it it's $100 or go away.

He paid up but he wasn't happy about it.:laughing:
 
Just got home from a FBMP deal...two stock steelies and an Empi 8 spoke for free...needed a spare for the VW, free is good! Took gawd damn 2 hours to do a 40 mile round trip tho...:mad3:
The guy was a good dood, he asks me if I had a VW or if I was looking for scrap...sent him a pic if my car..."good deal, I HATE fuckin meth heads!" :lmao:
 
Thatg9659 said:
Still trying to not pay to get rid of this popup camper, at least 15 people have contacted me about it, not one of them have shown up. :frown:
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Last pop-up I had was gone less than 30 minutes after I put the ad up.

"Free. Parked on the curb at 22 Fred St. Title is taped to the roof. Tires have air in them."

Drug it out there and it disappeared.
 
Lawless said:
I listed my old freezer last week for $100, got a bunch of low balls and someone asked if I would give it to them for free. Finally a guy offers $80 sight unseen, I reply OK I'll take $80 but only if you pick it up within the next two hours. Dude agrees to the terms and I tell him the clock starts now.

Four hours later he shows up $80 in hand, I tell him nope it's $100. Well he starts gettin' angry and whines about breaking a deal. I told him he was the one who broke the deal and if he wants it it's $100 or go away.

He paid up but he wasn't happy about it.:laughing:
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Similar story when I sold my enclosed last month.
Guy messages me saying he'll take it for X.
I agree as long as he shows up before 12pm.
Nothing.

Other dude messages me and picks it up at 4pm.

Original guy shows up at 5pm and is pissed the trailer is gone.
 
Sceep said:
Last pop-up I had was gone less than 30 minutes after I put the ad up.

"Free. Parked on the curb at 22 Fred St. Title is taped to the roof. Tires have air in them."

Drug it out there and it disappeared.
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I was selling a car for 500 bucks, and this dood asked if I wanted anything to trade. I said, "if you had a nice gold front clip from a 98 S10, then yes. I will trade. Other than that it's first come first serve with cash." There was no reply, no agreement, nothing.

Well someone else came along and bought the car the next day, and I pulled the ad.

I get a text from the dood a day or so later that he "checked a couple junkyards, and couldn't find any gold S10's, but I'll check more tomorrow" I said don't worry about it bro, the car is sold. He MF'd me up one side and down the other, and I just laughed.

The other thing that irks me, and it may just be a "regional" thing with the Det area.... Is using the words SALE in place of SELL or vise versa.
The way some :mr-t: say SELL sounds like how normal people say SALE, so i think that leads to a lot of the confusion. Like, an ad will say For Sell or Must Sale. Just irritating. People are dumb
 
That one drives me nuts too...

I have an item for SALE.
I will SELL you the item.
 
Just had some guy call about a tractor I have for sale. He tried explaing to me that its only worth 15k because it has set outside for 2 years (im asking 24k). I told him that ive turned down $20k 2 times and then he offered $19k. I asked him why he would pay $19k for a $15k dollar tractor, and he said he could restore it to be worth 20k.

To be fair the guy did sound all hopped up on something so Ill just let meth be the excuse.
 
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