selling stuff on craigslist. your experiences?

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Posted by Omega_Blue on Jul-29-2009 05:06:

selling stuff on craigslist. your experiences?

so i recently got on the craigslist bandwagon and have been selling pretty much anything i can find in my apartment that may be worth money- i'm moving out of my apartment soon and into a studio, and i'm trying to save some cash up and minimize having to move excess appliances and furniture. i've had pretty good success with selling shit- electronics, dj equipment, and musical instruments are usually gone within the week

lately, however, i've been put in some really weird situations. one guy tried sending me a fake $1550 check via overnight fedex for a $200 power tool. another guy refused to meet me at my apartment, and tried forcing me to meet him in a mall parking lot to sell some old video games. and now, most recently, i've had 2 different poor hmong families come to my apartment and try to haggle me down from $20 for a couch/foldout bed

anyone else have any interesting experiences with craigslist?

Posted by jonSun on Jul-29-2009 05:12:

Using the Free section, I gave away a 15" flat screen monitor that was not working. I advertised it as "broken & not working". I got tons of calls. The guy that picked it up called back & bitched that it didnt work. But it has worked well with selling cabinets, windows & doors. Next im gonna prolly try & sell my soda machine using craigslist.

Posted by Rose on Jul-29-2009 05:13:

Avoid anyone named Raul Perez (or whatever his name was).

Posted by Silky Johnson on Jul-29-2009 05:14:

I was addicted to reading Missed Connections for a while. Lol.

Posted by kadomony on Jul-29-2009 05:14:

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Posted by Omega_Blue on Jul-29-2009 05:15:

quote:
Originally posted by Rose
Avoid anyone named Raul Perez (or whatever his name was).

"raul gomez gamarr"

and the bitch that sent me the fake check was "nina smith"

Posted by Rose on Jul-29-2009 05:16:

quote:
Originally posted by Omega_Blue
"raul gomez gamarr"

and the bitch that sent me the fake check was "nina smith"

Nina smith sounds like a fake name

Posted by The17sss on Jul-29-2009 05:18:

Sold a ton of furniture and my TV before leaving Orlando a couple years ago. The worst part is people leading you on and decommitting at the last minute.... and the fucking freaks that show up at your place to buy whatever.

I've also bought and sold concert tickets with pretty good success.

Posted by Silky Johnson on Jul-29-2009 05:19:

I tried to sell my couch but nobody would buy it. Obviously I was asking too much...but the fucking thing is brand new. I mean I only had sex on in it once, and didn't even get cum on it! People are so cheap, god.

Posted by Omega_Blue on Jul-29-2009 05:22:

one thing that worked out pretty well for me on craigslist- a while ago i sold my original xbox. it isn't worth any more than $40 or $50 used. i loaded a bunch of old nintendo games and shit on it and this fat, dorky-ass, all-black-holey-tshirt-wearing, greasy red-headed ponytail-sportin' douche bought it for $200. ha that was awesome.

Posted by Omega_Blue on Jul-29-2009 05:23:

quote:
Originally posted by jennypie
I tried to sell my couch but nobody would buy it. Obviously I was asking too much...but the fucking thing is brand new. I mean I only had sex on in it once, and didn't even get cum on it! People are so cheap, god.

i've been trying to sell my couch since yesterday- you've seen the pics in the pictars thread. fucking $20 is all i want for it, and it folds out into a bed. and people were trying haggle me. there was a group of indian students that came to the house to check out the couch but expected me to deliver it to them. pfft.

Posted by Silky Johnson on Jul-29-2009 05:24:

Ok fuck I lied, Jimmy got cum all over the couch. :/

But it just occurred to me that there's lots of sickos out there who are into that. Maybe I should be honest about it and post it in the personals section instead. Prolly get a lot more money for it too.

Posted by The17sss on Jul-29-2009 05:30:

quote:
Originally posted by Omega_Blue
i loaded a bunch of old nintendo games and shit on it and this fat, dorky-ass, all-black-holey-tshirt-wearing, greasy red-headed ponytail-sportin' douche bought it for $200. ha that was awesome.

lol... i completely understand what you're talking about. I couldn't believe the scumbags that came to my place could even afford to buy fast food, let alone furniture.

Posted by Paradox Lost on Jul-29-2009 05:31:

My CL selling experiences have been overwhelmingly effective and straightforward, mainly because I did the best I could to ensure that it would be this way during the emails and phone calls beforehand.

The only hiccup I experienced was when someone tried to dump the generic Chinese HDJ1000's knock off's on me for 60 bucks, which is, again, something I could have avoided running into in the emails beforehand, but I was in something of a rush at the time.

Posted by Silky Johnson on Jul-29-2009 05:37:

I don't know why, but I have this irrational fear that some weird dude from my past is going to show up at my door to buy my shit...and that he ends up stalking me and I have to move and/or get a restraining order.

Posted by yukii on Jul-29-2009 05:47:

i've been able to successfully sell every time.

Posted by Capitalizt on Jul-29-2009 05:56:

quote:
Originally posted by kadomony
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OMFG..This is the best site I've ever seen..