I F'in hate people on craigslist!!!!!!

[Le Pirate]

So I'm trying to buy a boat.

Find a 16' Hobie Cat that I want to buy. Talk to the guy back and forth...tell him I'm coming saturday to pick up the boat. He says sure...blah blah blah..."I checked the tires for you," etc. I found someone to work for me this weekend, since I'm supposed to be on call. We found someone to watch our dogs over night, since we won't be able to leave till late and we're going to stay up there over night.


So I call the guy just now, to ask if the ball on the trailer is a 1 7/8 or a 2 in. He tells me he sold it last night 

WHAT? He says he was at the marina and the guy basically shoved the money in his hand. Well....make the beast with two backser....I was going to shove the money in your hand tomorrow afternoon. The son of a pregnant dog knew I had made plans to come up there tomorrow.


GRRRRRRRR 




This is the second time in 2 weeks that this has happend to me. I tell someone I'm going to buy their boat (I was going to be up there that evening last time), and they sold it before I made it there.

[NAKID]

Give his number to all of your friends and have they ask if the boat is still for sale. Continue this for at least a week then stop. Wait another week before you bombard him with calls asking if he still has the boat from the craigslist ad...

[He Man]

go find the boat and put a hole in it. then have him reurn it to the guy, and offer him 25% of the orignal asking price.

[Pakhan]

Find a forum for something horrible that sends text message updates.  make a fake hotmail account to join, put in his cell and ask for all updates via text message.  His bill should go through the roof, especially if you do this with multiple forums. 

[Grampa]

Tarik sold a boat?

[Heath]

Find a forum for something horrible that sends text message updates.  make a fake hotmail account to join, put in his cell and ask for all updates via text message.  His bill should go through the roof, especially if you do this with multiple forums. 

unless you have unlimited txt..

[Pakhan]

unless you have unlimited txt..

True, then you just have to deal with your phone dinging every 5 minutes indefinitely.

[Takster]

I think that's kind of the way CL works.  I've sold and bought enough stuff on CL to know that somebody who calls and says "Oh, I'll be there tomorrow" is about 50/50 on showing up, much less making the sale.  I'd have taken the cash too.

[ab]

Just seeing it from the sellers perspective, the buyer might change his/her mind at the last minute.

First come first serve I suppose.

Bummer but that is reality.  It just is.

[DrDesmo]

I think that's kind of the way CL works.  I've sold and bought enough stuff on CL to know that somebody who calls and says "Oh, I'll be there tomorrow" is about 50/50 on showing up, much less making the sale.  I'd have taken the cash too.

+1

Money talks, most buyers on CL are flakes.  I usually ask someone if I can send a PayPal deposit to have them delete their ad to avoid this type of situation ...


Adam

[Triple J]

I think that's kind of the way CL works.  I've sold and bought enough stuff on CL to know that somebody who calls and says "Oh, I'll be there tomorrow" is about 50/50 on showing up, much less making the sale.  I'd have taken the cash too.

+2

Sucks though.

[That Nice Guy Beck!]

So I'm trying to buy a boat.

Find a 16' Hobie Cat that I want to buy. Talk to the guy back and forth...tell him I'm coming saturday to pick up the boat. He says sure...blah blah blah..."I checked the tires for you," etc. I found someone to work for me this weekend, since I'm supposed to be on call. We found someone to watch our dogs over night, since we won't be able to leave till late and we're going to stay up there over night.


So I call the guy just now, to ask if the ball on the trailer is a 1 7/8 or a 2 in. He tells me he sold it last night 

WHAT? He says he was at the marina and the guy basically shoved the money in his hand. Well....make the beast with two backser....I was going to shove the money in your hand tomorrow afternoon. The son of a pregnant dog knew I had made plans to come up there tomorrow.


GRRRRRRRR 




This is the second time in 2 weeks that this has happend to me. I tell someone I'm going to buy their boat (I was going to be up there that evening last time), and they sold it before I made it there.

cash talks my friend when I sell on CL i sell to whoever comes with the cash first. period.
non of that "oh ill be there tomorrow" no no no... come with cash its yours.

one jerkoff told me "oh so this is a verbal agreement that you are holding the 749 for me" hahahah yea OK son, I told him bring me CASH no talk, no verbals... the shekles, the moolah.

[ArcDeDucati]

To bad man.  I can't get angry at him though.  First one with cash wins. Nothing you could do about that.

[mitt]

Yep, CL is first come, first serve, unless you give him a deposit (which I have done before).

It took me a couple experiences like yours before I wised up.

mitt

[Popeye the Sailor]

Heck, I'll even treat more formal things like that-unless I have a deposit, someone shows up with cash, they get it. I've even have people give deposits on things, then never come back, which also works for me (sold a car about four times once).