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

Vindingo · June 26, 2009, 05:48:06 PM

Speaking of boats... I just got a Mac19 for FREE!!! Came with a trailer too...

Good luck with your search

Speeddog · June 26, 2009, 05:56:48 PM

I would think with a little luck, you could get a Hobie 16 for free....

redxblack · June 26, 2009, 05:59:13 PM

Quote from: DrDesmosedici on June 26, 2009, 11:27:59 AM
+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

me too.

Bun-bun · June 26, 2009, 06:05:43 PM

Bad luck, but. . .yeah,
Money talks.

hbliam · June 26, 2009, 09:56:32 PM

Quote from: Speeddog on June 26, 2009, 05:56:48 PM
I would think with a little luck, you could get a Hobie 16 for free....

Ditto. Lots of them taking up space in "former" sailors driveways.

Le Pirate · June 27, 2009, 03:54:57 PM

I dunno....I've sold stuff on craig's list too. I guess I'm in the minority though. I have held stuff for people who I agreed to sell something too. An agreement is an agreement.

It's kind of hard to show up with the money when I was several hours away. That was why I had to make plans to travel down. The only thing you can buy on my Local CL page is used farm equipment and hookers

Quote from: hbliam on June 26, 2009, 09:56:32 PM
Ditto. Lots of them taking up space in "former" sailors driveways.

It was a hell of a deal, although he said he'd been trying to sell it since March. I'm not sure why there was a sudden peak or interest in it when I tried to buy it

GLantern · June 30, 2009, 11:40:38 AM

I have to agree with the seller i would have done the same i tried selling my jetski for 6months and had plenty of people say they would come see it before i had someone actually buy it. You should have sent a down payment with paypal.

TAftonomos · June 30, 2009, 08:16:22 PM

Same crap happens here on this forum as well, cash is king.

You don't want a bannana cat anyway. Get a nacra 5.5 at a min

corndog67 · June 30, 2009, 08:40:59 PM

Same thing happened to me with a S4R for $7k. Credit Union said OK. Other buyers were on the line. The only issue was that my credit union wanted him to hand them the pink slip, they would cut him a check or cash, whatever he wanted, right then and there, and we are 180 miles away. I offered to go and get him and bring him back, but he sold it. I kind of expected it, though.

On the other hand, I think the 50/50 estimate of people showing up is high. I'd say 80% flake out. And the Blackbird I sold last year, I received 44 bogus emails on the bike, I need your bank info, I'll send you a $9000 check for a $3500 bike, my broker will pick it up and when it gets to England or wherever, the Escrow account will pay me and keep the rest. 44 bogus emails.

I think the rule is, cash talks, anything else walks.

Le Pirate · July 01, 2009, 09:36:13 AM

Quote from: corndog67 on June 30, 2009, 08:40:59 PM

I think the rule is, cash talks, anything else walks.

Yeah...I get it...I was just mad at the time.

I had the cash (green paper monies) in my hand. I just couldn't drop everything I was doing (work) and drive 6 hours in the middle of the week. I had spent probably a total of 45 minutes on the phone wit hthe guy the day before. He was telling me all the nuances of the boat, how to right it, how to rig everything (I've never sailed on my own before)...chatting me up like we were old buddies. He knew the deal...he even gave me the tire sizes, so I could buy a spare tire for the trip back home (anyone need a 15in trailer tire

). I was to be there the next day to pick it up.

and no...the guy didn't have a pay pal account. cash only (which I still have burning a hole in my pocket...I should never have cash...)

Monsterlover · July 01, 2009, 09:41:28 AM

Quote from: MrIncredible on June 26, 2009, 05:19:53 PM
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).

Who leaves a deposit then just walks?!?!

Well, 4 people I guess.

Popeye the Sailor · July 01, 2009, 09:54:31 AM

Quote from: Monsterlover on July 01, 2009, 09:41:28 AM
Who leaves a deposit then just walks?!?!

Well, 4 people I guess.

Idk, but I was digging it. This was over the course of a coupla years, so it's not like I didn't give each buyer more 4-5 months to turn back up.

Kurt V · July 01, 2009, 10:21:00 AM

Quote from: Takster on June 26, 2009, 10:48:44 AM
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.

Agreed. When I put something up for sale, I know at least half the callers are just tire kickers with no intention of buying.

corndog67 · July 02, 2009, 07:59:53 PM

Someone gave me a $200 deposit on the Blackbird and called the next day and said he couldn't buy it, keep the cash for my troubles. Uhhhhh, OK.

Gus Duc · July 02, 2009, 08:42:08 PM

Quote from: bobspapa on June 26, 2009, 10:27:46 AM
Tarik sold a boat?

Yeah.... mime's are afraid of water

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

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