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Originally Posted by marcop
I beg to differ. I've been burned by partial refund scammers in the last year on eBay and four years ago, one sociopathic guy posted on Ripoff Report that I seduced an 18 year old model and gave her HIV--all because I had the temerity to reply to his (neutral, not even negative) feedback. At least with Craigslist, you're talking to some dude and he's giving you cash right there. I don't blame people for haggling hard, and TBH, I like haggling myself. I'm never using eBay again to sell anything.
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It is true that the pain the ass from ebayers can be bigger because it is online and the feedback system is in place, but the thing that always annoyed me badly with craigslist people is when they would contact me, we would agree on a price and set up a place and time to meet. Then when they get there they want to pay less than we agreed on.
The worse was a guy who was going to buy an old 1970's organ. I said it was very heavy, but it played fine and sounded great. We agreed on a price. He needed to come to my house because it was so heavy I couldn't move it by myself. After playing it and checking it out he asks if I will take $100 for it (we had agreed to $225 on the phone). I told him no, it was $225 like we had agreed. He then tried to tell me that he wanted to pay less because he had to help me load it into his truck (which he agreed to do in both email and on the phone). Finally, I told him I would take $200 and no less. He left.
He came back a few days later and tried to haggle again. This time when I didn't take his offer he started screaming at me and telling me I was an idiot. I was nervous because this dude was clearly nuts and he knew where I lived. He ended up calling a few more times before I told him to stop contacting me and blocked his number.
I also had a woman call about a stacked washer dryer set I once had. I had it listed for $300 just to see what I could get. I had a few offers at $200 and would have been happy to get that. She offered me $75 and told me I would never get more than that. She buys these all day for her boss who manages apartments and knows the prices. I turned her down. I ended up selling it for $200. She called me a few days later screaming at me and telling me she had gotten fired from her job because I hand't come down on my price and her boss fired her since she wasn't able to buy enough washer/dryers.
Fucking CL crazies.