Is everyone on Craigslist brainless, lazy, cheap, useless primates? Or are my experiences unique? It seems every time I try to sell something on Craigslist it goes like this...
My posting title is something like:
Item A - $10 (My Specific Location)
I get 10 e-mails within the first day asking if my item is still for sale. 'Yes it is still for sale you moron I just put it up today and I will take
it down when it is sold,' I think to myself. I respond nicely to each of the 10 e-mails letting them know my availability and asking them when they would like to meet for this transaction.
Out of the 10 responses I send, only one of the idiots replies "How much?" I want to crawl through my Network Interface Card, follow the trail of Cat 5 cables, routers, and nodes through the internet and pop out of this guy's laptop and punch him in the face, but instead I politely say "As stated in the title of my listing it is $10. When would you like to meet?"
The self-centered asshole then asks me, "Can you meet me at Location X?" which is at his house or a few minutes from it, and about 10-25 miles from where I have specified that I live. I kindly reply something like, "It is not worth the $10 for Item A for me to drive to you and sell you my item which is already about 10% of the original cost and will cost me about $20 in gas, not to mention my precious time which I could be spending being AWESOME" (Sorry, I've been watching a lot of How I Met Your Mother Lately).
He retorts, "I will be near you next Tuesday, let's meet then." By this point I've already wasted more of my time then it is worth to sell anything valued under $40. But, by this point, I feel invested in completing the transaction so I waste a few more minutes of my time texting the douche bag throughout the week as he flakes on me numerous times.
Finally, upon meeting this guy weeks later, after wasting hours of my time, the guy shows up 10 minutes late and says "Hey, I only got $8, is that cool?" No that's not cool you inconsiderate piece of shit!!! I reply "Yes, here is your Item A, enjoy." I take my $8 and feel at least somewhat better that I completed the transaction and got some money for an item that I no longer wanted. I then go to a bar with some friends to release some stress from this situation, and I buy a cocktail to make myself feel better. How much does the cocktail cost, you ask? The same god damn price as Item A. Happens every time - Fuck You Craigslist!
