I had a brand new item listed (complete with all the info Amazon has on it plus pictures) and some women emailed me about it, and scheduled her husband to pick it up today. There was no price negotiation at all, so I was thrilled. THRILLED!
So fast forward about five days to today, an hour before he’s supposed to pick it up, and he emails me and asks for more info, how much it sells for new, is the item new, what are the specs, etc.
Um, what?
Haven’t you already looked at the listing? And how is it MY responsibility to tell you how much the item sells for new? So I sent him the link and said I really didn’t have any more info, and was he still coming to pick it up?
His next email was asking if I’d take half what I was asking.
>:XX
NO.
NO NO NO.
Not 30 minutes before you’re supposed to pick the damn thing up and NO because you could have negotiated a week before and NO because apparently you’re an idiot and couldn’t even read the >:XX listing.
Ironically, had he/she/they negotiated the price at the beginning, I would have been fine with it. And it IS Craigslist so I should just expect morons as a matter of course, but I just. cannot. stand. shit like that.
So then he emails back “Well if you change your mind, email my wife.” Yeah, no. I told him we’re moving in three days so I’ll just sell it on the other end.
Yeah, I could have taken the money and been done with it, but I refuse to deal with morons if I can help it.
>:XX him.
LOL – I’m so nuts about shit like that, even if he wrote back and said he’d give me the asking price, I’d probably tell him no.