Posted: 4/26/2011 10:49:44 PM EDT
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I've never purchased anything from Craigslist, but I figure its like any other classified. You see the item, research if it is a good deal or not, and if it is listed as OBO, you send an offer, right? So there is a guy listing a 2008 Trek 1.5 road bike with a claimed 800 miles on it, a new deraileur, new tires and a wireless computer. He is listing it for $750 OBO. Looking around, that bike NEW was $1000 MSRP, with plenty of reports that the real price was in the $725-750 range. Seeing as there is no way a 3 yr old bike with only 800 miles should need a new/replacement ultegra and new tires (unless it was a personal preference issue), I offered $300 and I pick up as a starting point for some negotiation. All I get back from the guy is an email that says LOL. Is this the norm on CL, or am I just dealing with a special individual, or am I way out of line?
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Thats pretty normal.
Everyone overprices everything and thinks their garbage is worth gold. I recently asked a guy about an old Toyota truck he was looking to trade. I asked him for a cash price which he replied make an offer so I offered him blue book basically depending on function of the truck when I saw it in person. Guy never responded and I later saw the truck posted for over 3x the blue book on it... |
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I would lol as well. Offer $500, that is what I would consider an "OBO"...$300 seems really low
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I've never purchased anything from Craigslist, but I figure its like any other classified. You see the item, research if it is a good deal or not, and if it is listed as OBO, you send an offer, right? So there is a guy listing a 2008 Trek 1.5 road bike with a claimed 800 miles on it, a new deraileur, new tires and a wireless computer. He is listing it for $750 OBO. Looking around, that bike NEW was $1000 MSRP, with plenty of reports that the real price was in the $725-750 range. Seeing as there is no way a 3 yr old bike with only 800 miles should need a new/replacement ultegra and new tires (unless it was a personal preference issue), I offered $300 and I pick up as a starting point for some negotiation. All I get back from the guy is an email that says LOL. Is this the norm on CL, or am I just dealing with a special individual, or am I way out of line? |
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Quoted: I had a similar response and I sent 3-4 completed listings on Ebay and the guy came down in price to match the midpoint of the completed ebay ads. Some people think that their stuff does not depreciate.I've never purchased anything from Craigslist, but I figure its like any other classified. You see the item, research if it is a good deal or not, and if it is listed as OBO, you send an offer, right? So there is a guy listing a 2008 Trek 1.5 road bike with a claimed 800 miles on it, a new deraileur, new tires and a wireless computer. He is listing it for $750 OBO. Looking around, that bike NEW was $1000 MSRP, with plenty of reports that the real price was in the $725-750 range. Seeing as there is no way a 3 yr old bike with only 800 miles should need a new/replacement ultegra and new tires (unless it was a personal preference issue), I offered $300 and I pick up as a starting point for some negotiation. All I get back from the guy is an email that says LOL. Is this the norm on CL, or am I just dealing with a special individual, or am I way out of line? |
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That is normal. But there is a reason for it, sometimes when you over price shit people will still buy it. I sold a vehicle recently on craigslist and I got a million emails telling me I should lower the price and I met with tons of people and showed them the car and let them test drive it they all offered me dramatically less then what it was worth. But randomly someone came along and took it for a test drive and loved it and bough it at my asking price. I think a good way to get what you want is try to figure out how much it is worth and offer them 10% less, tell them you have cash in hand and you are ready to buy it. If they try to haggle or tell you no then move on to the next ad. |
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There is a portion of CL sellers that just want to get rid of the shit that they do not need anymore. They will be happy to take lowball offers.
Then there are the portion of sellers that are using CL as an income. They are looking for a profit, they typically cruise garage sales and look to resell Then there are the crackpots who think their shit is worth its weight in gold. |
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The GF and I have been trying to cram 2 houses worth of shit into one. I've been CLing my ass off. Get a lot of idiots from there, but I've sold quite a few things, many for my asking price without the buyer even trying to haggle. I price my shit right. This morning, I'm meeting a guy and getting $350 for a bunch of car stereo stuff I haven't used in 10 years.
CL is hit or miss, just like life. Lots of idiots out there. |