Am I Missing Something? (Craigslist Rage)

[Lollies]

So for about the 4th time in a week or so I've gotten an angry response from an e-mail I've replied to from an item I'm selling on Craigslist.

Maybe you guys can see something I'm missing.

Here's the convo (Read from Bottom to top):

Congrats I guess? I'm glad you found something to your liking, not sure why your trying to rub it in my face like I care. I didn't say it was worth 250$, I give you a link with the tech specs for your questions... I agree 530$ is a ridiculous price, which is more than any 400 series except maybe certain 480’s. And again yes, you're correct it is better, I wouldn't say a ton but yes it is newer therefore has newer tech which is labeled as better. I wouldn't make accusations on a small amount of information...if that is what you are trying to do. I’m not religious either...I don't admire blatant rudeness so please do not e-mail me again.

Thanks

----- Original Message -----
From: some Guy
To: Me
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 2:45 PM
Subject: RE: 9800 gx2 ... very interested!


kk, well I am buying an MSI 9800 gx2 for $120, so I will pass then, thanks though! o and lol, its not even worth $250 if it was new, or $530 hahaha might as well buy a gtx 480 which is a tonnnnn better and has dx11!!! maybe you shouldnt rip off people if thats what you are trying to do! Jesus loves you

From: Me
To: Somedude
Subject: Re: 9800 gx2 ... very interested!
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:39:21 -0700

Hi,

Thank you for your interest but I don't think I could take anything below 140$.
You should find the info you seek @ this link. eVGA e-GeForce 9800 GX2 Graphics adapter - 1 GB - GDDR3 SDRAM#

----- Original Message -----
From: A GUY
To: Me
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 2:17 PM
Subject: 9800 gx2 ... very interested!


My name is **** and I was interested in your 9800 GX2! What size of 2 pin power lugs does it take? Also could i get some pics? would you consider anything below $140? Thanks a lot!

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[PooMan UK]

pal I don't want to get off topic but your email address is showing in the links. I would suggest changing it otherwise you could be pretty open to mass spam abuse

 

[Lemur]

I have never dealt with Craig's List. If that's how people are, I'm better off keeping away.

 

[Lollies]

pal I don't want to get off topic but your email address is showing in the links. I would suggest changing it otherwise you could be pretty open to mass spam abuse

Thanks, I changed the names but forgot about the hyperlinks .

 

[Lollies]

I have never dealt with Craig's List. If that's how people are, I'm better off keeping away.

I've never bought anything off craigslist but I've asked about items and have gotten replys like that but I don't run around like a little girl going nah nah nah nah nah, figuratively speaking of course.

 

[thefabe]

Ebay somewhat recently bought I think somewhere around 25% of Craig's list. craigslist | about > press > ebay stake And of course a law suit has come from it. eBay, Craigslist Battle For Control In Court
Just thought I'd through this in.
It's sorry to read your post but like I've always said, whenever your in retail or sales "Their all out Their"
From one end of the spectrum to the other. Real people to the Sociopaths. Fabe

 

[Lollies]

Ebay somewhat recently bought I think somwewhre around 25% of Craigs list. craigslist | about > press > ebay stake And of course a law suit has come from it. eBay, Craigslist Battle For Control In Court

Ebay takes so much commission, listing fees, final value fees, transaction fee (PayPal). Sell something for 5 bucks you end up with 3.29 or something along those lines.

It's sorry to read your post but like I've always said, whenever your in retail or sales "Their all out Their"
From one end of the spectrum to the other. Real people to the Sociopaths. Fabe

Seeing as I had my first "real" job this summer I ran into some seriously rude people and the staff would always talk about who they happen to get to deal with, which isn't the most respectable thing to to but neither is being rude.

I just don't get why people wanna pick fights over craigslist, I mean srsly? Xbox Live is a breeding ground for that kinda stuff. I've always been told that I'm a sensitive person and I respect and can understand peoples views most the time but picking a fight over Craigslist? I mean really? Can you not fight people with people in real life or something? I don't get it and I probably never will.

 

[smarteyeball]

Jesus loves you

The fact that this completely irrelevant comment has been tacked on to the end automatically places this person in the crackpot category.


GIFTed Keyboard warriors are just part of everyday internet life.

 

[Lollies]

Get another e-mail from him again...
"god loves you! lol... its not worth much dude... peace! o sorry i am emaling u back!!!"
I really wanna respond but again, that will just escalate things...

 

[pparks1]

Yeah, good ole Craig's list. I've only tried to use it a couple of times to sell things in the past and it was always a nightmare.

Sometimes people are super interested and talk your ear off, when it comes time to getting it shipped to them....they disappear never to be heard from again.

Other times, I swear the same person opens about 5 accounts and then when they bid on something and then bolt, they come along with the second account and try to talk you down. For example, you list an item for $200. First person offers you $200 and drags it out. Later bails. Now, somebody comes along and offers you $175. So, out of frustration, you start talking to that person and they disappear. Then, you get somebody offering $125 and you figure...well, I do want to get rid of this..so maybe I should just take it.

Lastly, you get scammed. This happened to me just this week

I posted an item for work. Within 3 hours, I got 3 responses. First guy said he wanted it, agreed to price, said he was sending me a check immediately, please pull the listing, and consider it sold. He would swing by after his honeymoon and pick up the device. A few days go by and I don't hear anything. I email him back..wait a few more days...nothing. Finally today I get to work and i have a check overnight from UPS on my desk.

The check is for 2.5 times the price of the item. The guy wants me to just cash it and then money gram or wire his shipper the difference since his secretary screwed up. I refuse his check via email and he assures me that everything is good, the check is 100% legit and says "please just cash it".. He assures me it will clear and I will have the money. The guy pleads with me to just cash the check because he claims it's a special check that cannot be canceled and he is out the money even if I don't cash it. He emails again, and says that he will "kill his secretary for making this mistake" if he is out his $4,600.

I call the company whom the check is drawn against...yep sure enough...it's not them....their identity was compromised and people are sending out bogus checks using their name, their logos and their presidents name on them.


I always say I don't use eBay and such because I just don't trust people and it's stuff like the transaction above which makes me feel this way.

 

[Lollies]

Yeah, good ole Craig's list. I've only tried to use it a couple of times to sell things in the past and it was always a nightmare.

Sometimes people are super interested and talk your ear off, when it comes time to getting it shipped to them....they disappear never to be heard from again.

Other times, I swear the same person opens about 5 accounts and then when they bid on something and then bolt, they come along with the second account and try to talk you down. For example, you list an item for $200. First person offers you $200 and drags it out. Later bails. Now, somebody comes along and offers you $175. So, out of frustration, you start talking to that person and they disappear. Then, you get somebody offering $125 and you figure...well, I do want to get rid of this..so maybe I should just take it.

Lastly, you get scammed. This happened to me just this week

I posted an item for work. Within 3 hours, I got 3 responses. First guy said he wanted it, agreed to price, said he was sending me a check immediately, please pull the listing, and consider it sold. He would swing by after his honeymoon and pick up the device. A few days go by and I don't hear anything. I email him back..wait a few more days...nothing. Finally today I get to work and i have a check overnight from UPS on my desk.

The check is for 2.5 times the price of the item. The guy wants me to just cash it and then money gram or wire his shipper the difference since his secretary screwed up. I refuse his check via email and he assures me that everything is good, the check is 100% legit and says "please just cash it".. He assures me it will clear and I will have the money. The guy pleads with me to just cash the check because he claims it's a special check that cannot be canceled and he is out the money even if I don't cash it. He emails again, and says that he will "kill his secretary for making this mistake" if he is out his $4,600.

I call the company whom the check is drawn against...yep sure enough...it's not them....their identity was compromised and people are sending out bogus checks using their name, their logos and their presidents name on them.


I always say I don't use eBay and such because I just don't trust people and it's stuff like the transaction above which makes me feel this way.

Yeah that pretty much sums up any site you try to sell stuff on. I'm trying to selling 30+ items and some people e-mail me saying that they want to come get it immediately then I never hear from them again. Or I simply do not accept the persons offer because it is too low and I know they will no like the counter offer so I say something along the lines of "No Thanks". And apparently the people do not take rejection well because I end up with some dude internet raging all over my e-mail.

I was selling my PS2 a while back and got an e-mail from "A charity for some part of Africa". I don't remember their official title but they wanted personal info to send the money "300$" plus shipping to me to be shipped to some random address in Africa. Checked the ip and it was in Japan or something like that.

I think its mainly that people don't like being rejected even though they know that someone is not going to sell something to them for the exactly price they want. I've probably sold 100+ items on Craigslist at this point and I have only met ONE person who has sent me an e-mail agreeing to the listed price but of course he later was never heard from again(That was this week).

 

[Everlong]

The check is for 2.5 times the price of the item. The guy wants me to just cash it and then money gram or wire his shipper the difference since his secretary screwed up. I refuse his check via email and he assures me that everything is good, the check is 100% legit and says "please just cash it".. He assures me it will clear and I will have the money. The guy pleads with me to just cash the check because he claims it's a special check that cannot be canceled and he is out the money even if I don't cash it. He emails again, and says that he will "kill his secretary for making this mistake" if he is out his $4,600.

I call the company whom the check is drawn against...yep sure enough...it's not them....their identity was compromised and people are sending out bogus checks using their name, their logos and their presidents name on them.

That's some pretty serious stuff.

 

[LittleMiss]

We never buy without checking on who we are buying from!

 

[smarteyeball]

Get another e-mail from him again...
"god loves you! lol... its not worth much dude... peace! o sorry i am emaling u back!!!"
I really wanna respond but again, that will just escalate things...

Definite crackpot.

Respond verbally to vent and then simply delete.

 

[Lollies]

Get another e-mail from him again...
"god loves you! lol... its not worth much dude... peace! o sorry i am emaling u back!!!"
I really wanna respond but again, that will just escalate things...

Definite crackpot.

Respond verbally to vent and then simply delete.

I do but then I just have to sit and wait for them to come up with some new crafty way for them to put me down which is completely unethical and incorrect. I ended this one with the following:

"Your entitled to your opinion, your now blocked, thanks."

I wanna be mature about it and not stoop to their level but at the same time I just wanna bust out the 3rd grade tactics cause its just another lingering thought in my head.

We never buy without checking on who we are buying from!

That, as always, is a good idea. I kinda feel like the craigslist community as a whole has a reputation on screwing people over so there is little to no trust. I take VERY good care of my stuff, I clean it regularly, and even keep the original boxes for when/if I resell it with the instructions and such(in most cases).

 

[joe7dust]

Looks like the kids are discovering the internet. Welcome!

By the way that cashier's check scam is as old as the hills. You will learn to recognize them instantly from only a few words of the title if you're smart.

Saw a documentary about this type of stuff about 5 years ago. Believe it or not some 90% of internet scams come from Nigeria. They have internet 'cafes' (room full of computers and guys sitting almost shoulder to shoulder) where they do nothing but try to scam americans.

And who can blame them? We have plenty of people stupid enough to fall for it.