OT - Craigslist Vent - What Happened To Being Polite?

DerbyDad03 · 2016-10-02T14:56:54+00:00

I have an item listed on Craigslist. It requires a van, truck or trailer to move, so I included local delivery in the posting. I included a detailed description and enough pictures for anyone to understand exactly what I was selling. A lady calls me, says she is very interested, so we arrange for me to deliver it on Saturday. I call her before I leave the house, she says she is out at the moment but will be home before I get there. I get to her house...no one home. I call her and she says she will be home in 10 minutes. 20 minutes later I call her again and get no answer. I went home and never heard from her again. A couple of days later a guy sends me an email asking if the item is still available. I say "Yes" and he responds with "How low are you willing to go?" I reply "I'm sure we can come to an agreeable price, please give me a call." Crickets. No response, no phone call, no more emails. Next, a guy calls me and asked if it's still available. When I tell him it is, he says "OK, I just saw your ad, let me show it to my wife and I'll get back to you later. I don't hear from him so I call him back the next day at 10AM and he says "My wife is still thinking about it. I'll call you by 1PM. In the meantime, somebody else called and I told him that he is next on the list, I was just waiting to hear back from someone else. I was trying to be fair. He was very polite, said he was very interested and to let him know if the other guy backs out. Well, 1PM comes and goes, I haven't heard back from the other guy, so I text the latest person and tell him that it's his if he still wants it. Every other text to him was answered within minutes. This time, hours go by with no response. Earlier this morning I texted him again and once again, crickets. Nothing. What is it with some people? If you change your mind, fine. I get that. I've looked at items that thought I was interested in and then decided I didn't want it, but I always let the seller know. I've now got 4...

Oct 02, 2016 49 Replies

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Ameri-Clean 10 years ago

Same here. I run help wanted ads on CL for my commercial cleaning business. For my current ad I have 9 email responses (not counting those so far away they would spend more for gas than they would earn). Of the 9, two actuall y picked up when I called; one of the two said he would call back but didn' t. I left messages with the other 7 but got no callback. At least two had r esponded to previous ads but did not return my calls. I think people like t o apply for jobs but don't really want to work.

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Ed Pawlowski 10 years ago

Another example why you should check out the local appliance store that cares about customers.

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Wade Garrett 10 years ago

In fact that's what we ended up doing after visiting two other big box retailers.

One of them used the same delivery company as Lowe's so that was a knockout.

At the other store, we initially were greeted by a newly hired totally hot sales babe who unfortunately knew next to nothing about appliances. Nice guy that I am, I was willing to work with her for a while and educate her, but my wife asked the department manager for someone "with a little more experience".

We were handed off to a slimy, know-it-all sales weasel and so we just gave up and left.

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thekmanrocks 10 years ago

DerbyDad, Wade:

You two represent 1/10 C-list users who have had smooth experiences on there. I won't touch the thing after what I've read and heard in the news.

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Dean Hoffman 10 years ago

What's different about C-List than normal ads in the newspapers if anything?

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Wade Garrett 10 years ago

Hey, don't confuse this dyed-in-the-wool rumor-follower and emotional decision maker with any facts. His head might explode.

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Meanie 10 years ago

Nothing other than the internet makes it much easier to communicate.

Even with the idiot sellers and buyers, though as ill mannered as many are, it's not a deal breaker for CL. If one learns how to deal with the rudeness, it's very tolerable, especially if they want to sell an item.

Anyone who thinks it's too much to tolerate has a serious case of pantywaditus.

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