In reply to peanutpckrupper :
I absolutely hate the "Is this available?" Automatic message. I wish Facebook would get rid of it.
1. It makes people message with no thought and usually no follow up.
2. You can hit it accidentally. I've done it and usually try to follow up that I hit it accidentally. It's on the same side as the save, and also the side I slide to scroll.
Just WTF are shops doing? This is four separate orders for the same car.
stanger_mussle (Supported by GRM undergarments) said:In reply to Toyman!, wae and Appleseed :
I always try to treat them with respect and politeness.
That is until they give me a reason not to.
If you can't read and follow the sign hanging from the doorbell button that says, "No Solicitation," I have no respect for you. It doesn't say, "Some Solicitation." It says No. I will treat you like E36 M3 in the hopes that you will quit your job crying tears of anguish.
You guys answer unexpected doorbell rings without being naked and armed?
In reply to peanutpckrupper :
honestly, the last time i listed something for sale I debated even going to the trouble of adding a description because people don't read it anyways.
In reply to budget_bandit :
The last time I sold something on MP I gave an appropriately detailed description with all the pertinent information, some important things noted twice. At the end of the ad I put:
I will only answer two questions, what is your address, and when can I pick it up?
Every single response asked only those two questions. I will definitely continue to do that
I'm with Peabody. If the responses were can I come look at it, I'd be game to list stuff. When they start asking what color a red car is or how fast it can go, I'm done with the BS. I'd rather burn it to the ground or give it away than subject myself to the stupidity that is Marketplace.
Hence the two basically free cars I listed here a month or so back.
I just had a wholesale customer ask me if they could return parts over the phone.
Since I did not send them to you over the phone, no.
I just had a wholesale customer ask me if they could return parts over the phone.
Since I did not send them to you over the phone, no.
In reply to Toyman! :
On Friday I'm driving 4 hours round trip to buy a set of wheels for a good price.
I've been trying to sell the rear bumper from my totaled Touareg. One person about the same distance as the wheels for me in PA wanted me to ship the bumper. And he has family in CT but no one wanted to pick it up for him. Even tried to offer to drop it off on my way to VA. Nothing.
Another person in Yonkers. I offered to meet halfway. "Yeah I'll let you know a day" Ghosted. Reach back out. Yeah I'm interested but insurance might total my Touareg. This was like three weeks after the initial contact. My Touareg got totaled by insurance after 3 days.
I removed the reflectors and tow hook covers yesterday to try listing on eBay and cut up the bumper.
In reply to Peabody :
I've tried being direct like that before and have had no luck. I can't even ignore the "Is this still available" messages here because that's about all anyone starts with.
I do ignore people that come out the gate asking for my best price CaSh like I'm going to bid against myself though.
In reply to budget_bandit :
I've only had it listed for two days and I'm seriously thinking about just keeping it.
peanutpckrupper said:I do ignore people that come out the gate asking for my best price CaSh like I'm going to bid against myself though.
"What's your lowest price?"
"Make me an offer."
Its one of the downsides of the internet becoming more and more accessible.
In reply to TravisTheHuman :
They never respond to that in my experience, so I just don't even bother.
Day 10ish (non-consecutively) for doing blue collar E36 M3 for white collar pay. Getting old. Reason I got out of it was not the pay.
At least my welds still look good?
Wow. VW/Audi can take this belt tensioner setup they put on their 2.0 engine and just cram it right up their ass.
In reply to peanutpckrupper :
To respond to the is this available message is an equally annoying, and equally quick and easy thumbs up on the right.
Toyman! said:I will treat you like E36 M3 in the hopes that you will quit your job crying tears of anguish.
I'm trying to think of a situation (barring the extreme) where I would treat someone like E36 M3, but I'm coming up blank.
Its just as easy to politely decline.
just received a new chinesium tool at work (plastic cable conduit cutter), and the instructions actually include a step for deburring the parts before assembly. I've never seen that before. At least it's nice they're not pretending it's high quality.
And for the record, there were many burrs that needed to be removed. One was even painted over
Wife got a new job last year and didn't think she'd stay long so she had the bare minimum withheld for federal tax!
💌
In reply to TravisTheHuman :
Selling the $3999 Civic or any car I'm clear on the listing that it's "cash only".
Dude offers me 1/2 price and mentions he will pay in cash. I'm old school - cash into my hand. Want to write me a check?
Boy howdy is technology grand! It's so convenient to order something from Amazon, they take 5 days and then deliver it to the next town, what a world we live in!
Yeah.....that was sarcasm. Amazon, delivery thru USPS sucks because I don't have a fireplace sized mailbox. UPS delivers to my door and I like buying things online that are delivered.....to my door. Wild I know
Anybody else ever think sometimes maybe they've lived too long?
Just me, I guess.
In reply to DarkMonohue :
Nah, but I guess I could be considered part of the "young old" at 44. I figure I got at least 20 more years to rough it through.
budget_bandit said:In reply to peanutpckrupper :
honestly, the last time i listed something for sale I debated even going to the trouble of adding a description because people don't read it anyways.
I usually finish the listening with "If you've read it this far, you are probably interested in what I'm selling. Please reply with banana in the title so I know you are."
It works surprisingly well.
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