The intelligence of the average Craigslister is approximately equal to that of the average Youtube commenter; ie, on par with the garden snail. I have seen a number of ludicrous bargaining techniques from these people but the one I will discuss below is definitely the most humorous.
Several extreme lowballers with whom I have conversed have attempted to justify their lowballing because they would be "paying [me] in cash." As in, "I'll give you $30 for this item you have listed at $120 because I'm giving you cash."
Dumb Craigslisters, if you are reading this, pay attention. Your lowballing is not justified by your paying cash. Cash is the only form of payment I'll accept. I won't accept your check (I have no way of knowing if it's good or not) and I certainly won't accept a barter for something less fluid than cash.
When people send me emails like this, I simply respond that cash is the only form of payment I accept so their offer is stupid (I'm not always that blunt; it depends how I'm feeling that day). I usually won't even offer them a counter; I'll wait for them to make a second offer and then counter that so they're at the disadvantage.
Craigslist people make me angry sometimes.
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