George And Steve Do Craigslist

Til I met George, I was not a Craigslist user. I had heard of it but never used it. Then George came along and taught me all I ever needed to know and then some. He's an expert Craigslist user. He knows all the rules and more importantly, he follows them. He's awesome like that!

I started using Craigslist because of him intermittently. Pretty much only if I just need to sell something. If I buy anything it's usually with George. This past week I sold 2 refrigerators and I swear it was an exercise in patience. Both of the fridges were in great condition, really nice and very clean. Well worth the money I was asking for them.

It seemed like getting responses to the ad was easy. getting anyone to actually show up....uhhhhh...not so much. Why is that? Do most people take the time to write an email, make a call, tell someone they are on their way to see the item knowing they will never show up? isn't that kind of....well.......stupid?

I don't know about anyone else, but I have other things to do. So if I am answering the phone or emails for people who are just rude and have no intention of showing up, i'm wasting time. It happens to George a lot too of course, which is part of the reason I was selling the refrigerators instead of him. I work from home, he does not. So it's easier for me to sit around and wait than it is for him. Which is fine with me, I just don't understand stupid people. Maybe they're just bored and have nothing better to do? maybe it's their version of window shopping? They know they can't buy it but it makes them feel good to pretend they can?

This week, I had 7 no shows, 2 people who had to call several times for directions even though they wrote them down the first time supposedly and more than I can count who couldn't speak English. Being that the ad was written in English, that kinda irked me a little. I think from now on, I'm going to include a link to Google maps and "No Habla Espanol" at the end of the ads lol. It won't stop the no shows, but it just might take a little of the frustration out the next time I decide to sell something.

"Steve"