Craigslist renegotiators

I guess I am going to be that guy. But if while negotiating before actually seeing it in person we agree on a price. But when I get there it turns out to not be as described there is no way I am going to pay the first price.
For example if your selling an engine, harness, and ecu listed for $1500 and we negotiate down to $1300. If when I get there and can actually look over the whole engine and not just the beauty shots. If I find broke exhaust manifold bolts, scouring in the cylinder walls, or sludge in the motor for example. There is no way I am going to pay $1300, maybe $800-$1000 if I dont immediately walk away.

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98_tj said:
I guess I am going to be that guy. But if while negotiating before actually seeing it in person we agree on a price. But when I get there it turns out to not be as described there is no way I am going to pay the first price.
For example if your selling an engine, harness, and ecu listed for $1500 and we negotiate down to $1300. If when I get there and can actually look over the whole engine and not just the beauty shots. If I find broke exhaust manifold bolts, scouring in the cylinder walls, or sludge in the motor for example. There is no way I am going to pay $1300, maybe $800-$1000 if I dont immediately walk away.

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To be that guy also,if you can see the scoring in the cylinders then that most likely means the heads are off of it and your buying a core engine in a box and it should be way cheaper than $800-$1000.
 
1-tonmudder said:
To be that guy also,if you can see the scoring in the cylinders then that most likely means the heads are off of it and your buying a core engine in a box and it should be way cheaper than $800-$1000.
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Bore scope, very cheap on Amazon and plugs into your phone.

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98_tj said:
I guess I am going to be that guy. But if while negotiating before actually seeing it in person we agree on a price. But when I get there it turns out to not be as described there is no way I am going to pay the first price.
For example if your selling an engine, harness, and ecu listed for $1500 and we negotiate down to $1300. If when I get there and can actually look over the whole engine and not just the beauty shots. If I find broke exhaust manifold bolts, scouring in the cylinder walls, or sludge in the motor for example. There is no way I am going to pay $1300, maybe $800-$1000 if I dont immediately walk away.

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If the item is not as described, I completely agree about renegotiating....

I try to undersell the item, so when the purchaser shows - they are usually pleasantly surprised with the condition, etc.

On an unrelated note, I finally sold that 5th camper - another party offered 20% less, but, get this, in cash! I was shocked @ my good fortune!

Sadly for them, someone paid my low price - all in cash, surprisingly. Apparently, outside of trades, a lot of people use this "cash" for private transactions.
 
If I offer someone a lower price on something, and they agree I prepare myself for said item to be 80% of what was advertised, if it is better great, if it is worse, then it was woefully misrepresented, and I typically walk away. My general rule is if I set my expectations low, and it still doesn't meet them, then the seller is probably hiding something that will bite me in the butt later.

I have jumped on what I thought were great deals for junk at a low price, only to find out I bought scrap at a horrible price.
 
When I finally sold my old dirtbike, this kid decided he had to have it. I was only asking like $500 for it. Great riding bike, looked like shit. He only had $200 (kid was 14, told him Id meet, but he needed a parent with valid ID). He asked if Id take $200 plus some trades. Had a .22 rifle (his dad had to sell it to me, with a signed bill of sale), a decent bow, and some car audio stuff (that I dont know the first thing about. I just wanted to see it get used, and the kid seemed like hed put it to good use. Told him up front and in the ad, it needed a clutch cable.


We meet up, I unload and load the bike after he hands me the cash, and we load the trade items into my truck. We part ways and I go clean my new gun. He starts calling me that night wanting to know why he cant get the clutch to work. Told him, you have to put a new cable on it. He starts moaning and groaning that he gave me all his cash for the bike and it should have been in working order blah blah blah. I just started ignoring him.

After like a week, the kid starts sending threats saying him and his "crew" know where I live and are gonna come F me up (he lived over an hour away) if I fix it or take it back. I just continued to ignore, and forwarded the messages to my good pal, the sheriff. Sold all but the rifle for another $200.
 
JSJJ388 said:
When I finally sold my old dirtbike, this kid decided he had to have it. I was only asking like $500 for it. Great riding bike, looked like shit. He only had $200 (kid was 14, told him Id meet, but he needed a parent with valid ID). He asked if Id take $200 plus some trades. Had a .22 rifle (his dad had to sell it to me, with a signed bill of sale), a decent bow, and some car audio stuff (that I dont know the first thing about. I just wanted to see it get used, and the kid seemed like hed put it to good use. Told him up front and in the ad, it needed a clutch cable.


We meet up, I unload and load the bike after he hands me the cash, and we load the trade items into my truck. We part ways and I go clean my new gun. He starts calling me that night wanting to know why he cant get the clutch to work. Told him, you have to put a new cable on it. He starts moaning and groaning that he gave me all his cash for the bike and it should have been in working order blah blah blah. I just started ignoring him.

After like a week, the kid starts sending threats saying him and his "crew" know where I live and are gonna come F me up (he lived over an hour away) if I fix it or take it back. I just continued to ignore, and forwarded the messages to my good pal, the sheriff. Sold all but the rifle for another $200.
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I've started making it a point to snap a screenshot of the ad on CL before taking it down after a sale, just so I have a record of what was posted.
 
RatLabGuy said:
I've started making it a point to snap a screenshot of the ad on CL before taking it down after a sale, just so I have a record of what was posted.
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I do that when I buy items as well. I went to look at a reefer trailer and the guy tried telling me he had it listed for $500 more than I remembered. He backed down when I showed him the screenshot. In his defense, he had changed the price a few times since the ad was originally put up so maybe he forgot his latest price drop.
 
Had one try today. She messaged me and asked about a push mower I had for sale. She offered $25 less than what I was asking. I never agreed to it and didn't respond. Then later she asked if she could come by and pick it up. I said sure. She shows up and hands me $150....

Uh no. Sorry ma'am but I never agreed to that. Uh, uh, uh....I've got more money. Good, thanks.
 
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