Craigslist negotiating

[ZuZugal]

The only people I won't haggle with are the ones who put "firm" by their price.

I think everything is negotiable...within reason.

 

[windycitymom]

I to sell a fair amount of CL and I will never haggle via email. If you show up and wanna haggle I am all for it!

I have the total opposite view. I want to agree upon a price before we
meet. I would be ticked off if you said you want the item, and then I show up and you start to haggle. I would hold-out and see if anyone wants to pay full price. If not, I'd relist the item and drop the price if I wanted to sell it quickly. JMHO.

 

[hoffmann2828]

Craigslist is a crapshoot. When selling, I find I get TONS of people who respond with "I will take it" or "Sell cheaper?" or "ok 312-555-XXXX" and really weird bizarre responses. I automatically delete them. Sorry, if you can't speak proper English or speak in complete sentences, forget it.

As for pricing, I post a price I want to get and mark it FIRM. If people email for less, I just delete. But you know what? Most stuff sells within 2-3 days and for the price I want.

 

[SalandJeff]

YOu don't have to sell the $40. item for $5. after the person made his trip over to buy it.

No, you don't have to sell the item, but if I as the seller have arranged to meet you and sell for a certain price, you can bet that I am going to be really ticked if you don't buy it at that price. Now you have wasted my time, and possibly made me miss other buyers who were interested. I think it is fine to haggle via email or a phone call, but once the price is determined and you arrange to meet, the buyer should honor that.

 

[pommfrites]

I had a guy this past summer who was interested in some furniture I had and said he'd stop by. Hung out all day, standing upstairs when a car creeps by slows down, then leaves. Get a call 10 min later from the guy, telling me it was junk (it was pure maple), and I should pay him $10 for his time and gas for him to even come by! WTFudge??? Total nut.

 

[WendyLovesPeter]

just wondering (if you're willing) what types of things you sell on CL. I won't sell unless I can meet the buyer at a public spot. I don't want strangers at my house.

 

[C.Ann]

Dson-in-law sells quite a few items on CL every single week.. He lists the item for more than what he /we actually want - someone offers less - and he/we end up getting the exact amount that he/we originally wanted..

Haggling is perfectly acceptable on CL and I think someone would have to want something extremely bad to immediately pay the asking price right off the bat..

Just last night Dson-in-law received a phone call for a high ticket item he was selling.. He priced it higher than what he wanted, the "haggler" offered what the price that Dson-in-law actually wanted for it and an hour later, a meeting was arranged, and the item was sold and gone..

It's a great way to make money if you take the proper precautions - delete the wacky emails - make the proper arrangements for pick-up.. And best of all it's cold, hard cash in your hand - without anyone charging you fees or making a bogus claim to Paypal to get the item for free.. Much, much easier than eBay - and especially so if you are selling very large items..

It's also a great place to look for large items - that would cost an arm and a leg to be shipped if you purchased it on eBay - and rather than ending up in a bidding war, you just offer what you're willing to pay and that's that..

If make safety your top priority, it's a win-win for buyers and sellers alike..

 

[mikehn]

I dont bother with any emails. If someone really wants to buy, they will call you.

 

[dreamin_disney]

if you going to haggle then do it before you sacide to meet. I'd be very annoyed if i ws selling something for $20 and was told they'd wanted it and would meet to pick it up, then arrive and offer me less. To me thats rude!

If a person has price is firm dont bother haggling.