by "Frank Grimes" (FrankGrimes)
Published 03/07/2017 at 14:12
by "Frank Grimes" (FrankGrimes)
Published 03/07/2017 at 14:12
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STARS: 15
What is the freaking point? Is this some kind of juggalo cultural thing where you are too freaking lazy to type zeroes? NOONE THINKS YOU WANT ONLY $1 FOR YOUR CAR!
DONT LOWBALL ME BRO I KNOW WHAT I GOT SERIOUS BUYERS ONLY NO JOYRIDES ONLY DRIVE WIHT CASH IN HAND I KNO WHAT I GOTS!
I am going to have a mental breakdown now.
"SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie" (sidewaysondirt)
03/07/2017 at 14:15, STARS: 5
I usually offer to double their asking price when I see that.
"Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney" (braddelaparker)
03/07/2017 at 14:18, STARS: 3
I don’t mind those because they’re easy to filter out. What drives me nuts are the dealers who put the down payment amount or payment amount as the price (filter by owner only, easy enough to dodge), or people who put some random amount other than $1 as the price. Ultimately I just wind up setting like $300 as a floor and call it a day, helps get rid of most of that bologna.
"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
03/07/2017 at 14:22, STARS: 1
Is it true that Craigslist requires a dollar amount, even if you don’t have a set price, and want potential buyers to make an offer?
I remember someone saying that there was a valid reason like that or something.
"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats)
03/07/2017 at 14:24, STARS: 2
It’s less obnoxious and baity, so not as bad, but I really hate this thing people on Craigslist have started doing now where they just list the first three digits of a six-digit odometer reading. Just seeing “Mileage: 170" makes me want to punch faces.
"Frank Grimes" (FrankGrimes)
03/07/2017 at 14:24, STARS: 0
I dont know but most I have seen too lazy to put the full price have the price they want in the description.
"functionoverfashion" (functionoverfashion)
03/07/2017 at 14:25, STARS: 2
I DONT HAVE TO SELL JUST PUTTING OUT FEELER IF I DONT GET MY PRICE ILL JUST KEEP DRIVIN IT YO
"Brian, The Life of" (familycar)
03/07/2017 at 14:26, STARS: 2
I frequently ask if they’ll consider $.85
"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee)
03/07/2017 at 14:29, STARS: 0
Legit classics for sale tend to omit the zeros too. You’ll see “1971 Mustang $18" and what they really mean is $18,000.
"Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street." (demon-xanth)
03/07/2017 at 14:30, STARS: 1
It’s so when you search for a car for under $500, their $29,500 2004 Camry shows up. Just like how I can go on ebay and find stuff like this listed as “Fits: Corvair”
"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
03/07/2017 at 14:34, STARS: 1
Yeah, I see some ads without prices anywhere, not even in the description. If CL ever required the seller to enter a price, that must not be the case anymore.
So, as far as I’m concerned, $1 means $1, and they deserve all the trolling they get.
"Stapleface" (patrickgruden)
03/07/2017 at 14:34, STARS: 0
And this is why I put some arbitrary number in a search. Like I’ll search for cars between $31 and $1000. This eliminates all of that $1 garbage.
"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
03/07/2017 at 14:36, STARS: 1
I just saw an ad that claims that the car has “hundred 35,000 miles on it”.
"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
03/07/2017 at 14:36, STARS: 6
Worse is when you set a price limit above $1 to weed those out, and you get the tards asking “$35" for the car that they want $35,000 for.
"Ash78, voting early and often" (ash78)
03/07/2017 at 14:37, STARS: 0
No, what you do is show up in person with 85 cents in your pocket, then claim (truthfully) it’s all you have. Then you threaten to walk.
"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats)
03/07/2017 at 14:43, STARS: 0
So 3,500,00 miles? Was it a Hilux?
"Frank Grimes" (FrankGrimes)
03/07/2017 at 14:43, STARS: 0
It is so prevalent there must be some reason but suspect the reason is either too many drugs or mental health problems.
"CalzoneGolem" (calzonegolem)
03/07/2017 at 14:45, STARS: 0
I put $2 as my min price.
"Spasoje" (Spasoje)
03/07/2017 at 14:48, STARS: 0
IIRC, the only legitimate $1 ads are when you are selling more than one item in the same ad, and when you don’t have a set price to begin with...but otherwise, I agree lol
"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
03/07/2017 at 14:53, STARS: 2
I think its Monkey See Monkey Do syndrome. Like covering the license plate with your thumb.
"MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner" (montegoman562)
03/07/2017 at 14:56, STARS: 0
I see this frequently with the monthly payment from crap dealers.
Car price is $249 so when you set your price requirements at 100 bucks to get rid of the idiots, bam there they are again.
"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
03/07/2017 at 15:00, STARS: 0
"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
03/07/2017 at 15:04, STARS: 0
It was a 4-door “coupe” HHR in “like new” condition with a rebuilt title:
https://detroit.craigslist.org/wyn/cto/6033703054.html
"benjrblant" (benjblant)
03/07/2017 at 15:08, STARS: 0
I’ve emailed a few of them and said I’d happily pay $1 for their ___.
Never seem to get a reply... hm.
"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats)
03/07/2017 at 15:10, STARS: 1
Correction: It’s a 2007 2007 HER.
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
03/07/2017 at 15:17, STARS: 0
I freaking hate that. I now set a $200 minimum on my searches.
"CalzoneGolem" (calzonegolem)
03/07/2017 at 15:20, STARS: 0
Sold.
"Blind Willie Tyresmoke Namington IV" (sal-man)
03/07/2017 at 15:21, STARS: 0
Zero isn’t a number so no need to write it, everybody knows that
"Aremmes" (aremmes)
03/07/2017 at 15:23, STARS: 0
I’ve seen lots of CL ads (cars and not) without set prices. When you search for a price range greater than zero they get filtered out as if they had their prices set to zero.
Setting it to $1 often means that the seller wants to collect bids. Anything higher means that the seller is too lazy to write out the entire value (e.g., $2 instead of $2000).
"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
03/07/2017 at 15:33, STARS: 0
TBH, I’d never even thought about using Craigslist to auction an item.
But when I try to think about how that would work, I keep coming back to the fact that listing the item for $1 is still misleading.
"Aremmes" (aremmes)
03/07/2017 at 15:38, STARS: 0
Yes, it’s misleading, but people either don’t know, don’t care, or do it deliberately.
"CobraJoe" (cobrajoe)
03/07/2017 at 15:52, STARS: 0
There was a kid on the local Honda classified facebook group who had 2 Del Sols to sell, he listed them for $4k and got roasted so bad I got sunburn just looking at it.
He eventually dropped the listing price to $3k, but it still was a “make one good car out of 2 cars” situation and $3k is still far too much for even one not-perfect Del Sol.
"just-a-scratch" (just-a-scratch)
03/07/2017 at 16:34, STARS: 0
Somehow this makes me want to put something up for sale at $1 where the only accepted forms of payment are steel US pennies, buffalo nickels, and/or 50 cent pieces minted in 1980.
"StudyStudyStudy" (jesterjin)
03/07/2017 at 16:37, STARS: 0
Gah, so true. Give out your asking price, let’s freaking negotiate. Having to start from scratch is annoying. That and over tagging your post
Stock Honda civic for sale $1
I know what I got don’t lowball me
No trades
Supra, 2jz, rx7, gtr, skyline, range rover, bmw, turbo, yacht, garage, grandma, rabbit....
"19JRC99" (19jrc99)
03/07/2017 at 19:05, STARS: 0
I did this when searching for the Bronco. Craigslist required me to put a price. If I could have left it blank, I would have. It wouldn’t let me.
"Spasoje" (Spasoje)
03/07/2017 at 19:33, STARS: 1
From a marketing standpoint, he should have listed them at “$1" and then put individual prices for each!
"Justino6969" (justino6969)
03/08/2017 at 12:47, STARS: 0
This is why when I do a Craigslist search, I always set the minimum price range to something like $100
"dogisbadob" (dogisbadob)
03/11/2017 at 21:41, STARS: 0
Flag them :)
You can also offer them the listed price :p