It's hard to sell a car when you're terrified of people.

"TheOnelectronic" (theoneelectronic) 01/31/2014 at 18:41 • Filed to: None

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If my truck wasn't so specialized I'd just dump it off on some used car lot. The thought of trying to sell to another human being is terrifying. WHAT IF THEY'RE AN AXE MURDERER?

Brian Silvestro > TheOnelectronic 01/31/2014 at 18:41

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Because they usually are.

Milky > TheOnelectronic 01/31/2014 at 18:42

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Its easy when you are the axe murderer.

Just saying.

Jeff-God-of-Biscuits > TheOnelectronic 01/31/2014 at 18:48

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Squid > TheOnelectronic 01/31/2014 at 18:50

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That is why I only meet in a neutral public location and always have some form of defense available if needed. You run into a bunch of weirdos when you are trying to sell a vehicle.

When I was trying to sell my sisters '03 taco 4x4 with all the TRD bells and whistles we had some dude trying to lowball the hell out of us bringing an ad that was for a 4 cylinder 4x4 that was listed $4,000 cheaper and bitched about us wasting his time when all the pertinent information was written up in the ad. I even took the time to write a detailed ad with correct spelling and mostly correct grammar. I figured a better written ad would aid in the sale, it didn't and it took two separate tries in selling the truck, it was listed for about a month the first time and then she took it off the market and re-listed it about a month later and it took about two weeks to get it sold the second time. It sucked that when she sold it the 90 window of the smog cert lapsed by two days so it had to get smogged again. It really sucks when you have a vehicle that is desirable but no one wants to pay what it is worth.

Anon > TheOnelectronic 01/31/2014 at 18:53

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If there's one good thing that has come out of me being raised in the south, it's that I never meet a stranger. It's always fun when I go to New Orleans and start talking to random people on the trolley especially when I have my "sister" with me, who is the most introverted person on the planet.

Note: My "sister" is not actually my sister but the daughter of the DON at our hospice. As such she and I often attend the hospice conference in New Orleans and while our parents are in the conference we go wander around New Orleans.

desertdog5051 > TheOnelectronic 01/31/2014 at 18:56

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Bring it to me. I will sell it for you. 5% of sale price. I have a .45 Colt to hold off the murderers. No charge for that service.

N/A POWAAAHH > TheOnelectronic 01/31/2014 at 19:26

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Actually happened near toronto last year. I guy was selling his truck on craigs, when a dude came to look at it, then killed him and stole his truck, and I think a trailer

Reigntastic > TheOnelectronic 01/31/2014 at 19:49

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I didn't have a hard time selling one of my motorcycles over craigslist when I was in high school, but I'm pretty tall and was only willing to meet during the day in public.

awe46m3zcp > TheOnelectronic 01/31/2014 at 21:31

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You have higher probability of a cowoker killing you.

You could always sell it to Carmax for 20% less than its private party value.

Korea Miéville > TheOnelectronic 01/31/2014 at 21:34

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I hear you. I don't fear physical harm, but just the fact that you have no idea who's going to respond to your listing or show up at your meet. I lucked out when I bought my Mustang a few months ago, in that the seller turned out to be basically just a slightly younger, Caucasian version of myself, so we got on fairly well and I didn't feel any anxiety. But when facing these situations I always envision some weirdo or hustler. Next time I part with a car I imagine I'll just wuss out and trade it in, even if I get a crappy deal.

JasonStern911 > TheOnelectronic 01/31/2014 at 22:02

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Now, now. What are the odds of both of you being axe murderers? :)