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"Decay buys too many beaters" (decay) 02/13/2016 at 18:17 • Filed to: None

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Last line in my ad is “Asking $900 OBO - email or text if you’re interested. Please don’t call, it’s 2016.” Anyone want to guess the ratio of calls to texts and emails I’ve received?

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Clown Shoe Pilot > Decay buys too many beaters 02/13/2016 at 18:20

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Maybe that’s the secret. I prefer a phone call to a text message but “Calls Only - No Texts” seems to yield a ton of text messages for me to ignore.

Decay buys too many beaters > Clown Shoe Pilot 02/13/2016 at 18:22

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Maybe? I’ll have to try that next time

scoob > Decay buys too many beaters 02/13/2016 at 18:22

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Solution: From now on, make your listings say “Smoke signals, morse code, Pony Express ONLY!”

Decay buys too many beaters > scoob 02/13/2016 at 18:23

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Just answer the phone with, “this isn’t a smoke signal” and hang up.

RazoE > Decay buys too many beaters 02/13/2016 at 18:30

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I always put “I work long hours, so I PREFER texts, not calls”

Birddog > Decay buys too many beaters 02/13/2016 at 18:31

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I feel your pain. I have a Yukon and Pacifica out there now. I got a phone call at 3:30 am. THREE DAMN THIRTY!

I was really hoping the dick would show up today. But per CL standards only 1 in 86 replies are serious.

Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) > Decay buys too many beaters 02/13/2016 at 18:47

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Ah yes, the notoriously counter-intuitive CL crowd: you ask for texts/emails, you get all calls...you ask for calls only, you get tons of texts. Awesome.

Brickman > Decay buys too many beaters 02/13/2016 at 18:47

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2016: the year of no calling

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Decay buys too many beaters 02/13/2016 at 18:59

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What is it about 2016 that makes a phone call not a viable option

The frumious Bandersnatch! > Decay buys too many beaters 02/13/2016 at 19:22

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If texts had been invented first. Then 10-20 years later someone invented voice calls everyone would think voice calls were the greatest thing ever. No more slowly typing out a msg and waiting for a reply. You could just talk back and forth like a regular conversation. Crazy!

Urambo Tauro > Decay buys too many beaters 02/13/2016 at 19:46

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Make the price $1000, and state that the $900 pricing is offered to any interested parties who contact you via text.

Tohru > Decay buys too many beaters 02/13/2016 at 20:25

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Put in your ad “If you call me instead of email or text, I’ll hunt you down for sport and eat your heart.”

Decay buys too many beaters > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 02/13/2016 at 20:25

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There are only two people in my life who I communicate with through calling, both are over 65. I thought most people hated the generally disruptive nature of phone conversation.

Decay buys too many beaters > The frumious Bandersnatch! 02/13/2016 at 20:26

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I generally dislike the disruptive nature of phone conversation. If it want to actually talk to someone, I’m going to video call.

Decay buys too many beaters > Urambo Tauro 02/13/2016 at 20:27

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This is wonderful

TheRealBicycleBuck > Decay buys too many beaters 02/13/2016 at 23:15

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Had a similar issue. I posted my son’s old bike. Told the world to e-mail. Bonehead responds fifteen minutes after I posted asking me to call. Did I want to communicate by phone? NO!

brianbrannon > Decay buys too many beaters 02/13/2016 at 23:59

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Actual phone calls help weed out the scammers

Decay buys too many beaters > brianbrannon 02/14/2016 at 03:01

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This is true, and I always make sure to communicate verbally before meeting. Asking for texts only, at least initially, weeds out the people who obviously didn’t read the posting.