Should I sell my old snow tires/wheels to a...Blackberry user?

"Textured Soy Protein" (texturedsoyprotein) 11/05/2014 at 14:36 • Filed to: None

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Late last night, I !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! from my old Mazdaspeed 6 on craigslist, using my !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! of making a big long list of the cars that the wheels should fit on. I already have an interested buyer, but there's something about them that gives me pause.

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Here's the email I just got:

I was wondering if you still had the tires and wheels, would like to buy them.

Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE network.

A Blackberry? Really? I don't know if I trust this person to not murder me when they show up at my house to pick up the tires. Because only a sociopath would still use a Blackberry.

UPDATE: I just emailed the guy back to say I had them still, told him the general part of town where I live, and asked when he could come check them out. He replied that he lives in Green Bay. I'm in Madison. That's a 150 mile drive.

UPDATE 2: Per !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , I bumped my price up a bit, and the post was promptly flagged for removal. Maybe by the Blackberry user in question? Time to sit on it for a little bit then repost.

CalzoneGolem > Textured Soy Protein 11/05/2014 at 14:39

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What's wrong with a Blackberry? Sure it doesn't play Angry Birds as well as an iPhone. As a communication device they work.

ly2v8-Brian > Textured Soy Protein 11/05/2014 at 14:39

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Run, run fast and far.

TheLOUDMUSIC- Put it in H! > Textured Soy Protein 11/05/2014 at 14:40

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Wow, you are selling those for cheap. Just the tires around here go for that much.

ArmadaExpress drives a turbo outback > Textured Soy Protein 11/05/2014 at 14:41

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Or it could be a work issued device and that was the only option.

Svend > Textured Soy Protein 11/05/2014 at 14:41

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Ahem, and what is wrong with a Blackberry user exactly.

*a Blackberry user for five or so years here.

Textured Soy Protein > TheLOUDMUSIC- Put it in H! 11/05/2014 at 14:42

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Well, I figure I paid twice that much for the tires...in 2008. I got rid of the car I used them on in June 2013. So I just want to get them out of the garage. I did notice some other people have sets of wheels/tires posted for around $600. Maybe I should repost them at a higher number?

T5Killer > CalzoneGolem 11/05/2014 at 14:43

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I used a blackberry until last year. It worked great and was very tough compared to my current android phone. Heck I still use it when I go the junk yard or am working on a heavy car project so I don't damage my new phone

Textured Soy Protein > CalzoneGolem 11/05/2014 at 14:44

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Personally, I've never been much of a Blackberry fan. But mostly I'm just observing how they're so unpopular nowadays.

red014 > Textured Soy Protein 11/05/2014 at 14:45

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There's always a chance that they are using their work phone instead of their personal phone because they're afraid YOU might be the sociopath... You never know who you might meet on Craigslist.

CalzoneGolem > Textured Soy Protein 11/05/2014 at 14:45

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I'm not a fan but I don't get the hate. Then again I was a Palm user until recently.

CalzoneGolem > T5Killer 11/05/2014 at 14:46

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And have you murdered anyone?

Textured Soy Protein > CalzoneGolem 11/05/2014 at 14:47

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I was a Palm (and Handspring!) user. From like 1998 to 2002.

TheLOUDMUSIC- Put it in H! > Textured Soy Protein 11/05/2014 at 14:47

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New pics, different description, and yeah, $600 sounds right to me. That way they don't sound stolen.

CalzoneGolem > Textured Soy Protein 11/05/2014 at 14:49

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WebOS rules! They are finally shutting the servers down in January. Still the best mobile OS I've used.

Textured Soy Protein > TheLOUDMUSIC- Put it in H! 11/05/2014 at 14:51

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I think if anything I'd just change the price on the post I already went to the trouble of making.

AthomSfere > Textured Soy Protein 11/05/2014 at 15:08

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Could be worse... An iPhone user for example. Those people are creepy weird.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Textured Soy Protein 11/05/2014 at 15:11

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Blackberry users are unethical. No deal.

ACESandEIGHTS > Textured Soy Protein 11/05/2014 at 15:22

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I f'ing hate craigslist. So sketchy.

Kate's Dirty Sister > Textured Soy Protein 11/05/2014 at 15:33

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I'm a Blackberry Z30 user.

Consider yourself warned.

Don't fuck with me.

T5Killer > CalzoneGolem 11/05/2014 at 15:49

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not recently ;)

JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 > Textured Soy Protein 11/05/2014 at 21:29

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Hah... Well the Q10 and Z10 are both very good phones. I know two people, one with a Q10 and one with a Z10, and both haven't had a problem with either for nearly 2 years now. The keyboard is still nice to use, durability is a plus, security and basic features (keyboard, calling, layout) are the best and there are ways to get apps. They aren't fashionable in the U.S., but there are plenty of reasons to buy one. I hope they make it out of this rough patch, but it's improbable.

Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. > Textured Soy Protein 11/06/2014 at 20:47

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I'm a Blackberry User and i found this offensive..

I don't understand the hate behind them. They're pretty decent.

But Symbian. Burn them. Burn them twice if it's a 5800.

twochevrons > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. 11/11/2014 at 08:56

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Hey, lay off Symbian :p.

Well, actually, touchscreen Symbian was an abomination. But Symbian S60 was wonderful. I still used a Nokia N93 until last year.