My Craigslist ad said–do not text me.
They text me. I am buried in texts.
My Craigslist ad said–do not contact me at night.
They wake me up at 1 AM.
I say I can’t be at home in the morning–they curse a blue streak at me!
I swear the next time I am in this situation, I’m just gonna donate it to charity!
GODDAMMIT!:mad:
Carmax.
I have the opposite problem - I say “text or email” on all my Craigslist ads, and I still get turkeys calling me.
We sold ours to Carmax, and were extremely pleased with the entire process.
Get your money back from Craigslist.
What?
I’ve used Craigslist to sell boats. I only include contact information I want potential buyers to use (the email Crigslist provides). I set up an email folder and keep legitimate replies in it. If I call someone, I have my number blocked.
There are few honest charities that I’ve seen that take them.
Its more likely that you’ll find some bogus 503c that does business as “Cars for Vets” when in reality its “Cars To Grifter’s Fat Lazy Brother In Law’s Used Car Lot” with $5 a year sent to the VFW as their charitable contribution.
Like kayaker, I’ve never had a problem. Pretty easy to weed out the scams.
Does require patience, however.
Don’t buy a car on Craigslist.
And why, exactly, would that be? I have had great success finding and buying cars on Craigslist, including the one I currently drive.
ETA - Make that the last 3 of my daily driver cars. Got a great deal on each.
I’ve sold three vehicles through Craigslist with no problems. However they were all in the $3K-$5K range.
I’m selling another this summer but it will be more in the $20K range. Has anyone here sold something on Craigslist for a larger amount? Does it have it’s own problems. Like trying to find buyers who have $20K in cash?
Likewise I sold a car and bought a trailer on Craigslist. Selling the car was fun, as I was actually moving to China, and the car was listed at bluebook rather than inflated like the other listings, and so I looked like a bona fide scammer (if one could say a scammer is bona fide).
My favorite is when I put in the post, “If you are reading this, I still have it.”
Incoming text: “Do you still have it?”
I wash the car tomorrow (i hope), then take it to a parking lot at 10:30, to show it to several potential buyers.
I chose a Credit Union lot, where I have an account. They have cameras, JIC.
I’m SO SICK of this!
I waited around today for a buyer who promised to be here at 4PM.
No show.:smack:
It’s just this kind of nonsense that has led me to give away each car as it approached problematic old age.
I had an aging pickup truck slowly dying by my house and some old fellow came by and asked if I was selling it. I said no, but he gave me his card if I ever changed my mind.
Another year passed and I had driven the truck maybe 40 miles the whole year; it wouldn’t be worth fixing up. I remembered the old guy. I called him up and said “Well, your truck is here, when do you want to come and pick it up? It might not be running, but it’s yours for free.”
He was so happy, and it went to a good place—he has a landscaping business with several Ford Rangers and was going to use it as a parts vehicle.
It’s the only hassle-free way of dealing with old vehicles, in my opinion.
Craigslist is definitely annoying, but the trick is to just not open yourself up to things that will bother you. Assume that people cannot read and will do something dumb and annoying.
If you don’t want to get texts, don’t give out your phone number.
Never make plans to show the car except when you’re already going to be around anyway.
Don’t travel to others. They can come to you.
You’ll still have no-shows, but so what. You’re not put out.
I’ve several vehicles and lots of other stuff on Craigslist, and it takes a little while and maybe only half the people who say they want to see it actually show up. No big deal. Just don’t be in a hurry.
Donate your car to your local PBS affiliate … tax deductible !!!
Agreed. My current vehicle was bought on CL, and I got a good deal and a car that I’ve had for almost 2 years, with no major service issues.
I donated one to Colorado Public Radio a few years ago. I just went through the website, emailed them, left the door unlocked and the key and the signed title in the glove box. I didn’t even have to be there when they came and got it. Got a charitable deduction for it.
Yes, as the buyer in that situation I can confirm it’s a problem. I bought a cabin cruiser via craigslist last year. It was fairly expensive (imo, anyway) and past the 5 year age that banks will make a boat loan. After the marine surveyor appraised the value, I offered the seller 70% of that amount. He told me I was the only person with actual cash he’d encountered, and reluctantly accepted the offer.
To the OP, when I sell something expensive on Craigslist I get a burner phone for the number on the ad. If it’s inexpensive, I put it on the front lawn with a “Free to good home” sign.