# Craigslist: Best thing to do in this situation?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craigslist-best-thing-to-do-in-this-situation/755506>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 24, 2016, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craigslist-best-thing-to-do-in-this-situation/755506 "2016-05-24T00:45:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Brodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cc9497/32.png) [@Brodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brodi)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2016, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craigslist-best-thing-to-do-in-this-situation/755506/1 "2016-05-24T00:45:34Z")

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I have some livestock for sale on Craigslist right now. I put the ad up last night and have had 10+ people respond. One guy was super insistent (I want it! Can I come out this minute/this hour/today) and I told him he could come out tommorow, but that it was first come, first serve.

This afternoon a more promising candidate has appeared. They will be here in an hour. They have experiance with the species and I have a better feeling about them then I do about Insistent Man. Note: No many has changed hands.

How do I tell Insistant Man that the goats are gone without sounding like a jerk?

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2016, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craigslist-best-thing-to-do-in-this-situation/755506/2 "2016-05-24T00:47:35Z")

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Just tell him you’re sorry, but you couldn’t do it yesterday, and somebody else beat him to it today.

The real problem is if he shows up first. 🙂