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I’ve had great luck selling on Craigslist. Almost always have gotten my asking price even when I left room for negotiation. Only had a couple of chain yankers, people who pretended they wanted to meet but were flaky kept switching days, etc. trying to give you the runaround. I weed them out early saying you don’t really seem interested.
To everyone here-
I haven’t yet heard back from Marty Quanta Dolinger Marty.
He seems to e-mail every couple of days. Here we are two days later.
Besides being full of crazy…he’s forgotten how to spell his own name. One of them anyway.
Hello,
My name is Quanna. I’m the person that contacted you about the sewing machine. I’m hoping it’s still available. If so, please meet me at the QT, (Quick Trip), on Irvington, between Palo Verde and Campbell. They meet your requirement of being very public and having great video servailence. Please email me with a good time, hopefully tomorrow, to meet you. If tomorrow isn’t a good day, please let me know when would be a good time to meet. Thank you very much for your time and I look forward to seeing you soon. Sincerely, Quanna Dolinger
P. S. Just so you know, and are not caught unaware, I am a large man. I am 6’ 4" and I weight approx. 450 lbs. I have brown hair and eyes, & my hair is at least shoulder length. I just wanted to give you a description of myself, so that I don’t startle you when we meet.
That’s weird. I’d insist on a police station, unless you want to abandon the attempt. There’s still no real risk beyond some wasted time, but it’s up to you.
Well, I was tempted to tell him my sheriff husband would be tagging along with me, but I think I will tell him the sewing machine was sold. Although, I’m going to leave the ad up.
Is there a way to report or block these weirdos? What do you think about me telling him that it was sold?
There’s no way to block, maybe CL has an option to report. But I’m still not convinced he’s definitely a fake buyer – I’d still guess 50/50. Misspelling a name, even their own, is common for people who don’t type a lot (or don’t pay attention while they type). It just depends on how much you want to get the thing sold. If you really want to get it sold soon, then I’d reply by insisting on a police station, and then if he shows up with money, great. If he doesn’t want to show up, then move on. Doesn’t matter if you tell him it’s sold or just don’t reply.
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I appreciate your opinion and suggestions. I may be a bit of a cynic concerning my fellow man. He just seems like a big fake and kind of scary. He misspelled his own name not once, but twice, and he has changed his name three or four times now. I really want to sell the machine, just not to this guy. I think CL only has a report button for phishing.
Sorry to keep this going, but I saw another e-mail I missed.
This is the one upthread that was in my focused e-mail section…
Today (Dec 14) at 5:18 a.m.
Hello,
My name is Quanna. I’m the person that contacted you about the sewing machine. I’m hoping it’s still available. If so, please meet me at the QT, (Quick Trip), on Irvington, between Palo Verde and Campbell. They meet your requirement of being very public and having great video servailence. Please email me with a good time, hopefully tomorrow, to meet you. If tomorrow isn’t a good day, please let me know when would be a good time to meet. Thank you very much for your time and I look forward to seeing you soon. Sincerely, Quanna Dolinger
P. S. Just so you know, and are not caught unaware, I am a large man. I am 6’ 4" and I weight approx. 450 lbs. I have brown hair and eyes, & my hair is at least shoulder length. I just wanted to give you a description of myself, so that I don’t startle you when we meet.
I’m not sure why some of his/her e-mails go to my “focused” section and others to my “other” section?
I just saw this one in my “other” section. I didn’t check that section earlier. Focused is my default.
Today (Dec 14) at 6:54 a.m.
Hello,
I am the person who has sent you the emails about buying your sewing machine. I assure I am not trying to hassle you, or mess with your mind!!! I am a little absent minded, but I assure you I am sincere about buying your sewing machine. The last email I sent about meeting you today (WEDENSDAY) at QT ( Quick Trip) was a sincere and legitimate attempt to arrange a meet to buy the sewing machine. However if you don’t want to sell it to me, I will find another one somewhere else, ( or on craigslist again) to buy. Please except my apology for the misunderstanding. The email address was made up but my son, Quanta, and he really is trying to get the sewing machine for me for Christmas, because he knows I’ve been wanting one for quit some time.
Just for your information, though, O am a 54 year old, handicapped woman and I was very insulted by your post on craigslist. However that has not made me not still want the sewing machine. So maybe next time you sell something on craigslist, and someone contacts you to buy it, maybe you might be so quick to think someone is trying to pull a fast one on you. Please, don’t take what I’m saying wrong. I’m not trying to be rude or anything, it’s just I really was a little insulted by what you said. Pplrase have a nice day. And thank you for your time. Sincerely,
Marty a.k.a. Marlena
It seems like one person is pretending to be both people. I’m not sure why that last e-mail from them went to a different section of my e-mail. I think that is the only one that went there. I don’t think I would meet this person anywhere, not even at a police station.
How could they even know if my sewing machine works? It would have to be plugged in somewhere.
I actually think it is a mother and son using the same address. He’s not as literate as she is, and I can understand her taking offense, but I would just reply that I want to be safe because there are lots of stories of theft and worse. She’s likely on SSD, a limited income and her son looks after her. The names Quanna (or Quannah, Quanta) actually ring true to me, the son just can’t spell and never learned to proofread because it isn’t important in his life. Perhaps someone else is typing the note for him.
I’m not telling you to make the sale, but I would probably bring a backup person for safety and try to make the sale.
At this point I’d give up on Marty/Marlena/Quanta.
I’ve had a lot less stress dropping old stuff off at Goodwill.
Based on the emails you’ve posted so far, if it were me, I’d agree to meet them as long as it was at a police station. I think it would be worth the risk of wasting time, because if they’re real, then I’d like to see them get the sewing machine. But then again, I am a kind of large male myself, and I sometimes use my free time for rather unproductive exercises, so I understand if many might be more cautious or prudent with their time.
Also, I hope you meet them so you can tell us how it turned out. Of course you should do whatever you feel comfortable doing.
Thank you everyone! I think I’ll sleep on it.
I agree with you, I think it’s too odd. I wouldn’t feel comfortable meeting him/her/them anywhere.
Thank you!