Even if I want to get rid of something for nothing, I'll put it up for a fiver.
The number of fucking idiots that come out of the woodwork rises exponentially when you list it for free, proper unreasonable or a ludicrous false sense of entitlement.
I'll wait until someone wants it, offers to pay, and tell them to keep it and put it in a charity box on their way home or some shit. Saves a lot of hassle.
I just put stuff at the end of the driveway with a $20 sign on it.
Someone will come 'steal' it in under an hour.
I just donate things to thrift stores. I can't be bothered to sell anything. I did enough customer service jobs when I was younger to know that I have zero patience for customers.
- "$10"
- "But the sign said $5"
- "Then why did you ask?"
"You didn't believe it before, why do you now?"
Like every tech support forum, email, or phone call ever.
List a complete description of all information regarding the issue. List correct OS version, firmware, etc. List all attempts at correcting issue based on standard and deeper steps (i.e. power on/off, resets, reinstalls, checking connections, etc.)
Tech help proceeds to disregard everything you just relayed and asks for the same things you just did. Or just tells you to nuke it all and wipe everything you’re trying to save.
Sorry bud, you’re one of the good ones that needs to suffer because of the actions of many. Everybody on our service desk is taught “trust but verify”.
The approach isn’t meant to upset people like your good self, but you’re such an insignificant statistic that it’s worth pissing you off to catch the 90% who claim to have done all those things and haven’t.
I don't do IT, I troubleshoot aviation electrical and avionics systems, and the practice still holds true. "Why are you checking what I already verified?" "Just trying to make sure I'm on the same page as you. It helps me in my own weird way" is a great way to defuse their agitation sometimes.
This does not always stand true. Try contacting Shudder for help with your account. Dumbest fucking non email reading fucks I've ever dealt with
IT support is broken. MSPs that promise everything and deliver nothing but closed tickets with no resolutions.
Is it still available?
Me: yes, it's still available Them: never to be heard from again
Me: no, sorry I just sold it to someone else.
Them: I'll come pick it up in half an hour.To be fair, this one is common on Facebook because it's the stupid top auto reply thing that is way too easy to fat finger when browsing listings
It nice to hear from you.well am pretty okay with your asking price but i just need some re assurance on the condition,am buying it as a gift for my son in United Kingdom so can you accept paypal as a mode of payment and i will add $90 for shipping,i will have do it local transaction but i am out of town presently..so you can get me back with your paypal email account so i can pay now.hope to hear from you soon.kindly text back ASAP
tbf, people often don't take down their ads after a sale
They're functionally illiterate and are embarrassed to admit it or show it, very common
Sheesh, I didn't even think of that.
“All the information is on the task”
price firm
I will give you $2, cash
+$5 per stupid-ass question
Dude should consider becoming a lawyer.
To put the shoe on the other foot:
- "No time wasters" (You're wasting your own time writing this for your listing)
- "Bought for ¤x" (You think your item is worth more than it is and will be a pain in the arse about it)
Lol
I had an old time country friend of mine ... he lived out in the country in a farming area surrounded by farms. The kind of guy that just loved to talk and talk and talk for hours on end if you allowed him.
He said for fun when he ran out of people to talk to he'd go see some farmer he'd never met before who was selling something ... anything (including a $5 lamp) ... and ask them if they had an old time horse drawn manure spreader. He said most farmers like to talk because they're always bored or just want to delay having to go to work. Asking about horse drawn manure spreaders gets then to talk about the old times, good old days, memories of working with their fathers, what they have, what they built, where they're from and on and on and on.
My friends name was Jack and he was a pain in the ass because he could occupy your entire day talking about everything under the sun. He was fun for about an hour but beyond that, he probably wouldn't notice if the dried husk of your remains started to blow away.
Are you sure your friends name wasn't Colin Robinson?
$15
All the information is on the task
First thing that came mind.
I'm glad it wasn't just me.
I still don't know how tall it is
Maybe if he had like a price tag on the lamp, that guy wouldn’t have had to ask!
I don't know why people think you are being serious, especially about a comic lol.
You must be the idiot from the cartoon. Cuz there’s a tag hanging from it.
Thats, the joke. Not only in my comment, but the cartoon…
Is this still available?
I always start with that, but add my questions right away ("Is this still available? If so, bla bla bla")
Because there is a decent chunk of people forgetting to mark the listing as sold.
Or worse.
Look at this lamp in mint condition! Only $5! Hardly used! Brings you luck and win the lottery that's why I don't need it anymore! Oh, and it's gone! Sold! No longer available, you idiot! I just keep the listing as a sweet memory! HAHAHAHA!
That's just a conversion starter
Yes, are you interested?
I literally had this happen multiple times working as a vendor at sci-fi cons in the 1990s. Our prices would literally be right there and people would point to each one and ask how much it was. And my boss wouldn't let me tell them that the prices are right there and point to where the prices were because my boss was a dumbass. In so many ways.
The thing is, for about 50% of those people you could talk to them like they were three years old and they'd be glad someone was communicating on their level for a change. The other 50% would think you're the idiot. But they still would read the sign.
why is he not answering questions when he is sitting selling stuff at a table? Honestly I did craigs list and if someone asked me a question where the information is in the post I just would not respond. I figure they would be more trouble than their worth.
- Does this work with a UK plug socket?
- Do you offer shipping?
- When could I go and pick it up?
- Do you have any other matching lamps/etc?
- What types of light bulbs does it use?
- Does it still have manufacturer's warranty?
I know this is only a comic... but he's answering questions, just not the ones in the post!!
I get what your saying but if your sitting at a place it takes longer to say ready the sign than five dollars
And then when those same people sell their stuff…
Lamp 4 sel.
“What color is it?”
“It’s a fucking lamp. Do u want it r not?!?!?”
Computer for sell.
Still available?
Sure.
Can I pick it up tomorrow?
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the sign sucks.
why is the price off to one side, and in a different color from the rest of the information?
the reason I ask questions is because the people who disseminate information are often idiots and can't be concise.
Also it's possible some of that information has changed and the lister forgot to update the sign. It's $6.00 now and you'll have to go to the ATM.
Always ask. Don't be embarrassed by these waspy self-obsessed losers (the people who spread the kinds of messages in the artwork). Their behavior is what's wrong here, not yours.
"Will you take Venmo? I need to send my brother to pick it up."
It's good, buuuut... I wish you were selling something to light up my desk.
$20
This is why instead of selling stuff of a close loved one who died sucks hard in the ass dealing with the public who want to take up your grieving time with being this stupid. Just call a junk removal and get on with your life
What a big fat stupid idiot
