Bought a new to me pickup early this spring, was left to sell my old one, put an ad on craigslist with some pictures and my phone number. Get some interst and here come the questions. Does it have any rust? Yep its a 94 with all the usual rust, I have replaced the box with a flatbed.....OH! they say we dont want any rust! Next call...How is the interior? Not bad, its a 94, its not torn up but, I shampooed the carpets but there is a stain around the floor mat on the drivers side cause I use it for a truck and that just happens. OH! they say we want something a little cleaner! Next call...How many miles? It got 90k on it...OH! we want something with LOW miles! Next call...How are the tires? Well the rear tires are new and the fronts will need replaced before winter. OH! we want something you dont have to do much to. Next call...What is your bottom dollar? I'm asking $1800, its worth at least half to part out and send to salvage, come take a look and make an offer. OH thats WAY more than we want to spend! ....Dont know what people expect, I try to represent it as it is and hope what comes around goes around, just sick of people wanting something for nothing and wanting to nit pick what I have. Got mad, pulled the ad, dropped the insurance down to liability and am going to drive it till it wont go no more! If the truck was as perfect as what they all wanted I would have never bought anything differant in the first place. OK done venting now!
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Kevin S SC
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Yep. Seems people on Craigslist are lonley and just want to talk. I love to talk but I am trying to sell things.
SouthernFarmall
Member
90,000 miles on a '94 is pretty low!
SF
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Anonymous-0
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I don't think we have a craigslist here but ebay has a free ad service that works about like the way you folks describe CL... I loose patience after the second mail from the same person and just tell em to bid on it thru the normal ebay..... We both work full time and have plenty of chores to do, freetime is a valuable asset not to be wasted on the telephone /answering emails....
I had a 1990 Olds 98 car. We had bought it when it was only two years old. It was the Sunday go to meeting car for years. Then when I remarried she used it to go to work as her car was newer. Then when the AC stopped working ten years ago I just started to drive it as a parts go getter car. I used it like a pickup. If it would fit in the trunk/back seat/roof it got hauled. This car had the good 3800 motor. it just ran great and got mid twenty fuel mileage even short hopping it.
Two years ago I decided to just quit driving it as I was not putting many miles on it. I advertised it for $500. It would have made someone a great work car. Every single person that called tried to get me to take $300-400 for the car. I told them all NO. I had $500 firm in the ad. Most wanted a new car for scrap price. Finally just forgot the ad. The grand kids ran the hell out of it on the farm learning how to drive in the pasture. This last winter one of the grand kids hit a tree with it. (Long story, they where chasing a coyote trying to run it down and hit a tree. The air bags still worked. Two black eyes to the kids) So I loaded it up and hauled it to the scrap yard. I did not remove the wheels or the battery nothing just loaded it. It brought $475 for scrap.
So if you have a cheap old car/truck, see what it weights. It might be worth more for scrap than you think.
Two years ago I decided to just quit driving it as I was not putting many miles on it. I advertised it for $500. It would have made someone a great work car. Every single person that called tried to get me to take $300-400 for the car. I told them all NO. I had $500 firm in the ad. Most wanted a new car for scrap price. Finally just forgot the ad. The grand kids ran the hell out of it on the farm learning how to drive in the pasture. This last winter one of the grand kids hit a tree with it. (Long story, they where chasing a coyote trying to run it down and hit a tree. The air bags still worked. Two black eyes to the kids) So I loaded it up and hauled it to the scrap yard. I did not remove the wheels or the battery nothing just loaded it. It brought $475 for scrap.
So if you have a cheap old car/truck, see what it weights. It might be worth more for scrap than you think.
BDT in Minnesota
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Would it be safe to say that you folks got the most bang for the buck?? Clobbering a tree with a low value yet well built auto that offered the kids some extra protection---minor injury-- and a valuable lesson learned.. You did well.. Glad to hear the happy ending.. That Olds served you in many ways...
showcrop
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No one asked you if you were motivated? Maybe that has gone out of style. I think it is still used in real estate though, to indicate that the seller needs out real bad, so don't be afraid to low-ball. A guy asked me that once, when I had something advertised. It ticked me off a little. I responded yes I want to sell it but I'm not giving it away.
Wife & family are trying to sell the family house in a tiny town in the middle of nowhere.
Old house, one of those deals, is it worth more as a empty lot or as a large old house, so they priced it low - real low.
Still & all, oh the shingles, oh the flooring, oh the walls look outdated.....
Well, yea, that's why the house is 1/2 price of anything comparable in size, it's already discounted for those issues, save some money & buy it as is.
--->Paul
Old house, one of those deals, is it worth more as a empty lot or as a large old house, so they priced it low - real low.
Still & all, oh the shingles, oh the flooring, oh the walls look outdated.....
Well, yea, that's why the house is 1/2 price of anything comparable in size, it's already discounted for those issues, save some money & buy it as is.
--->Paul
I had a similar experience about six years ago trying to get rid of an '83 GMC 1/2 ton. It was a basic truck no radio 305 V8/TH350 brown and factory rust. I suspect the truck had about 270,000 miles on it. I priced it at $600 the most redeeming feature it had was a recently rebuilt transmission, the tranny cost $400 the rest of the truck was worth maybe $200. My ad mentioned it had "lots of rust" and I called it a work truck or scrap hauler. It was amazing how many people couldn't understand if it didn't have rust it would of been a lot more than $600. I was honest- disclosed it was rusty and the mains were getting a little weak. The first guy that came and looked at it bought it for asking price, I sold it on the first day. Of course everyone that called the rest of the weekend figures they missed out on a real deal.
jose bagge
Well-known Member
Unless I'm putting something in the "free" section, I don't advertise on Craigslist...waaaay too many bull$hit artists. Out here (DC Beltway) the folks who would truly be interested in your truck wouldn't be able to speak english with any fluency- but they'd pay in cash.
Tom in TN
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- Location
- Southern Middle Tennessee
Case e,
My situation is a little different in that I didn't try to sell my 1997 Ranger with 280,000 miles on it. I was getting nervous about it though, so I bought a 2005 Ranger with 130,000 miles on it. I decided to drop the insurance on the old truck down to liability only and run it until it stopped. It's still running 8 months later and I use it every day for my "farm truck".
I hope your truck continues to run for many more years.
Tom in TN
My situation is a little different in that I didn't try to sell my 1997 Ranger with 280,000 miles on it. I was getting nervous about it though, so I bought a 2005 Ranger with 130,000 miles on it. I decided to drop the insurance on the old truck down to liability only and run it until it stopped. It's still running 8 months later and I use it every day for my "farm truck".
I hope your truck continues to run for many more years.
Tom in TN
just another old geezer
Member
Simple, people expect a '94 truck to look like new, have miles in the single digits, for free. What about that is so hard to figure out???
Location, location, location Paul.
MIL's Denver house just closed, 10 days after listing it. 4 buyers bid the price up. It needed pretty much everything, hadn't been updated in decades and the extremely low slope roof leaked. Remains to be seen if the development company that bought it will remodel or if they bought a $375,000 lot with a liability. It was a cash offer, no contingencies.
Apparently listed a little low.
MIL's Denver house just closed, 10 days after listing it. 4 buyers bid the price up. It needed pretty much everything, hadn't been updated in decades and the extremely low slope roof leaked. Remains to be seen if the development company that bought it will remodel or if they bought a $375,000 lot with a liability. It was a cash offer, no contingencies.
Apparently listed a little low.
Paul from MI
Well-known Member
Did the same thing with my old '91 F150, only offered $1700 for it, 10 years old, 132,00miles. Drove it for another 8 years and 60,000 miles with minimal repairs and it sure kept the miles off the new one.
Ultradog MN
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- Twin Cities
Funny but I do it just the opposite - I don't post my email but do post my phone #.
Whatever works for ya I guess.
Whatever works for ya I guess.
Seems like 9 out of 10 people that I speak or email with via craigslist is insane. Why on gods green earth would you ever want to play "phone a friend" with those people? I just use email and after a few minutes of weeding through spam and fruitcakes, I tell the others when I am available to show what I have for sale. I dont waste time responding to the dumb questions like if it has rust or if the carpet is perfect. I just tell them to come look and when I am available. If they insist on acting dumb with questions I already answered in my ad, they get ignored and put on my list of people I wont deal with.
I think the best thing about craigslist is getting to choise who gets to buy what I am selling. People get mad when I dont select them but thats really not my problem.
I think the best thing about craigslist is getting to choise who gets to buy what I am selling. People get mad when I dont select them but thats really not my problem.
Sell a lot on CL but right up front you just figure it is going to take about 4 bad calls to one good call to get it done. Considering it is free not bad advertising. Where it really comes in handy is for the real odd peice that you just don,t sell every day. Always just one guy out there somewhere that needs that part. Allways just put reply to add never phone number.
oliver power
Member
I just bought a circular saw off Craigs List. 7-1/4" SKILL. Looks like new in picture. $25.00 The seller said he had calls asking if he'd take payments. I mailed him the $25.00, and will pick it up next time I'm in the area.
Most interesting topic
I have a wood chipper now on craigslist and I have it so they must mention wood chipper or provide a call back number one guy keeps replying with "$2000.00 tomorrow" and nothing else. he is under by 1000.00 of the asking price.
Another party replied with a call back number but there is no such area code and the name he used sounded funny so I deleted him.
I'm willing to drop a little , but there has been too much done to raise the value so that is why it may seem high,, but anyone that has a use for one know what they are worth.
I have a wood chipper now on craigslist and I have it so they must mention wood chipper or provide a call back number one guy keeps replying with "$2000.00 tomorrow" and nothing else. he is under by 1000.00 of the asking price.
Another party replied with a call back number but there is no such area code and the name he used sounded funny so I deleted him.
I'm willing to drop a little , but there has been too much done to raise the value so that is why it may seem high,, but anyone that has a use for one know what they are worth.
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