i've had similar instances; (oMBZc) both when trying to buy Mercedes
Diesels. ;-)
first; went to meet a guy about a lovely 300CD who didn't show up
as prearranged and didn't return calls; only to get an e-mail later
saying "something had come up". (seems he forgot he had my cell number,..?)
second; made arrangements on Friday night to come pick up a 300 on
a Saturday morning, only "not too early" per sellers request. was
already almost an hour down the train line on my way there when i called
to confirm at ~0805, only to hear he'd just sold it to someone else that
morning already.
what can you do with people like that but thank them for wasting
your time, and wishing them to have someone else show them the same
courtesy?
still, i'd rather buy off of CL than sell there; i don't need John
Q Public traipsing through my house, and have had enough of them show up
to meet me in public places only to have them decide they weren't really
interested, or that they liked that other thing they saw on the way over
to meet me, or just not show up at all,... in this regard, e(vil)Bay is
much preferred as a seller.
cheers!
e
On 30/Jun/10 09:34, R A Bennell wrote:
I had the reverse happen to me last October.
I corresponded by email with a fellow about a boat and made arrangements to
meet him to look at it on Saturday. My
younger son and I drove 150 miles to meet him and he did not show up. Repeated
calls to a cell # he had given me
did not elicit a response.
Got back home and on Monday, found he had sent me an email late on Friday
advising he had sold it to someone who
agreed to pay his price without seeing the boat.
My own fault I guess as I had not given him a phone #. The only means of
contacting me was the email and he did
send me a message. However, it was my office email and not my home email and as
such I did not get it in a timely
manner.
Randy
-----Original Message-----
From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com
[mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com]on Behalf Of Walt Zarnoch
Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 9:55 AM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] craigslist
Ernest,
I've been in that situation as well.
When I bought my truck, I fired off an email, we fired email back and
forth, got the guys number, called, we talked, I agreed to make the ~
hour drive to see the truck, got there, he said someone local offered
to buy it and he told em to wait since I was coming up.
He also said I was the only one who actually followed up after he
fired an email back.
Walt
On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 10:55 AM, ernest breakfield
<erne...@backyardengineering.org> wrote:
there are *so* many possibilities,... first of all, keep in mind that we're
talking about a service that's free, and then think about those people you
see standing in line on Sale Days that you never see anywhere else. ;-*
firstly, it may already have been sold, or they think they already have it
sold. (can't expect people to pull down an ad they know will expire
automatically, even if we think they should.) i know i've been first in line
to items off of CL, and when i got there the seller already had a stack of
e-mails from other people he hadn't responded to because he knew i was on
the way,...
or, they may have had enough response they decided they weren't asking
enough for it, and/or decided to keep it. ;-)
cheers!
e
On 28/Jun/10 19:29, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
well you have a car listed, you send email wanting to look at it this
weekend, never get a response. Stupid people.
Walt Zarnoch wrote:
Because they think you'll say "I'll give you twice your asking price for
your POS, what's your address to send the check to?" When you don't, they
don't respond :p
Walt
On Jun 28, 2010 10:20 PM, "Kaleb C. Striplin"<ka...@striplin.net> wrote:
why do people run ads on craigslist then never respond to emails?
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