I have a short story to tell you guys today.
I wake up in the morning and noticed I have too many non-rat bikes that I don't need. So I put up this one on Craigslist for $10.
Then a couple hours later, I get an email, all it said was. "Phone number? Thanks" .... hmmm. So I tell the dude my phone number and then he calls me and asks a bunch of questions. He says, "My brother needs a bike but he's really low on money at the moment." Okay think about that, he's going to buy a bike from me to resell to his brother, makes perfect sense. :roll: Anyways, I was being nice and said he could have it for $7, sounds like it's a done deal right? WRONG. I tell him my address and he tells me he'll be there in an hour, I could already tell by his cussing and tone of voice that he was an old grump.
Then he comes in my driveway, honking his horn when he first pulls in, and then whines to me about "The directions you gave me were horrible"... even though I told him to go on mapquest and put my address in there. He was a mid 50 year old low life. I show him the bike and point out the minor issues like I did on the Craigslist ad. I showed him that the rear brake cable was frozen, and the rear brake won't depress all the way.
He acted like a jerk, even though that $10 was a very good deal on this bike, I'm generous enough to let it slide for $7... but since he noticed I was a kid, he thought he could chew me down more by saying, "Would you take 5 for it?" I said no, then he said, "What?!, how about 6?" I said no, then he said, "Come on man! I have a lot of work to do on this!!" I kind of laughed to myself, if he thinks fixing a brake cable is hard work, then he must not have a job. He finally gave me the $7.
The guy was a jerk, I hope that Huffy breaks down so he can eat some cement, too bad the bike I sold him wasn't a guys bike because then he'd be hurting before he hits the cement... hehehehe :mrgreen:
The point on this story... if you post an ad on Craigslist and receive a non educated, lazy, vague email, such as, "Phone number? Thanks", don't even reply to the email, because the chances of them being an old grump is high. Oh yea, when the guy was about to leave I couldn't help but to get a picture of him so I could print it out and shoot him with my BB gun later.
A closer look...
Hehehehe, I know, I'm weird, watch'cha gonna do!
I wake up in the morning and noticed I have too many non-rat bikes that I don't need. So I put up this one on Craigslist for $10.
Then a couple hours later, I get an email, all it said was. "Phone number? Thanks" .... hmmm. So I tell the dude my phone number and then he calls me and asks a bunch of questions. He says, "My brother needs a bike but he's really low on money at the moment." Okay think about that, he's going to buy a bike from me to resell to his brother, makes perfect sense. :roll: Anyways, I was being nice and said he could have it for $7, sounds like it's a done deal right? WRONG. I tell him my address and he tells me he'll be there in an hour, I could already tell by his cussing and tone of voice that he was an old grump.
Then he comes in my driveway, honking his horn when he first pulls in, and then whines to me about "The directions you gave me were horrible"... even though I told him to go on mapquest and put my address in there. He was a mid 50 year old low life. I show him the bike and point out the minor issues like I did on the Craigslist ad. I showed him that the rear brake cable was frozen, and the rear brake won't depress all the way.
He acted like a jerk, even though that $10 was a very good deal on this bike, I'm generous enough to let it slide for $7... but since he noticed I was a kid, he thought he could chew me down more by saying, "Would you take 5 for it?" I said no, then he said, "What?!, how about 6?" I said no, then he said, "Come on man! I have a lot of work to do on this!!" I kind of laughed to myself, if he thinks fixing a brake cable is hard work, then he must not have a job. He finally gave me the $7.
The guy was a jerk, I hope that Huffy breaks down so he can eat some cement, too bad the bike I sold him wasn't a guys bike because then he'd be hurting before he hits the cement... hehehehe :mrgreen:
The point on this story... if you post an ad on Craigslist and receive a non educated, lazy, vague email, such as, "Phone number? Thanks", don't even reply to the email, because the chances of them being an old grump is high. Oh yea, when the guy was about to leave I couldn't help but to get a picture of him so I could print it out and shoot him with my BB gun later.
A closer look...
Hehehehe, I know, I'm weird, watch'cha gonna do!
