Oh how I hate Craig'sList!

[InvisibleTouch]

Just a rant, don't mind me ... but it seems like every time I put stuff up on Craig'sList, some idiot e-mails me right away and says they're interested, sets up a time to come pick up the item - and then never shows up, with no explanation. I'm not willing to chase them down by e-mail (I don't feel like that's my job, as the seller), and I damn sure don't want to trade phone numbers (the whole reason I went into online sales is so I wouldn't have to conduct business by phone). And while on occasion I have made badly-needed quick sales on Craig'sList, it seems that most of my experiences have been of this negative type.

They really need some kind of feedback system - though I guess this is the price for having a "free" service. I just want to kick those jerks that are wasting my time and stressing me out as I keep expecting someone to arrive when they said they would. (I hate the idea of people coming to my home, anyway, so I'm on ultra-high alert whenever I'm expecting a buyer - and then to have it all be for nothing makes me wish all sorts of bad things on the responsible assholes.)

End rant. Bah.

[InvisibleTouch]

1. Update rant:

Woman who claimed she wanted to buy a piece of furniture from me makes appointment to pick it up - for the third time, having missed both previous appointments without so much as an explanation, let alone an apology. This time she claimed she would be here at 9 PM tonight. That was two hours ago.

I massively restrained myself from writing her the nasty e-mail that was burning in my fingertips, but I did make it clear that I wasn't happy with the situation, and that I would NOT put the damn thing on hold for her. I think if she did show up now, even with dollars in hand, I would tell her to go to hell.

[onestepforward]

2. That's awful.

It doesn't seem like something so simple has to be so complicated and negative. It seems like simple common courtesy is becoming a thing of the past. I hear a lot of complaints about Craig's list and even my local yard sale site where people just don't bother to show up or call.

[old mark]

3. I believe it's our society. I used to do traveling photography - set up in peoples

homes for portraits, pets, etc.
I had an appointment for 9AM on a Saturday, and was just climbing the stairs to the house with my 2 large cases of equipment when I saw my clients leaving in their car.
No call, no nothing - and this was from people I had known for decades.

The worst part about any business is dealing with the public.


mark