Originally Posted by
crushkilldstroy
Werd. I was selling a trek 6000 with a crap ton of upgrades for $450. A guy emailed me and asked if I'd take 150. I responded with a somewhat polite hell no. He finally agrees to buy it for $400 and comes out to test ride it. Takes it for a 45 minute spin, comes back and says that all he can give me is the 150 he first offered. I kindly told him to get lost and ended up eBaying it for 5 bills.
And NEVER advertise your garage sale on CL. Then they all come out at once.
New York CL is the worst. I usually write something like this before anything else:
"Price is Firm. Offer 1 penny less and the answer is NO."
Surprisingly people pay attention, but then again, I try and set my price to be very reasonable to begin with which is usually not the case, witness the huge number of $500-$600 Bianchi Pistas that pop up all the time.