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The official GC “WTF @ Kijiji” thread

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colchar said:
This guy is full of shit and is delusional about the price:

Marshall SL5 | amps, pedals | Oshawa / Durham Region | Kijiji
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lol "Price firm but will negotiate." Is it firm or not?
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Player99 said:
lol "Price firm but will negotiate." Is it firm or not?
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I hadn't even noticed that. What a moron.
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Yeah, didn't they sell for around that new?
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Player99 said:
lol "Price firm but will negotiate." Is it firm or not?
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I think that means he's willing to go higher but not lower. :cool:
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Listed something for $150. Guy offers $100. I say fine, whatever on the condition he comes and picks it up. He agrees, and asks me to confirm the price with him again. $100, yes.

I'm not home, so I said please call my brother, he will give it to you. He messages me 30 mins before scheduled time and says since I'm picking it up, can I have it for $80. Me: no, we agreed on $100. I won't sell for less than $100.

My brother calls me and says the guy called, but why is he talking about price? I tell him $100, we agreed on this, no less. If he wants to be a dick about it, he can go home empty handed.

Guy shows up, tries to give my brother $80. My brother says no, it's $100. They guy tries to tell my brother otherwise, but my brother holds his ground. Then he says I only have another $10 on me, let's make it $90. Still a firm no. He goes into a story of how he doesn't have the cash on him, he'd have to visit a bank to pull it out etc... My bro says that's cool, you either go do that but I'm not accepting less than $100 as agreed. Rather suddenly, and miraculously, he had an extra $20 in his car. WOW! What a scumbag.
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I had someone come over for an 'agreed on' price too.
He offered less (not by much) when he showed up.
Didn't bother me much though. It was bartered through a friend.
I figure that I'll get a deal someday down the road.:rolleyes:
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I am learning how to negotiate the price down here. Thank you.
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dmc69 said:
Listed something for $150. Guy offers $100. I say fine, whatever on the condition he comes and picks it up. He agrees, and asks me to confirm the price with him again. $100, yes.

I'm not home, so I said please call my brother, he will give it to you. He messages me 30 mins before scheduled time and says since I'm picking it up, can I have it for $80. Me: no, we agreed on $100. I won't sell for less than $100.

My brother calls me and says the guy called, but why is he talking about price? I tell him $100, we agreed on this, no less. If he wants to be a dick about it, he can go home empty handed.

Guy shows up, tries to give my brother $80. My brother says no, it's $100. They guy tries to tell my brother otherwise, but my brother holds his ground. Then he says I only have another $10 on me, let's make it $90. Still a firm no. He goes into a story of how he doesn't have the cash on him, he'd have to visit a bank to pull it out etc... My bro says that's cool, you either go do that but I'm not accepting less than $100 as agreed. Rather suddenly, and miraculously, he had an extra $20 in his car. WOW! What a scumbag.
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Are you surprised?
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I have something up for sale or trade. I specifically mentioned which guitars I might be interested in, or perhaps even a tube amp. But this was the first response I got:

Would you trade for a 12 ft aluminum boat converted in a bass boat. full deck and 2 seats. carpeted floor. with trailer in very good condition and a 45lb minnkota trolling motor 2 years old. and battery
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colchar said:
I have something up for sale or trade. I specifically mentioned which guitars I might be interested in, or perhaps even a tube amp. But this was the first response I got:

Would you trade for a 12 ft aluminum boat converted in a bass boat. full deck and 2 seats. carpeted floor. with trailer in very good condition and a 45lb minnkota trolling motor 2 years old. and battery
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Accept the offer with the condition of 'free lifetime access' to his lakefront launch?:rolleyes:
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Fender champion special design 12" speaker $739.

This speaker is made by Eminence for fender. and is in new like condition
with very good tone as the champion 40 is reknown for 50W-8ohms..
never abused and only used for a short time
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I have lost faith in humanity's ability to find its way out of a wet paper bag.
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laristotle said:
Fender champion special design 12" speaker $739.

This speaker is made by Eminence for fender. and is in new like condition
with very good tone as the champion 40 is reknown for 50W-8ohms..
never abused and only used for a short time
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I wonder what they were smoking when they came up with that asking price?
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colchar said:
I wonder what they were smoking when they came up with that asking price?
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Probably hemp speaker cones.
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The idiot above who offered me the bass boat in trade has now contacted me again offering a 42" flat screen TV. Apparently he isn't capable of reading ads, or realizing that his offers are being ignored.
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colchar said:
The idiot above who offered me the bass boat in trade has now contacted me again offering a 42" flat screen TV. Apparently he isn't capable of reading ads, or realizing that his offers are being ignored.
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Have you considered taking his 42" TV in trade ................... on something like an anvil or a case of Spam or something else from left field? Kind of fighting ignorant with ignorant?
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Whenever I get goofy trade offers, I reply all excited, like sure!!! That would be awesome!!!
You just need to add a bit of cash. And the bit of cash I tell them is always my asking price.
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dmc69 said:
Listed something for $150. Guy offers $100. I say fine, whatever on the condition he comes and picks it up. He agrees, and asks me to confirm the price with him again. $100, yes.

I'm not home, so I said please call my brother, he will give it to you. He messages me 30 mins before scheduled time and says since I'm picking it up, can I have it for $80. Me: no, we agreed on $100. I won't sell for less than $100.

My brother calls me and says the guy called, but why is he talking about price? I tell him $100, we agreed on this, no less. If he wants to be a dick about it, he can go home empty handed.

Guy shows up, tries to give my brother $80. My brother says no, it's $100. They guy tries to tell my brother otherwise, but my brother holds his ground. Then he says I only have another $10 on me, let's make it $90. Still a firm no. He goes into a story of how he doesn't have the cash on him, he'd have to visit a bank to pull it out etc... My bro says that's cool, you either go do that but I'm not accepting less than $100 as agreed. Rather suddenly, and miraculously, he had an extra $20 in his car. WOW! What a scumbag.
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That's definitely a "tactic" some buyers use.
Similar happened to me twice.

First time, I advertise some of my dirt bike gear I wasn't using...email back and forth with a guy, negotiate a fair discount and meeting. At the meeting a guy in a pickup pulls up with a 12 yr old kid. Turns out that the kid was the one I was dealing with, shocked me because this was adult size L gear. but his step dad starts renegotiating the already negotiated price. I lose my patience because it was already nearly a give away and frankly not worth the headache. I thank them for wasting my time and throw (literally) the gear in my trunk...about to drive away and the step dad stops me and says ok, we'll do it at the earlier agreed price. Lesson here, you never know who youre dealing with.

Second time, I'm selling an old project car (corvette)....negotiate with a guy through email, he shows up with his trailer and mechanic, they go through everything, I throw in a bunch of extra stuff related to the car they can prob use. suddenly he starts renegotiating price. I say to him "have I misrepresented the car in some way or is it not what you were expecting?" he says no. Then I say the price is what we discussed, take it or leave it, I have another buyer at that price that can come tomorrow if you don't. the jerk takes the car. Before this I mentioned to him I had some other parts related to the car that I would give him when I searched through my garage. 3 weeks later he emails me telling me the car is fine, hes happy with his purchase (he fixes and flips cars for cash) and if I found those other parts...I said no.
lesson here: I did find them, I just threw them in the trash instead. Theres a price you pay for pissing me off.
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You have to be tough. I made a guy drive to a bank machine once for 20$. We agreed on a really low price...he was really annoying the entire time. I finally give in to his low offer, and he has the nerve to show up with 20$ less. His excuse??
I live too far from him and it cost him 20$ gas.
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capnjim said:
You have to be tough. I made a guy drive to a bank machine once for 20$. We agreed on a really low price...he was really annoying the entire time. I finally give in to his low offer, and he has the nerve to show up with 20$ less. His excuse??
I live too far from him and it cost him 20$ gas.
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something buyers forget...when you genuinely dislike them/their tactics, youre more likely to be a hardass or tell them to get lost.
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