Is Craisgslist Losing it Cache?

[Wickedheart]

Craigslist is still pretty cool but your right there does seem to be an extraordinary amount of dopey people posting stuff for sale lately. They even worse with vintage stuff and antiques. People think just because it’s old it’s rare and valuable and that it doesn’t matter how poor the condition is. I see people post vintage sewing machines for 200 to 400 dollars and some of those would blue book for only 25. Most of those machines aren’t rare either. Unless you have a featherweight that old singer isn’t likely to be rare. Everyone used to have a sewing machine in their home. Singer sold MILLIONS of them. I read that back in the day Singer sold in one year as many machines as all the sewing machine manufacturers put together do in a year now.

I understand how a person might not know exactly how much an item is worth. We posted a 1957 Chevy Bel Air last year. We weren’t totally clueless but we were overpriced. People will let you know pretty quick what your item is worth. I see people posting the same garbage over and over, some of them for years.

[DWCAP]

I think the real problem is the lack of the sellers ability to negotiate. People see $35 in the store and it is $35 to leave with it. So they think the same way. But the thing is, I can always go to a differnet store and see if it isnt $30 there, and often it is.

As said earlier, value is only what someone else will pay for it, and not what you want it to be.

[DWCAP]

I think the real problem is the lack of the sellers ability to negotiate. People see $35 in the store and it is $35 to leave with it. So they think the same way. But the thing is, I can always go to a differnet store and see if it isnt $30 there, and often it is.

As said earlier, value is only what someone else will pay for it, and not what you want it to be.

[DWCAP]

I think the real problem is the lack of the sellers ability to negotiate. People see $35 in the store and it is $35 to leave with it. So they think the same way. But the thing is, I can always go to a differnet store and see if it isnt $30 there, and often it is.

As said earlier, value is only what someone else will pay for it, and not what you want it to be.

[DWCAP]

I think the real problem is the lack of the sellers ability to negotiate. People see $35 in the store and it is $35 to leave with it. So they think the same way. But the thing is, I can always go to a differnet store and see if it isnt $30 there, and often it is.

As said earlier, value is only what someone else will pay for it, and not what you want it to be.

[DWCAP]

I think the real problem is the lack of the sellers ability to negotiate. People see $35 in the store and it is $35 to leave with it. So they think the same way. But the thing is, I can always go to a differnet store and see if it isnt $30 there, and often it is.

As said earlier, value is only what someone else will pay for it, and not what you want it to be.

[LAAFTERHOURS]

San Diego has always been behind other larger cities in support of Craigslist. Larger markets dont overprice everything like they do here.

In regards to a car, I would print out the pricing from the three main sources:

KBB
Nadaguides
Edmunds

Bring all three with you (especially if KBB is the highest) and do some negotiating.

[LAAFTERHOURS]

San Diego has always been behind other larger cities in support of Craigslist. Larger markets dont overprice everything like they do here.

In regards to a car, I would print out the pricing from the three main sources:

KBB
Nadaguides
Edmunds

Bring all three with you (especially if KBB is the highest) and do some negotiating.

[LAAFTERHOURS]

San Diego has always been behind other larger cities in support of Craigslist. Larger markets dont overprice everything like they do here.

In regards to a car, I would print out the pricing from the three main sources:

KBB
Nadaguides
Edmunds

Bring all three with you (especially if KBB is the highest) and do some negotiating.

[LAAFTERHOURS]

San Diego has always been behind other larger cities in support of Craigslist. Larger markets dont overprice everything like they do here.

In regards to a car, I would print out the pricing from the three main sources:

KBB
Nadaguides
Edmunds

Bring all three with you (especially if KBB is the highest) and do some negotiating.

[LAAFTERHOURS]

San Diego has always been behind other larger cities in support of Craigslist. Larger markets dont overprice everything like they do here.

In regards to a car, I would print out the pricing from the three main sources:

KBB
Nadaguides
Edmunds

Bring all three with you (especially if KBB is the highest) and do some negotiating.

[poorgradstudent]

Funny, never actually used Craigslist for a car.

Apartment, yes. Girlfriend, yes. Sold furniture, bought furniture. Even job hunted.

Still love CL for those purposes.

[poorgradstudent]

Funny, never actually used Craigslist for a car.

Apartment, yes. Girlfriend, yes. Sold furniture, bought furniture. Even job hunted.

Still love CL for those purposes.

[poorgradstudent]

Funny, never actually used Craigslist for a car.

Apartment, yes. Girlfriend, yes. Sold furniture, bought furniture. Even job hunted.

Still love CL for those purposes.

[poorgradstudent]

Funny, never actually used Craigslist for a car.

Apartment, yes. Girlfriend, yes. Sold furniture, bought furniture. Even job hunted.

Still love CL for those purposes.

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