OT: Craigslist buying and selling

[Anonymous]

You bought a dishwasher on Craigslist without looking inside it and opening it up? And you read here regularly?

Let the buyer beware.

This is my first post but I have been reading here regularly for a long time. I don’t mean to sound like I am cruel or anything but I can’t imagine buying anything on Craigslist without checking it thoroughly. You comment that when you lived in DC Craigslist was highly used and trusted. I would think exactly the opposite, in my experience.

There was a guy using Craigslist to find victims for his murder hobby, for heavens sake. please be more careful.

[ucodegen]

A $100-200 dishwasher is going to be builder level crap,even from Sears outlet, especially if you want SS. The dishwasher I bought a few years ago was almost $500 for a Whirlpool gold in white. It runs like a top.

We got a BOSCH dishwasher from Sears outlet for about $500.. $100-$200 was definitely the low end stuff. I would double check to make sure you have all the parts on the Sears outlet products. Some of them don’t. I would also be careful of some of their installers. Our BOSCH got damaged by one of the guys who just ‘threw it on the back of his truck’.. truck wasn’t even a flatbed.. it was a pickup.

[ucodegen]

A $100-200 dishwasher is going to be builder level crap,even from Sears outlet, especially if you want SS. The dishwasher I bought a few years ago was almost $500 for a Whirlpool gold in white. It runs like a top.

We got a BOSCH dishwasher from Sears outlet for about $500.. $100-$200 was definitely the low end stuff. I would double check to make sure you have all the parts on the Sears outlet products. Some of them don’t. I would also be careful of some of their installers. Our BOSCH got damaged by one of the guys who just ‘threw it on the back of his truck’.. truck wasn’t even a flatbed.. it was a pickup.

[ucodegen]

A $100-200 dishwasher is going to be builder level crap,even from Sears outlet, especially if you want SS. The dishwasher I bought a few years ago was almost $500 for a Whirlpool gold in white. It runs like a top.

We got a BOSCH dishwasher from Sears outlet for about $500.. $100-$200 was definitely the low end stuff. I would double check to make sure you have all the parts on the Sears outlet products. Some of them don’t. I would also be careful of some of their installers. Our BOSCH got damaged by one of the guys who just ‘threw it on the back of his truck’.. truck wasn’t even a flatbed.. it was a pickup.

[ucodegen]

A $100-200 dishwasher is going to be builder level crap,even from Sears outlet, especially if you want SS. The dishwasher I bought a few years ago was almost $500 for a Whirlpool gold in white. It runs like a top.

We got a BOSCH dishwasher from Sears outlet for about $500.. $100-$200 was definitely the low end stuff. I would double check to make sure you have all the parts on the Sears outlet products. Some of them don’t. I would also be careful of some of their installers. Our BOSCH got damaged by one of the guys who just ‘threw it on the back of his truck’.. truck wasn’t even a flatbed.. it was a pickup.

[ucodegen]

A $100-200 dishwasher is going to be builder level crap,even from Sears outlet, especially if you want SS. The dishwasher I bought a few years ago was almost $500 for a Whirlpool gold in white. It runs like a top.

We got a BOSCH dishwasher from Sears outlet for about $500.. $100-$200 was definitely the low end stuff. I would double check to make sure you have all the parts on the Sears outlet products. Some of them don’t. I would also be careful of some of their installers. Our BOSCH got damaged by one of the guys who just ‘threw it on the back of his truck’.. truck wasn’t even a flatbed.. it was a pickup.

[bsrsharma]

Firstly, $100-$200 is too little for a good working dishwasher. That should have been a dead giveaway. Secondly, dishwashers are inherently prone to quick wear & tear due to water, detergent, moving parts, seals etc. No sense in buying a used one. I don’t think the seller intentionally cheated you; This appears to be a case of mistaken buying.

[bsrsharma]

Firstly, $100-$200 is too little for a good working dishwasher. That should have been a dead giveaway. Secondly, dishwashers are inherently prone to quick wear & tear due to water, detergent, moving parts, seals etc. No sense in buying a used one. I don’t think the seller intentionally cheated you; This appears to be a case of mistaken buying.

[bsrsharma]

Firstly, $100-$200 is too little for a good working dishwasher. That should have been a dead giveaway. Secondly, dishwashers are inherently prone to quick wear & tear due to water, detergent, moving parts, seals etc. No sense in buying a used one. I don’t think the seller intentionally cheated you; This appears to be a case of mistaken buying.

[bsrsharma]

Firstly, $100-$200 is too little for a good working dishwasher. That should have been a dead giveaway. Secondly, dishwashers are inherently prone to quick wear & tear due to water, detergent, moving parts, seals etc. No sense in buying a used one. I don’t think the seller intentionally cheated you; This appears to be a case of mistaken buying.

[bsrsharma]

Firstly, $100-$200 is too little for a good working dishwasher. That should have been a dead giveaway. Secondly, dishwashers are inherently prone to quick wear & tear due to water, detergent, moving parts, seals etc. No sense in buying a used one. I don’t think the seller intentionally cheated you; This appears to be a case of mistaken buying.

[Geedup]

Also you are failing to consider the double oven and microwave oven that actually did work. When buying appliances off craigslist that have been pulled out where you can’t test them you should have discounted your offer to reflect this risk. But pretty much it is understood that you are buying them as-is. He can claim
(falsely) your install caused the malfunction somehow. Hopefully you didn’t pay too much for the whole lot. You may want to negociate with him one more time and threaten to bring a small claims lawsuit and see if he bites but for $100 it isn’t worth anyone’s time and he might tell you to bring back everything and get your money back. Chaulk the $100 loss to experience and test before you buy or offer to buy them at a huge discount explaining to the seller your offer entails the risk that it might not work. All it all it doesn’t sound you are losing money because a double oven, microwave and dishwasher cost about $2000-$3000 new and you should have paid about $400 used for the whole lot less if it was not stainless/

[Geedup]

Also you are failing to consider the double oven and microwave oven that actually did work. When buying appliances off craigslist that have been pulled out where you can’t test them you should have discounted your offer to reflect this risk. But pretty much it is understood that you are buying them as-is. He can claim
(falsely) your install caused the malfunction somehow. Hopefully you didn’t pay too much for the whole lot. You may want to negociate with him one more time and threaten to bring a small claims lawsuit and see if he bites but for $100 it isn’t worth anyone’s time and he might tell you to bring back everything and get your money back. Chaulk the $100 loss to experience and test before you buy or offer to buy them at a huge discount explaining to the seller your offer entails the risk that it might not work. All it all it doesn’t sound you are losing money because a double oven, microwave and dishwasher cost about $2000-$3000 new and you should have paid about $400 used for the whole lot less if it was not stainless/

[Geedup]

Also you are failing to consider the double oven and microwave oven that actually did work. When buying appliances off craigslist that have been pulled out where you can’t test them you should have discounted your offer to reflect this risk. But pretty much it is understood that you are buying them as-is. He can claim
(falsely) your install caused the malfunction somehow. Hopefully you didn’t pay too much for the whole lot. You may want to negociate with him one more time and threaten to bring a small claims lawsuit and see if he bites but for $100 it isn’t worth anyone’s time and he might tell you to bring back everything and get your money back. Chaulk the $100 loss to experience and test before you buy or offer to buy them at a huge discount explaining to the seller your offer entails the risk that it might not work. All it all it doesn’t sound you are losing money because a double oven, microwave and dishwasher cost about $2000-$3000 new and you should have paid about $400 used for the whole lot less if it was not stainless/

[Geedup]

Also you are failing to consider the double oven and microwave oven that actually did work. When buying appliances off craigslist that have been pulled out where you can’t test them you should have discounted your offer to reflect this risk. But pretty much it is understood that you are buying them as-is. He can claim
(falsely) your install caused the malfunction somehow. Hopefully you didn’t pay too much for the whole lot. You may want to negociate with him one more time and threaten to bring a small claims lawsuit and see if he bites but for $100 it isn’t worth anyone’s time and he might tell you to bring back everything and get your money back. Chaulk the $100 loss to experience and test before you buy or offer to buy them at a huge discount explaining to the seller your offer entails the risk that it might not work. All it all it doesn’t sound you are losing money because a double oven, microwave and dishwasher cost about $2000-$3000 new and you should have paid about $400 used for the whole lot less if it was not stainless/

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