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> Craigslist Screwed!, OK Who Screwed me on the Craigslist 2.0L Wheels???
Jeffs9146
post Mar 31 2010, 11:32 PM
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I had an agreement with the seller to purchase the wheels and someone offered him more money after I had driven 1.4 hours one way to pick them up and paid a bridge toll! When I got there he said he couldn't sell them that cheep! I feel that when a seller says that the price is firm, and confirms that he will not negociate it, that it is a done deal!!? I know you guys want this stuff and I do too but come on I spent 1/2 the day to get this deal and someone from here said he could get way more if they sold them to them! It cost me $$$ just to drive out!!

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post Mar 31 2010, 11:45 PM
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That is BS. I hope it is not someone here. Bad form. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

Been there.
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post Mar 31 2010, 11:48 PM
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were they the 5 listed for $150. I got a reply from the guy, but is sounded like a lot of folks were interested in them...
I understand your frustration....
but when something is listed so low, it doesn't surprise me that someone over bid you. The guy should have at least called you.........
still stinks
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post Mar 31 2010, 11:52 PM
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The Bay Area has the most members and they tend to be the most agressive so I am sure, based on what the seller said, that they are a member here!! I give deals all day long and I live up to my commitments! I sold a factory set of Fuchs 15x7 & 15x8's with new tires for $600 the other day! Someone would have paid me way more, and I knew that when I set the price, but I committed and that is the deal!!
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post Mar 31 2010, 11:54 PM
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were they the 5 listed for $150. I got a reply from the guy, but is sounded like a lot of folks were interested in them...
I understand your frustration....
but when something is listed so low, it doesn't surprise me that someone over bid you. The guy should have at least called you.........
still stinks


Yep, I would have negociated on the phone but don't make me drive for 3 hours (in the rain), cross a toll bridge and send me home empty handed!!

It's just wrong!!
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post Mar 31 2010, 11:59 PM
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Ya, I wouldnt post about stuff like that until they are in your hands. There are unscrupulous people out there (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
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post Apr 1 2010, 01:13 AM
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if it's pending as you drive, you have to wait till it falls through to take another offer

just bad form, especially if you drive out so far. It happens though (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
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post Apr 1 2010, 06:06 AM
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QUOTE(Jeffs9146 @ Apr 1 2010, 01:52 AM) *

The Bay Area has the most members and they tend to be the most agressive so I am sure, based on what the seller said, that they are a member here!! I give deals all day long and I live up to my commitments! I sold a factory set of Fuchs 15x7 & 15x8's with new tires for $600 the other day! Someone would have paid me way more, and I knew that when I set the price, but I committed and that is the deal!!


If you offer another deal on wheels that size, please call me direct. Thanks, Mark Epstein Mark@MarkEpstein.net 302.355.0684
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post Apr 1 2010, 06:32 AM
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Jeff, it seems to me that your beef should be with the douchebag selling the wheels
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post Apr 1 2010, 07:28 AM
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was this the guy in Belmont? I too tried to get the wheels, but he never responded and left his AD on CL all day. I figured that the wheels were spoken for after the first minute on CL. I bet the guy was inundated with emails and figured that he was selling too cheap.
Sorry to hear you drove so far.
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post Apr 1 2010, 09:06 AM
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The guy should have at least called you.........

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he should have told the other buyer to wait and see if the deal falls through...

CL is not an auction... I sold some things on CL a couple years back and a guy agreed to buy it, and scheduled to come pick it up hat weekend. within a hour or 2 I got several emails and calls offering more money. I told them they would be in line, but I had already committed to the sell... yes, I realized I set the price a little too low.... but I wasn't going to renege on the agreement... it's first come first serve, imo.
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post Apr 1 2010, 09:11 AM
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I told them they would be in line, but I had already committed to the sell... yes, I realized I set the price a little too low.... but I wasn't going to renege on the agreement... it's first come first serve, imo.


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post Apr 1 2010, 09:28 AM
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I couldn't even get a reply. I guess that is better than driving and finding nothing.
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post Apr 1 2010, 09:37 AM
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Ha ha. We all tried for those wheels... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/bootyshake.gif) It sucks that the greed factor set in.... but I'll bet someone here is the guilty party.... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/KMA.gif)
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post Apr 1 2010, 09:43 AM
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the guy must have had at least half of the Norcal guys contact him about those wheels...
still not good form on his part...
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post Apr 1 2010, 10:04 AM
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I can go egg his house if it will make us feel better.
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post Apr 1 2010, 10:05 AM
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Seller is at fault on this one...

I drove out last night to meet a craigslist seller who had 911 headlights for sale, $150. Didn't state usa sugar scoops or H4 euro in the ad so I called him hoping to get lucky.

I sent him two pics showing the difference and called him. After he confirmed that they were indeed H4's I was way excited. Drove out to meet him, you guessed it, USA lights... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/chair.gif)

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post Apr 1 2010, 02:05 PM
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I've never sold Porsche stuff on CL, but I have sold other stuff which I realized within minutes after advertising that I priced too low. In those cases I just bit the bullet and sold to the first person to commit to purchase them, even after receiving other emails from people offering me more. I figure I'm the loser who didn't know the true value of what I was selling and I'm the guy who should get screwed.

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post Apr 1 2010, 08:40 PM
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Two weekends ago, I found an ad on Craigslist for a Borla SS Subaru WRX header for $200. I talked to him on the phone and specifically asked if it came from a turbo car and he said yes. I drove almost two hours in the rain to Modesto, and sure enough they were for a non-turbo Impreza RS. He said "Oh, I guess you could modify it." I almost yanked the little fella out and pissed on his leg.

The silver lining is that I stopped at four Targets and one WalMart on the way home, and found three Matchbox 914s...
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post Apr 1 2010, 09:20 PM
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That is so wrong on so many levels!
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