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Originally Posted by Graplr
People are stupid though. I've sold plenty of stuff on CL. You wouldn't believe the number of people that write one line generic replies that are actual people or that can't follow the directions in an ad like putting a keyword in. So that may work with some people but not all.
My fix is to create a generic email address from yahoo or gmail and answer all ads through that account. Then if you accidentally respond to a slammed you just ditch the email account when you don't want to deal with it anymore. That said, moat of the time you can tell as domineering mentioned, look at the address it came from. If it ia off or doesn't match the name then it is bogus.
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I agree. But I dont want to take the risk. I use GMail, so I dont get any spam anyway. But I just dont want to deal with the potential BS out there.
I did have one today that said to call. It was a local number. Sale is for a 1919 Smith Cornoa Typewriter. The name and name in the e-mail did not match. When I called, she said she was looking at this for a friend. After some research I found that it was all legit. The name and number match, etc. But it had me wondering for a bit.