Originally Posted by chasinthesun

A certain breed of buyer lingers there ,example buyer calls sets up to look at car ,finds car much to his liking ,we work out some hagleing ,not unnormal,come to a price ,needs to go to the wifey ,normal ,calls back latter that day , wifey oks deal ,on for the morning at 9am .Next day I prep the car for an hour for the trailer he said he would be bringing ,no show at 9 am, comes 11am ,no show ,call leave message , 2pm ,no show ,call leave message .I wasted a day waiting around and what really irritates me the most is the message center wall that was up .Anyone have better success elsewhere ,the CL lurkers and jurkers tells me its time to move ship.

Originally Posted by chasinthesun

A certain breed of buyer lingers there ,example buyer calls sets up to look at car ,finds car much to his liking ,we work out some hagleing ,not unnormal,come to a price ,needs to go to the wifey ,normal ,calls back latter that day , wifey oks deal ,on for the morning at 9am .Next day I prep the car for an hour for the trailer he said he would be bringing ,no show at 9 am, comes 11am ,no show ,call leave message , 2pm ,no show ,call leave message .I wasted a day waiting around and what really irritates me the most is the message center wall that was up .Anyone have better success elsewhere ,the CL lurkers and jurkers tells me its time to move ship.

Originally Posted by sloride

If you met at a neutral location call them back and agree to sell it for half or better yet a quarter of your asking price. Set up an appointment and never show up. When they call say the wifey did not OK my deal.

Originally Posted by alabbasi

Ebay can be frustrating but there is no viable alternative. I've had some people swindle me by breaking something on install and then filing a claim or returning things items with missing parts where you know that the missing part was all they wanted. That said, you don't spend time waiting and only have to react once you're paid. Fees are becoming obscene but it's still a better deal the CL by far.