Answers to questions in the original post depend partly on the "curb appeal" or popularity of the car being offered. If it's the kind of car -- and ad -- that generates a lot of interest, then one can get away with being simple and straightforward and only using mail relay until making arrangements to meet someone, at which point phone numbers are exchanged. I even suspect that mail relay automatically filters out some people one doesn't want to deal with in the first place. Providing a phone number in the ad has no such effect. Someday I might sell a car with only mail relay from start to finish.
craigslist also has a new chat function I haven't tried yet.
Buyers have every right to an inspection at their expense. As a seller, I never insinuate that inspection is unnecessary or inconvenient. Smart buyers should also know instinctively that the logistics of inspection may cause someone else to get the car first, if that "someone else" isn't requesting an inspection.
As a seller, I use the description exclusively to provide details about the car (and maybe precious few points about the transaction). Contact information does not belong in the description -- ever. The same goes for unnecessary remarks about avoiding scams and unwanted behaviors. If one isn't smart enough to feel people out via mail relay and phone, then one shouldn't sell on craigslist. I personally can't stand looking at ads that are littered with the most moronic comments such as: "I don't need help selling."
As a seller, I lack skill in luring the buyer into a bank branch to get the cash checked out. Ideally, that helps to avoid counterfeits, but I've always found my buyers to lack enough patience for visiting a bank. So I've always accepted cash on the spot.
craigslist also has a new chat function I haven't tried yet.
Buyers have every right to an inspection at their expense. As a seller, I never insinuate that inspection is unnecessary or inconvenient. Smart buyers should also know instinctively that the logistics of inspection may cause someone else to get the car first, if that "someone else" isn't requesting an inspection.
As a seller, I use the description exclusively to provide details about the car (and maybe precious few points about the transaction). Contact information does not belong in the description -- ever. The same goes for unnecessary remarks about avoiding scams and unwanted behaviors. If one isn't smart enough to feel people out via mail relay and phone, then one shouldn't sell on craigslist. I personally can't stand looking at ads that are littered with the most moronic comments such as: "I don't need help selling."
As a seller, I lack skill in luring the buyer into a bank branch to get the cash checked out. Ideally, that helps to avoid counterfeits, but I've always found my buyers to lack enough patience for visiting a bank. So I've always accepted cash on the spot.
Statistics: Posted by Tabulator — Tue Sep 03, 2024 4:17 pm — Replies 15 — Views 748