I've personally never had a bad experience when it comes to craigslist. I've bought all my bikes off there and I've made approx. $2,000 from trading into better bikes. But I always see really crappy bikes being sold constantly. Somebody has to have them haha, anybody regret buying something off Craigslist?
Ever had a bad experience with Craigslist?
Started by
DALPowersports
, Jul 06 2012 10:02 AM
55 replies to this topic
Posted 06 July 2012 - 12:06 PM
Not really... some people do annoy me though.
First it's the scammers. "Dear sir I would kindly like to purchase your object but being a soldier in the armed forces means I am not available to visually inspect your object. I can send western union and arrange my shipping agent to receive the item..."
Then there's the legit buyers that never show up. They want to buy my junk, we talk on the phone, arrange a time/place to meet, and they never show up.
Those that do always try and haggle to a lower price. Even if it's a $5 toaster. I've driven places to meet with someone who isn't right in town, burned an hour of my time and a gallon or two of fuel in the truck for a $50 item, then they want to talk me down to $30. If they came and picked it up from my house, maybe. But the fact that I went out of my way to make the sale, no, you're paying $50, deal?
I've had people that think my $5 junk comes with a warranty. "I plugged it in and my cat knocked it over and now the left side isnt as hot as the right, can I return this?" What the f***, dude, it's a $5 toaster.
Don't know about you guys, but when I get an email I'll usually run the name through google/facebook to see if there's anything real weird about them. I've had some that looked legit but I simply deleted... people a week out of prison, etc... sorry, but yeah, i'm not giving you my home address.
First it's the scammers. "Dear sir I would kindly like to purchase your object but being a soldier in the armed forces means I am not available to visually inspect your object. I can send western union and arrange my shipping agent to receive the item..."
Then there's the legit buyers that never show up. They want to buy my junk, we talk on the phone, arrange a time/place to meet, and they never show up.
Those that do always try and haggle to a lower price. Even if it's a $5 toaster. I've driven places to meet with someone who isn't right in town, burned an hour of my time and a gallon or two of fuel in the truck for a $50 item, then they want to talk me down to $30. If they came and picked it up from my house, maybe. But the fact that I went out of my way to make the sale, no, you're paying $50, deal?
I've had people that think my $5 junk comes with a warranty. "I plugged it in and my cat knocked it over and now the left side isnt as hot as the right, can I return this?" What the f***, dude, it's a $5 toaster.
Don't know about you guys, but when I get an email I'll usually run the name through google/facebook to see if there's anything real weird about them. I've had some that looked legit but I simply deleted... people a week out of prison, etc... sorry, but yeah, i'm not giving you my home address.
Posted 06 July 2012 - 12:55 PM
When I was looking for an MX bike, I scanned CL every day for 6 months. 3 different bikes came up that I was interested in, call, no answer. Leave a message with my number, no return. Call again, repeat the procedure, nothing. This happened 3 times with different bikes and different people. Nothing.
Finally found the 250F at a local dealer on consignment.
Have never tried to sell anything on CL. Too easy to take bikes to the shop up the road and consign them. That way I don't have weirdos showing up at my house.
Finally found the 250F at a local dealer on consignment.
Have never tried to sell anything on CL. Too easy to take bikes to the shop up the road and consign them. That way I don't have weirdos showing up at my house.
Posted 06 July 2012 - 01:42 PM
You seem like you're just making posts to brag-- "I've never crashed within the 10 months I've been riding" or the fact you made $2k on craigslist.....
Posted 06 July 2012 - 02:59 PM
I was trying to sell an XR650La few years ago. Got an E-mail, and later a call from a guy in Tn. I live in Eastern,Ky. about 150 miles away.
The guy wanted to drive up, pick up my bike, (without paying for it) take it back to Tn. so he could test ride it and have his mechanic look it over. I just laughed. Told him if he wanted to go to all that trouble I would give him a few dollars for gas too.
Never heard from him again...What an idiot.
The guy wanted to drive up, pick up my bike, (without paying for it) take it back to Tn. so he could test ride it and have his mechanic look it over. I just laughed. Told him if he wanted to go to all that trouble I would give him a few dollars for gas too.
Never heard from him again...What an idiot.
Posted 06 July 2012 - 03:08 PM
TheBrock, on 06 July 2012 - 01:42 PM, said:
You seem like you're just making posts to brag-- "I've never crashed within the 10 months I've been riding" or the fact you made $2k on craigslist.....
Edited by DALPowersports, 06 July 2012 - 03:12 PM.
Posted 06 July 2012 - 03:08 PM
Not many problems with craigslist for me. I never let anyone come to my house though, always meet in a public place. When I posted my last bike for sale I had some idiot respond within 15 min saying he sells bikes for a living and I will have a hard time selling my bike at the posted price. I sold it in 8 days for full asking price. You do get a lot of flakes and dumb questions that's for sure.
Posted 06 July 2012 - 04:05 PM
DALPowersports, on 06 July 2012 - 10:02 AM, said:
I've personally never had a bad experience when it comes to craigslist. I've bought all my bikes off there and I've made approx. $2,000 from trading into better bikes. But I always see really crappy bikes being sold constantly. Somebody has to have them haha, anybody regret buying something off Craigslist?
Posted 06 July 2012 - 04:06 PM
DALPowersports, on 06 July 2012 - 03:08 PM, said:
Why does everybody think I'm bragging? I'm sharing my experiences.. just my good ones (unfortunately for you most of mine are good ones)... I can share my terrible boring ones if you like but those are the books collecting dust. nobody cares about the sob stories. My dad died when I was 5 years old and I grew up with the bare minimum. sometimes went a day or two without food. does that cancel out the "bragging"? you have a dad I have a dirt bike. which would you rather have? I'm not gonna post anything else on this site anymore.. I'm not making them to be put down. and yeah I was bragging a little bit about the CL thing. I am a master at it and I was seeing if anyone else was has a field day anytime they went on that site. I haven't even known what craigslist is for more than a year and I've already had a snowmobile, an enduro, a Kawi Ninja, 3 dirt bikes, a honda 300ex, and an atc and I haven't spent more than $900 for all of it. I actually undersold what my actual profit becasue I was trying not to brag. so pardon me if I get a little braggy when it comes to that site. although I wasn't trying to sound like I was bragging. so sorry for my posts. again, you'll never see another one. and my apologies to the admins that are reading this right now and are probably going to delete it because I'm arguing.
just calm down man, people are probably just saying "your bragging" because they're jealous of your sweet craigslist deals
Posted 06 July 2012 - 04:16 PM
Man this Craigslist thread seems to be quite interesting. I'm somewhat new to the site, so I do not participate much in the back and forth that goes on around here, but it seems like y'all are just ribbing the OP....no need to be offended, DALPowersports, seems like harmless mumbo jumbo to me.
As far as my experiences, they have been pretty sweet. Bought and sold numerous bikes and other items without a problem. I love when someone asks me right away "what's the lowest you'll take?"
I just tell them "come look at it and tell me what you think it's worth.
Just the other day my 5yr old son asked me, "Dad, is there a store that sells motorcycles?" ....we've only purchased used bikes from friends and CL as long as he's been alive.
As far as my experiences, they have been pretty sweet. Bought and sold numerous bikes and other items without a problem. I love when someone asks me right away "what's the lowest you'll take?"
I just tell them "come look at it and tell me what you think it's worth.Just the other day my 5yr old son asked me, "Dad, is there a store that sells motorcycles?"
....we've only purchased used bikes from friends and CL as long as he's been alive.
Posted 06 July 2012 - 04:21 PM
Who cares! I brag about shit all the time! Why? Because I worked my ass off to get what I have and I like to show it off...
As for craigslist yes I have come up on a few deals on bikes like 02' Pw50 and 02' Pw80 that just needed a carb cleaning both for $700.
I traded a 96' blaster quad for a tricked out 03' rm85 just to name a few...yes you have to be careful and deal with the idiots but it's no different than posting an ad in the local paper or free classifieds! no bad experiences though!!
As for craigslist yes I have come up on a few deals on bikes like 02' Pw50 and 02' Pw80 that just needed a carb cleaning both for $700.
I traded a 96' blaster quad for a tricked out 03' rm85 just to name a few...yes you have to be careful and deal with the idiots but it's no different than posting an ad in the local paper or free classifieds! no bad experiences though!!
Posted 06 July 2012 - 04:24 PM
WWalker, on 06 July 2012 - 04:16 PM, said:
Man this Craigslist thread seems to be quite interesting. I'm somewhat new to the site, so I do not participate much in the back and forth that goes on around here, but it seems like y'all are just ribbing the OP....no need to be offended, DALPowersports, seems like harmless mumbo jumbo to me.
As far as my experiences, they have been pretty sweet. Bought and sold numerous bikes and other items without a problem. I love when someone asks me right away "what's the lowest you'll take?" I just tell them "come look at it and tell me what you think it's worth.
Just the other day my 5yr old son asked me, "Dad, is there a store that sells motorcycles?" ....we've only purchased used bikes from friends and CL as long as he's been alive.
As far as my experiences, they have been pretty sweet. Bought and sold numerous bikes and other items without a problem. I love when someone asks me right away "what's the lowest you'll take?"
I just tell them "come look at it and tell me what you think it's worth.Just the other day my 5yr old son asked me, "Dad, is there a store that sells motorcycles?"
....we've only purchased used bikes from friends and CL as long as he's been alive.First off welcome to TT WWalker.
He's right though all we're doing is messing with you, we, or at-least I don't mean it personally!
Posted 06 July 2012 - 04:31 PM
My only weird deals involved Honda CRF 50s. When I Was looking for one a guy showed up with perfectly legit looking CA pink slip, only the bike had a different VIN than the paperwork and the address which was local did not exist. thank you yahoo maps for saving me on that one.
We finally found one and rode it a couple of years. When we went to sell it on Craigslist a guy in Santa Rosa calls and says he has been looking all over for a CRF 50 for his son. He absolutely wants it and has the cash and can I meet him. we were headed to Middle Creek to ride that weekend any way so we packed up the 50 and meet the guy at Home Depot. He,shows up in a big jacked up poser 4 wheel drive with his son who is so small he doesn't even walk yet. His trailer trash wife starts ripping into him as we drive away with the little 50 packed back up.
Overall my dealings with people on Craigslist has been very positive and we have met some great people.
I sold my KTM950 Adventure within 3 hours of posting it. The guy showed up with the biggest wad of cash my wife had ever seen.
I use Cragslist for some business dealings that involve extremely large amounts of money and have never had a deal go sour.
We finally found one and rode it a couple of years. When we went to sell it on Craigslist a guy in Santa Rosa calls and says he has been looking all over for a CRF 50 for his son. He absolutely wants it and has the cash and can I meet him. we were headed to Middle Creek to ride that weekend any way so we packed up the 50 and meet the guy at Home Depot. He,shows up in a big jacked up poser 4 wheel drive with his son who is so small he doesn't even walk yet. His trailer trash wife starts ripping into him as we drive away with the little 50 packed back up.
Overall my dealings with people on Craigslist has been very positive and we have met some great people.
I sold my KTM950 Adventure within 3 hours of posting it. The guy showed up with the biggest wad of cash my wife had ever seen.
I use Cragslist for some business dealings that involve extremely large amounts of money and have never had a deal go sour.
Posted 06 July 2012 - 04:58 PM
DALPowersports, on 06 July 2012 - 03:08 PM, said:
Why does everybody think I'm bragging? I'm sharing my experiences.. just my good ones (unfortunately for you most of mine are good ones)... I can share my terrible boring ones if you like but those are the books collecting dust. nobody cares about the sob stories. My dad died when I was 5 years old and I grew up with the bare minimum. sometimes went a day or two without food. does that cancel out the "bragging"? you have a dad I have a dirt bike. which would you rather have? I'm not gonna post anything else on this site anymore.. I'm not making them to be put down. and yeah I was bragging a little bit about the CL thing. I am a master at it and I was seeing if anyone else was has a field day anytime they went on that site. I haven't even known what craigslist is for more than a year and I've already had a snowmobile, an enduro, a Kawi Ninja, 3 dirt bikes, a honda 300ex, and an atc and I haven't spent more than $900 for all of it. I actually undersold what my actual profit becasue I was trying not to brag. so pardon me if I get a little braggy when it comes to that site. although I wasn't trying to sound like I was bragging. so sorry for my posts. again, you'll never see another one. and my apologies to the admins that are reading this right now and are probably going to delete it because I'm arguing.
relax man, just messing with you..just stating what i noticed, wasnt trying to put you down...
Posted 06 July 2012 - 06:52 PM
DALPowersports, on 06 July 2012 - 03:08 PM, said:
Why does everybody think I'm bragging? I'm sharing my experiences.. just my good ones (unfortunately for you most of mine are good ones)... I can share my terrible boring ones if you like but those are the books collecting dust. nobody cares about the sob stories. My dad died when I was 5 years old and I grew up with the bare minimum. sometimes went a day or two without food. does that cancel out the "bragging"? you have a dad I have a dirt bike. which would you rather have? I'm not gonna post anything else on this site anymore.. I'm not making them to be put down. and yeah I was bragging a little bit about the CL thing. I am a master at it and I was seeing if anyone else was has a field day anytime they went on that site. I haven't even known what craigslist is for more than a year and I've already had a snowmobile, an enduro, a Kawi Ninja, 3 dirt bikes, a honda 300ex, and an atc and I haven't spent more than $900 for all of it. I actually undersold what my actual profit becasue I was trying not to brag. so pardon me if I get a little braggy when it comes to that site. although I wasn't trying to sound like I was bragging. so sorry for my posts. again, you'll never see another one. and my apologies to the admins that are reading this right now and are probably going to delete it because I'm arguing.
That said,I've always had pretty decent luck with CL deals. I've yet to be raped or robbed anyway. Lol The one thing I don't care for is selling a bike for around a grand. Last bike I sold was an 02 YZ 125 for $1000 and that attracted teenagers like moths to a lightbulb. I got texts at all hours wanting to know if it's been rebuilt blah blah blah. I would give them the info and get "I'll ask my dad if we can come look at it". None of them ever came. Ended up selling it to the first guy who looked at it. He was in his 40's and didn't have to ask his dad. Never again will I post my number.
Posted 06 July 2012 - 07:52 PM
By the way, where is the "Post the Best Craigslist Add of the Day" thread? I tried searching and can't find it since the site conversion.
