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Originally Posted by JSH
Free also attracts scoundrels
I've had good luck with CL to sell bigger items - most recently a boat.
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I think I sent 85 messages on OfferUp attempting to give away a futon. People wanted me to deliver it, or wanted to know exact dimensions, etc. I gave up.
There was a guy on OfferUp that wanted me to deliver a drill set, and I said no, but if I happened to pass by that way I'll let him know. Instead I got a buyer that drove an hour to purchase my drills, and didn't haggle the price. When I changed the status to sold, the original guy was angry, saying he would have picked it up even though he refused to do so.
On CL I purchased a 2007 Subaru Outback (in 2009) for $1,000 under book value and didn't even try to haggle the price, which is exactly why it was being sold under value. A month later I decided I didn't like the lumbering handling, poor fuel economy, and sluggish automatic transmission, so I sold it for $1,000 more than I paid for it to the first person who responded to my CL ad. He took it for a drive around the block, then said he'd buy it.
I did purchase the motorcycle in my avatar in 2003 from an Ebay auction though. Paid $5,500 for the 2 year old bike. Also bought my ODOT Dodge/Cummins truck from an Ebay auction for $7k.