This just in: Craigslist sucks.
Dude "may be interested" in the curio cabinet I'm trying to sell. Tells me to call him. If I call him, he'll have my phone number! I just...I'm not comfortable calling people, especially men, whom I don't know, who contacted me through Craigslist. Why can't we do this by email? Sure, if I email him back, he'll have my email, but that's disposable. I'm creeped out. Especially since, to get this cabinet, the buyer will have to come to my house. I think this was a bad idea. I'm gonna tell him it sold already and I'm taking the listing down.
Do you have an iphone, Zen? Would something like burner work for you?
Also, you don't have to lie to him and then not be able to sell your item. You're the seller. You control this. You can say, email only or I'm not interested in your offer.
Yeah. I'm just not happy about the idea of having him come to my house to get it, either. If I could get it into my car, I'd take it to Goodwill and be done with it.
Zen, you can *69 him so he won't have your number. If you feel okay after the call, ask a large male friend to come over and be there for the pickup.
if you have gmail, you can get a google voice acct. I hardly ever give out my "real" numbers since having google voice.
I just found out from FB that my brother is "in a relationship". With a woman older than I am.
I really hope he actually told my parents first, rather than having them find out through FB.
Zen, you can *69 him so he won't have your number. If you feel okay after the call, ask a large male friend to come over and be there for the pickup.
I, um, don't know what *69 is. Also, I don't have any male friends in this town.
if you have gmail, you can get a google voice acct. I hardly ever give out my "real" numbers since having google voice.
I'll check this out!
I just found out from FB that my brother is "in a relationship". With a woman older than I am.
Whoa. Facebook is not the best way to communicate such information.
Isn't *69 for calling someone back?
I would just email back and ask what he wants to know, or just ignore it altogether.
Zen, that's exactly why I sold my elliptical on Facebook last week. I didn't want any strangers coming to my house. At least I know everyone who reads my Facebook feed. Maybe try that? It worked out well for me. I'm thinking of trying it again, after seeing a friend sell all of the furniture in her apartment on Facebook in 12 hours getting ready to leave for the Peace Corps.
And you could make a list of only-locals, if you don't want to bother others with it.
I would just email back and ask what he wants to know, or just ignore it altogether.
Or yeah, what brenda said. If the guy doesn't meet your terms, wait for someone who does.
