More Craigslist Emails

[BuzzStPoint]

I'm selling a cell phone on Craigslist.

Here's the email I have gotten so far.

From: "Graham Beck"
>>>> i'm interested in your item, Still available for sale

From: Me
Yes,
It still is available.
Joe.

From: "Graham Beck"
>> Thanks for the swift response actually I'm willing to buy gift for my
>> wife's cousin who based in Africa for wedding gift.so, I saw what you
>> have for sale and found it quite and nice as a gift. I am willing to
>> offer $195 for it, including shipping cost via USPS {ems} express
>> mail. I will be paying via PAYPAL because it's the safest means of
>> online payment

From: Me
> So you want to purchase this phone for more then I am asking for? Great.
> I didn't know Us Cellular has service in Africa!! Thought it was only a
> regional cellular carrier.

From: "Graham Beck"
Don't worry it's will work

I guess Graham know more about Us Cellular then I do

 

[badkins50]

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Aint it amazing what people try to pull off on the good ole craigslist? Last year my buddy was looking at a couple of cars and you would believe some of the crap people were trying to pull. Good luck with your sell to Graham.

 

[texasabil]

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I posted my wife's 2005 Chevy impala any way he said he would send me 2000 extra lol no one is going to do that!!! so then the next email I said the boat runs great and has 2 small leaks lmao he replied OK ill take it lol just goes to show all they can see is they want to scam you i have gotten several checks from them!!! my wife works at a bank so we turned them in to the police fraud division!!!these people don't give up either

 

[JRJ]

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You can really sell used phones?? As I head out to the trash :facepalm:

 

[BuzzStPoint]

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Oh you bet.

Especially because my phone is basically new. I only used it for 3 months before downgrading my plan.

I love craigslist. You can sell almost anything there.
My favorite ads to place are the free on the curb ads.. Got stuff you don't want to pay the city or haul to the dump? Put in on CL for free Curb Alert.

 

[jkust]

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I always like the very American sounding names and the overly proper grammer. I've had nothing but overall good luck on CL with acual local people. I think the sellers are always suprised when they get a legit inquiry. When I bought my boat off of CL, I gathered the seller had a lot of deadbeats as the rule not the exception. If you think it's bad selling something, try giving something away in the free section. That is a hoot. When the garbage company wouldn't take my old gas grill, I put it on the free section. It's amazing what people expect of you when you're giving something away for free. The guy who finally showed up was an very inibriated, indian with no plan on how to actually transport it with a 2 door Saturn.

 

[aspeck]

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We actually sold my FIL's house on CL! Sold my Cyle there also. Local people are great to deal with.

As for the phone and it being used in Africa, well, they do amazing things with phones there. I have taken several used phones there and given them to the locals. Within a week they are using them ... don't know what they do or how they do it, but they do it!

It sounds like a scam, and I wouldn't deal with them, but not because the phone doesn't work in Africa ... because they want to pay you more than you asked ...

 

[JRJ]

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And I paid a $10 disposal fee on a defunt freezer

 

[Go Aweigh2452]

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I'm selling a car on CL and I get this (from TWO different people, exact same inquiry):

Hi,

Wonderful. When would be a good time for me to come by to check it out? I need to make sure I can afford the insurance, but I can't get this quote to go through on my dial up connection. (slowww) Can you do me a huge favor and go to Auto Quote and see what the average quote is for our area? Thanks so much!

Guess they really want me to check out auto quote and give my PERSONAL information to them???? LOL