What are your notable stories of selling or giving away things online? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

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I just had three "very special" Craigslist experiences in a row and wondered what everyone else deals with when selling things online.

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[-] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

This is extremely common as a sort of all-or-nothing negotiation tactic. They’re hoping that you’ll just go “ah well, I don’t want to bother with getting someone else out here. Just go ahead and take it for $300.” Basically, they’re hoping you’ll fall for the Sunk Cost fallacy, and let them have it for cheap.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Ha. He earned his 2.5 hour round trip then. And honestly, had he pulled out another, $200 I'd have told him fuck off.

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