[craigs69]

I had forgotten how much I hate dealing with people until I listed a snowmobile on Craigslist early this week. I stated in my ad that I would not respond to emails or text messages that only ask "is this item still for sale" rather than reference the actual item. Of course I get several of those, plus the guy thinks that because he has cash in hand, I will graciously accept his offer of exactly 1/2 my asking price. Then there is the guy who texted (in somewhat broken english) from Kalamazoo (He didn't disclose it, I googled his phone number) who claimed to be too busy with work to come look at it and asked me to consider it sold, BUT, he wanted my address to send me a bank check and he would arrange for someone to come pick it up. Not to escape honorary mention, the guy who lives 7.5 hours away from me who wanted me to meet him half way (for free, of course) or discount the sled considerably so that he could justify the trip to his wife. It wasn't until 7:45 last night that my faith in humanity was restored when I got a guy on the phone who offered me within $50 of my asking price sight unseen (other than pictures in the ad) and gave me his full name, a time when he will be here tonight to complete the transaction, and a firm commitment to purchase. Hopefully he is not a no-show. Friday night is my night to have a few cocktails while I do a fish fry for the family. Screwing that up will black list you for life.

Unfortunately, the joy of selecting the"delete this ad" button will be short lived, as I have a second sled to list tomorrow.