I find it ridiculous that I have to prove that I'm telling the truth when all I'm saying is people are insanely cheap nowadays and I'm a competent seller. It's not like, I'm telling everyone here, I saw space aliens and the bastards are insanely cheap and then I saved the world from them by hacking into their alien computers! :)


What troll fights?

We are both being trolls by a more broad definition of the term, and we are duking it out. Your winning of course. I mean the battle itself, not what one of us is more of a troll or anything.

Well you brought it up, and since no one is giving you a direct honest answer... Yes. Up to the brink. If not already before this topic pretty much settles it.

I just think people should communicate their thoughts no matter how abrasive or whatever. It is as simple as that. And when people choose to be "polite", instead of communicating or whatever then I see them as two faced savages. What is more civilized? People who are efficient at communicating or people who hide themselves? Think about it... Unfortunately I live in a country where most of the people believe in the opposite of what I believe in... A country full of two faced people who will tell you to "have a nice day" while smiling when they are thinking, how awesome it would be to see you get hit by a truck. :) A country where you can never tell who is friend and who is foe so you constantly have to watch your back.

1) People want a deal. Myself, I never buy ANYTHING for more than 10-20% over what a pawn shop would pay.

2) Tighter times means less money for non-essentials. Abundance leads to irresponsible or discretionary spending, shortage leads to an economics lesson.

3) In any kind of private sale, you have to mark everything up 15% or so, to give the buyer the perception of having gotten a deal.

Any why should anyone pay the absolute lowest you are willing to sell for? If you don't need the money bad enough to take the offers being made, keep waiting for the proper offer, or start advertising.

Well that's a whole different debate right there. The point you were trying to make never got made because of how efficient your communication is.

I don't like you. You don't like me. I'm okay with that. If your okay with that too, then I think its time we just part ways.

Insanely cheap people want more than a good deal... When someone asks you to compensate him or her for the gas he or she will have to spend in order to buy the item that already has a bargain price, they want more than a good deal.

80% off of what? Original retail price? If so, irrelevant. 80% off your perceived value of the item? Again, irrelevant. 80% off the market trend on the item? Odd.
Agreed. I am about as cheap as they come, and do you know what that has done? it has transformed me from a wasteful consumer to a responsible, observant, and fanatical appreciator of money. I used to disrespect my money, giving it to people who hadn't earned it, for stuff I didn't want, let alone need. Now I don't disrespect money. Now I love it. I love my money, but I love YOUR money even more.

Insanely cheap people want more than a deal for sure, they want a deal AND a nice margin.

I have some non-junk I've been trying to sell on craigslist for months. Turns out it might just be junk to most folks who see it.

I'm not you. When I say I'm not selling junk, it means nobody sees my items as junk. I'm not selling baseball cards or something like that or something only a fan would be interested in..

+1 This is pretty much it.. especially 1.

Yeah because you assume, I'm one of those people who sells junk that he thinks is gold for high prices, then gets butt hurt, because nobody wants to buy them for those high prices. I find your lack of faith, disturbing.

I'm selling PA system. It has uses. Non-junk. No calls and was listed for over 3 months.

I suspect it's because (and I can't believe this needs restating) you have given no examples. Again, you have spent so much time and effort over the last hour arguing with people, when you could have said something like:
"Right, I had an original G1 Fortress Maximus in perfect condition. Most of them go on ebay for about $3000, so I put mine up at $2000. No one bit, so I dropped it to $1000. A few people contacted me. Some wanted another $500 off, some wanted $500 off and gas money to come and get it."

That took me about three minutes to make up and write.

But I guess what you're doing is so much easier...