datztoothless
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- Oct 27, 2005
I have had no problems dealing on Craigslist. As a buyer, I have bought NBA tickets and Nutrisystem food off of there.
Well, this Saturday I did drive all the way down to Edmond (like 2 hrs) and have the buyer try to lowball me by almost 20%, but other than that I'm good. I prefer it to eBay now since they keep raising their commissions
As a seller I have done literally 1000s of dollars, the biggest deal being some Laker's tickets I sold for 1200$, some I sold 800$, ASW tickets for 700$, sold a Samsung R580 laptop for 750$, an Asus i3 U50F for 500$, currently got a Sony Vaio F Series i7 on for 750$, and other various ticket packages for big numbers.
I always go alone and have never had a problem. Meet up places have been my place a few times, the mall, Starbuck's, or out in front of the arena in the case of the NBA tickets most of the time. Maybe I have been somewhat reckless with that since I usually text/call the person and let them know who I am before I know who they are. I guess technically they could rob me, could pay me then double back and get their money back. But I have never had a problem. They're probably more scared when they see me.
Like someone else said, just have common sense and you'll be good. For example with the Laker's tickets, there was a guy who kept texting/calling me telling me he lives in OKC and wants me to go to this club called The Rendezvous here in town (OKC is 90 miles away) and his mom is a bartender there named Kesha, go during club hours (after midnight), ask for his mom, then she'll buy the tickets and get them to me. The Rendezvous is the rowdiest club in town; fights, shooting, sex, all of that. In fact, The Rendezvous is just it's current name because they always get shut down by the city for transgressions, then come back a few weeks later reincarnated as some other name but the same lowlifes attend.
I felt like that was screaming setup. I'd be like, "Hi, where's Kesha. I'm the guy with the tickets," then she would give me the 800$ and on my way out when at the parking lot, some bouncers would tap me on the shoulder and beat the $%%@ out of me and take the money back and leave me unconscious on my own hood (happened before to someone else, just not stealing tickets but they beat his #%! good) or just steal them from me right off jump. I kept suggesting to have her meet me at my place as I live down the street or even in the club parking lot in the evening since she goes in at 7, but he kept insisting meet her during club hours. So I texted him back like damn that and sold it to someone else, who I met at the mall. I was walking around the mall afterwards with 800$ in my pocket, no wallet.
Well, this Saturday I did drive all the way down to Edmond (like 2 hrs) and have the buyer try to lowball me by almost 20%, but other than that I'm good. I prefer it to eBay now since they keep raising their commissions
As a seller I have done literally 1000s of dollars, the biggest deal being some Laker's tickets I sold for 1200$, some I sold 800$, ASW tickets for 700$, sold a Samsung R580 laptop for 750$, an Asus i3 U50F for 500$, currently got a Sony Vaio F Series i7 on for 750$, and other various ticket packages for big numbers.
I always go alone and have never had a problem. Meet up places have been my place a few times, the mall, Starbuck's, or out in front of the arena in the case of the NBA tickets most of the time. Maybe I have been somewhat reckless with that since I usually text/call the person and let them know who I am before I know who they are. I guess technically they could rob me, could pay me then double back and get their money back. But I have never had a problem. They're probably more scared when they see me.
Like someone else said, just have common sense and you'll be good. For example with the Laker's tickets, there was a guy who kept texting/calling me telling me he lives in OKC and wants me to go to this club called The Rendezvous here in town (OKC is 90 miles away) and his mom is a bartender there named Kesha, go during club hours (after midnight), ask for his mom, then she'll buy the tickets and get them to me. The Rendezvous is the rowdiest club in town; fights, shooting, sex, all of that. In fact, The Rendezvous is just it's current name because they always get shut down by the city for transgressions, then come back a few weeks later reincarnated as some other name but the same lowlifes attend.
I felt like that was screaming setup. I'd be like, "Hi, where's Kesha. I'm the guy with the tickets," then she would give me the 800$ and on my way out when at the parking lot, some bouncers would tap me on the shoulder and beat the $%%@ out of me and take the money back and leave me unconscious on my own hood (happened before to someone else, just not stealing tickets but they beat his #%! good) or just steal them from me right off jump. I kept suggesting to have her meet me at my place as I live down the street or even in the club parking lot in the evening since she goes in at 7, but he kept insisting meet her during club hours. So I texted him back like damn that and sold it to someone else, who I met at the mall. I was walking around the mall afterwards with 800$ in my pocket, no wallet.
