That doesn’t explain why people have done it on Craigslist since before Facebook existed, where they have to open an email client, type it out, and send it.
“If the post is still up, the item is still available. I will remove the post as soon as it is no longer available. If you message me and ask me if it’s available, I will block you.”
It nice to hear from you.well am pretty okay with your asking price but i just need some re assurance on the condition,am buying it as a gift for my son in United Kingdom so can you accept paypal as a mode of payment and i will add $90 for shipping,i will have do it local transaction but i am out of town presently…so you can get me back with your paypal email account so i can pay now.hope to hear from you soon.kindly text back ASAP
Is it still available?
Me: yes, it’s still available Them: never to be heard from again
Me: no, sorry I just sold it to someone else.
Them: I’ll come pick it up in half an hour.
To be fair, this one is common on Facebook because it’s the stupid top auto reply thing that is way too easy to fat finger when browsing listings
That doesn’t explain why people have done it on Craigslist since before Facebook existed, where they have to open an email client, type it out, and send it.
Because they assume that the seller is not The Perfect Human and remembers removing the ad once they’ve sold the thing?
I add this to my listings
“If the post is still up, the item is still available. I will remove the post as soon as it is no longer available. If you message me and ask me if it’s available, I will block you.”
And then I block them.
“Is this item still available” is usually the default text when you go to respond to a listing.
Not on Craigslist it’s not! I don’t use Facebook
marketplaceanything.It nice to hear from you.well am pretty okay with your asking price but i just need some re assurance on the condition,am buying it as a gift for my son in United Kingdom so can you accept paypal as a mode of payment and i will add $90 for shipping,i will have do it local transaction but i am out of town presently…so you can get me back with your paypal email account so i can pay now.hope to hear from you soon.kindly text back ASAP
tbf, people often don’t take down their ads after a sale