TheBasement
Well-known member
Add was posted on Springfield, MO craigslist for a couple of dead machines. One of them, a William's Blaster in a duramold shell for $100. I know time is off the essence for deals, but unfortunately I am 3 hours away. I call the guy up, ask him if it is still for sale and confirm he is selling it for $100. He says yes, so I tell the guy that the ad states it is non-working. I don't need to view it to make a decision, I am bringing $100 to pick up the dead machine. I also inform him of my driving distance to make sure he isn't going to pull the plug on me, and tell him I will be there in 3 hours. He confirms it, gives me directions, and I am out the door in 5 minutes.
I am on the road for more than 1 hour, and I get a phone call. He "informs" me that he has been researching this game, it is worth more than that, and he can no longer sell the game until he can research more thoroughly the "higher" price that he will be selling it for. I let him know I have already been on the road for 1 hour, and will have been on the road for 2 hours by the time I get home for nothing. Unfortunately he had made up his mind and was no longer selling it to me. So now I am out of 2 hours out of my life and approximately $15 in gas.
So a big thank you for all those Craigslisters who don't research their stuff before making a deal to sell it to someone. I also am aware that there is a big possibility someone tried to make a deal with him after I was already on the road, or at the very least "alert" him to the fact that the machine might be worth more money. So if that was anyone here on KLOV who did that, a big heartfelt THANK YOU goes out to you. May you reap what you sow.
I am on the road for more than 1 hour, and I get a phone call. He "informs" me that he has been researching this game, it is worth more than that, and he can no longer sell the game until he can research more thoroughly the "higher" price that he will be selling it for. I let him know I have already been on the road for 1 hour, and will have been on the road for 2 hours by the time I get home for nothing. Unfortunately he had made up his mind and was no longer selling it to me. So now I am out of 2 hours out of my life and approximately $15 in gas.
So a big thank you for all those Craigslisters who don't research their stuff before making a deal to sell it to someone. I also am aware that there is a big possibility someone tried to make a deal with him after I was already on the road, or at the very least "alert" him to the fact that the machine might be worth more money. So if that was anyone here on KLOV who did that, a big heartfelt THANK YOU goes out to you. May you reap what you sow.


