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It is sales, so you are going to get all type of tire kickers and unreliable people coming out of the woods. Ever notice the age group or the type of people who by used cars? I have not sold one car through Craigslist list but have done so in the local paper like The Recycler back in college. The no shows are a real pain. They promise you the world and they ended up screwing up your whole day. Its easier to sell a used car to someone I know for cheap.
From my experience, the older guys are good as gold with their word. The younger crowd, not so much. I bought my Land Cruiser from an old lawyer. My girlfriend and I showed up to his mansion in Malibu and talked to him for about 5 minutes. He threw me the keys and said," Don't hurt yourself". I came back and offer to leave 500 bucks for a deposit so I can run to the bank for some money Monday. He said, no need, " Write me a check and take the damn thing home. Its insured, I will get my money one way or another on it." Check cleared, he called me a few days later. Both of us were happy. That's way business should be done. My word is gold as well and people/clients seem to like that. I have a couple of big jobs rolling through later this summer, bu t I made a promise to this lady that I would put in a bath for her beginning of summer. This bathroom is at 10% of what the other jobs would cost. As much as I know its a poor business decision, it had to be done. Its the right thing to do. Everyone gets bump back for 3 weeks, no big deal, but its eating me up to be not on schedule.
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