SOLD!!!!

well, my trusty PowerBook is SOLD...




So I post the ad and 2 pix to CraigsList and within a half an hour I get this:

Hello,

I saw your product on craigslist and i will like to know if you
still have it for sale and the working condition get back to me as
soon as you get this

Linda

followed closely by:

Hello,

I'm interested in your listed item and i will be paying you via MO or Check and i will also be responsible for the shipping expenses myself, pls reply me with your name and address for the payment .

Thanks

So I change the ad to say I don't want to ship it. I want to meet at a local coffee shop and they can pay me ca$h or PayPal.



Next I get a low ball:

Love that powerbook! I aint rich either so I have $700 that I can do today.
Please dont be insulted.. if you dont want to accept thats cool.

Thanks and have a good one.

which I think is tooo low, but I don't hate the 'playa' (but I do hate this game).

My response... I'll keep his info and get back to him if NOBODY wants the actually pay for the thing. To which he replies, offering me cash and a guitar. Which I consider for a surprisingly long 20 minutes.

Luckily I am saved by a REAL human, who recognizes that I have low-balled this thing to move quick and he simply says:

hi i will buy it if it checks out
i can meet you this evening
call me
917XXXXXX
my name is roy (fake name)

So I packed it up and headed for Starbucks...

an hour later... a few dollars in my pocket (at least until I send it off to AMEX ;) and a little weight off my shoulders. The gentleman who bought it was a decent guy and this whole experience (so far) has reminded me that the bark of selling things online is usually worse the the BITE!