This past summer, I sold my son's Jeep Comanche pickup as-is, complete with damage from a frontal collision with a deer. Posted ad on Craigslist, with photos. Priced it at what my son thought he should ask, and he gave me the bottom dollar figure he would take.
Had several callers who thought it was too high, even though I stated everything I knew about the condition of the truck in the ad. Even had one guy who drove 45 minutes with a truck and trailer to look at it, only to decide that, yes, the truck was in exactly the condition I said it was, but he wasn't prepared to pay the price. He gave me a low-ball offer, I said no, and he drove away. Had one guy who kept pestering me thru email to post more pictures, but the pics I did post told the story completely. [He even emailed me for more pics after I'd already sold the truck and had previously told him that the truck was sold...go figure.]
Finally got a call from someone who wanted the truck as it was described, and for the asking price. They drove about an hour with truck and trailer, checked it out thoroughly, decided it was exactly as advertised, paid the price I quoted, loaded the truck on the trailer, and drove away with it.
Bottom line is, even when you weed out a lot of folks over the phone, as I did,you still get a few tire kickers...or folks who think that, since they're there and have SOME of the cash, the seller will wilt at the sight of a little green. These folks are hard-headed, and I don't think you'll every get thru to them, or eliminate them completely, no matter how well you screen potential buyers.
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