IdreamofHIME
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Sounds like a successful cl story...as you're still alive.
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I drove an hour and a half to sell something on Craigslist and the buyer had no cash
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The fact you couldn't write it off as a bad experience and expected to be compensated for it.
You are right about parental blocks on sites but is that easy? I may need that info myself.
But not letting the kid use the internet unsupervised (as in physically being there with him, if that's what you mean) is practically impossible (yeah, you could switch of the router or whatever, but banning him the internet, which seems to be one of the more comfortable ways the child can communicate would not be fair)
What an absurd presumption.
There are posters on the last page that seemed to get a chuckle out of the OP's gas money request. Doubt they were impersonally laughing at the story in a vacuum or laughing "with" him.
SaganIsGOAT
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Sorry for wanting a little cash and asking for a little accountability on behalf of the parents who leave their autistic kid unattended at home who could quite possibly get himself hurt through his actions.
terrisus
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And have both kidneys.
John Dunbar
correct about everything
i don't know how much in demand they are right now, but would someone actually pay 200 bucks for a used vita?
There is absolutely nothing wrong with having someone make a deposit to a bank account in the US. I've done it before for large items.
It is pretty much zero risk. And it can also be convenient for the buyer if your bank is a large one with branches everywhere.
I give someone a bank account number. They go into a local branch and make a deposit in cash. I know within a minute that the deposit was made and once the deposit is made, there is no way for the money to leave the account without my permission. And there is no extra fee for the buyer.
Only if you live in paranoid conspiracy land.
In reality, no it's not.
with a 64gb card? yeah
SaganIsGOAT
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With a $100 memory card in it? I don't think I'm ripping people off with this deal :/
John Dunbar
correct about everything
i forgot how obscenely expensive those were. of course it's another reason why there might not be many people who will want the thing.
Yes, and read that sentence back to yourself.
Be honest with yourself, if that was your kid. Just exactly how much money would you give up?
I would give something. If my kid was sitting around all day yankin on random dude's chains on craigslist I would feel somewhat responsible.
Your actions were justified. People just really like to jump at the chance to take the piss.
Exr
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I wasnt before, but now Im laughing at you.
Sucks. I've sold plenty of things on CL, and I make everyone come to me now. I've had too many experience with people flaking out to waste my gas, time, and energy. On just about everything I post I get people texting me telling me they're interested, scheduling a time to pick it up, then never showing up, never calling or texting back, never answering texts. Not sure what's wrong with people.
Fox Mulder
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Driving that far is dumb to begin with. I always make people meet me half way if they're that far. Plenty of public places to meet.
SaganIsGOAT
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You're more likely to sell them if you sell them separately. Someone who wants a cheap, used Vita doesn't care about having a 64GB card. They're going to snag a $10-15 16GB card and call it a day.
Someone who has a Vita and wants a 64GB card at a discount, isn't going to want to have to buy a Vita along with it that they then have to resell.
The market for someone who wants both of those items bundled is very small.
Plus, if you sell them separately, you might make a few extra $$$.
This is taking those "it could have been worse" posts and amplifying it to some pretty dumb fucking levels.
Exr
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You seem pretty fired up over this, Count. What do you propose we tell the OP?
SaganIsGOAT
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i understand you are pissed op, i would be too.
but only one question. why didn't you wait until the dad is home? (i mean, you still had the vita so wastin some time shouldn't be that hard.)
thats the part i don't understand. you lost money anyway, did you make more in these few hours u didn't wait or were you just to pissed and/or prideful to wait?
but only one question. why didn't you wait until the dad is home? (i mean, you still had the vita so wastin some time shouldn't be that hard.)
thats the part i don't understand. you lost money anyway, did you make more in these few hours u didn't wait or were you just to pissed and/or prideful to wait?
SaganIsGOAT
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Wait from 10am in the morning until 5pm?
Baldwin_the_First
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It's a bit too easy to be titled a asshole in your eyes when you're being so sensitive.
HeartlessNobody213
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Damn sucks that happened to you. Crazy since Craigslist has been great for me. Never had a bad experience on there except for one person who was flaky.
The dad should have apologized for the inconvenience but asking for money? Come on dude.
SaganIsGOAT
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God forbid you are ever in a horrible financial situation and doing everything you can to stay afloat. Then when you have a spark of hope it's doused and puts you even more under.
Baldwin_the_First
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If you are in that much trouble financially, why not go to retailers and ask for a modest sum of money for it, though? A little is better than nothing.
It's the way you interpreted yourself in being entitled to have gaz money from the autistic kid that makes this all ridiculous. Not the actual misfortune of ending up having to do buisiness with a autistic kid and that you missed your opportunity to sell it.
That's not the point.
First, they had agreed on cash.
Second, "I'll have x person send you the money later" pretty much translates to "you're not gonna get any money."
I've got an autistic step-son, and he's fully capable of doing stuff he knows he shouldn't if he thinks he can get away with it.
Last year he spent the family's grocery money for that entire week on little figurines for a tabletop game he's obsessed with. It was a problem he discovered with a shared account when his mom switched banks, and he didn't think he'd get caught.
This might come as a surprise, but you're not the only person in the world who's experienced hard times. And you're also not the only person who's gotten a shit sandwich instead of some relief in the midst of those tough times. Shocking, I know, right? And maybe those of us saying "it could have been worse" and "someday you will look back on this and laugh" just might be saying so because we've BEEN THERE. On numerous occasions.
If it weren't for the kindness of others during the "dot bomb" era from around mid summer 2001 through the end of that year, I would have been homeless, carless, penniless, literally out on the street. Besides having lost my job there was a comedy of fuckery in the form of shitty things happening, much like your story, that kept rolling me over and would not let up.
And I'm sure my example is a fucking walk in the park compared to what others in this thread might be willing to share about their own lives.
Nobody was trying to be an asshole to you, they were trying to commiserate.
Try putting the price down on your item if it's not getting attention. Driving 3 hours to a kid off craigslist is not a good way to do it.
Dude, the dad never agreed to buy the Vita. The kid just sort of volunteered his dad's money. Oh, and did you miss the part where the dad told OP to get off his property ?
Killing_Joke
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Sorry, but asking for gas money is pretty hilarious. Mainly because you just found he was autistic.
7 hours? yes. you already invested 3. now you lost the 3 hours + 20 bucks (or whatever the amount of gasoline was worth) and you are still pissed.
if i am short on cash, yes i would've waited.
Not to mention he'd have to wait SEVEN HOURS with a kid who went to this length to buy the Vita to maybe get it sold. Wouldn't want to spend seven minutes with that. And he would not have gotten the money in the end. If the kid lied about having the money, he definitely didn't tell the dad he'd be buying it at all and wouldn't have paid at 5. Remember how the kid called the dad AFTER saying to come back after 5pm?
SaganIsGOAT
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I forgot autistic people don't live in the real world and have no repercussions for their actions.
So 10 hours total ? Lol
You need to read the OP again, or for the first time apparently. There never was any money ! The dad never agreed to it. OP spoke with the dad on the phone and he told the OP to get off of his property.
"OP why didn't you just camp outside of the kids house, sort of like an occupy movement, until the dad finally broke down and gave you some cash ? What, you weren't desperate enough? Did your pride get in the way ? I guess you don't really need the money that bad then. lulz"
op never confirmed if the dad was willign to pay or not or if he would be at home at 5pm.
the father said piss off, after op asked if his son has any money.
if i would be his father i would be scared a fucking nutjob will take adventage of my child and rob him/extort him. (hes autistic and there are enough horrorstorys in with craigslist)
and i am not saying waiting in his house. i would wait in the car or a cheap location. wouldn't wanna see/spent any time with that guy.
What a twist!
IMACOMPUTA
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Lowering your price and selling on gaf is a much safer/smarter idea. I know you tried, but you just need to lower your price.
SanguineShark
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As someone currently going through a few issues, I sympathize with you OP. Some of the people in this thread could stand to be a little nicer.
Hope you're able to sell it soon without having more of your time wasted.
Hope you're able to sell it soon without having more of your time wasted.
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