• fury@lemmy.world
      16·
      4 hours ago

      It nice to hear from you.well am pretty okay with your asking price but i just need some re assurance on the condition,am buying it as a gift for my son in United Kingdom so can you accept paypal as a mode of payment and i will add $90 for shipping,i will have do it local transaction but i am out of town presently…so you can get me back with your paypal email account so i can pay now.hope to hear from you soon.kindly text back ASAP

      • superkret@feddit.org
        33·
        6 hours ago

        Me: no, sorry I just sold it to someone else.
        Them: I’ll come pick it up in half an hour.

      • Mitchie151@lemmy.world
        15·
        6 hours ago

        To be fair, this one is common on Facebook because it’s the stupid top auto reply thing that is way too easy to fat finger when browsing listings

        • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldEnglish
          10·
          5 hours ago

          That doesn’t explain why people have done it on Craigslist since before Facebook existed, where they have to open an email client, type it out, and send it.

          • bleistift2@sopuli.xyzEnglish
            4·
            3 hours ago

            Because they assume that the seller is not The Perfect Human and remembers removing the ad once they’ve sold the thing?

      • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldEnglish
        61·
        5 hours ago

        I add this to my listings

        “If the post is still up, the item is still available. I will remove the post as soon as it is no longer available. If you message me and ask me if it’s available, I will block you.”

        And then I block them.