Best reply to bike sale haggler?

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Jack_Wagon wrote:
Mine from yesterday [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2016/11/28/161859/s1200_Screenshot_20161128_085107.jpg[/img]
Mine from yesterday

LOL!
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I had a little time this morning to reply to a scammer. I haven't had any hagglers yet.



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Tim.

Oh man, I gotta be honest. I use a screwdriver as a key, so screwdrivers is cheap. A friend's cousin's brother-in-law, Bubba Spivey from Slocum, has done the service work. I replaced the shifter for the transmission because I broke it with a 6' cheater bar after the bike flew off of Bubba's flatbed while leaving the tractor pull and mud run over at Union Grove. He was over there looking for used tools that folks leave laying around and had to leave real fast when his wife shot a bigfoot (against the law, made the local paper, but they don't know zactly who done it). There is a little rust on the muffler bearing, but there is some stuff you can get at the dollar store or walmart that will take care of it. I ain't real good at the internets, so whatever peepal is is foreign to me. Can you mail the cash to your mover guy and have him pay me? If not, I could send Jbud and Beefcat to El Paso to meet you. Them boys love Juarez, guns, girls & tequila you know. Hell, they would even treat a military man to a night on the town!

That's the real deal right there. If all that aint up to standard, I caint do no more. You gotta remember though, gots to have cash or no deal. Nanakay told me to watch out for folks trying a scam on me (you being military and all, I'd think you lejit). If not, I got lotta redneck boys got my back and like roadtrips.

Let me know if you want the scooter.



From: timothy piper
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Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2016 3:01 PM
Subject: Re: 2016 Yamaha YZ450F

Do you have the extra keys , Where did you get your Bike serviced, Have you ever had any transmission repairs and Is there any rust on the Bike? I'm ready to pay your asking price but not cash in person because I am serving in the US army and currently been deploy to Fort Huachuca Military Base, Arizona and calls are restricted at the moment and my only quickest payment option is PayPal, its safe fast and secure and i will be responsible for the PayPal transaction charges so you can get your expected amount. If you don't have an account with PayPal, its pretty easy to open one, Just log onto www.paypal.com and sign up. I hope we can make the purchase as fast as possible? As I am buying the bike for my dad and I'm very sure he will love this Bike, his a mechanic and a handy man, so if there is anything that need to be fixed in it just let me know he will handle it. I have a mover that will come for the pick up once payment clears in your account and he will handle the title for me.I would appreciate if you email me with more pictures (if available) too since i won't be able to see this in person. I look forward to hear from you with the information below.


Your PayPal e-Mail Address :
Full name:
Firm Price:
Zip code for pickup
Mobile #

Regards,
Tim Piper.
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11/28/2016 10:03am
kzizok wrote:
Buyer= "Whats your bottom dollar?"

Me= "The lowest amount I would be willing to take."
My personal favorite to that question is "Whats your top dollar"
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11/28/2016 1:16pm
kzizok wrote:
Buyer= "Whats your bottom dollar?"

Me= "The lowest amount I would be willing to take."
c0ncEpT wrote:
My personal favorite to that question is "Whats your top dollar"
Nice! Getting a little burned out on my stuff. Gonna give that one a go next time. Hell, I could even see working both responses in after they ask you a second time.

Buyer: Whats your bottom dollar?

Me: Whats your top dollar?

B: No, really. Whats your bottom dollar?

M: The lowest amount I am willing to take!

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11/28/2016 1:33pm
Usually when someone asks me 'what's your bottom $'
I reply: $1 less via text message, $100 less via phone and a lot less in person.
That's my filter for spammer text message internet scumbag douche-bags. If they show-up, that usually means they're ready with cash, and that's who I want to deal with.

And for those of you that hate getting that bottom dollar question, please respect the seller and NEVER make an offer less than asking without seeing the bike first. I understand there are exceptions ... like if you are willing to drive 3 hours + for a deal .,.. ok rant over.
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11/28/2016 1:37pm
When I get Low Balled

I immediately ask Do you actually the money you just offered? Do you have a way to haul this item? Can you be here in 20min with the above? usually never hear back LOL

Sure I will accept that but first I am going to light it on Fire and Ghost ride it down a hill.
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11/28/2016 1:47pm
I always agree to the price, no matter how low. Keep them going for 45 minutes or so just to let them get excited over owning this new motorcycle. After that long, they are already picking out graphics.

Then, just as we discuss the where and when to meet, I will text back that I did not know you already had my address.

Of course, hes confused when I mention, "Yea, you just gave me the 225.00 (25.00 less than his silly offer) and we loaded it in your truck...right???

Oh man...I thought you were you the guy who just drive off with it........sorry...Maybe next time...



11/28/2016 2:00pm
rcannon wrote:
I always agree to the price, no matter how low. Keep them going for 45 minutes or so just to let them get excited over owning...
I always agree to the price, no matter how low. Keep them going for 45 minutes or so just to let them get excited over owning this new motorcycle. After that long, they are already picking out graphics.

Then, just as we discuss the where and when to meet, I will text back that I did not know you already had my address.

Of course, hes confused when I mention, "Yea, you just gave me the 225.00 (25.00 less than his silly offer) and we loaded it in your truck...right???

Oh man...I thought you were you the guy who just drive off with it........sorry...Maybe next time...



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So I sold my Tacoma two weeks ago, and I had a kid send me this "Hi I'm Bill, I'm 16 years old, and I don't have much money, will you accept $2,000 cash?"

I was asking $7200 in my ad, but I guess $2k is close enough to a 16 year old.

I didn't mess with the kid, I only asked him if he lifted bro.
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11/28/2016 2:20pm
Seller, after being lowballed on the phone: "I see what you're after is a good buy, right?"

Buyer: "Yeah, of course."

Seller: "Well...good bye." ...as he hangs up the phone.
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11/28/2016 2:22pm
Dirtydeeds wrote:
Had a dude lowball me, told em tell ya what dude, why don't I give you $100 and you can have it. His reply naturally, sweet...
Had a dude lowball me, told em tell ya what dude, why don't I give you $100 and you can have it. His reply naturally, sweet man! Told em cool, come get it but you gotta let me shoot you in the leg.
dirtydeeds- i can't stop laughing, i don't know why this is funny, but I'm gonna use this..lmfao
11/28/2016 3:59pm
Not me but a friend of mine was selling his yz125 a few years ago on Craigslist for $2,300. Some guy offered him $1,100 cash. My friend didn't want to take it but he needed the money to fix his car for work so he accepted it. But before selling it he removed the circlips from the piston,cut up the fork springs and replaced the oil with maple syrup. Not really a craigslist haggler story, but it was good revenge on a scammer in my opinion.
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Not me but a friend of mine was selling his yz125 a few years ago on Craigslist for $2,300. Some guy offered him $1,100 cash. My...
Not me but a friend of mine was selling his yz125 a few years ago on Craigslist for $2,300. Some guy offered him $1,100 cash. My friend didn't want to take it but he needed the money to fix his car for work so he accepted it. But before selling it he removed the circlips from the piston,cut up the fork springs and replaced the oil with maple syrup. Not really a craigslist haggler story, but it was good revenge on a scammer in my opinion.
Question, Do you know what that little white spec is on top of chicken poop?
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11/28/2016 4:48pm
Not really a low-ball haggler story but semi related....

I recently sold my trusty, high mileage '94 CBR600 F2. I was asking $1,500.00.
Met up with the potential buyer- 18 year old kid getting his first bike. He had gone
through the motorcycle safety training program, had his learner's permit and had been
saving up. He wanted it really bad but said "I'm a little short, though."

"How much do you have?" I asked.
"$1,464.73."

He had scrounged all the sofas for extra change, borrowed his grandfather's beat up old truck to haul
the bike, built a loading ramp out of scrap 2x4's that morning and stopped at Kragen to
buy a cheap shit set of tie downs.

Fucking A, this kid was cool and determined! I told him to keep the $64.73 and to ride safe.
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11/28/2016 5:01pm
Man I wish I stil had the screenshots I had from a kid looking to buy my 12' Kx250f a couple years back. Texted non stop all day long asking questions that led me to believe he was pretty new to the sport. I was asking $4500 and told him $4000 was my bottom dollar. Looked like it just left the showroom floor, all stock with 8 hrs on it. Before seeing it his starting offer was $2800, which I declined and reminded him my bottom dollar. His reply was "it's a nice bike and all but I think my offer is a fair one. It will get the bike off your hands and put some cash in your pocket." For the next 7 hours he made 7 offers, increasing them by $100 and after being declined he gave the exact reply of "it's a nice bike and all......" Eventually he wanted to set up a time to come look at it before offering anymore so we set up a time in which he says "Don't be late, I have things to do and don't have time for games." I replied "Neither do I so if you plan on buying it, don't bring $3800 in cash to my house and think Its going to impress me. It's $4k or nothing." I thought he understood. After an hr of riding it up and down the block and pointing out I had obviously laid it over because the small scratch on the side plate (where my boot rubbed when I throw my fat leg over the bike) he pulls out $3650 in cash. I shake my head laughing in disbelief and tell him now. I then got to hear the live, in person "it's a nice bike and all" speech. He wouldn't take no for an answer. I had to pick his money up that he had laid out and put it in his pocket to get him to leave. I'll give him credit, he had balls and was persistent. I think he just read a bad sales and purchasing book for dummies or something.

On the other hand, I've bought some mx parts off ppl on Craigslist and met some cool ass mx people I never knew lived around me.
11/28/2016 5:21pm
Not me but a friend of mine was selling his yz125 a few years ago on Craigslist for $2,300. Some guy offered him $1,100 cash. My...
Not me but a friend of mine was selling his yz125 a few years ago on Craigslist for $2,300. Some guy offered him $1,100 cash. My friend didn't want to take it but he needed the money to fix his car for work so he accepted it. But before selling it he removed the circlips from the piston,cut up the fork springs and replaced the oil with maple syrup. Not really a craigslist haggler story, but it was good revenge on a scammer in my opinion.
How was the guy a scammer? It wasnt his fault your friend took his lowball offer lol.
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I never put my phone number in the ad......you only get that after we've chatted on e mail for a while....that also sends a lot of people packing........and never, ever put obo in an ad, I don't think its needed and all it does is bring out the idiots that assume you are as stupid as they are. OBO DOES NOT MEAN THAT I WILL GIVE IT AWAY IF NO ONE CALLS......at least to me it doesn't.

I also love it when they tell me to be ready to roll because they are bringing COLD HARD CASH, Well yeah buddy, there is absolutely no other way that I will accept payment from a stranger..... I'm at the stage in my life where seeing a wad of ones and twenties with a few hundreds thrown in doesn't make me lose my mind...and even if it did I would never in a million years let on that I was impressed, thats for sure. Negotiating 101.Smile
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davistld01 wrote:
Seller, after being lowballed on the phone: "I see what you're after is a good buy, right?" Buyer: "Yeah, of course." Seller: "Well...good bye." ...as he...
Seller, after being lowballed on the phone: "I see what you're after is a good buy, right?"

Buyer: "Yeah, of course."

Seller: "Well...good bye." ...as he hangs up the phone.
Nice! Laughing
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11/28/2016 5:35pm Edited Date/Time 11/28/2016 5:36pm
Not me but a friend of mine was selling his yz125 a few years ago on Craigslist for $2,300. Some guy offered him $1,100 cash. My...
Not me but a friend of mine was selling his yz125 a few years ago on Craigslist for $2,300. Some guy offered him $1,100 cash. My friend didn't want to take it but he needed the money to fix his car for work so he accepted it. But before selling it he removed the circlips from the piston,cut up the fork springs and replaced the oil with maple syrup. Not really a craigslist haggler story, but it was good revenge on a scammer in my opinion.
How was the guy a scammer? It wasnt his fault your friend took his lowball offer lol.
That is called fraud.

Heaven forbid someone gets hurt because of the tampering. That could yield some serious consequences, especially from premeditation. You should never go full retard.
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11/28/2016 7:24pm
Not me but a friend of mine was selling his yz125 a few years ago on Craigslist for $2,300. Some guy offered him $1,100 cash. My...
Not me but a friend of mine was selling his yz125 a few years ago on Craigslist for $2,300. Some guy offered him $1,100 cash. My friend didn't want to take it but he needed the money to fix his car for work so he accepted it. But before selling it he removed the circlips from the piston,cut up the fork springs and replaced the oil with maple syrup. Not really a craigslist haggler story, but it was good revenge on a scammer in my opinion.
How was the guy a scammer? It wasnt his fault your friend took his lowball offer lol.
kzizok wrote:
That is called fraud. Heaven forbid someone gets hurt because of the tampering. That could yield some serious consequences, especially from premeditation. You should never go...
That is called fraud.

Heaven forbid someone gets hurt because of the tampering. That could yield some serious consequences, especially from premeditation. You should never go full retard.
I agree. I've had to sell stuff for lower than I wanted sometimes but I would never sabotage the item I was selling .
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11/28/2016 7:38pm
Not me but a friend of mine was selling his yz125 a few years ago on Craigslist for $2,300. Some guy offered him $1,100 cash. My...
Not me but a friend of mine was selling his yz125 a few years ago on Craigslist for $2,300. Some guy offered him $1,100 cash. My friend didn't want to take it but he needed the money to fix his car for work so he accepted it. But before selling it he removed the circlips from the piston,cut up the fork springs and replaced the oil with maple syrup. Not really a craigslist haggler story, but it was good revenge on a scammer in my opinion.
I don't know Pete Bro, you should talk to your buddy. He sounds like a real asswipe.
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11/28/2016 8:02pm
Not me but a friend of mine was selling his yz125 a few years ago on Craigslist for $2,300. Some guy offered him $1,100 cash. My...
Not me but a friend of mine was selling his yz125 a few years ago on Craigslist for $2,300. Some guy offered him $1,100 cash. My friend didn't want to take it but he needed the money to fix his car for work so he accepted it. But before selling it he removed the circlips from the piston,cut up the fork springs and replaced the oil with maple syrup. Not really a craigslist haggler story, but it was good revenge on a scammer in my opinion.
A scammer in your opinion and a scammer in mine must be different. I'm assuming your buddy didn't have him pick the bike up from his house, cuz I know if that happened to me, I'd be returning to that house and I wouldn't be there to talk about it.
11/28/2016 8:32pm
Not me but a friend of mine was selling his yz125 a few years ago on Craigslist for $2,300. Some guy offered him $1,100 cash. My...
Not me but a friend of mine was selling his yz125 a few years ago on Craigslist for $2,300. Some guy offered him $1,100 cash. My friend didn't want to take it but he needed the money to fix his car for work so he accepted it. But before selling it he removed the circlips from the piston,cut up the fork springs and replaced the oil with maple syrup. Not really a craigslist haggler story, but it was good revenge on a scammer in my opinion.
So because your friend can't take care of himself or his finances properly, he takes it out on someone who he agreed to sell a bike to for a low amount...
I would of fucked his world up if I got the shit end of that stick.
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So because your friend can't take care of himself or his finances properly, he takes it out on someone who he agreed to sell a bike...
So because your friend can't take care of himself or his finances properly, he takes it out on someone who he agreed to sell a bike to for a low amount...
I would of fucked his world up if I got the shit end of that stick.
Amen.
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11/29/2016 2:49am
kzizok wrote:
I have a couple of tactitics I use for lowballers, especially the extreme lowballers! Here is how my favorite tactic goes: Lets use $1000 for ease...
I have a couple of tactitics I use for lowballers, especially the extreme lowballers! Here is how my favorite tactic goes:

Lets use $1000 for ease of explanation for the price of whatever it is that I'm selling. The buyer starts out by offering something ridiculous like $400. I then counter with a price of $1100. Buyer is immediatly confused and thinks it's a mistake, so he offers $500. Naturally, I counter with $1200. I will go as long as the buyer does. Although, it usually doesn't go very far and buyer doesn't know what hit 'em. Now they're mad with the confusion, and they turn to the only thing they know what to do, start throwing out expletives before they go away!

It's a pretty efficient way to get them to go away quickly.
HA!!! I just used that same tactic the other week - I only went up by $50....still haven't heard back. I think he offered me $400 for an $800 bike...
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I didn't even realize this but now I might be a scammer. Met with a guy selling a new Honda Eu2000 generator for $600. The second I seen him, seen him take it out of his trunk, and heard him speak I knew it was stolen. Asked him to fire it up and he didn't know how. Told him it wasn't the model I thought it was but offered him $300 cash and he accepted. I figured I had the upper hand in the situation and low balled him, but according to you I just might be a scammer. I should probably take this thing apart to check for maple syrup.
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YZed250 wrote:
Usually when someone asks me 'what's your bottom $' I reply: $1 less via text message, $100 less via phone and a lot less in person...
Usually when someone asks me 'what's your bottom $'
I reply: $1 less via text message, $100 less via phone and a lot less in person.
That's my filter for spammer text message internet scumbag douche-bags. If they show-up, that usually means they're ready with cash, and that's who I want to deal with.

And for those of you that hate getting that bottom dollar question, please respect the seller and NEVER make an offer less than asking without seeing the bike first. I understand there are exceptions ... like if you are willing to drive 3 hours + for a deal .,.. ok rant over.
Agree with this. If I'm selling something on CL, and the first thing someone talks about is price, they may or may not get a reply. If they do get a reply, I don't budge much. If someone asks about whatever the item is, gets a gauge for condition and acts genuinely interested, I'm much more willing to work with them on price.
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About a year ago, I was selling an old worn out commuter car that had developed an electrical issue. I put it on Craigslist for $100 with an honest description of the problem. Had a bunch of people call and waste my time (hey, it's $100, take it or leave it). One guy texted me, wanting to know if I would come down on the price. I said "sure, but we will have to start at $300 if we are going to haggle over the price". Never heard from him again. Lol
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11/29/2016 5:31am Edited Date/Time 11/29/2016 5:33am
People low ball because it works on people who need the money.

Heck, I sold a crf450 last year for $4100. Couple hours later guy calls asking if he knows anyone who would want the bike cause his wife's transmission just went out, sent my buddy over there and he got it for $2500. Guy lost $1600 in a few hours cause he was desperate.

I buy a few bikes a month using the low ball method. It works. Shoot off 10 lowball offers and 1 person will need the money that day and accept. Often times they'll say no, then message me a few days later agreeing. Bikes only worth what someone is willing to pay.

I'll take some people low balling me all day over some people trying to rob me
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Not me but a friend of mine was selling his yz125 a few years ago on Craigslist for $2,300. Some guy offered him $1,100 cash. My...
Not me but a friend of mine was selling his yz125 a few years ago on Craigslist for $2,300. Some guy offered him $1,100 cash. My friend didn't want to take it but he needed the money to fix his car for work so he accepted it. But before selling it he removed the circlips from the piston,cut up the fork springs and replaced the oil with maple syrup. Not really a craigslist haggler story, but it was good revenge on a scammer in my opinion.
Your friend is a d*#k. He accepted the deal live up to it.

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