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Story: I’m trying to sell my late father in law’s car on Craigslist. I’ve sold a few things on CL over the past few years without a hitch.
Now, it is a fact that I have pristine copies of Brothers Karamazov and Anna Karenina on my bookshelf, and I do display old New Yorker magazines on the coffee table. I’m not normally an e-mail snob.
Below are the four (so far) replies to my posting. They have not been edited one bit for the sake of faithfulness and integrity to the original.
· HI do you take offers? im a serious buyer John
· please call me XXX-XXX- (deleted real number)
· I want the car. Plz call me now XXX-XXX-
· Has it been tobacco smoked in? Your pic of the speedometer is too close, it does not show other gauges, & whether it has a tachometer??? I have cash & interest and need a car, Thanxxx
So, my questions are:
Would any of you respond to these potential buyers?? I'm not totally desperate, but I want to sell the car soon.
Don't people use salutations and complete sentences, even on CL?
I’m feeling more and more out of touch with the rest of the country.
Now, it is a fact that I have pristine copies of Brothers Karamazov and Anna Karenina on my bookshelf, and I do display old New Yorker magazines on the coffee table. I’m not normally an e-mail snob.
Below are the four (so far) replies to my posting. They have not been edited one bit for the sake of faithfulness and integrity to the original.
· HI do you take offers? im a serious buyer John
· please call me XXX-XXX- (deleted real number)
· I want the car. Plz call me now XXX-XXX-
· Has it been tobacco smoked in? Your pic of the speedometer is too close, it does not show other gauges, & whether it has a tachometer??? I have cash & interest and need a car, Thanxxx
So, my questions are:
Would any of you respond to these potential buyers?? I'm not totally desperate, but I want to sell the car soon.
Don't people use salutations and complete sentences, even on CL?
I’m feeling more and more out of touch with the rest of the country.