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I did something similar when selling an item on craigslist. I was having trouble with lowballers and flakes, so I relisted the item but gave it a weirdly speci
by rootusrootus 5y ago
I did something similar when selling an item on craigslist. I was having trouble with lowballers and flakes, so I relisted the item but gave it a weirdly specific price. Something like $347. Maybe it was dumb luck, but I had a buyer come pick it up a few hours later and they didn't try to negotiate down the price at all.
Could've just been a coincidence. But it did get their attention, for sure, because after they gave me the money, they asked why I was so specific on the price. Got an appreciative chuckle when I told them the truth.
- jalgos_eminator 5y agoThat's funny because when buying things from Craigslist I try to round the price to an even number since the transaction will always be cash and few people have enough small bills to make change. For instance if the asking is $125, I'll offer $120 since I don't want to find a $5 bill or make the person find change for the extra $20 bill I'd have to use. I've even rounded up a few times to make it easy, though some people have been so insistent that they even resorted to giving me quarters.
- rootusrootus 5y agoYeah, that makes sense. If they'd have offered me a round number anywhere near my asking price I'd have just said yes, for much the same convenience reason you cited. But in this particular instance they had Venmo so just paid me the exact amount.