Everytime I post on Craigslist...

[brutal]

I know what you mean. I made a bunch of crib mobiles out of recycled plastic bags and hardly got any interest at all!

Make some of these and make a killing.

[Irving]

Looks like the future owner of The Man Hole to me...

[Punkface]

As bad as Craigslist can be, Armslist is MUCH, MUCH worse.

The worst internet arranged sales I've been through have been armslist.

[kawiracer14]

I put a bumper for my tundra up FOR FREE on CL and had a guy come the next day to get it. In the meantime someone else had emailed me saying that wanted it but couldn't get it until 2 days from now. After the guy came and got it, I emailed that person and said its gone. They sent me a pissy pants email because I wouldn't hold it for them for two days.

It's free asshole, I owe you nothing.

[Martinjmpr]

I hate the "what's your best price?" bullshit.

Whenever I hear "what's the least you would take?" I have to bite back the urge to come back with "what's the most you will pay?"

But then again, you have to keep your eye on the prize. Is your objective to 'beat the other guy' or is your objective to buy or sell an item? My thought is that in a business transaction you're better off to leave your ego at the door. Wife grew up dirt poor and always tries to get the better end of any deal (she's a master of the "I only have $XX" trick.) I usually decide before I even go look at something as to whether the price is fair or not, and I couldn't care less what the seller thinks of me.