Text Messages: A Personal Perspective

[Bailey Guns]

And if you want to buy the weapon, communicate effectively.

Exactly...I guess that's the bottom line.

[sneakerd]

I don't text, I don't Facebook, I don't...... well, telephone + email. That's it.

[hurley842002]

Yeah, I don't like talking on the phone, so I text 90% of the time. With that said, when doing business, unless the buyer/seller specifies that they want to communicate via text, I take the time to dial the number and speak with the individual.

[Ah Pook]

And I get the following text:

"Still have gun?"

Well, do ya?

Some people just don't get it.

I haven't had Bluebell since I left Texas. Cookies & cream was da bomb.

[DFBrews]

I txt quite a bit for little things in day to day life but with firearms deals I usually pick up the phone and talk much easier to gauge interest.

Posted from my phone

[blacklabel]

Yeah, I don't like talking on the phone, so I text 90% of the time. With that said, when doing business, unless the buyer/seller specifies that they want to communicate via text, I take the time to dial the number and speak with the individual.

This is me. I send a couple thousand text messages a month and use maybe 20 minutes.

[SideShow Bob]

If you dont want to sell the weapon dont respong to the text.

I agree the contents of the text were insufficient but if it results in selling one of your guns then I say its WELL worth the 1-2 minutes (tops) that it takes you to respond.

What the heck is "respong" ? Must be text speak.

[tmleadr03]

My phone does one thing, makes phone calls. I have contacted ATT and had them completely disable text or web on my phone. While the tech nerd in me wants a smart phone, I do not want text or any of the other crap that goes with it. Call me. We can talk.

[rfizzle]

It's not just texting, I've gotten emails or PM's with about the same message.

[Irving]

I've noticed that a LOT of younger people do not like speaking on the phone. I have a friend, that when we are driving together, and I am driving, will still ask me to call one of our friends. Not a stranger, or someone only I know, but a mutual stranger. I've told him, "I'm driving idiot, you call them!"

Personally, I have to call strangers constantly, and not happy ones, for my job, so talking on the phone is not a big deal to me. I generally do not text people I haven't met until they bring it up or text me first.