Craigslist 吉他買賣趣談(4) ﹕可憐的小傻瓜
我在 Craigslist 交易上百次, 成交超過30次, 大部份都滿意無事, 但有些在交易過程中, 碰到過一些啼笑皆非之事, 我氣不過在 Craigslist 寫了一篇貼文叫" 可憐的小傻瓜", 還受到不少讀者的回應, 大部份是鼓勵說: “難得世界上還有這種人, 我也碰過類似的例子......" 也有人回 文陶怳我:"你沒有辦法改變那些人的, 你的確是個大傻瓜..."
傻不傻﹐你們看過後自己去評斷吧:
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可憐的小傻瓜
一個傻瓜常在 Craigslist 交易, 看到有超值的吉他賣, 會儘快的去聯絡約時間去看貨, 可以就買下來.
有一天看到一篇廣告, 一把Fender 日本製的 Telecaster 和一個Fender 的Amp, 一個年青人在急售, 寫吉他連 Amp, 第一個打電話進來的我 $600美元就賣, 傻瓜一看是十分鐘前剛剛登的, 絕對是超值的好亢﹐馬上打電話去, 一個年青人接, 非常驚奇說"我剛剛才登此廣告啊, 不到十分鐘你就打來了 .... 喔...啊... 嗚 我現在有點事... 我等一下打電話給你...." 等了一個多小時沒有回音, 傻瓜再上 Craigslist 去看, 老兄把廣告上的 $600改為 $800元了.
另外有一次, 郊區一個人賣79年代中古 Fender , 狀況中等, 要價$1500, 廣告上說價格確定勿議(Firm), 傻瓜打電話去約了時間去看, 賣者還特別提到$1500是Firm確定價格, 而且要現金喔" 傻瓜回答"沒有問題﹐如果試彈 OK﹐我馬上付現金", 當天早上約 11 點見面的, 9 點鐘左右﹐這位老兄發一個電文來"我有另一個買客也會在11:00來, 你們來後, 一個個進來看, 誰出高價我就賣誰..." 傻瓜氣不過回他電"你說的價格確定(Price is firm) 是什麼意思呢? 你當初為何不寫$1500 O.B.O (Or Best Offer, 或出更高價), 你這樣做是不對的, 這樣子我不要了, 我不去了..."
還有一次有位老兄在賣1966年的 Jaguar 要 $2200, 傻瓜打電話去說要買會付現金可以馬上過來, 他老兄遲疑了一下, 說 OK, 我現在要去上班, 週六上午11:00你來拿琴" 週六上午他發一個e-mail 來說"你不用來了, 我昨天已賣掉了..." 傻瓜打電話去, 他支吾以對"我同事出高價買走了"
傻瓜決定賣 1976的 Fender Strat ﹐在Craigslist 登 $2500 價格確定勿議, 一個人有興趣, 馬上來聯絡﹐價格接受約好第二天來看, 當天又有一個人來電有興趣要買, 傻瓜告訴他, 對不起, 已經有一個人來電說好價格明天來看, 他說這樣好了, 今天晚上我帶現金來我付你$2550... 傻瓜說﹕"先生, 對不起, 我不能如此做, 如果明天那位先生不買, 我再通知你, 同樣以$2500賣你",
他真是個大傻瓜啊﹗
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原文如下﹕
This was posted a few weeks ago on Craigslist:
After 1st fool called, he raised the price! (Foolstown)
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Reply to:
sale-XXXXXXXXX@craigslist.org
Date: 2008-05-30, 9:15AM CDT
A guy is selling his Fender Telecaster and Amp here, advertised: "$600 cash to first buyer". the fool called within 10 minutes. The guy was surprised..."Oh...I'll call you back.." He said. He raised his price by $200 an hour later.
A guy advertised his Fender Statocaster for $1500 firm. The fool responded. When giving address and meeting time, he added: "I want you to know the $1500 is firm!" They fool replied: "Understood, I will bring cash" Next morning, another e-mail: "I set up another guy coming here at the same time, higher bidder will get it" The fool was puzzled. What did it mean: "PRICE IS FIRM"?
A guy listed his vintage Fender Jaguar. The fool replied to the ad. After a few negotiation e-mails, the price was agreed upon. The seller said: "I need to go to work now, come back Saturday at 11:00 AM" On Saturday morning, the fool received an e-mail "Don't come, I sold the guitar to someone else yesterday..."
The fool also decided to sell his vintage Fender Stratocaster at $2500, a buyer called, asked a lot questions and photos, finally accepted the price.. The 2nd guy called. The fool said:"Someone is coming tomorrow and agreed on price" The 2nd guy said "I will pay you $2550 cash tonight..." The fool said: "Sorry, I can't do that. if the 1st guy does not show up nor buy it, I will sell to you at the same $2500"
He is really a damn fool!
• Location: Foolstown
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