My wife has been posting some items on craigslist lately… and I think she is becoming addicted to it.
She put my 8Gb ipod touch for sale for $100 – 1/2 the price I paid for it and quickly got a dozen replies. Guess what she did?
1) She sold it for the price listed
2) She told people the $100 ones were all done but there was 1 left for $150
3) She emailed all of them back and told them the highest bid wins.
Which do you think she did?
Btw we have almost 400 dvd’s and tons of xbox360 games going on firesale on craigslist. Its kind of scaring me how much she loves selling stuff on craigslist.
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My dad uses craiglist to get all the junk out of the house for free. My mom has bought things on there before. Don’t let her on ebay if she likes craigslist. LOL Greg Ellison
I have heard a few marketers using craigslist, but I’m not really sure what was that? may be you could write a post about what this stuff is and how we can benefit from using it….
Shoe i am sure she have emailed all of them with the status of Highest BID and I guess she must have invited new BIDS to see if she can sell your 8 GB for most.
Let me know if my Guess is right ….lol
Is there anyway for your wife to advertise shoemoney.com while selling stuff at craigslist?
we should look into that
Sell your shirts with your names on them.
Dunno what she did… but dude, next time you have an 8gb iPod touch for sale for 100 bucks… shoot me an email : )
And when buy and sell Tiger Woods 2010 for the Xbox 360, shoot me an email hahaha
4) She held a second-price auction.
well craiglist tutorial then is your next topic,
Interesting idea, if i ever get into selling that many items of the same nature, i’ll keep that in mind. The big guys already do this type of thing, but it seems pretty easy looking at it from a small fry’s perspective too, as long as you don’t sell too many at too low a price first.
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I think B. She sold it for $150 to one of the guys.
Wow watch out for the craig’s list killer.
So she is pulling the old bait and switch tactic on the iPod touch’s. What is your craig list name? so I can check out these video games.
Jeremy please hide…next is you….:-))
How to profit from Craigslist – should be your new post..awaiting to read it
If I were to bet I would say nr. 2
May be it is time to creat a shoemoneylist to get some additional cash on the commission charges?
I got lots of builders tools for sale and definitally would follow the tutorial.
CL is def an interesting market place.. when ever i need to sell a car (that doesn’t qualify to be sold on my own site) I usually throw it up on there..
Always get the craziest responses…usually a mix of
1. Nigerian Scammers
2. people ask really dumb questions (“does it have wheels?”)
3. People who want you to take payments or donate it to them
4. People who want you to trade ( I actually kind of like these cause you never know what they might offer… I’ve been offered hot tub repair in trade for a vehicle before)
5.and of course there are the 100 people who want to come “look” at it of which half will show up and maybe one will buy if your lucky haha..
Yet for some reason if you sell random crap like a mattress you’ll have a knock on your door within 15 minutes. (true story)
I agree its fun and you sure meet some characters..
I would have done the second option…well I have used that in the past to get right of a laptop and some cell phones and it worked well 80% of the time.
lol ur wife is very smart
Next thing you know, you’re going to walk in the door and your house will be completely empty…
I have been trying HARD for years to keep my wife away from both CL and Ebay.
Next thing I know one day I come home and all my stuff is gone.
The next day I come home and the house is filled with all new stuff.
Oh and of course the new stuff costs more than the old stuff sold for.
–Chubbs
lol, I’m keeping my wife away from your wife
I’m guessing:
Mrs.Shoe was originally going to do: 1).
You suggested doing: 2).
You both compromised on 3).
Am I right?
I think its cause shes a woman guys are buying Ipod touches off her. all women know how to sell stuff just takes little practice lol.
Fair game shoe, you need to get the touch!
I once heard that once you are married your companion will pick up things you do. Either if it’s positive or negative it will be noticed. This must be it Shoe.
You should be scared. Next thing you know, you might be on Craigslist
Wow, dude, congratulations!! It is really good to have a wife who likes to sell things instead of a wife who likes to BUY things (just like the other wives in the world)
Any option other than 1) is dishonest.
Awaiting the truth with bated breath,
I was a big fan of craigslist a few years ago, but now I rather use ebay/paypal..
I think she sold it for $100 as listed in the ad I think this because, as a woman, that is what I would have done. I think we generally do what we say we are going to do and re-think it after the fact and say da*n-it, I should have sold it for $150!!
Suspense is killing me, what did she do?
PS, I am looking for a digital camera if she has anything like that, tell her to give me a shout out.
But it seems craigslist will remain in business for years to come.
I’m pretty sure #2 and #3 are against the Craigslist TOS, so I hope she did #1!
Sure, but she could just relist it for a higher price…
Yeah but that possibility wasn’t listed was it?
She either went against the TOS, or didn’t. Show is hinting that she did, because that is what true capitalists do! Right?
This is great. I would guess #1, or arbitrage would be the way to go and it wouldn’t be posted…
Great ideas though. I know a few people that are #2 and #3′ers.
I think she sold it for $100!
some people don’t realize the importance of how valuable something is until they’ve bought it themselves with their own money.
She sold it for 100 dollars to the first person.
You should autograph these items and put them up on eBay. I bet a lot of us would buy some of your stuff just cuz it says “Shoemoney” on it…
maybe shoemoney mystery boxes of crap on ebay?
I think she sold it for the higher price.
no she sold it for the lesser price before you after you informed her
Well, Craigslist is easier to deal with than Ebay and goes much much faster. I sold a car on Craigslist in one hour for only $300 less than I was asking.
did she get flagged
awesome. I think its C. yeah, its C!
I completely agree, anyone name dropping to get something they want is a jerk. I’ve learned you really need to watch who you deal with online.
This just goes to show you that with a little creativity there is money to be made everywhere.
ask her to read couple of MMO blogs before making next deal.
I never tried Craiglist to move inventory – if I can’t ship it, its too much effort.
If anyone needs a great lead on source of returned electronics/goods, pm me.
Well, I think Craigslist is not as safe as Ebay, but it’s free…I guess that how it goes when things are service free…however, I use Craigslist over Ebay…Haa!
its a dangerous place for selling things because half the people you come across on it are criminals
Here is what I did and why I did it:
I got 6 replies within about 3 minutes of the ad going up. I immediately took the ad down since I realized I had under-priced it-my plan was to relist for 150$. But then I decided to just sell it. The first guy said he wanted it but didn’t have money until next week and also that he wanted to “look” at it. He told me all this after I agreeed to sell it to him, for 100$. Great. I told the second response that I had a buyer already so if he wanted it he could start bidding. (Probably against CL TOS but I am a newbie and didn’t know that. If you can sell massaages aka sex on Craig’s list, why not bait and switch on a ITouch?) He declined. I then responded to a third and said I still had it. He gave me his cell phone the next morning. Meanwhile, Dude who wanted me to hold it said he would buy it for 125$ IF I held it (I did not prompt him to increase the price, he did this on his own) So I called the guy I had a number for and said, “I am selling it for 125$ next week unless you will pay that price today.” He came right away and picked it up from ShoeMoney at the office since I was working. So I actually got NOTHING out of the deal since Jeremy pocketed the cash himself (he even denied the guy showed up) I know some people will think I handled it the wrong way. Whatever. I still got a better price. I haven’t sold much on-line before so I am learning. And FYI-I still haven’t seen the cash. But he did buy me P90X so we are even.
Of course he pocketed the cash, isn’t he the one that bought it in the first place?
“I haven’t sold much on-line before so I am learning”
How is this possible? Don’t you learn everything about the internet by osmosis?
BTW, Let me know if you are selling a netbook – I have 126 big ones with your name on it (and I’ll make sure it goes directly to you.)
I say she sold it for $100
-Mike
As a fellow doctor and nascent fitness freak, I can’t spread enough love for p90x! It gave this 110lb weakling muscle definition for the first time in my 40 years of life. Hooray Tony Horton!!
I think she emailed all of them back and told them the highest bid wins
Your run into all kinds of situations dealing on craigslist. I used to buy, fix up and resell bicycles on craigslist. Many transactions went smoothly but you get lots of stupid questions, hard luck stories, scammers and no-shows. The most popular post on my blog is confessions of a craigslist bicycle trader where I tell of my craigslist adventures. See http://bicyclespokesman.com/confessions-of-a-craigslist-bicycle-trader/
I’ve never given it a try, but I have a bunch of stuff that I need to sell so maybe today is the day!
xbox 360 games…..which ones??? I want!!!
I’m gonna pick number 2..
capitalism all the way!
We would love to get your laptop with all the information should be at there … I think you should show us your laptop internal files format and all …
Or to put it another way “It’s kind of scaring me how much she loves selling MY stuff on craigslist”.
Yeah, it may get scary once your wife starts selling out all your belongings – in the end you yourself may be thrown away
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