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04-16-2015, 04:50 PM
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Or how about this, you have a FS: thread on Canreef and someone texts you and asks a bunch of questions about an item you answer them the best you can, all the while you have no clue who your texting with. It's not that hard to text who you are and then start communication. Oh ya then when you have gone back and forth several times they say well Langley is a long way for me to come, do you ever come to Vancouver, Richmond or Burnaby, yes I do but it's a long way to go for me too. Most people have where they live in the right hand top corner or in their signature as I do. Be prepared to come and get the item or at least meet up somewhere or offer gas money for delivery. Not everyone is guilty of this, but there are folks out there that expect a lot.
This is not meant to be a rant, but hey it is what it is. 
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Hey! I never "LEFT" the hobby, just doing fresh water now. Which is still listed as part of Canreef if I'm not mistaken. 
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04-16-2015, 05:39 PM
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Sometimes, things are posted at prices that make you feel like they should be delivered. Other times, sellers ARE headed to burnaby, or coquitlam or wherever. You really never get anything without asking. A sale happens when two parties agree on terms. Negotiating terms is just part of the process.
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04-16-2015, 09:38 PM
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Is it bad etiquette to just simply ask to meet half way?
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04-16-2015, 09:50 PM
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My big pet peeve along the same lines (I've had a little rant on this in the past)
Is the person that posts something up. You think to yourself " Hey just what I need ! " You send them a message, you can see that they have been online since sending them a PM. And......................nothing............. No communication, no idea if they still have it for sale. Nothing Drives me nuts.
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04-16-2015, 09:56 PM
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Whoa... You guys been meeting different people than I have haha! Everyone I've finalized a sale with has been really civil and pleasant
 Edit: I should clarify -- everyone who wasn't obviously a tire kicker...
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04-17-2015, 05:14 AM
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150DD mix reef with 90 gal sump and 40gal frag tank purple tang, sohal tang, yellow eye kole tang, fairy wrasse. cleaner wrasse, leopard wrasse, and misc fish. GHL Mitras 6200HV X 2, MP40 X 2, MP60 X 1, tunze 6095 X 2, Vertex RX6 calcium reactor, Bubble King SM250, Aquamaxx bio pellets reactor, Profilux 3
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04-16-2015, 11:06 PM
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I've become very bitter about selling to people from the internet - because that is the biggest reason for the lack of ethics.
50% are price shopping on impulse and make stupid disrespectful offers because they want to see what they can get for 15 seconds of time invested. Rather than arranging a time to meet, view and negotiate. 45% are so flaky or impulsive again they decided that 5 days after making you hold something, and the day before or of, they changed their mind...... 5% of the people are good to deal with and now have to suffer the reality of first come first serve. I pick and choose who I give the benefit of the doubt to. I've met some people from here who I suspected would be wasting my time (opinionated of course). These people plagued the for sale boards trying to buy the lowest end stuff, started randomly calling and texting me - sure enough when I was shutting down my tank, they were there and decided to take he $5 fish where there was enough comments they liked other things......I'm not surprised Just build good relationships with the few are good to deal with.
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