The Soapbox

gobytron · #1 04-17-2015, 03:17 PM

one of my favorites is when you sell something for say 110, and someone shows up after agreeing to 110 and then don't have correct change and look at you like you should just give it to them for 100.

I have actually lost a couple of sales because of that.

If you don;t bring change, you pay more or come back with the agreed upon amount.

now I always have change because this happens SO much.

Like probably 1 out of 3 transactions.

kamloops_reefer · #2 04-17-2015, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by gobytron

one of my favorites is when you sell something for say 110, and someone shows up after agreeing to 110 and then don't have correct change and look at you like you should just give it to them for 100.

I have actually lost a couple of sales because of that.

If you don;t bring change, you pay more or come back with the agreed upon amount.

now I always have change because this happens SO much.

Like probably 1 out of 3 transactions.

oh yes... they "forgot" alright......or half of them are looking to use that as their leverage of course to get something cheaper. good on you for being firm!

gobytron · #3 04-17-2015, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by kamloops_reefer

oh yes... they "forgot" alright......or half of them are looking to use that as their leverage of course to get something cheaper. good on you for being firm!

for sure.
it's a good feeling when they "remember" they have a 10 in the car.

Reef Pilot · #4 04-17-2015, 03:42 PM

Aren't we getting carried away here a bit, making a mountain out of a molehill? The thread was good to remind people of pet peeves by both sellers and buyers. But really,... these are pretty minor issues compared to what happens with other online buy/sell sites. I worry more about scammers, but have yet to encounter one here on canreef.

I have bought and sold a lot of frags and other stuff here on Canreef. Can't say I have ever had what I would call a bad experience. Sure, there were a few times (but not very many) where someone didn't show, or respond back to me. But nothing out of the expected. Everyone isn't perfect and there are often unknown extenuating circumstances. I like to give people the benefit of the doubt unless direct evidence or experience indicates otherwise.

In fact, I would say, have got to known personally many local canreefers that otherwise would just be names on this forum. So I would say the positive vastly outweighs any negatives with our Canreef classified section.