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You have tractor or implement for sale and clearly put your town or city in the ad phone rings you talk a bit. Then the old "now where is (insert you town name)??? Then they say "well I am on the other side of the state and its to far" GOOD HEAVENS WHY DON'T THESE CLOWNS LOOK IT UP ON A MAP????? AND SAVE ALL SOME TIME!!!! That is what I do if I am not sure of location!!! Anyway one of my standard responses is "get a map and look it up then call me" USUALLY THAT IS THE END OF THAT. AND AS YOU CAN SEE THIS ONE BURNS MY REAR!!!
 
Most times I just look at the listed phone #, that tell a lot. But using the road map to look up towns really helps too. But sometimes the town is just on the border of being too far to go look, but the description says different.
 
I agree to a certain extent. However, there are some places that are too small to be listed on map indices and Google Earth does not show them either. Case in point, there are two tractors listed in Montana and I have no idea where the pace named are.
 
Some times the phone number will give you the major town nearby but with cell phones today I would not bank on it.
 
Best thing to use is Microsoft Streets and Trips. Can buy it from Costco, Amazon, etc. Much better than google, bing, etc. Nice map and travel software. Tom
 
Thru my walk in life I have found that a lot of people can't read a road map.
I taught our kids at an early age how to read a map of the road.
 
My peeve is when someone does not follow through, like showing interest and arranging to come look and then dropping off the face of the earth. If you change your mind or something comes up that you can't come that is fine but you could at least let me know of your decision!!
 
I think a lot of the "tire kickers" just want to talk. I suppose it knocks out some buyers, but I don't even put my phone number in an ad. Plus, we don't answer the phone any more anyhow. Answering machine takes all calls after two rings. We get several dead calls a day.
 
Takes all types, and some I just don't get. Most use CL or similar means now, and CL allows a seller to locate themselves on a map that is visible in the ad, google maps I assume. I put ads in for garage sales over the summer for my neighbor and her friend in Florida, later in the year, used the map option to let people know where the sales were, its that simple or can be.

When I see something I'm interested in, if I call, that means I intend to try and make a deal on it. I ask what is the street address, can look up same on the app on my phone for driving directions prior to heading out. I also look to see if the seller used the map option in the ad. I'm also cautious, the given location could be rural, remote etc, so based on location I may change how I do things, I mean you never know, best to err on the side of being safe. Anyone thinking about the mechanics of what takes place here, ad is posted, you get a response, that person makes arrangements to look at and or buy the item, you know that person will be carrying cash.

Every seller I have ever dealt with so far has been just great, some are quick and easy, most will talk a little, cripes one seller invited me into his restaurant, for a cold drink, and BS which sometimes leads to conversation like we have here, people you both may know etc.
 
We sell hay using ads on Craigslist.

A map is provided to pinpoint the location of our farm.

I ask the person where they will be driving from.

I give them directions to our farm with road numbers and mileage intervals.

After making sure they understand the directions, I then ask them when it will be convenient for them to come look at the hay.

Set up an appointment on a certain day and time.

I confirm the date and time and ask that they call me if they can not make the appointment.

I will wait at the front of our property for 30 minutes.

If they do not show, then I will check our answering machine for a message.

If there is a message, then I return the call and reschedule.

If there is no message, then I go on about my business.
 
I cannot possibly think of a way to convey a response on this and not offend you. I suppose they could just tell you it isn't worth what you are asking...but that would likely irritate you. They could probably make you a low offer...ticked off again. They could try to explain to you the cost of dragging a trailer across the state. Their risk of getting stuck with repair bills that YOU should have taken care of before you listed it as "ready to go". I suspect all of the above would be a source of irritation. Your attitude likely rings out loud and clear on the phone, so they make some lame excuse and hang up. Heck, I imagine MY attitude tells you that I deal with a lot of real bad apples selling things on CL. Selling things on the internet does not excuse you from the normal civilities of farmyard equipment sales. Expect to answer a lot of questions and engage in some normal human conversation...some of which is going to involve boring statements about weather, locations, etc. If you cannot do that, then take it to the nearest dealer and sell it to them for what they will offer. Sorry to be so blunt, but cut your fellow man some slack and learn how to interact socially. He KNOWS where it is! Just trying to make conversation and maybe buy your item!
 
No Dave not offended we all have our issues. Same senerio would be you having Deere 730 advertised for $10,000 some guy calls talks then "well I can't afford it" My point is at least myself 1. In this case I would determine if it was in price range before I call 2. I would determine if the distance was something I wanted to contend with. Would I drive 4 hours to the town to see the item. MY REAL POINT IS IF NOT WHY CALL? SURE I SEE STUFF ON THE NET ALL THE TIME BUT ITS 5 STATES AWAY. Do I call the seller and go through the motions then "well its to far away" NO NO AND NO.
 
Maybe because your town may not be on the map.In the county I live in. There are five old towns that are no longer on the map.When I was on the road all over Texas. I would always find towns not on the map.Or in another case there may be more than one town with the same name.I live in Centerville in south east Texas. There is a Centerville in east Texas and one in west Texas. So how is a buyer supposed to know which one.
 
If what you have for sale is;
-Rare
-A great deal
-Something I really want or need
.
Then I have been known to drive 8 hrs one way for it.
.
If after I talk to you I find out;
-It's not in as good a shape as your ad suggests
-The price, [not always listed] is more than I want to pay
-Or if your attitude when I talk to you on the phone rubs me the wrong way
.
Then so be it and I move on to the next seller or ad.
I dont call sellers just to chat [although some may] if what you have for sale does not meet my needs after I speak to you, then you have a nice day and what ever reason I can think of to end the call quickly will get used as now you are the one chatting away trying to not loose a sale.
 
I'm with Dave H on this one. Ya,I might know that a town is in the thumb,or southwest Michigan or something,but if it's a tiny little burg,what town is it near that I might know how to get to?
 
Mr. Billy Shafer"
I'm not from Texas, if you are in southeast Texas do you know where Tinnah, Temson, BoBo and Blair is located?
Yes' that is the name of four villages. Two are no longer thar, but till a few years ago they were on a good detailed Rand McNally atlas.
 
Worse to me are the ones that have no number listed but won't return an email. At all. When I put something on I check multiple times a day, more often if I am returning emails back and forth with one person.

I emailed with a BUSINESS (I could tell it was a business by the pics but it wasn't listed so I couldn't call) about a chore pickup. The guy would only email at 8:30 in the morning and never reply until the next day. After finally getting enough information after a week I told him on Friday that I was coming to get it Tuesday morning and to tell me where to come and give me a phone number. I got an email on Monday morning that he had sold it over the weekend. Fair enough - I had no deposit on it. But, if you have someone you know is interested reply more often or check your email.

It so happens they have parts for the one I ended up buying off of an individual. It will be a colder day than today before they get my money.
 
So whats the big deal talking to someone for a couple minutes? A little conversation never hurt anything in that situation, I always ask if they own/collect tractors you never know what you might get onto.
 
I do not put my phone in ads, people tended to call at 1 AM and I did not like it. I always state the name of my town and state, it is the only one in the state so there cannot be confusion there. I still get emails from people saying "Where are you located". When I write back they will sometimes write back and say either "where is that" or "How far is that from------" . My belief is that if someone is on a computer to look at my ad they could also avail themselves of the opportunity to look up on a map site where my town is and how far it is from them. Another thing that I get a lot is people writing and saying "Call me at this number" and when I call them they ask me things that I have clearly stated in the ad. I guess that's life, though.
Zach
 
There are maps on the internet...Google and Bing are but two of them. So if these folks are responding to a Craigslist ad, they have access to a map.

A lot of stuff that I find on Craigslist, I save myself a call when I find out on Bing Maps how far away it is.
 
Can list off the same sorts of issues with sellers, if you ever try to buy anything.

Poeple are people, either side of the deal.

Paul
 
Anytime I list something for sale, I try to describe the item with as much detail as possible.
This seems to cut down the number of calls I receive.
However, I always get a phone call from someone who just wants to talk and doesn't ask a single question that is not answered in the description! !
Or--just last week, I had a chainsaw for sale for $130.
A guy called and said "I'll give you a $100.00 bill today".
I asked him if he was willing to buy sight unseen and he said "that's right".
I told him I would meet him at a local store and I would hand him the saw and he would hand me a $100.00 bill, and we would part ways.
He said he wouldn't be able to do that without cutting with it.
I sold the saw next day to a gentleman that was thrilled to
buy it for $130.00
 
I've got an easy place to find and people still can't find my place.I tell them to go west off the interstate and some go east,some go by my shop two or three times with there trailer with me standing outside waving my arms.Sometimes they will stop at my neighors house and ask where I live.The shop number is in big letters on a telephone pole.
 
Several years ago, I had another chainsaw for sale and two guys showed up in a beat up car with no tag. I noticed that when they turned around in my drive and was facing the road.
Passenger got out and checked the saw over, even made a few cuts.
He looked at the saw bar and said it didn't look like a 14" BAR.
I said it was and he ask me if I had a tape measure?
I took the saw from him, thanked him for looking, and told him to have a good day. Went back in garage and left him.
Wonder what their plan was???
 
You are correct, Shelby county yust south of Panola county where the Jim Reeves monument is located.
Years ago Tex Ritter wrote a song aboot Tennaha, Tempson, Bo Bo and Blair, they were stops on the railroad.
 
Well, you will love this one then....

I recently advertised that I was in need of a specific piece of equipment and I placed the ad on CL. Specifically, Central Michigan CL. Fella answers my ad, clearly expecting me to run right over and get it. Given his offer, I certainly would have...if he had not turned out to be in Saskatchewan. I just think a lot of times people are either hot to answer an ad or CL does not give them all the info. Don't know...but it happens. Glad I did not offend you. Just expressing an opinion.
 
Read an ad this past spring, some guy was looking for a camper for the back of his truck. [no mention in the ad as to what kind or size of truck he owned]
I replied that I had one but being that it was a 10 footer it would be best suited for at least a 3/4 ton truck.
He beaked back at me like I was stupid or something asking if I could read or not because his ad said for the back of his truck and this meant inside with gate closed.
This camper had working fridge, stove, furnace, water heater, full bath etc and a recent new roof on it, I was going to give it to him as I bought a fifth wheel unit and had not used this one in several years.
After his response he never heard from me again.
 
For me, the hardest part of selling something is getting a potential buyer to drive out into the boonies to take a look at it. That is enough of a commitment that lookers are often reluctant to go back empty handed, and they are willing to reach a deal.

I never include my complete address in any ads, but I keep a set of driving directions typed up that I can easily email to any potential buyer that checks out to be legitimate. That way they can either print out the directions or program it into a GPS.

If I got mad when someone asked me for driving directions, I'd be shooting myself in the foot. It's just part of completing a sale.
 
You know your stuff, Harvey: Tenaha and Timpson are still small towns/villages, but Bobo and Blair are just communities or neighborhoods, if anything. They are near Center, Texas, in Shelby County.

The Jim Reeves Memorial is just outside Carthage, in Panola County. Reeves grew up near there as did Tex Ritter (John Ritter's father, for the benefit of the younger forum members.) Carthage is also the town where the movie "Bernie" was made, featuring Jack Black and Matthew McConaghy (sp?), because that's where the story took place.
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Sounds to me He was: A) Starting to haggle the price, or B) Found out it really wasn't what he wanted!

Its just part of selling something; just be glad they are not trying to scam You!
 
My pet peeve in advertising is a business that doesn't give a location. For example, recently there was a flyer enclosed with the local paper advertising pizza, 30 minute delivery time, then an 800-xxx-xxxx phone number. I called the number, asked for the manager. When I pushed him for his location, he said "a block off highway 61". I replied "okay, that puts you someplace between New Orleans La & Thunder Bay Ontario, can you narrow it down a bit"? He didn't see the humor in my question & hung up.
Another ad for a bank in local throw-away shopper paper. Checked the yellow pages in several area town, no listings. Called the 800 number, asked for manager. Told him to look at his ad & tell me what was wrong. After 15 minutes I asked where he was. Oops, the ad has run every week since, listing all their branch locations with local numbers.
Willie
 
Hey, I've got a Rand McNally road atlas right beside my computer and I look often "where some town is". Know what? Many times that little podunk town that someone thinks is the center of the universe is NOT even listed in it. Hence the question, "Now, where is your town located?" So, it may be a very fair question after all!
 

I totally agree. I love the comment that says cut people some slack and be sociable. What a joke! Many people are clueless. I can tell within the first few words of a conversation what the person is like on the other end. And I am very civil! Often if you are too sociable, they peg you as a dumb bell. You are dealing with all IQ levels when you sell stuff, so get use to it or quit selling.
 
Well, there are two sides to any story. One side may be that the caller is not just now looking at the ad, may be answering multiple ads, and forgot which one yours is, or just making conversation.
I have bought quite a few things through CL, and sometimes, I want to talk to a seller a bit to get a feel for how the deal might go. You can learn a lot from a few minutes of conversation.
Other times, when I am the seller, I answer each question COURTEOUSLY, even if it is clearly stated in the ad.
As a general rule, I speak courteously to anybody that calls my number with few exceptions. One of the exceptions may be the fifth time a wrong number calls back. I ask then not to call again, as this is obviously NOT the number they wanted.
I am even polite to telemarketers when I inform them that I am on the "do not call" registry, and to please not call back. After all, they are only people trying to make a living.
One thing that I have learned early in life about telephones.....
Nobody can injure me, cheat me, rob me, or otherwise harm me over the phone. The most that they can do is to annoy me. And, if I do not like the way the conversation is going, I just hang up. Another thing I learned is that you never know who may be on the other end of that phone call. It could well turn out to your advantage to just be polite, and let it play out however it may.
 
Now this is one of my pet peeves with tractor/farm shows. NO LOCATION, or a location that is not very specific. Not everyone knows where the 'Millerville Threshing Show" is at. Or where some county is at. Good grief.

As for small town on CL. For the online maps, all you need is a street address and ZIP CODE. No town/city name needed.




(quoted from post at 02:49:37 02/16/15) My pet peeve in advertising is a business that doesn't give a location. For example, recently there was a flyer enclosed with the local paper advertising pizza, 30 minute delivery time, then an 800-xxx-xxxx phone number. I called the number, asked for the manager. When I pushed him for his location, he said "a block off highway 61". I replied "okay, that puts you someplace between New Orleans La & Thunder Bay Ontario, can you narrow it down a bit"? He didn't see the humor in my question & hung up.
Another ad for a bank in local throw-away shopper paper. Checked the yellow pages in several area town, no listings. Called the 800 number, asked for manager. Told him to look at his ad & tell me what was wrong. After 15 minutes I asked where he was. Oops, the ad has run every week since, listing all their branch locations with local numbers.
Willie
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