Things are in motion. We've signed a lease for a home in Idaho Falls. We've found new renters to move into our place (in under 5 hours). We've identified some of the things we want to sell before we move. And tonight, we also met our first Craigslist Creeper of 2014.
Melissa posted a table on CL for $45, about an hour after that she received a text from someone wanting us to drop the price to $30. She countered with $35. (we bought it for $20). So far things are fairly normal. Melissa arranged for the guy to pick it up at 7pm.
A knock came at our door at 7:35 (while we were showing our apartment to the next tenants). I can only assume he arrived late so he would have the element of surprise. I opened the door to a middle-aged man standing 3-4 feet away from our door licking an ice-cream cone in the dark. I invite him in. He just stood there staring at me. I ask if he was here for the table. After his reply, I invited him in again.
After pointing him in the direction of the table, he immediately got on his hands and knees and stared under the table's bottom shelf. He stayed there for a minute. He occasionally would stick his non-ice-cream cone hand underneath. He then stood up. Took some licks of his ice-cream, then tried to offer me $30 for it. I held firm at $35. He agreed, but then opened his wallet to reveal he only had $33 in cash. I told him to give me the rest of his ice-cream cone and we'd call it even. Nooo. Just kidding - that'd make me the creepy one. He asked me if I had change. I did, but for me to give him change would be useless when he's already coming up short. We decided to settle on the $33.
We have a couple more things we want to sell, so we'll see if we get any other stories.
Melissa posted a table on CL for $45, about an hour after that she received a text from someone wanting us to drop the price to $30. She countered with $35. (we bought it for $20). So far things are fairly normal. Melissa arranged for the guy to pick it up at 7pm.
A knock came at our door at 7:35 (while we were showing our apartment to the next tenants). I can only assume he arrived late so he would have the element of surprise. I opened the door to a middle-aged man standing 3-4 feet away from our door licking an ice-cream cone in the dark. I invite him in. He just stood there staring at me. I ask if he was here for the table. After his reply, I invited him in again.After pointing him in the direction of the table, he immediately got on his hands and knees and stared under the table's bottom shelf. He stayed there for a minute. He occasionally would stick his non-ice-cream cone hand underneath. He then stood up. Took some licks of his ice-cream, then tried to offer me $30 for it. I held firm at $35. He agreed, but then opened his wallet to reveal he only had $33 in cash. I told him to give me the rest of his ice-cream cone and we'd call it even. Nooo. Just kidding - that'd make me the creepy one. He asked me if I had change. I did, but for me to give him change would be useless when he's already coming up short. We decided to settle on the $33.
We have a couple more things we want to sell, so we'll see if we get any other stories.
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