> I had a very odd phone call today. I am selling an old lounge suite, and advertised it in a cheap-crap-for-sale free ads newspaper. It was described as "Three piece lounge suite, $100 or near offer" (that's less than US$50, for comparative purposes).
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> So anyway. I get a phone call about it. The first question the guy asks: "Is it leather?" Uh, no. His second question: "Is it new?"
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> I can't help wondering what people *expect* to get for that price.
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> Brunnen-"yes! It's 100% Italian leather and it's only two months old! If you buy it now, I'll throw in a new DVD player!"G

I had a moped up for sale once. I was asking $30. You guessed it, they all asked if it would run. Any fool could look at it and see that it wasn't even all there. The first guy who didn't ask if it would run had one like it with a smashed front wheel and fork. He was looking for parts and I sold it to him for $25.

I had a fat tire bicycle up for sale at $50. So What did they ask?
Is it a Schwinn with a springer fork?
(It was a Murray with a standard fork.)
Is it new?
(It was about 15 years old.)
I sold it for the asking price to a guy who wanted to hang it on the back of his motor home when he went to Florida. I didn't much want to sell it to all those people with the stupid questions.
I think they expect you to be completely ignorant about what you are selling.
Howard