@thepoliticalcat Moreover, make sure the chair you sit in can be adjusted to relieve pressure from your lower lumbar spine. I have an #AeronChair. They are expensive; however, you can find them MUCH CHEAPER on #Craigslist occasionally when an office complex or a company closes. MoreMoreover, I use a heating pad.
So yesterday I went out to buy a used bike trailer off a guy on craigslist (since that’d a car trip I also ran other errands)
and I got there and looked at it for a bit and poked at it and it’s pretty dirty and it needs some work but it’s not too bad but it also needs mods for me to use it as a real cargo carrier
so since he was asking $30 I said “how’s $25?” and he kinda grimaced before saying okay and I was like
dude this is craigslist of course I’m gonna offer less it’s a RULE OF CRAIGSLIST ACQUISITION
you can say no you do get that right
do you not know the rules of craigslist acquisition?!
The first rule of craigslist acquisition of course is that every customer is a flake and if they show up at all they’re already in the superior negotiating position.
The second rule is always list for more than you want because
the third rule is always offer less than they ask!
do we need to codify this?
are there esoteric variants of which I am not aware? and if so what are they?
In October 1996, a guy named Craig was working for me at NetGuide Live, but he was underperforming because he was spending too much time on his e-mail list of apartments and jobs in San Francisco… so I fired him.
Had a person send me their number as an interested buyer and told me to text them. I did (first mistake), and we arranged a meetup time. Then they asked if, for their safety, they could send me a six digit code (some of you already know where this is going) that I could repeat back to them to verify myself.
I said, "absolutely!" And sure enough, I got a Google Voice verification number. lol
If you're not familiar with the scam, shady people will take your phone number and try to create a Google Voice account with it. If you provide them with the 6-digit code that Google sends you, they can "verify" that they are you, and then basically use your phone number to run scams, commit fraud, etc. It's nasty business.
I called them out, blocked them, then reported them to the marketplace website and to the FTC--though, almost certainly, they were using the phone number of another poor soul to carry this out.
I used to work as a social engineer, running phishing campaigns (ethically, with consent lol), against Fortune 1000 companies to assess their level of vulnerability. Luckily for me, I was super familiar with this, but most of the people I told about it have said, "Oh, I probably would have fallen for that...", and even I set myself up for it.
So that is why I'm posting this. Please be aware of sketchy shit like this. If someone is asking you for a verification code over SMS or email, tread with EXTREME caution. Also, it's usually pretty shady if a stranger you're already chatting with wants to move to a new platform. Not always, but if someone emails or messages you on Facebook to ask you to text them, that's a little weird. I'd had legitimate buyers/sellers do that, so it's not unheard of, but it should put you on guard.
If you buy/sell/trade online frequently, it's a good idea to use a dedicated MySudo number, VOIP number, and/or a burner phone for that.
I'm clearing out some old stuff before winter. My kids said, "Don't use #Craigslist. Nobody uses that any more."
But last week I quickly sold a car, two snowmobiles and a trailer on Craigslist.
I like the more anon feel of it, unlike FB marketplace.
Someone attempted to get my #creditcard and personal info by asking for a cheap #Carfax report from a #scam website, but other than that, Craigslist still works. Just be careful.
I asked my hubs to pick up more bags of grout for my bathroom floor tiling project. I handed him an empty bag and said, “Please get the identical product and color.” “Ok,” he said.
The grout is eggshell. He came back with almond. I didn’t realize the color was wrong until I mixed it. “Hey! You picked up the wrong color!” I said. “What’s the difference?” He asked, “They’re both white.” 😤
Anyway, I’m parting out a moderately used, middle aged white male. Ping me if you want the #CraigsList link.