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Current Mood:
Confused
Occasionally I will inherit a laptop in states of disrepair. We will refurbish them and sell them on Craigslist. I typically will include my phone number for calls or texts, along with my anonymized CL email address so people will have plenty of ways to contact me.
Up for sale at the moment is an older Dell. So here is my ad:
Dell laptop - $150 (Belleville, IL)
Date: 2010-06-25, 7:30AM CDT
Reply to: [my anonymous @craigslist.org email]
Dell Latitude D610 laptop for sale, recently refurbished. It has passed all hardware tests. Good cosmetic condition.
Intel Centrino 1.8Ghz
512mb RAM
20Gb hard drive
Windows XP Pro
Internal WiFi
14″ LCD display
Touch pad and eraser-head mouse
DVD ROM/CD writer
Has antivirus, anti-spyware, OpenOffice (open-source version of Microsoft Office), photo editing, and media players. Ready to go surf the net!
Email address above or call/text [My cell number] (area code 314 to discourage text spam bots).
So I get a text message convo:
Them: Laptop. Does the battery hold charge? Does it have the backup disc? Is it available to look at today and where ya located?
Me: The battery holds a full charge and even has an indicator on the battery itself to show battery life remaining. It doesn’t have a backup disc, but I can burn you a copy of a Dell XP Pro, and it has a legit key sticker on the laptop. I am located in Belleville, as the ad states, but I can meet you somewhere locally.
Them: Ad mentions nothing about battery. So does it have a battery and charger and a battery that holds charge?
Me: Yes, it comes with a battery that holds a charge and a power adapter. If you’re looking for laptops in states of disrepair, I have several I can sell you.
Them: I like the one for 150. I was curious about the battery and charger on it since the ad didn’t mention it.
Me: This laptop has a battery and power cord and is 100% ready to roll.
Them: So does it have a battery that holds charge and charger
Me: No, I’m sorry.
So… I could probably have turned that into a sale. But you know what? They will have my phone number. They would most likely be calling me up repeatedly for… err… “service after the sale.”Noooo thank you. I’ll wait for the next person interested in a laptop.
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