Funny Craigslist Beef
- Thread starter Dee eng
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I'm almost glad I could never find a brand-new 220s for $400.. That's a bargain!
I see nothing wrong with it. Probably because I'm one to do that. Honestly though if someone is buying a 220 Gallon tank for $400 and selling it for 850 has a good understanding of the hobby and may just be looking for some cash to finance it more. Personally when I flip tanks I still give a good deal, I have people that bring me tanks as they know I will sell them. Ive had lots of people sell me a tank for real cheap, then after I fix it they end up buying it back for 3x what I paid. It's a good way to make quick cash so good on him
I think I would have ended up hating myself if sold that tank for $400
It would bug me if someone did this to me. Do I have I right to be upset by something like this? Probably not. Every time I have sold something, be it fish or equiptment, i do it for for a fair price. I usually know I could get more for it but I want to move it quick because like ppl have said selling stuff online is a real pita. I always do it on my local forum site though. I want to sell my stuff to someone who will appreciate getting a good deal and will appreciate the item not just the beer money they made from flipping it, and I feel like that's what the original seller is mad about here.
I didn't see the relevance of the second quote here unless you were agreeing with both.
I'm agreeing with the 2nd post, and since its already been stated, I didn't feel the need to repeat it.
Point being, once you sell an item, it no longer belongs to you, and its absolutely non of your business what the new owner does with it. If that new owner bought it, just so he can see what happens if he throws it off his 30ft roof......its his absolute right to do so!
Does this apply to a dishonest buyer in your eyes? If the guy who sold it for $850 mislead the original seller does he have no business being upset about it? Obviously I'm making assumptions, I just can't imagine someone taking the time to make a new ad if it were as simple as a flip.
As you stated yourself, its an assumption why this individual is griping. For all we know, this individual griping may not be the original seller at all, but perhaps a potential buyer whose p/o because he didn't get the sale for himself. Honestly, unless the new seller put a gun to the original owner's head to obtain the tank, there's no wrong doing. If you disagree then you should be calling out people who knowingly bought mislabeled/mispriced fish from lfs. We can go around and around on this ethical issue all day, so I am done on this thread
