selling my computer on craigslist = fun

It looks like I am going to be writing letters again. I’d like to thank all 8 people who voted, ha ha. And I’d also like to thank people for the new THANK submissions. It’s going to be better holiday for at least 12 people in Victoria this year.

I have a pretty powerful desktop computer – it’s a Pentium 4 3.8 GHz. Dell made a mistake, and offered me a really good deal because of it. I re-priced it on Dell last week and it was worth $1790! Suh weet! Today, however, I found out that they stopped selling P4s… and that really sucks. I hope I can get at least $1100 for it. Considering it was worth nearly 1800 last week, I’m keeping my fingers crossed.

I posted it on Craiglist last night, and I already had a random person try to scam me .

** CRAIGSLIST ADVISORY — AVOID SCAMS BY DEALING LOCALLY
** Avoid: wiring money, cross-border deals, work-at-home
** Beware: cashier checks, money orders, escrow, shipping
** More Info: http://www.craigslist.org/about/scams.html

Hello and Good day i saw the advert of this item and i will like to knowif this item is still for sale and also the last price on it and also getback to me and let me know if it is going up for sale.

Hey there!

Yes, the item is for sale – I just put it up last night. It is $1,100.

Did you have any more questions?

Cheers,
Jeremy

Hello thanks for the mail..all you need you will have to send you full name address phone and zipcode so that i can foward you full detail to MoneyGram..and once my payment is approved.i will send the fedex shipping prepaid document that you will use to ship the item.and you will email the shippment tracking number to MoneyGram so that they can verify the tracking number and once the tracking number has been verify..they will get back to you with the refrence number that you will use to recievce your Money…so get back to me with your full detail as soon as possible…..
I decided to offer you $1150 to win the list.
Hope to hear from you soonest.

*Tears* I was really hopeful for a few hours today.

I had another person try to barter with me:

f you might be interested i have a pro dj setup worth over 2000 for trade
two x gemini turntable
two x set’s of needle’s (ortophone scratch and other)
one x numark scratch mixer (optical fader)
two x DOD equalizer’s (not cheap)
200 + record’s (nice library.trance,break’s,scratch,drum n bass)
was about 10 to 20 dollar’s each)
one x geni sha-50d (sparkler style light) need’s bulb=cheap
AND
1 xbox original black (barely played as i have a ps2 and p.c)
4 controller’s and 12 games
nhl 2003
mechassault
grandtheftauto 3
crimson skies
tom clancy’s splinter cell
star wars knights of the republic
star wars clone war’s
grandtheftauto vice city
halo
tetris
silent hill 2

What is with the Internet? Oh well, I’m not exactly in a rush. I just want to sell my computer so I can afford to buy that laptop you voted on.