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I sold an item on CL, buyer lived 1 mile from me, on my way to work, so I agreed to drop off the APC UPS to his place. his wife gave me the cash. That was on Monday.
Now I wonder if I should send follow up email to the guy, like "thank you for your business, hope you are satisfied with your purchase" or maybe I should not even bother?
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I've never done that or had anyone contact me after I bought something. I don't think it's the custom. If you have commercial sales, that might be different.
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While nice, most people do not bother - simply because it is not like you have a Storefront on Craigslist where they can easily find you again and check out your recent wares for repeat business.
Obviously there is contact information between you, and although a 'done deal', I'm sure he might follow-up if there was an issue that he just felt like you should know.
With that said, if you feel inclined to send a nice email like that, I would say do it. I would certainly enjoy that touch of class, but it is not the norm (again), to respond to your question.
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the Craigslist seller always rings twice...
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You are starting/bringing back courtesy?!!
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One of my reservations in regard to selling on craigslist is that the people are local and could potentially come back to haunt you if they happen to be having a bad mental health decade. Obviously this is a bit more of a concern regarding buyers but can also apply to sellers.
I'd be just a hair creeped-out to receive such a message, personally.
That said I have a friend who lives in Eugene Or. who is a retiree and buys and sells on cl partly to fill up his time-- he's met some neighbors and become friendly with them via craigslist.
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Unless you are expecting repeat business from this customer, I would consider the case closed and not initiate any communications.
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I don't sell things on Craigslist.
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Wonder if I should contact the lady who bought my 32 GB wifi iPad the day before the new one came out and all the prices dropped. She's probably just pissed. I sort of feel bad. Oh well.
