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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mill Cove Treasures, post: 123857, member: 60&quot;]I don&#039;t include my number in my ad.&nbsp; So when someone emails to say they are interested,&nbsp; I send an email with my number and ask them to call me to arrange a time and get directions.&nbsp; If they email back and ask if X time is good, I email back one more time and say you need to call me to arrange a time and get directions.&nbsp;&nbsp; If they email again without calling, I just ignore them.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I always tell people that I don&#039;t hold anything.&nbsp;&nbsp; I ask them to call before they are leaving to make sure that the item is still available.&nbsp; That way you know they are going to show up.</p><p><br /></p><p>My neighbor sells a lot on Craigslist and he started doing the same thing.&nbsp; He found that people who won&#039;t call, usually don&#039;t show up anyway.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an example of one of those scammer emails.&nbsp; I received this the other day.&nbsp; These usually make no sense, contradict themselves and never mention what the item is even though it&#039;s in the title through the Craigslist email system. They usually use the word post or advert.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;hi how are you doing today Chris is my name Am very interested in your post,Please call with a day and time if you would to meet for pickup. I&#039;m available for most weekdays between 9:13 and 10:24 PM and out a lot on the weekends usually from Sat. noon until Sun. late afternoon message isnúmero(xxx) xxx-627sevenThanks&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Sometimes, when I&#039;m bored or need a laugh, I answer these emails with an absurd email like &quot;Yes, the chicken puppies are still available, would you like a mail (spelling wrong on purpose ) or a gurl&nbsp; so I know which one to bring with me.&quot;&nbsp; They always answer these absurd emails.&nbsp; One guy said he wanted one of each, gurl and mail,&nbsp; to breed his own &quot;chicken puppies&quot;.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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