Green Matters™
by Crissy Trask
Welcome to my blog where I share almost anything I think will help make greener living undeniable and simple. News, tips, insight and resources served up weekly. I also share my perspectives on others' perspectives and actions. Agree or disagree, I hope you will find them thought-provoking and a starting point for conversation.
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MAY 7, 2009 Craigslist Buyers are a Flakey Bunch on the Whole
My house is up for sale, so for weeks I've been clearing the cutter to make my home "show" better, and have begun downsizing to ultimately lighten my load by moving day. I've been taking pictures of things of value I want to sell and slowly posting them on the website Craigslist. Right now I have about two dozen separate ads on Craigslist, and things are not going well. What's up with buyers on Craigslist these days? Potential buyers have gotten so flaky, that I've about had it. I've replied affirmatively to dozens of inquiries about the availabilty of posted items never to hear from the inquirer again. I've been promised more cash to hold something only to never hear from the pleading buyer again. I've been flattered with email after email gushing about the item for sale, promising a full price offer and an impending pick-up only to have the correspondence abruptly stop. I've scheduled appointment after appointment with buyers only to be stood up over and over again. The bottom line is, I've "almost" sold things several times, but 90 percent--no exaggeration--of the buyers that contact me flaked out on me, with not so much as an email of apology. The bit of anonymity afforded buyers fishing around on Craigslist has made many of them abandon good manners and respect for other's time. It's enough to make me want to give up. But then again, I'll probably never really give up on Craigslist, because working hard to make sure still-useful things find a second home is important to me.
2009 BLOG INDEX
Posts by Topic
Air Quality
6/8/09, Leaf Blowers:
An Environmental Nightmare
Cleaning
4/14/09, Don’t
Be So Quick to Blame the Low-Phosphate Detergent
Energy
7/6/09, It’s Summer
Time and the Livin’ is ‘Green’!
4/7/09, Window Films Can Lower Your
Cooling Bills and Your Tax Liability
3/14/09, Bundle Your
Gadgets
Food
10/27/09, Super
Freakonomics Authors Come Down Hard on Local Food
10/22/09, Hey Foodies, What
Are You Feeding Your Pets?
Green Terms
5/26/09, A Closer Look
at the Definition of “Recycled” and Some Other “Re”
Words
Plastic, and other Trash
7/13/09, Will a
Ban on Bottled Water Lad to Bad Beverage Choices?
4/22/09, Bottled Water
Gets Reinvented
3/2/09, Inefficient Packaging
Awards (No. 1)
Perspectives
9/14/09, Gullibility
is Derailing Progress
8/24/09, Check
Your Lifestyle Before Bragging About Recycling
8/19/09, Simple
Solutions Won’t Work Alone: Comprehensive is the True Agent
of Change
2/22/09, The Unhappiest Generation
2/12/09, Inauguration
Attendees Fail to Demonstrate Change
Reduce
8/5/09, Direct
Mail Marketers Want to Force Junk Mail on Us
3/21/09, Better
Yard Sales
1/25/09, Wasting Trees:
Why I Hate Junk Mail
Reuse
10/14/09, Wrapping
with Your Butcher
5/7/09, Craigslist
Buyers are A Flakey Bunch on the Whole
Recycling
6/22/09, Not
Separating Your Recyclables from Your Trash Can Hurt
3/4/09, Recycle Your
Water Filters
Transportation
6/15/09, Avoid
Hot Car Syndrome to Reduce Emissions…and Discomfort
Water
3/27/09,
Water, Water Everywhere, but Not a
Drop…
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