Selling On Craigslist

Several months ago I posted an entry talking about all the weirdos that I have encountered on Craigslist while job searching.  You can find that entry if you click here.  I forgto to mention how annoying it is to sell items on Craigslist.  Before I moved to New York, I wanted to sell a lot of uneccessary things in my life so it I would be traveling light, plus I like to start all over some times, shake the Etch a Sketch.  I got wanted to get rid of all of my electronics, like a 100 CD Disk Changer, DVD Player and a TV.  I didn't sell these items for much maybe $10 or $15.  Now, looking back I should have just donated them to Goodwill because that money was not worth the trouble I had to go through after I sold my electronics.  These lunatics treated me as if there was a warranty on these products and I was their customer service.  I would receive emails and phone calls weeks after I sold these items.  As I was trying to start my new life in NYC I would get an email from the lady who bought my DVD player asking if I knew what kind of batteries the remote control to the DVD Player took.  I don't know you paid $10 for the thing.  Look it up online.  The guy that I bought the 100 CD Changer which I practically gave away for free would call me to complain that it would skip.  I even let the guy do a test run.  I didn't advertise these items as being brand new or amazing, but if you would like them you can have them for a small fee.  I was being treated like I was Best Buy and that I knew how to fix these problems.  I feel like you if you are willing to pay $5 on something on Craigslist you are wiling to take the risk or you know how to fix electronics.  

On a side note I feel like we live in a time where information is so easily accessible that if you have a question you can easily look it up on the phone and get your answer, so I get mad when people ask me questions like, "Do you know where we can get Italian in Midtown?"  I'm not a smart phone.  Look it up.  There are tons of websites and apps.  That lady could have totally looked up what kind of batteries that remote control took.  She didn't have to email me a week later after the transaction.  I had my friend stay with me and he kept asking me directions to places that I had no idea how to get to when he could have looked it up on his Blackberry.  I can only answer emotional based questions, like "How are you?"