I sell a lot on eBay and craigslist. I'm not strictly text, but I prefer it, and for a few reasons.
1st, almost every email I ever got through craigslist ends up being scam garbage, and I simply don't have time to waste. I have a full time job, as well as plenty to do at home without the scam garbage.
2nd, although I'm younger, my hearing is not the best. If I'm in my truck, at work, or pretty much anywhere that has background noise, I can't make out a word you're saying (unless I have my hands free headset on, which is more often than not, depending on what I'm doing at that moment).
3rd, I keep really strange hours.. I work a odd shift (after all, it's 2:15am eastern, and here I am posting.. I just got in from work about 20 minutes ago). Some nights I go straight to bed, some nights I work in the shop after work, and some nights I get home from work as most people are leaving for work. Some mornings I'm up at 7 am, and some days I get up just in time to clean up, pack my lunch and head out to work. My ringer is always on in case there's a emergency, but your text won't wake me (even if it says simply call me about the item for sale).
4th, it's hard to "change" a deal when you have it in text, and have it at hand in your chest pocket on your overalls. I made a deal with a fellow on a few "core" engines I had for sale. He showed up when he was supposed to, looked at them, and pulled out enough cash to pay for ONE per the price each we agreed on, long story short, he said "If you can prove I agreed to the deal, then I'll pay it, otherwise no deal".. BAM! there's the proof. Even if we "talk" the deal out, I am going to ask if I can text you what we agreed on, and you respond with a simple YES or NO, and I save the text until the transaction is complete.. Then I as a seller cannot be accused of "jumping the price" and the buyer can't say "well I never agreed to that price".
All said and done, if you don't text I don't hold it against you, and I won't force you to do it, but it's the way communication is going.
Final thought.. I could text faster when I had a flip phone with the normal 11 keys like a landline than I can with my smartphone, and most time I could text a complete sentence and never look at what my fingers were doing.. But it took a lot of practice.. I've been typing on a computer keyboard since the 90's and still watch my fingers and hunt and peck.
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