So you have all heard that Michele and I were looking at pellet stoves...well we purchased one, got a good deal and it should do a fantastic job heating our poorly insulated house! So the dilemma is this...what do we do with the old wood burning stove. I personally wanted to keep it and put it where our other gas fire place is, that got over-rulled. Whatever. So we turned once again to the trusted Craigslist. Let me tell you, for all the nay-sayer Craigslisters...this is a god send. We have sold more crap on CL than I could have imagined. Two futons, a table, a cycle-ops, and a partridge in a pear tree! So I posted our stove for 800 semolians...and wouldn't you know it, we got three hits within 20 minutes. People are CRAZY and I love it. So this frantic lady calls me with 782 questions about the stove...I sent her the owners manual and said look it up. She schedules a time to come by the house and look at the stove, take measurements, etc. The next morning I get an email saying we'll give you $600. So I don't respond. About an hour later she replies with "I hope I didn't offend you, let me rephrase, what is the lowest price you will take," here is where I negotiated the crap out her. I said $800, our listing price. I went on to say that I have had a ton of interested parties and I'm sure one of them will take our asking price. Two hours later I get another email saying "we'll take the stove for $800". Damn I'm good! Here is what sucked, just as the lady offered the $800, I had another individual on the way to my house to look at the stove...that was a tough call.
That my friends is how you negotiate! Oh, and thanks to the wife for the support, she offered some invaluable advise!!!
Hope everyone is doing well...I can't wait to be a daddy!!
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