If you are interested in an item, please respond to me at frugallizzie@yahoo.com with the following information:
- Item you are interested in
- Your contact information including name, email and phone number
- When you are available in the next few days to pick it up, see below for options under When/where do we meet?
- Accuracy: If it is visible on this blog, I promise that I still have it. Posts and pictures will be deleted when items are taken. If someone is going to pick it up, I will make a note of that in the title of the post: "pending pick-up". You can still write and ask to be a back-up in case the person flakes.
- Courtesy: Your time is valuable, so if I say I'll show up, I really will! If I can't, I'll be in touch with you! This is why it's so important for me to have your phone number.
- Honesty: I'm really honest about the condition of the item listed and I do my best to depict it accurately. Feel free to ask questions, but it really is what I say it is.
- Responsiveness: I respond to every person, even if it's just a brief note to say "Item sold! Thank you!" (My only exception is I don't respond to spambots or rude people. Fair, right?)
What I ask of you:
- Items for sale are cash only. Please bring exact change if you can.
- Trades, barter, and shipping outside of Portland are not available.
- Delivery is not available unless otherwise noted in the post. With gas prices what they are, I may ask for a slightly higher price, and that would be listed.
- My time is valuable too. Please come to our appointment. If you can't make it, please call me instead of emailing. Waiting around for someone is no fun.
- If a price is listed, I am trying to price it fairly and I'm not usually very flexible about the price. Offers are accepted only if "OBO" ("or best offer") is listed in the post. Otherwise the price you see is the price I will accept. This is not because I'm a jerk, it's because haggling over email about an item you haven't even seen yet is usually a time waster for both parties.
- I can meet you either at (A) Fred Meyer on SE 82nd/Foster on evenings, weekends, or some weekdays, or (B) during some weekday hours downtown at the Starbucks on SW 10th and Alder. I am trying to sell and give away many items, so I am trying to consolidate my meeting times as much as possible. Thanks for understanding my need to be a little efficient!
I'm a bargain-hunter! Sometimes I'm bargain hunting for fun, sometimes out of necessity. I like to find cheap and free things on Craigslist and Freecycle both to save money and to use second-hand items as a way to minimize my family's impact on the planet. I'm also a declutterer! I'm trying to trim down the number of things in our house that we don't use or don't need. I hope that you enjoy what I offer!
Sincerely,
Lizzie
