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I bargain before if I think the item is radically overpriced, e.g. the buyer is asking for a price that is 3x what I think is reasonable. I bargain in person otherwise. I never see the price as "set" unless I specifically agree to pay that price. When I say, "I'm very interested. Could I come see it today?" I mean that I'm very interested and may or may not make an offer, depending on the condition.

Craigslist is a swap meet, not Macy's. People who act rudely (buyers OR sellers) can expect to have a tougher time doing business. I've even RAISED the price on people who were rude in the past (and they still bought it).

Lessons of craigslist:
-Be polite, realize you're not in a showroom but rather in someone else's house
-If you don't want the item, don't waste my time. Say thanks and leave
-If you're interested in the item, make a reasonable offer, have exact cash, and we'll make a deal!

I LOVE this and am currently plotting with my boyfriend how to afford hiring the designer to make us one (after we afford buying a house...)

What a neat looking project. We used Skimstone for our counters recently (marketed by Rudd or Modern Masters). It was relatively cheap to purchase, only about $150 all told for all the components, and the instructions were straight forward. Though we carefully watched Youtube videos and read instructions ahead of time and put TONS of time into the project, however, it was a total disaster. We were all near tears at the end of the project, because despite all our hard work looked like brownie batter, not a counter surface. Worse, in the week that we had it in place (before we tore the counter out), we were already seeing signs of wear to the surface- it marked up, discolored, and eroded like crazy. We went back to the retailer who had sold the product and he said that generally people had to re-do their counters 2-3 times before they got a Skim stone result they were happy with. No thanks! When our landlord saw the results he laughed for about five minutes, then we agreed to split the cost of butcherblock countertops from Ikea. That was $350 that was very well spent...I just look back and wish we'd avoided the $150 waste that preceded it! Sounds like this product is way better. Thanks for the project!

I agree, I want to buy one or two of those! Open an etsy shop with the extras, please?

Gorgeous!

Looks gorgeous!