How about the "calls only" guys? They will write, "no email, if you are serious call me". Well, if you are serious list the mileage and some details...and then I'll know if it is worth my time to call you. It's like if I email, I must not be serious? Because serious people use the phone only?
For example, right now I am looking at a boom lift. I email the guy and ask, how many hours, what engine is in it and is it 2wd or 4wd. To which he responds, "it's a 60 foot lift, call for details". I email a response, "engine model, hours and 2wd or 4wd please". To which he responds, "you have to call for details".
I'm not going to call unless I can check off the boxes of it being 4wd, diesel and knowing the hours. I don't want his sales pitch unless I think it is roughly what I want. He does not want to give me the truth unless he can try to charm me over the phone. He loses, I won't keep trying. If he hates email that much, maybe he ought to list his ad in a newspaper somewhere and list his phone number. Then nobody will bother him..... To you young fellas, that's the way it was done in the old days....
I will call on ads if they are complete if the guy prefers calls, or text or whatever. I just don't want to be baited into conversations that are worthless.
Am I the only one that this bothers? Maybe just a personal pet peeve.