No matter what I’m trying to sell — domain names, or my old furniture — the people who contact you first will tell you what trash it is.

Trash, garbage, will need to be refinished, is the wrong size, wrong category, poor quality, etc. But they still want to buy it, for some crazy reason. I am trying to keep my patience. I did list a price, in the case of the furniture, and some domains. Instead of telling them an adjusted price when they demand, “What’s the lowest price you’ll accept for this?” I ask them to make an offer. Then I counteroffer. But some are so insulted by a seller who won’t cave that they don’t answer.

I think it would be better to haggle out in a street market. The internet effect of rudeness is tiring.

I was just told that my vanity isn’t a vanity, it’s a desk and should be therefore priced much lower. It used to have a mirror attached, so I call it a vanity. Then she complained it would have to be refinished. Of course it does. That’s why it doesn’t cost that much. Maybe I should tell her I’m planning to repaint it myself — green. And I just don’t see any other vintage vanities with the details mine has, on Craigslist lately. At least not for under $150.

Then there’s the domain names. I’m dealing with a weird phenomenon right now: the Chinese demand for 4- and 5-letter domains ending in .com. The Chinese want any domain that has NO vowel or V in it. Also, short number domains, like 5888.com for example. They aren’t buying them because they necessarily MEAN anything; they are buying these as investment instruments. They want numbers that have patterns or contain their lucky number 8 — but this isn’t to stand for anything, either; again, it is extremely arbitrary and just something to invest money (gamble) in. So it’s weird.