2jakes
I'll Lock Up
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While you were sincere in posting your sign, a very time-tested and successful sales tactic is to get a potential customer to believe something they might want is (1) no longer available, (2) was just sold to someone else, (3) is just about to be sold to someone else, (4) was never intended to be for sale. All variations on a theme (and there are more), but I have repeatedly seen people who were only marginally interested in something become passionate about wanting to buy it when some version of the above happened.
Something in human nature makes people want something more - something they might not even have wanted if it was readily available - if they think they can't have it or might loose the opportunity if they don't act quickly. Again, I know you weren't being tricky, but you accidentally stumbled into a very motivating sales technique.
I removed the sign, “Not for Sale” because I really do not wish to sell my car, and now....