Ridiculous CF fb marketplace woman or me?

Sometimes people make things more expensive than they’re worth when they really don’t want to do the work or sell a particular item. But bonus, they might actually consider it if people want to pay stupid money. Dh often overprices jobs if they are really inconvenient and he wants to put someone off. It’s not good to just refuse to quote or to not turn up to do the job (what lots of tradespeople do), but he’ll tack a few hundred £££ extra on there with the hopes of just putting people off. On occasion, they are thrilled with the quote and even though it’s an annoying small job, he’ll do it for the extra. You can think of it as an inconvenience surcharge.

Breaking up a job lot and dealing with individual sellers is a massive pain. She didn’t want to do it, but if you were dumb enough to pay silly money, she would have. Sounds fine to me. You both had an option to choose to walk away and you took it.

We just sold some ikea shelves and I was amazed at the level of interest and people were prepared to pay well over half what they are new.

I think the term CF had very overused on here.

She might be unwise but then others have given reasons why some might pay more for the single item.

AIBU or is this bizarre?

YABU.

And no, her reply wasn’t bizarre at all.

Your outlook is though.

Yes just buy the new one.

It may have been that she couldn't be arsed worth the time and effort of splitting the bundle unless the money made it worthwhile.

Though sometimes I've been a bit shocked at the price expectations people have for their second hand stuff. I saw a Le Creuset griddle pan on Ebay. Made a buy it now offer which was rejected. Seller counter offfered at a price about 75% of new which i rejected. It didn't sell at auction and meanwhile i sourced another one. Seller relisted it and contacted me to offer me the chance to buy it at the price I'd offered. I refused. It sold for less than half my offer.

If it's a job lot, she;s probably looking for someone who can take the whole lot at once, she doesn't want to be faffing around with multiple buyers, many of whom never turn up to collect.

Job lots often have 1-2 desirable “anchor” items to drive the price and get other things sold for low amounts which might not otherwise sell at all.
It’s how sellers “price” their lot.

She refused your offer. End.

No need to call her ridiculous CF?

Just walk away and buy on Amazon 'new' with lower blood pressure

Is it a Mr Frosty?!

Reminds me of the strange FB place mob with their 'I want what I paid'

There's nothing wrong with people wanting that. Clearly, they won't find a buyer and will be left with the unwanted stuff unsold and no money for it; but it's still their stuff and their prerogative as to how much they will accept for it.

It's their right to set their acceptable price, just as it is your right to ignore them or walk away.

Yes, indeed. Some would-be buyers enquire politely as to whether you'd be open to negotiation; some are irritatingly persistent in pushing their luck; others are aggressive and genuinely scary. I'm not saying that OP is in the last category, but to me, it's always a red flag when somebody tells you of a better deal that they could supposedly get, and yet, instead of just going for the better deal and ignoring you, they want to pressurise you into matching/bettering it.

Also, people usually have a reason(s) for offering items as part of a job lot and won't want to split; I'm sure they're aware that they could offer the items for sale separately if that's what they wanted to do.

She was weird OP. Nothing wrong in reminding her it's worth less brand new, surely?

She's a seller - of course it's reasonable for potential buyers to request something like a separate item to be sold alone

Reminds me of the strange FB place mob with their 'I want what I paid'

Well she would at a price, if it was the best bit of the job lot letting that go probably makes the whole rest of the lot unsaleable. So if you really want that item you can have it, but it won't be cheap.

Because she doesn't have to? Because she was happy to sell it to you at £100? Because she doesn't answer to you? Why is this such a mystery to you

She's the seller - she can choose to set the price wherever she likes. Entirely up to her - it isn't being a CF.

And you're the buyer - you can pay her price, or you can go elsewhere. No-one is forcing you to buy from her.

Anybody has the right to offer anything for sale for whatever price they want to.

Anybody has the right to choose not to buy the item from them - possibly enquiring first as to whether they will negotiate - and go elsewhere if they want to.

The problem comes when it's an essential item and they have a monopoly on it, meaning that you have no choice but to buy from them at their (maybe very high) price.

Because she quoted you a price that would make it worth her while to do so.

Sometimes you say that but people don't take no for an answer. You might have been the 20th person who asked the same thing that day.

Just trying her luck, I suppose! Is it the type of item that gets more expensive with age?

‘That’s a great idea. I will! Good luck selling your amazing things’

The seller was a bit grumpy/rude and delusional thinking she'll get a better price than Amazon. But her response was also pretty fair. I'm guessing she priced that item high because she didn't want to split the job lot.