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They sold something that I reserved

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Mylovemine · 12/04/2025 18:15

I reserved furniture in a second hand furniture shop that I needed last week for this coming Monday and I have just told been told that it has been sold to someone else on Friday. So I don’t have enough places for everyone to sit. I don’t know how it’s happened and am really disappointed as I could have got something else but now I need to wait for them to get new furniture in.

OP posts:
Annascaul · 12/04/2025 19:33

Why would they take a chance on you coming back next week, if they had someone willing to pay in full actually standing in the shop?
If you’d paid a deposit, they would have held it for you.

carlmotl · 12/04/2025 19:29

Mylovemine · 12/04/2025 19:07

What is the point in reserving something if they’re just going to sell it to someone else

So you didn't pay a deposit or pay for the item in full then?
You seem to have studiously ignored the other posters' questions.

ThreePointOneFourOneFiveNine · 12/04/2025 19:14

If you hadn’t paid anything then I’m not sure they’re in the wrong. You could just as easily not have bothered to collect and they’d have lost the sale. Did they offer to reserve it for you or did you ask? Why couldn’t you collect it last week?

dogcatkitten · 12/04/2025 19:14

Pay when you reserve then it's sold. A 'promise' to buy is not enough you may never come back as far as the shop is concerned.

MesmerisingMuon · 12/04/2025 19:12

Mylovemine · 12/04/2025 19:07

What is the point in reserving something if they’re just going to sell it to someone else

If you paid for it in full then no they can't.

If you just reserved it without paying then yes they can sell it.

I reserved (and paid in full) for a table but couldn't collect until 4 days later at the weekend as I needed a bigger car to collect.

justasmalltownmum · 12/04/2025 19:11

We have a huge extended family. At gatherings, everyone sits on the floor. But this is also normal in our culture.

Viviennemary · 12/04/2025 19:11

Somebody came along amd saw it and offered a higher price. Not on really but it happens. Or maybe they were a regular customer, maybe it was sold by mistake, what excuse did they come up with.

SaladSandwichesForTea · 12/04/2025 19:09

Mylovemine · 12/04/2025 19:07

What is the point in reserving something if they’re just going to sell it to someone else

But did you pay a deposit?

Did you collect it in time frame?

Original poster
Mylovemine · 12/04/2025 19:07

What is the point in reserving something if they’re just going to sell it to someone else

OP posts:
TwentyTwentyFive · 12/04/2025 18:16

I don't really think you've got any recourse unless you paid for it unfortunately.

It was probably a miscommunication, annoying but these things happen.

rubyslippers · 12/04/2025 18:16

Did you leave a deposit?
sounds annoying but if they could sell it and get more space for new stock then can’t blame them

lnks · 12/04/2025 18:16

Had you paid for it?

Annascaul · 12/04/2025 18:16

Did you pay a deposit?

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