To think gumtree is now as bad as freecycle for loons

[AGrandUsername]

Advertising a very fairly priced double buggy at 75 quid should have gone higher to be knocked down

No issue with those that say 'Can I offer xxx' but I keep getting reasons for why I must give it for less:

'I only plan to use in the park so I will pay 50'
'It's only for a holiday so I can collect and pay 30'
'My toddler walks a lot so I might not need it long so I think 40 is fair'
'I'm just up the road so will pay 40 and be there soon'
'I plan to spend 20'

um, I don't give a shit if you're planning to use as a sacrifice to appease the tantrum gods frankly!
Get one of the shitty cheap dirty ones also listed!

[Outingstories]

A man I work with out the Christmas tree that was growing in his garden on eBay. Winner cuts down and transports.

Unfortunately a couple of us less charitable soles decided to ask questions... Including

Is the tree a genuin Christmas tree? Does it have a certificate of authentification?

How many needles exactly does the tree have? I am looking for one with a thick thatch.

I think somone asked for a bat survey and to buy the middle third too

Unfortunately the tree was not sold.... This year.

[hefzi]

anyoldname perhaps you could connect her with Amber's Wetsuit Man?

[whatawhoppa]

I messaged someone on facebook who always posted ads for scrap metal including cookers and broken washing machines. I offered them my very very broken washer. think drum shaking like a shitting dog, more noise than an airport, some kind of fan belt hanging off it,leaking water and drum stopped spinning. washing machine fixer man said it had completely rusted underneath and had a hole in it.
anyway, girl messaged me back said she would take it free of charge. gave her my address thought that would be it until the collection time. how wrong was I? she then proceeded to message me asking for pictures. I sent her a link to a google image. exactly the same make and model. it was not good enough she wanted exact pictures. told her dont have picture of it as I wasnt home. the google image picture I had sent was exactly the same. nothing different. same make and model and colour. was not good enough for her, she continued to badger for real time picture. I was a bit seeing as they were asking for scrap metal. shouldnt really matter what it looks like. she then started to ask about what was wrong with it. I told her repair man said its fucked beyond repair. leaking not spinning,hole in it. still wasnt good enough. she wanted his word by word autopsy report followed by death pictures of said washer, including its measurements and drum size. I messaged her back, said forget it. my dad taking it to the tip. she continuued to send messages for a further two hours. the last one said "I know you read my last message, it says read on it." utter fuckin weirdo. my ending reply was "fuck off you mithering cunt" then I blocked her. what an experience.

[anyoldname76]

hefzi they would be a match made in gumtree heaven ive checked this morning and the sofa chat post has disappeared

[torthecatlady]

Love reading these!!
Thank God other people have to deal with these cretins!

[whatawhoppa]

I tend to take all my good stuff to the hospice charity shop now, I be fucked if im going to be fucked about by these dogshits. would have been a bit cruel to take that washing machine there though

[FindoGask]

I once got an angry message from someone as an initial enquiry, because they thought i was selling a fish tank for too much. It was in immaculate condition and came with a good filter and all sorts of other necessities, pretty much brand new - basically, you would only need the fish. I can't remember what I was selling it for but he said "you're taking the piss, you won't get anything like X for that", next day I sold it for exact asking price, resisted urge to message him to let him know.

[whatawhoppa]

im tempted to put something stupid on, like rocking horse forsale. house trained, good with kids. will swap for 100 yellow paper clips

[spidey66]

I own a property in Cornwall which I use as a holiday let and advertise on Holiday Lettings.

The first year I had it the school summer holidays were priced at £500 p/w. I had a woman email me and say, ''I want to stay in your property but a bit cheaper, say £250.''

That'll be a no then. I don't even give close family that price, not during school summer holidays anyway, why would I do it for a stranger?

[Woodenmouse]

I always seem to get weirdos when I sell things on fb. One time I sold a massive bundle of baby clothes dirt cheap as I just wanted them out of the way. Someone messaged me and asked if I could keep them for a week because she was unwell so wouldn't be able to get them. I kept them for her but didn't hear anything after the week so I msged her and asked when she would collect. She replied that she had a baby shower and been given loads of clothes so didn't want them anymore, it would have been nice to have been told!

I also put one of those meerkats fromt he advert on for half the price they were going for on eBay. Some woman sent an angry message saying I was cheeky to be selling something I got free. I pointed out that there were loads of ppl selling them, that mine was cheap in comparison and I wasnt forcing anyone to buy it. She didn't respond to that!!

[AGrandUsername]

I'm the OP.

At exactly the right time a couple turned up and bought the buggy, with the cash in an envelope ready.

This was so unlikely I stared at them for 30 before having to rush t get it back out.

They looked like they thought I was mad...

[scarednoob]

I put my boxing tube and weights on freecycle recently because I am a blimp who'd never used them

The muppet who took the weights turned up to collect an 8kg medicine ball, 2 x 8 kg dumbbells, 2 x 5 kg dumbbells and 2 x 3 kg dumbbells on a sodding bike. He looked really shocked at how heavy it all was, and was last seen pedalling crookedly away with bags of weights hanging off his handlebars.

[UrbaneLandlord]

I inherited one of those old-fashioned collapsable film-projection screens when I bought a house. It was left in the cellar with a lot of other junk.

It was in near-perfect condition and complete with original box and instructions.

Eventually I advertised it on e-Bay, and it sold for about £1.67 (or something). I just wanted it to go to a good home; and be appreciated by an "enthusiast" who'll get some use out of it.

The buyer came round, perfectly on-time, to collect it.

He was so impressed that he actually gave me an extra fiver! I am not poor and certainly undeserving of charity. I was so shocked that I just said "Oh right thanks!"

[GloGirl]

I advertised something for £30 (reasonable price)

Someone messaged me an offer of £10. I said - no thanks it's only been up for a couple of hours but if it is up for a few days I might start to look at dropping the price a little but not to £10.

She replied that it was too high and the other day someone was selling the same thing for £5 so £10 was a good offer

[whatawhoppa]

there's no such thing as reasonable price on facebook. if you offer something for sale for £1 someone will offer you 50p cash and then want it delivering halfway across the country

[Mawsymoo]

I moved house recently so sold a number of items in a clear-out. I used a dedicated selling site (I'm not in the uk) that only allows direct contact between the buyer and seller once the seller has accepted an offer on the site - which reduces contact with numpties!

It was generally fine until the washing machine - it was the last item I listed as I needed it until just before the move, as a result i priced it low for a quick sale. I said as much, that I needed it gone by Tuesday, and that the buyer needed to be able to carry it out of the house and transport it themselves.

Lots of interest - first asking price offer was from a lady who would collect the next day and thought that between the two of us we could carry it out to her car. I explained I was 7 months pregnant and that as stated in the ad, the buyer needed to be able to move it. She tried to convince me to help, I said no that I would go to the next buyer. She then said she would get her son to collect it on Friday. I said no, again as stated it needs to be gone by Tuesday. Fine she said, I'll collect it from your new house. I explained everything was going into storage. She said grand I'll see you Friday we can arrange to get it from storage. In the end I nearly had to tell her to feck off!

Accepted next offer, got in contact with buyer, she wants to come right away. Sent her my address, she rang and said "oh I didn't realise you lived there, I'll have to take €30 off the price for petrol". The location is on the bloody ad. I told her to feck off a lot quicker and she did come in the end with the full price, a van, and 2 burly lads thank goodness.

On the buying side I was on the lookout for a double buggy. So many people want nearly all their money back! Lady close to me advertised a relatively new model buggy, obviously didn't use it much, and says that as it's such good condition and she paid €570 for it she won't accept any less than €500. I point out that it's currently available from boots for €450 and would she reconsider her price. Got a firm no, she paid €570 so she couldn't let it go cheaper. Can't bloody argue with that logic.

[KC225]

My husband was selling our old banger on Gumtree. He composed the most sickening advert, real tugging at the heartstrings. 'New home needed for our faithful car. Really don't want to sell but moving abroad. She won't let you down etc.' He proudly announced he was aiming to sell it to women. We had a massive argument with me calling him all the sexist bastards under the sun. I told him no woman would fall for that rubbish and he'd have to scrap it. The first person to call was woman who turned up to look at it with her wife. A lovely couple who needed a second cheap run around to take stuff to their holiday home abroad. Husband never let me forget, one woman didn't buy it but TWO of them did.

[whatawhoppa]

I love these threads. the sheer cheek of some people 😱

[PenguindreamsofDraco]

We advertised a fridge and other white goods on Gumtree for whatever price it was. Man agreed. Man turned up and offered about £20 less than agreed price. Unfortunately he got my husband, who told him the price had gone up by £20.
"But we agreed [original price]" says aggrieved buyer.
My husband then graciously agreed to sell at the original price and the man went away seemingly quite happy.
I was

[ikeabroccoli]

I put a solid oak wardrobe on a local selling site. In the ad I stated clearly that whoever brought it would need to bring a van, and someone to help as I had a second floor flat at the time (no lift) and I was 8 months pregnant.
Solid oak is vvvvvvv heavy.

So this chap turns up. Alone. With a Vauxhall Corsa. One good gust of wind would have blown him over.
Apparently I was quite unreasonable in refusing to help him.

[revealall]

Woodenmouse I think we might be on the same Facebook site.

[Orda1]

I had someone arrange to pick up some plates for free once. Never came, they texted a couple of days later to apologise. I forgot about it. About2 months later I got "hello my name, how are you?" It was a middle aged man, needless to say I blocked the number.

[Charley50]

I love this thread and it's strengthened my resolve to take everything to the charity shop or leave outside my house.

[nebulae]

I sold a blouse on ebay a couple of years back. I'd bought it second hand on ebay but resold it as the colour didn't suit me. I listed it as an auction with 99p start price, no returns accepted. For some reason there was a last minute bidding war and it ended up selling for about 3 times what I'd paid for it .

Shortly after delivery the buyer sent me a very rude message demanding a return address as the blouse didn't match the skirt she wanted to wear it with. It needed to be a very precise shade of turquoise apparently. I politely replied that I was not, in fact, M&S and she couldn't just demand to return something because she didn't like it. Cue a flurry of messages calling me unreasonable, selfish, immoral etc. She apparently would no longer be able to attend the event that she had planned to wear the blouse at as she had nothing to wear. I'd ruined everything. Eventually she "agreed" that she would keep the blouse and informed me she would also keep the moral high ground. I replied that I hoped she enjoyed the moral high ground as much as I would enjoy spending the profit I'd made. She then left me negative feedback saying I was greedy [confused}.

[sleeplessinmybedroom]

I sold a computer cabinet on eBay once. It was really heavy. This man who looked about 80 came to collect it. I said I would give him a hand to the car because it would be too heavy for him to manage on his own. He said no it's ok I've brought a helper then called come on Dad to a man still outside. I again offered to help but they said they couldn't see a lady carrying furniture when there were two strong men about. It was like something out of the chuckle brothers them getting it to the car. They moved it about a cm at a time.