CF- and gumtree.

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So selling an item (bulky) on gumtree. Buyer comes and views ( after 20 pictures requested of item at different fecking angles) Decides they will take it.......and whips out $30 below the asking price, since they are “doing me a favour” and taking it off my hands today.........respectfully told the buyer, asking price is final- any negotiating or requested negotiating should have been done ore pickup. Quite frankly would rather chop it up and burn it than acquiesce to their kind offer......... anyone else with a good gumtree/BSS brassneck story?

Thats called chopping off your nose to spite your face isnt it?

Thats why you list it above your minimum. Id always expect some price negotiation

Not price negotiation on the doorstep as they’re about to take it though.

YANBU

I have said no to £10 off the asking price. They did the walk of shame back to their car.

It sold straight after.

Walk of shame???

Cheeky but hardly shameful!

More (for me ) that I’d have asked if here was a negotiation possible- which there was if asked in advance. Tone of potential buyer indicated they were doing me a favour. Which they really weren’t. I understand he nose cutting comment, however a potential negotiation shouldn’t be done borderline aggressively at the sellers place, as far as I am concerned.

I hate this shite. As a freelancer I used to get people making LENGTHY enquiries as to the work they could expect.

I used to spend time answering these bloody shitheads in detail then they'd say "Great...let's do this. But can you do it for X amount cheaper?"

As though I'd be more likely to agree because I'd spent time on them.

I soon learned to tell people what they'd get and multiple questions asked would result in me telling them that if they wanted a consultation, they could book one.

I think negotiation is pretty much standard for second hand stuff. Time is money so usually I’ll give a discount rather than spend time doing more viewings. I’ve never paid or received asking price on used cars for example.

Well, they bloody annoy me,

"I'm really interested in your £20 item. Its just what I want, Can I collect it at 18.00?"

""Would you take £10?"

I would like to say -

"No sorry, my Summer Sale of 50% discount off all items finished yesterday!"

But instead I say "No, Bye"

I agree @Jonnycomelately1- unless stated firm, negotiating is usually expected- and I was happy to consider lower. The difference is having the attitude in speech and posture that you’re doing the seller a huge favour, and that the deal isn’t mutually beneficial. You get the item at a reduced price (yay) and seller gets some spare cash (yay) telling the seller they’ll take it off your hands for....... instead of saying would you consider an offer of.........with a slightly aggressive tone doesn’t work for me.

As both a buyer and seller on Gumtree I think it's a total insult to offer lower than asking price. My ads all state 'price is firm' and most people respect that ....a lady recently paid an extra $5 because I allowed her to come at 7pm for pickup I didn't want to take it but she threw it past the front door onto the floor. Normally pickup must be before dark as by then I'm cooking dinner and don't want to come back to something burned, or cold.

The week before the extra $5 lady I had a really cheeky young mother who was collecting a $7 item. She wanted to hold it up to check the measurements and naturally I handed it to her....next she was looking over her shoulder, then quickly shoved $5 in my hand, turned around and ran (as fast as she could) to her car and drove away just as fast as she could.

I wouldn't belittle myself to chase her for 2 bucks but that's what she was expecting. Otoh, if she had said she was skint or ??? then I would have given it to her for free!!!! It wasn't a big deal. Anyway as she was running to her car I couldn't help myself and burst out laughing...to see her escape plan (which had been very carefully thought out beforehand) put into action was worth more then $2. It was the best fun I'd had for days!! LOL

Takes all kinds.....!!

I've sold loads of stuff over the years, free ads in the paper before Gumtree, yes you'll always get people trying it on but 9 out of 10 times they'll pay what I'm asking. I try and do a fair price to start with and would rather wait a bit longer if necessary to get it.
My ick story is when selling a bed frame, over the phone the guy asked if he could pay me in kind for it.

I had this once when selling a car, and the discount the potential buyers expected me to suck up was substantial. They were astonished that I wouldn't accept the offer and spent ages trying to persuade me - they clearly couldn't understand it when I stood firm. I sold it the next day at the price I was asking.

I advertised a stunning cot bed that had cost over £300 new for the total if £45. I stated no offers.

Guy rings, asks me to not sell it to anyone else as he's coming from the other side of town. No problems. Car pulls up outside and he rings, "I'm here but realised I've only got £40 on me, that's ok right?"
My response was "not to worry if you pop back out of the estate and turn left there's a cash machine just down at the co op, will only take a few minutes"
He tried again "oh I haven't bought my bank card, it's only £5!"
I finally just said, I'd got three more people interested, it was £45. I wasn't moving. He got out of his car with his wife, walked in, fawned over it and told me he'd managed to "find" the extra £5 in his car.

His wife then said, oh it's gorgeous, I can understand why you wouldn't want anyone to haggle.

People are weird. 😂

If I really don't want to take an offer I say 'Priced to sell - no offers ' and stick to that. However most people like to feel that the are getting a bargain so I usually add £5 to the price then say 'or near offer'. Crazy really but that's the way it works!

It is cheeky, to hand you less cash when he’s about to take the item? I have sold lots on gumtree and Facebook, people always try and knock you down but this is usually before they come and collect (unless it’s a car which you expect people to haggle). I tried to sell something for £500 on a Facebook page, the item was worth more, someone offered me £250, I just said ‘no thank you, I would rather keep it’.

I’ve had people tell me when they will collect, like I’m just sitting around all day waiting to sell something!

They’ll say: ok I’ll come tomorrow at 8. Erm, no you won’t, I’m busy then!

Or they’ll say: I’ll come sometime tomorrow afternoon... Erm, no, I’m not a shop, I need a specific time!!

I sold a phone last year (I know, I know!). The guy came, paid (less than asking price), took it home and then promptly messaged me to say I'd sold him a duff phone and he wanted his money back. Clearly he was going to swap out the phones so he got to keep my good one, and I got a broken one back. Threatened to come over to my house. I ended up having to call the police and lock myself in! He was a CF!

Negotiation is all very well and perhaps expected. However, what happened in the OP wasn’t a negotiation at all.

Gumtree can fuck off, last week I was selling a phone and because I'd used the headphones they weren't included in the sale, one wannabe buyer got incredibly shirty when the £869 RRP phone that I was selling for £400 (mint condition) didn't come with the shitty headphones. I told him that if it bothered him that much he should go and spend £869 and stop being a twat, he got the message.

I've sold loads of stuff on Gumtree. I set a high price, the buyers almost always make a lower offer. They feel they've got themselves a bargain and I usually end up with the price I was hoping for in the first place.

whoami24601 I've heard sellers marking the phone/item in some way, maybe under the battery or something, then if buyer tries it on you've got a come back, stops them some what. I know no good now but maybe for next time or others reading.

I've only had one CF try and negotiate price after he'd turned up at my door. I was selling a bundle of baby stuff we'd never used (bouncer chair, baby monitor, playmat and an unopened breast pump that cost me £150 brand new). I'd asked for £120 for all of it and he offered £90 in a message, I accepted. Then when he turned up he said "I've not got 90 on me, can I give you 30?" Absolutely bloody not!

We sold a car on gumtree. 2 guys and 1 woman came to collect. They handed dh the cash and went to take the keys from his hand. Dh said no sit down and I will count. The cash was 40 quid short... they tried it on pretending he must have miscounted so he did it slowly... still 40 short. They claimed no bankcard etc and that they had travelled so far.. dh said thats fine I will hold car for an hr if you want. They came back 10 mins later having "found" 40 in the car. We had already negotiated a lower price than advertised over the phone so to try pull a fast one annoyed dh so much he would rather lost the sale than give in to them!!