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to expect to pay less for something than when it was purchased 15 (!) years ago?

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NoMoreLimbo · 28/11/2018 10:46

So, I am looking to buy a second hand bed frame. The owner claim they paid £1,500 for it when they bought it 15 years ago.

It is a beautiful wrought iron super king sized frame. BUT surely to be expected to pay £1,500 today is a tad outrageous? Hmm

What would you think was a fair price? It is in good nick and very pretty. I thought it was pretty standard to pay at least 30% less

OP posts:
BeefTomato · 28/11/2018 13:08

I suppose it doesn't really matter if it's 'worth it' or not - that's the price they've put on it, so if you want to buy it that's the price you're going to have to pay. Do you want to buy it?

I suspect that if they don't want it for their new home they will probably leave it for free rather than have the hassle of getting it moved.

MerdedeBrexit · 28/11/2018 13:09

After your last post, NoMoreLimbo, I think they should pay you to keep it for them, it's less hassle for them to leave it than fetch it and dispose of it! So, unless you desperately want it, tell them you'll give them £100 for it or they can take it away, it's not up to you to remove it for them! They sound like the famous MN CFs to me! I presume your purchase won't fall through if you refuse to pay them £1,500 for that bed?

ChiaraRimini · 28/11/2018 13:09

They are trying it on OP. Tell them no and buy a new one, shop will deliver and assemble as others have said.

OrdinarySnowflake · 28/11/2018 13:11

ah - so on last posts - they have already moved out, so cant just get the removal team to take it too, they will have to pay to have it removed, or have hassle.

Just say no thank you for that price. She can remove it and you'll be buying new. (Many places will do delivery that includes putting a bed in the room it is for.)

We had similar issue with a fridge freezer, the vendor wanted us to pay the price of new as they'd had it for less than a year. I just said no on principle, wasn't prepared to haggle - it was only an extra £30 to get a new one delivered and installed. (on a big American style fridge freezer, that's nothing). Neighbour said she eBayed it in the end and got less than a 1/3 she paid, and had the hassle of getting it out of the kitchen into the eBay buyers car.

Some people are just greedy about something they are too lazy to move. If she really wanted and valued the bed frame, she'd have taken it with her.

SparkyBlue · 28/11/2018 13:12

Absolutely no way OP. We bought our house from similar CFs last year. The couch they had was only fit for a skip (out house was an ex rental and they had the cheapest of everything in it)and they were trying to say it was worth something. I made them take it away.

mostdays · 28/11/2018 13:13

I'd tell them to jog on as I would be buying a new one. A tenner says they end up leaving it anyway as they won't want the hassle of disposal.

PanannyPanoo · 28/11/2018 13:17

If you want one and have seen one you like for £500. Then tell them that and offer them £100 as its been used for 15 years. If you dont want one just say No thanks.

PermanentlyFrizzyHairBall · 28/11/2018 13:17

As PP have said they're CF. Just say no you would never pay that price for a second hand bed.

Lauren247 · 28/11/2018 13:17

I also highly recommend

www.reinforcedbeds.co.uk/

We purchased a bed from here earlier in the year, we are not overweight however their endurance beds are built to last and come with a lifetime guarantee! and there certainly not in the price bracket you mentioned! x

Hiphopopotamous · 28/11/2018 13:18

I'd tell them to jog on as I would be buying a new one. A tenner says they end up leaving it anyway as they won't want the hassle of disposal.
This^^
When we bought our last house they even wanted £££ for the carpets to stay. We refused and they left them anyway. It's too much effort for them to get rid of it and they will never sell second hand at anything like that price.

GummyGoddess · 28/11/2018 13:21

Agree, I think if you say no then they'll leave it in the house anyway.

llangennith · 28/11/2018 13:25

Tell them you don't want to buy it. They won't want to go to the trouble of getting the thing out of the house.

Bluelady · 28/11/2018 13:30

You're doing them a favour by not insisting they remove it. Just tell them to take it away, as a pp said, if you buy a new one the delivery men will carry it upstairs and assemble it for you. I don't often call people cheeky fuckers but these are the definition.

Melamin · 28/11/2018 13:46

If it was bought new, it would have to be fit for purpose and you have consumer rights.

If it is bought second hand, it is 'buyer beware' ( caveat emptor )

This should be reflected in its value and cost.

SaucyJack · 28/11/2018 13:51

Ahh, I see.

Just say no. You could buy the new one for £500 and pay a couple of strong teens fifty quid beer money each to carry it up three floors, and you’ve still spent less than half for what they want for a perfectly ordinary bed.

charlestonchaplin · 28/11/2018 13:52

Many things aren't as well made these days but if you are so sure it is overpriced, buy a new one. Others will too and the seller will be forced to reassess.

Returnofthesmileybar · 28/11/2018 13:53

Definitely just say "change of plan, I don't want it do you will need to take it away" I bet they leave it but even if they didn't who wants a 15 year old bed frame for anything other than free really at all, chancing fuckers

charlestonchaplin · 28/11/2018 13:56

Didn't realise it comes with a house.

Hushnownobodycares · 28/11/2018 14:02

If it's an arse to get a new one in it will be an arse to get the old one out.

They are trying to sucker you hard, OP. Don't fall for it.

JammieCodger · 28/11/2018 14:02

CFs.

Tell them you don’t want it so can they please arrange its removal asap. They’ll almost certainly go quiet and you’ll be left with the bed. In the unlikely event that they do take it then you can get a much cheaper replacement delivered. The delivery guys can carry it up for you and build it in situ.

Mitzimaybe · 28/11/2018 14:04

Just say they can leave it for free or they will have to take it with them. If they have already furnished their new property it will be a real pain for them to get rid of it so I think you have the upper hand here. It's irrelevant what they paid for it originally.

Jux · 28/11/2018 14:11

When we bought our house there was an antique double bed on the 2nd floor, complete with horse hair mattress etc. We were going to need another bed anyway, and it was there and immediate, and very beautiful, lovely wood and beautifully carved.

I have no idea how much it cost the ex-owners when they got it but I did have a quick look online sometime after, and I could have got something vaguely similar for several thousand.

To save the ex-owners the bother of dismantling it, removing it, storing it, selling it, they offered it to us for £300. We snapped at it. It's been dd's bed for over 10 years. When we move I hope we'll be able to sell it to whoever buys our house and I imagine that, despite it's apparent value, we'll sell it for about what we paid for it.

Tell your sellers you don't want it and they must take it away. If they whinge, offer a few hundred quid for it.

PickleSarnie · 28/11/2018 14:15

Is this it? Worth every penny if so.

to expect to pay less for something than when it was purchased 15 (!) years ago?
MrsPatmore · 28/11/2018 14:16

Offer them a £100 or so. If they refuse then ask them to take it away. I bet they won't bother.

EeeSheWasThin · 28/11/2018 14:20

Our vendors did similar with a range cooker - wanted £500 for it when it was a couple of years old and filthy. It was £600 to buy the same model brand new. Told her to forget it.