To message him and tell him??

[Sony3203]

Long story short, I was selling an Ikea desk on Facebook for £15, originally bought for £25 and has only been used a little bit before going in the loft so apart from a couple of teeny scratches on the legs(not the desk itself) it is in immaculate condition. It was also missing one leg balancer hence the price drop. I had a guy come look at it tonight and he said he wouldn't give me any more than £5 as I'm asking for £15 and he found it on the Ikea website for £16(showed me a screenshot) so he could get a brand new one delivered for £18. He said how about I give you £1 more and make it £6 and was very quite pushy. So I just said ok, whatever. I am feeling so damn stupid and angry with myself right now as I feel ripped off. It didn't sit well with me so I went on the Ikea website and found both desks on there. Both the same except the £16 one is smaller hence why it's cheaper and yes I remember correctly that I didn't pay £16 for it and that I definitely paid more. I put the dimensions in the description on the ad on Facebook as well so am I in the wrong here?? I feel so stupid and ripped off!! Wibu to message him this : 'Just thought I’d drop you a message as I’ve been feeling really stupid thinking I got ripped off by Ikea. Looking at their website, I didn’t and I remembered correctly that I didn’t pay £16 for that desk as the one you showed us was a smaller version hence why I mentioned the dimensions in my description. I thought £15 was a reasonable price for the size and condition it’s in as it has hardly been used but oh well it’s done now I just wanted to message you and let you know because I feel pretty stupid right now.' He knows where we live so I'm a bit scared to message we have a little baby and I know it's only £1 but it could have bought her a nice outfit or something she needed. I'm basically £21 down and I'm so pissed off!!! Please someone tell me if I'm being over sensitive and should just move on? I just want him to know he was a d*ck basically and he ripped us off. He probably knew exactly what he was doing or even rehearsed it

£19 sorry. Maths has never been a strong subject

What are you hoping to achieve by messaging him? I doubt he's going to volunteer to cough up the difference now. Maybe he did genuinely make a mistake with the sizing, or maybe he was trying to rip you off. Either way, you agreed to the price he offered. In the nicest possible way I suggest you try to forget about it, learn from it and move on

A £25 desk with scratches and a missing part isn't worth £15 second hand IMHO.

How are you £21 down? As soon as you buy something like furniture it's usually not worth its purchase price.

Shout at yourself in mirror, call him all sorts too and wish woodworm karma on him then let it go. 2 good points- you didn’t loose thousands of pounds and you can learn from it

What's the point? He won't care.

Let it gooooooo!

If you message him, you will worry about it far more than he will. And then he’s won again. Let it go.

I'd use this as a lesson in selling stuff online. People want a bargain. Some are willing to purposely rip other people off to get something for almost nothing. He's may of made a general mistake. He may of done it with all knowledge that the desk he showed you was smaller & cheaper. Either way, I wouldn't message. It's done. Just be more careful next time.

Dont message him. You sold it to him and didn’t have to. You are not £21 down either. Chalk it up to experience.

You should have said no, get out of my house. Lesson learnt for next time.

What do you hope to achieve by messaging him? He had zero intention of paying £15 for it, he steamrolled you into it. I doubt he'll be remorseful if you message him being extremely pathetic and saying that you feel stupid! When people take the piss you don't reveal your vulnerabilities.

Missing one leg balancer? So was it rickety?

Anyway, 6 is a bit shit, but 15 wasb's realistic. You don't get much for secondhand furniture. It wasn't immaculate if one leg balancer was missing.

15 *wasn't realistic, I meant to say.

You asked for £15, you got £6. So that’s £9 less .

But as it was in your loft you aren’t really “down” on anything. Ikea furniture doesn’t hold value.

Bloody hell no do t message him. He will have a right laigh at you

Why would you do that? Nobody would pay £15 for a second hand desk that isn’t in perfect condition and wa s only £25 in the first place!

I'd say you're down £4 really.
£25 new, scratches and missing bit, £10 worth at most, you got £6.

£15 was too much for a desk with missing balancer. As a rule of thumb, when selling second hand, you never get more than half of what you paid for it. And often much less. The exception being sought-after designer and/or vintage items. Not Ikea.

Sorry, but I think you were lucky getting 6 for it. Scratches and a leg missing. I would have paid him to take it away - loft space is valuable. Don't message him.

Don't message him.

He sounds like a twat. But no good will come of messaging him. Just be glad you're not a twat like him and try to put it out of your mind.

Next time get buyer to pay via paypal beforehand. He might genuinely think it was the smaller version. Let it go.

Don't feel stupid. We've all done daft stuff especially if we're under pressure.

He either made a mistake or purposely ripped you off but either way, you won't get any more money from him by messaging him. So just chalk it down to experience, practice saying no and maybe next time have someone with you.

If you makes you feel better, I think your original asking price was a bit too much anyway and you wouldn't have got that.

Next time get buyer to pay via paypal beforehand.

Do not do PayPal for local pickup, it can be reversed. Google it, many ebay sellers do cash only for collection.