To message him and tell him??

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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

He won’t care, and he also hasn’t don’t anything wrong. He’s just a better negotiator than you. It was a deliberately low offer, but you weren’t obliged to sell to him. Unless he was aggressive or threatening, he was entitled to push for a price drop.

I don’t know if it’s comforting or not but I don’t think anyone would have paid £15 for it. Ikea furniture doesn’t sustain any kind of value. On my local group you see quite sizeable pieces going for £5 to £10. So you might not have been ripped off at all, as you might have struggled to find anyone willing to pay more.

Sorry, I think my message comes across as harsher than I meant it to! Apologies if I sounded like a dick

So it was missing a part and has scratches on the legs? You did well to get £6. Most cheap IKEA furniture has practically no resale value at all.

You were lucky to get £6 for that.

Well done, good negotiating.

Immaculate condition? With scratches and a bit missing? It was second hand and in a used condition for a cheap desk you did ok.

He's not going to come and give you more money

You're not £19 down, you accepted less than you thought it was worth,

Please don't message him

Don't message him. Just learn from it. Say no thanks I'll let you know if i change my mind. From the description I would have thought a tenner was fair.

Don't message him, it'll achieve nothing and may get aggression back.

i think you overvalued the desk.

He shouldn't have been so pushy, if he made you feel intimidated.

I once got such a desk on Freecycle...
In any case, it only cost you £9 from the asking price, which was going to be lower on negotiation anyway.
It's a business lesson for you at less than £9.

Yes, I got for free a lovely office desk with drawers, to match the one DH has (and which was supplied by the company he works for, at a cost of £100 new).

I'm just amazed at how little value everything has second hand. I rarely buy new furniture - just find what you want in Ikea, for example, and save a search on ebay. You can normally pick up what you want for peanuts, and ready assembled!

He didn’t rip you off.

You didn’t have to sell it to him, you could have said “no £6 isn’t enough” and politely showed him the door.

He persuaded you into selling it, clearly his negotiation skills are better than yours.

But you weren’t ripped off.

Just think of it as a lesson for next time.

Second hand stuff in mint condition - ie still boxed/labelled can only really expect to get 60-70% of the original cost so something 'used' but good condition a lot less than that. I think you got about the right amount. Particularly as he collected it and you didn't have to pack and post it.

Forget it and move on

Immaculate condition. Well except for the scratches and the dodgy leg. Use your 6 pounds to buy a bottle of cheap wine and be thankful you got the space back and didn't have to haul it away. Secondhand Ikea is essentially junk.

Maybe it depends where you live but I've bought and sold stuff for much more than £10-20 including ikea furniture on facebook, my local group has loads of expensive stuff on it

In this case I think you were expecting too much and it sounds like the buyer knew what he was doing, just be a bit more savvy next time

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

This.

Bloody hell. £20? Get over it.

Maybe it depends where you live
I think this is true. I live in south-east England, so a high population density. It's always easy to find what you want at a very good price, or free, as long as you're not in a huge hurry.

Please don't message him, he will think you're unhinged!

With kindness you are way overthinking and overreacting here, you are in no way £19 down! As many PPs have said second hand furniture isn't worth much anyway.
Chalk it up to experience and move on

YABU to messGe him. He doesn't guve a shit if you thibk you got ripped off. He thinks he got a good price and you agreed to that price.

What is unreasonable is everyone trying to tell you that you are unreasonable for wanting the original price. You aren't. I sell alot across Facebook, Sphock, Gumtree. I stick to my guns on what prices I think are fair and people buy eventually. I am sure people would day the prices I sell at are too high but people buy the stuff.

I think you should message yourself and remind yourself not to be such a pushover.
I can’t imagine him rehearsing it, some people chance there arm . Just be glad you’ve got rid of it.

Ikea delivery is about £35 minimum from the online store!

Don't message him as he hasn't done anything wrong - he's simply turned up, haggled with you and bought the damn thing! You didn't have to accept the offer.

The issue of the smaller desk on the website is a red herring. The item you were selling was not "immaculate" because it was scratched and missing a balancer. Like PP I agree that you've done well to get anyone to pay money for it at all.

You've made £6 for something that would have otherwise ended up at the tip.

so he could get a brand new one delivered for £18.

Where does Ikea deliver for £2?