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To not want to sell an item for less than the advertised price

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SailorJerry13 · 24/04/2019 13:03

Facebook selling sites are the bane of my life...

Every single person who has responded to my most recent ad has offered well below the asking price - and think because they are offering it in cash(?!) it is a good deal ?

Eg.
Them : is this available?
Me: yes
Them: what’s the lowest you’ll go
Me : £600 as stated in advert
Them: I’ll give you £450 cash

Me: (???) Hmm

The item I’m selling cost £850 and Iv only had a week. The place I bought it from doesn’t accept returns for these kinds of items (it’s not a mattress) plus the cost of shipping it back would be around £100 !

AIBU to tell these cheeky fucker time wasters to get fucked?!

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OneForTheRoadThen · 24/04/2019 13:04

YADNBU I hate this too. I just delete the message without answering Wink

GummyGoddess · 24/04/2019 13:06

Facebook marketplace is full of haggling, like a car boot sale. Could you put in your listing that you don't haggle?

MrsGrannyWeatherwax · 24/04/2019 13:07

However they also are full of people over valuing an item, might be better to do eBay....

LittleElle · 24/04/2019 13:09

Here’s the thing. You can’t return it. Even if you could the shipping is massive.

Sure you’ve only had it a week, but it’s used. £600 for a second hand item that cost £850 is actually a lot.

Personally I would rather have the money and set my expectations more realistically

BeanBag7 · 24/04/2019 13:09

If your willing to wait, someone will eventually come along who is willing to pay your asking price.

I had this with a food mixer I was selling for £50 (Hardly used and RRP about £100).
Loads of people messaged saying "what is best price?" "What is cheapest price?" "Cant afford, will give you £30" etc. etc. Often without even asking whether its available or for any details.

After about 2 weeks someone messaged asking to pick it up that afternoon. No haggling. No problem, just picked it up and left.

FredFlinstoneMadeOfBones · 24/04/2019 13:11

They can be awful for rubbish haggling. My friend was selling an expensive item for a very good price as she needed it gone before she moved house. She made it very clear the price was fixed no offers would be considered and she needed it gone with 4 days. The first person to comment said "I'll give you half what you're asking can you deliver?". She replied saying no sorry and very quickly sold it to someone else for the asking price. A week later the original poster started sending irate messages that they had offered first so it shouldn't have been sold on until they'd had a chance to up their bid! Ridiculous.

FredFlinstoneMadeOfBones · 24/04/2019 13:12

I have also seen ludicrously overpriced stuff on selling sites too (I bought this 2 years ago for £100 and am selling it for £95) but I just don't bid on them.

Drogosnextwife · 24/04/2019 13:19

On the filp side, sellers usually want far too much for items. Example; I've been looking for a kids kitchen for ages at a decent price, IKEA one preferably, most people asking for £50-£60 for used kitchen with a few bit of plastic food or sometimes no accessories, it costs £60 brand new! Wtf! I felt like texting these people and telling them they were CF (I didn't).

Crappycrapcrapcrap · 24/04/2019 13:19

Oh I had some arrogant fucker do this with me.
I was selling a brand new bike that exmil had bought my ds but he couldn’t ride a bike due to his disability. (Whole other thread there Grin)

I put it up on a selling page it was a BMX and was brand new not even ridden on and for the sake of a quick sale I buy it on for about £60 which was less than half the price it was in the shops.

Some arsehole wrote underneath ‘sold’
He then messaged me saying I’m on way to collect it now (didn’t have my address so think he was just trying to pressure me) and have £30 cash have it ready no time to wait around.

I messaged back and said are you picking up the other £30 on route because it’s £60

He then messaged back saying you’re having a right laugh you’re lucky I’m offering you £30 for it you’ll never get more than that.

I then deleted his comment on the selling page saying sold and someone asked if it was still available, I said yes this arsehole then started ranting and raving about how he had said he wanted it first and it was a first come first served page I was breaching the rules he would report me to admin etc etc.

In the end I put it on gumtree for £80 in case some idiot offered me £60 and it sold within a day of putting it up for the full price I was asking .
I don’t even bother with eBay or Facebook selling pages anymore I gumtree everything

Tell them to fuck off and stick it on gumtree

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SailorJerry13 · 24/04/2019 13:25

@beanbag7

Yep that’s what I’m hoping for, it has only been up for a few days and has had a HUGE amount of interest. Surely someone will just pay and be pleased with a cheaper than usual product! :)

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OneForTheRoadThen · 24/04/2019 13:26

There's a difference between making a serious offer and just being a cheeky fucker though.

I've had so many people just offering about half of what I'd asked for and I always research prices new and of secondhand items to make sure they are priced reasonably. Some people just have brass necks.

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SailorJerry13 · 24/04/2019 13:28

@Fredflinstonemadeofbones

Argh that is so frustrating !! People are really so entitled when it comes to buying/selling 😅 glad she managed to sell it though!

@drogosnextwife

Oh I absolutely agree, some people knock off a small amount and then charge that in postage ! 🙈 if something is too expensive then I don’t bother enquiring as I know the seller obviously wants the money rather than to get rid!

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MrsGrannyWeatherwax · 24/04/2019 13:28

If it’s a decent item and sells well second hand you will get it taken full priced soon enough - FB isn’t the best selling site as people usually want everything for £ or ££££££

PlainSpeakingStraightTalking · 24/04/2019 13:29

You're asking for a nearly full price - Id rather pay the extra and get the guarantee/warranty that goes with it. All the junk on Marketplace/Ebay/Gumtree seems to assume buyer are some sort of donut who dont think these things through.

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SailorJerry13 · 24/04/2019 13:35

@crappycrapcrapcrap
Haha they are absolute chancers !

I sold some kids items a while back, a man came round with all his kids to have a look after saying he wanted one item - picked up two and said would you accept payment for one, it’s all Iv got!
I did let him though, I wanted the crap gone 😅

I have also had a message from someone who lives in another part of the country (fecking hours away) asking for us to deliver the item, and to accept £500 (‘cash in hand’)

Obviously we thought we would get there and he would either change his mind, or mysteriously only have x amount - aka Nothing near the asking price!

A few chancers have told me they can get this item for £650 new (you actually cannot, this is a specific spec item - obviously if you could, I would have done so!) and I have swiftly replied - why are you fannying around messaging me for a second hand one then?!

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meepmoop · 24/04/2019 13:36

I don't know sometimes a lot of what I see is on there for a lot of money,

For example someone was selling well played duplicate in sets so a couple small diggers, men and a few accessories for £30. I did offer a much lower price as I wouldn't pay that much for it. They declined and I just said please keep me in mind if you don't sell it later on.

It was on there a good while and I assume sold after a month or two, if you want a better price sometimes you have to wait it out

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SailorJerry13 · 24/04/2019 13:37

@plainspeaking

It still has a full warranty! There is nothing wrong with the item and the warranty doesn’t expire for a full year yet.

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HomeMadeMadness · 24/04/2019 13:38

I agree that gumtree is better for selling so many chancers on Facebook. Like the people posting "wanted" adverts. "I'm looking for a like new bugaboo stroller system must be in excellent condition will pay £20."

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SailorJerry13 · 24/04/2019 13:39

@meepmoop

I think that’s fair enough. :) I have had one offer - full price - from someone who doesn’t get paid for a week or two. They asked me to take it off the market Til they could pay but I said no.

But no one else has made a sensible enquiry since! So it may get sold anyway ☺️

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SailorJerry13 · 24/04/2019 13:40

@homemademadness

Yes !! 😅

‘Wanted - full nursery furniture in brilliant condition, barely used - will pay £30’

Or when people just outright want something brand new for free 🙄

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Scrumptiousbears · 24/04/2019 13:44

I had this with an iPhone I was selling. Told the guy no offers after he tried to haggle quite a few times. Eventually agreed full asking price and got my address then messaged me 10 mins before agreed collection to say he'll want to negotiate a bit when he got there. I told him not to bother coming round.

Sold it to someone else and he messaged the next day asking for it again saying he'll pay full price this time. Twat.

PazRaz10 · 24/04/2019 13:53

I just put everything on for more than I actually want - if I want £20 for an item, I put it on for £30. Buyer offer above £20 and I've made more, buyer offers less than £20 and I say I'll go to £20. More often than not they agree!

BackforGood · 24/04/2019 13:56

I agree with LittleElle.
Clearly, you have an item that you don't want and can't return - they are trying to judge at what point you'd rather not have it cluttering up your hallway.
Now I like a bargain and will buy off local facebook selling sites for small items but you know you are taking a risk with dodgy people selling dodgy goods - from stolen to broken to not quite as described - so, if I needed something that cost hundreds, I wouldn't be wanting to pay £600 for something from an individual on the internet who could be anyone. No shop or company to take it up with if it isn't as described. You only buy off an unknown individual on the internet, if it is money you can afford to lose. So, to hopefully get a real (1/2 price) bargain, people might risk offering £400, but it isn't worth losing £600 to get something at 3/4 of a 'new' price.

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SailorJerry13 · 24/04/2019 14:04

Yeah that’s fair enough.

Still odd that people are offering ‘cash in hand’ as a better alternative to a bank transfer or even paypal though?!

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NotSoThinLizzy · 24/04/2019 14:08

Usually depending on the item and how long it's been posted I'll ask if they'll knock £10/£5 off but these are something else