To be pissed off with the number of people asking to pay even less for a secondhand item?

[AngeloMysterioso]

Got a thing for sale on Facebook marketplace. £30, in great condition, not a mark on it- costs £65 brand new.

It’s only been a few hours, and so far I’ve had half a dozen messages asking if I’ll accept £20. That’s not just a couple of quid off, that’s a third of the asking price! AIBU to think there’s haggling and there’s just taking the piss?

I read somewhere that, for something in very good used condition you should expect about 1/3 of the original price . Keep in mind that people are savvy to the fact that they might well be able to get 15-20% off on the new product
If they wait around for the retailer to offer a discount code, so that could make buying second hand less appealing.

It depends though, children's brands such as boden for example hold their value quite well and some of the discontinued most popular items sell for close to the original price or more. Next second hand tends to go for 1/3 of the original price unless it's a particularly sought after item.

I would expect a 'brand new condition' item to sell about 30% of its listed price when selling second-hand, so I think you are being U to expect fully 50%. It is way more hassle and risk to buy second-hand from an individual and that has to be factored in to the price.

Same on vinted.
I offer discounts on bundles e.g. 10%.
Still got someone today buying a bundle with a discount ask what the lowest is I would sell for. I just replied it's the price already stated. Jesus, I'm already only selling items for a few quid!

I had the opposite on Vinted, I put together a bundle using the seller’s bundle discount (ie set by the seller) and asked her to calculate shipping.

She refused to sell and offered me a higher price for the bundle.

Uh, you were the one who set the prices in the first place?!? 😂

I love Vinted and other selling sites, they are a neverending source of odd behaviour, cheeky fuckery and purchase psychology case studies. With some lovely interactions and great bargains thrown in!

I always add a little more than I want as I know people will offer less

Aren’t you missing the point that whilst it’s brand new, they lose all consumer rights buying from you. Can’t return it, no guarantee etc.

Also ‘price’ is what someone is willing to pay for it as it’s value to them not you. You can choose not to sell it for less but that doesn’t mean it’s worth more.

Awful isn’t it, I’ve stopped doing it as of this weekend….

1. I advertised a boot full of dog food to anyone that collects for a rescue - had 4 abusive or rude inboxes

2. last weekend advertised a kids bike FREE buyer to collect, out of the 17 messages I had, only 4 said please & 1 of them asked me to drop it off😡 no please or anything.

3. advertised a Ted baker dress (a while back now but it was an unusual sought after one that was expensive) for £10 & the girl turned up & started picking faults with the print & offered £5

I will now only ever give things to people with manners!

I am now totally hard on what I will sell an item for. Too much effort otherwise, particularly for time to pack securely. So on ebay recently items had reasonable amounts of views, a few watchers, but no offers and no bids. I let it roll for a few weeks, then changed the listing headings to be final listing. Closing date came, eventually I took the items off to the charity shop. I closed the listings that evening. So many messages - do you still have the item? It's been quite amusing directing all the posters to the local charity shop that will inevitably post online individually for much more than my reasonably priced bundle. No longer my problem. I am sure that financially my gift aid "benefit" will be more than the sales price on line. And no packing - hooray!

Love this! Agree - life's too short to be faffing around sometimes and I'd rather give to charity than mess about with silly offers. I won't sell anything for less than £5, not worth the effort.

Sell on eBay, you can set a minimum threshold for offers.

Marketplaces are fair game for bargaining.

So what do you do? Just pay more than you want to, or miss out all together?

Both of those seem crappy options.

If a number of people have offered you £20 for the item, it seems the item is worth £20. It doesn't really matter what you paid for it, it's only worth what people are willing to pay for it now.

I always offer the price advertised unless I think the seller is really out of touch with what something costs.
What really gets me on FB marketplace is arranging to buy something - setting a time and place- and then receiving a message saying someone else has offered more! This when it wasn’t even an “offers” listing. There’s a lot of time-wasters on these types of sites - both buyers and sellers.

Always overprice. That's what I do on Vinted, means I can send offers when I get a 'like'. Agree with PP, 'worth' is meaningless. At work (charity shop), we'd rather sell the Karen Millen dress for £5 and have it in the cat's bowls straightaway than ask for a tenner and have it lingering on the rail, taking up space and getting crumpled.

Ha marketplace is a nightmare, its full of people messing around. If you are getting that much interest that quickly, hold out the right person will come, ignore those who are contacting you personally any ridiculous haggling, not showing etc and I block them.

Put it on ebay and pay the fee but live a lssz hassled life.

Depends what the item is, but 50% of retail might not be reasonable or typical. Paying 50% of retail is my absolute ceiling when buying second hand, and I'd only do it for some types of items.

If you don't want to negotiate, write on your post:

"This is the price and it's not negotiable. If you can see this post then the item is still available. If you want to purchase it, please message me with the time and day that would suit you for collection."

Then just respond to people who contact you saying 'does Tuesday 10 work?'

People almost always offer the next convenient cash increment down. So always price accordingly.

if I want 30, I ask for 35 and expect people will offer 30

I've been both buying and selling lately, and think a lot of people are really out of touch with what their stuff is worth.

One cheeky offer is annoying, but if you've had half a dozen it probably says more about your price than the potential buyer...

And I don't think the offer is that cheeky! I recently had something up for £30 and very happily parted with it for £20 - in those magnitudes, I don't think 1/3 is that important.

I literally don't even respond to people like you.

Some people do chance their luck. I recently listed an item for £30 and someone offered me £18 which I thought was ridiculous - not even close to what I was asking! About 5 minutes later someone else offered £25 which I thought was a fair offer, so I sold it to them. I’ve no problem with haggling but only when it’s sensible!

Also, there is a difference between saying if it doesn't sell i'll give you £30 and straight out offering £30. I literally don't want people without basic manners even knowing where i live much less coming to my door. The worst are the ones that offer you less when they arrive. They get a one word no from me and inevitably piss off having paid full price. CF trying to put someone in an awkward position on their own doorstep.

Second hand is only worth a 1/3 of the original price as an absolute maximum.

YANBU, people are cheeky fuckers.

Surely it depends what it is? I’ve seen things unworn with tags for only a couple of quid off the amount in the shops.