'Buyer to Dismantle'

[MeAndMounjaro]

I can see the benefits for some products of seeing them effective and working but are some sellers just CF? I'm looking at buying a trampoline for my daughet for £160 next weekend so keeping my eye on the ones coming up incase the same one comes up in good condition. The amount that are listed in excess of £50 stating Buyer to Dismantle is excessive! Basically you have a large monstrosity in your garden that you want rid of and expect someone to pay you for the pleasure!

Trampolines particularly don't hold value like some people think they do, our old one was a rusty liability after 6 years so it's not worth paying 60 - 80% of the original value for any trampoline over 1 year old anyway.

It's the same with wardrobes. I once bought a wardrobe and it had been dismantled since it's pictures with all the parts in bags and the sections of wood labelled to help me put it back together, that seems more reasonable!

Some people may want to see it up and prefer to Dismantle but it shouldn't be expected unless it's a free item.

AIBU that buyers should have the option to dismantle but a seller should be gracious enough to offer to do it? (Disabilities aside)

Don’t buy it then? As long as the seller is clear about what’s involved I don’t see the problem.

It would be unreasonable for them to not mention in the listing that you'd need to dismantle, then when you arrived to tell you that. It's not unreasonable to list it for sale as buyer to dismantle, no.
You have no idea why they've done that, perhaps they don't have the time, or they have a disability which makes it difficult, or perhaps having gone through the struggle of getting it together in the first place they just cba again. Not up to you to decide whether they should do it for you or not!

Yes, you don't have to buy it.

People don't want to buy dismantled second hand items as they want to see what they are buying. It's better to dismantle something yourself that you are going to reassemble later.

We paid £20 for a greenhouse which DH dismantled, he was pleased with it, it's quite common to do this with large items.

You certainly couldn't sell a car like that!

I’d rather buy something and dismantle it myself so I know it’s in good order before it’s dismantled.

All prices on FB marketplace seem to have gone through the roof and even when prices fairly things seem to take ages to shift, at least round here.

YABVU. Don't buy it, no one is expecting you to buy it. People are selling things cheap and don't want the hassle of dismantling. Buy new if you want it to be under your rules.

I think it's in part because there are so many scumbag chancers around, if you've seen it whole and taken it apart yourself, you can't claim unknown damage or bits are missing (because it's your issue)

And it deters those who expect it to be delivered, or are just time wasters

Of course there is also the element of 'dismantle and take my shit away for me'

But if you don't want it then best to buy new 🤷‍♀️

No doubt because the bolts are rusted solid and dismantling risks damaging the item.

Dismantling yourself is usually reflected in the price. I do agree that £160 for a trampoline you have to disassemble yourself is a lot, but presumably no one will buy that one. It’s up to you whether you’d want to pay more for one you have to take apart, or if you come across a bargain and you have the knowledge and the skill set to do it yourself quite easily, then presumably you’d go for that one.

If you dismantle it yourself you have 1) throughly inspected it assembled and know that's it's all there and in decent condition, no damage etc, 2) You are more likely to be able to work out how to put it back together if there are no instructions 3) if any fixings go missing it's your fault.

If the seller dismantles before sale you only have their word for it that it's in good condition and all the parts are there and you only have a photo of the final product to go by.

I tried to sell an 8ft trampoline on Facebook. Clearly described that it required dismantling on collection even though we would help with that.

The reason? It would need to come through the house as we have no side or back gate to our garden.

If it's not worth it, don't buy it.

YABU. That is how they are selling it, and wisely so - if you dismantle it you will learn how it is constructed and not be able to say later that anything was missing.

I find sheds the strangest things to sell as 'buyer to dismantle'. I've taken down a few sheds in my garden to take to the dump and there is absolutely no way they could be dismantled and rebuilt without it being completely damaged and unusable.

If you don't want to dismantle it, just don't buy it.

If you want one that comes in pieces, ready to re-assemble, then buy new or hold out for someone selling one in that state.

We sold ours as it was - only a small, nominal amount to avoid time wasters. Someone bought it from down the road, less than 15 minute walk away. He and his partner just carried it from our garden to theirs in one big piece, then returned for the nets.

I once half dismantled a chest of drawers for someone who was picking them up. She wanted me to put it back together again so she could make sure it was all there and went together etc.

In hindsight, this was perfectly reasonable of her. It just didn't occur to me because I knew it was all fine, so I was just thinking about getting it to a state where it was easiest to get into her car.

They can if you are the son on an Elderly Korean Lady. If he can do summer houses then he can do a shed.

We sold a whole fitted kitchen like that! Priced it very competitively, on the understanding that the buyers took the whole lot (whether they wanted it or not), and dismantled it themselves on a date that suited us. Worked well for both parties, they got a huge bargain, and we had our kitchen stripped out for free

What strange thing to post. If it is not worth it to you if you have to dismantle it then don’t buy it.
if you cannot find one dismantled for a price that interests you, then maybe your expectations are off.