Is it rude to sell garden loungers neighbours passed on to us?

[Nevermadechurrosbefore]

Last night, I heard my neighbour go past and ask Dh if we wanted they’re old garden sunloungers as they were going to throw them out (still nice and in good condition, but they have new ones)
Dh didn’t even check and said yes and thanked them etc. We don’t have enough room in the back garden now as it’s full of DD’s things-large trampoline, pool, slide set, bench and so on, my days of sunbathing on loungers in the garden are gone for now. So now we’re stuck with three loungers, is it out of order to stick them on Marketplace for a cheap price?

You give them away for free. CF behaviour.

You need to let your neighbours know first you can't keep them, and ask if they want them back first. If they don't then sell them and I'd drop round half of what I got for them as a goodwill gesture.

Yes.

As you will be living next to them for years go talk to the neighbours and explain there is no room for them. Ask them if they want them back and say if they don't take them within 7 days you will get rid of them.

They were going to put them by the large bins/skip at the end of the road, would it be cheeky to do this too? I basically just want rid of them!

Cheery AF to sell them. Can’t believe it’s even entered your head tbh.

Cheeky*

We gave our neighbors our garden chairs because they were too big for our new space, but they were excellent condition. I’d be peeved if they turned around and sold them! Two seasons from now, fine. Give them away for free if you can’t use them and then speak to your husband about not accepting stuff!

So why do you want money for them instead of just giving them away for free?

You've definitely got to have a conversation with them.

You can't do anything with them until you've told them that your dh made a mistake and you don't have room for them - would they like them back, or for you to dispose of them as rubbish, or to sell them and split it 50/50.

Very CF!
give them back or give away free

I'd sell them.

Why not put them on marketplace for free??

Definitely CF behaviour.

My ndn offered us their kids trampoline for dd when their own kids got too old for it. We didn’t want it so they gave it to neighbours on the other side. If we had accepted and then sold it, they would probably think it was a really weird thing to do and/ or that we must be desperate for money. If you don’t want it, I’d say offer it back.

Just tell them that your DH miscalculated and that you don’t have room for them after all, ask if they (a) want them back or (b) are happy for you to regift them or (c) sell them and split the proceeds or (d) dispose of them.

Don’t put them in a skip unless it’s your skip, someone else is paying for the costs and it’s more than cheeky to plonk three big loungers in there. If you ever want to put something in a skip or take something out then you ask the person renting the skip for permission.

This.

If they passed them on because they were moving out then I'd take a brutal approach, they didn't want them, feel free to sell them. But you've got to live next to these people for years. Do you really want them to think you're a CF? Good neighbours are worth more than the twenty quid or whatever you'd get on FB.

Talk to them openly, explain the situation, ask them whether they'd be happy for you to sell them and split the cash

I'd pop round, say thanks very much but DH Underestimated how much space they'd take up hence accepting their kind offer but you can't keep them. Would they like them back, is anyone else interested who would like to pick them up, or should you get rid of of them? You can say you thought marketplace to save waste. If they were putting them in the skip they probably won't care about the chairs but it looks a lot better to ask.

Not trying to be cheeky but just want rid! It’s very normal for people to put things by the big bins where we are, usually someone would come along and take them or the bin men would that night

Can't believe you would even think of selling them.

This here, OP. Go round for a quick chat.

if they were going to bin them I can't see the outrage about selling them.

I think the best bet would be to sell for charity.

yes thats cheeky!! give them away for free!!

Yes, give them away for free. Try the freecycle website.

This. You do everything stated in this post. It is irrelevant what the neighbours were or weren't going to do with them, the fact is you accepted them and it's pretty bad form to just put them by the bins (even if that's what they were going to do if you hadn't taken them), and even worse to sell them (how will you explain that away if the neighbours see people turning up at your home to collect their discontinued garden furniture?).

Anything you are given that is not a "present" (as in, a birthday or Christmas present etc.) should never be re-gifted without the consent of the original owner, within reason. Better still, when you are gifted something like this, it's a good idea to ask at that point what the person who gives it to you would like you to do with it after you've enjoyed it enough.

Whenever I give anything away, I make it clear if I would like to be given first refusal when the time comes for it to be re-homed again. Likewise, some things (my Flymo garden vacuum for one, which was hideous) I never want to see again, and after being given that back against my wishes, I made it clear to the next person who took it that it was on condition it never darkened my doorstep again.

Put them on marketplace for free.

At least then they would be going to someone who will use them.