The "How much?" or "You're havin' a giraffe!" thread

[wafter]

I still love eBay!

I still love elements of it - the sheer range of stuff and ability to research sold prices.. However I'll never, ever sell on there again and increasingly find the process of buying unpleasant and problematic.

Sadly it seems it shares its enshitification with many other long-standing products and services - Windows being a prime example. Once clean, simple and fit for purpose yet now increasingly a horrible, dystunctional, exploititive experience that's begging to be canned in favour of a less unpleasant alternative.

 

[Vapin' Joe]

I still love elements of it - the sheer range of stuff and ability to research sold prices.. However I'll never, ever sell on there again and increasingly find the process of buying unpleasant and problematic.

Neither will I. Too many scammers and time wasters turn selling into a miserable experience.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Neither will I. Too many scammers and time wasters turn selling into a miserable experience.

I sold an ebike some time ago

I knew that several ebikes of exact same make and model had gone for £350 recently and mine had an extra battery and was in excellent condition

so I put it on for £400

some bloke contact me soon after it went up and said he would give me £200
I refused saying that I thought it was worth more and would prefer to wait as it had only just gone up
and he sent several messages saying I was being a fool and no-one would buy it and all sorts
he was really quite aggressive about it
and how stupid I was bing


after a couple of days I got an offer for £350 - then another for £400

the first bloke sent me another message demanding to give me £200 for it and when I told him I had sold it for £400 he called me a liar



with people like that on there it just isn;t worth the hassle sometimes!

 

[wafter]

I sold an ebike some time ago

I knew that several ebikes of exact same make and model had gone for £350 recently and mine had an extra battery and was in excellent condition

so I put it on for £400

some bloke contact me soon after it went up and said he would give me £200
I refused saying that I thought it was worth more and would prefer to wait as it had only just gone up
and he sent several messages saying I was being a fool and no-one would buy it and all sorts
he was really quite aggressive about it
and how stupid I was bing


after a couple of days I got an offer for £350 - then another for £400

the first bloke sent me another message demanding to give me £200 for it and when I told him I had sold it for £400 he called me a liar



with people like that on there it just isn;t worth the hassle sometimes!

Sounds like there was the capacity to have a lot of fun with him, should you be of such a disposition

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Sounds like there was the capacity to have a lot of fun with him, should you be of such a disposition

He seemed like a rather nasty type of person so I just ignored most of his messages

you never know what some people might do!!

 

[wafter]

He seemed like a rather nasty type of person so I just ignored most of his messages

you never know what some people might do!!

Probably the most appropriate and mature response.

Sadly I struggle resist the opportunity to bait dickheads..

 

[DCLane]

He seemed like a rather nasty type of person so I just ignored most of his messages

you never know what some people might do!!

I've had a couple of those when advertising on Facebook Marketplace, which I don't now do.

With both they were blocked and reported.

 

[Jameshow]

I sold an ebike some time ago

I knew that several ebikes of exact same make and model had gone for £350 recently and mine had an extra battery and was in excellent condition

so I put it on for £400

some bloke contact me soon after it went up and said he would give me £200
I refused saying that I thought it was worth more and would prefer to wait as it had only just gone up
and he sent several messages saying I was being a fool and no-one would buy it and all sorts
he was really quite aggressive about it
and how stupid I was bing


after a couple of days I got an offer for £350 - then another for £400

the first bloke sent me another message demanding to give me £200 for it and when I told him I had sold it for £400 he called me a liar



with people like that on there it just isn;t worth the hassle sometimes!

Can I offer you £150?!🤣

 

[Jameshow]

Sounds like there was the capacity to have a lot of fun with him, should you be of such a disposition

Probably the sort with a big dog , whose owner needs putting down!

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Can I offer you £150?!🤣

Certainly

leave in an unmarked envelope in a place with no cameras - that I tell you about it in private
in unmarked £5 notes

leave your address, bank account details, and credit card detail including the number from the back


I'll sent it by Yodel within a few weeks

 

[Gwylan]

Certainly

leave in an unmarked envelope in a place with no cameras - that I tell you about it in private
in unmarked £5 notes

leave your address, bank account details, and credit card detail including the number from the back


I'll sent it by Yodel within a few weeks

Where on earth do you get 30 X £5 notes?

 

[Jameshow]

Not bike related but still.....🤣🤣🤣

https://ebay.us/m/kLLB9l

 

[Gwylan]

Not bike related but still.....🤣🤣🤣

https://ebay.us/m/kLLB9l

Maybe the house is included

 

[DCLane]

Not bike related but still.....🤣🤣🤣

https://ebay.us/m/kLLB9l

The kitchen units we're replacing are (slightly) better than those. Hmmm ... ....

 

[Drago]

I sold an ebike some time ago

I knew that several ebikes of exact same make and model had gone for £350 recently and mine had an extra battery and was in excellent condition

so I put it on for £400

some bloke contact me soon after it went up and said he would give me £200
I refused saying that I thought it was worth more and would prefer to wait as it had only just gone up
and he sent several messages saying I was being a fool and no-one would buy it and all sorts
he was really quite aggressive about it
and how stupid I was bing


after a couple of days I got an offer for £350 - then another for £400

the first bloke sent me another message demanding to give me £200 for it and when I told him I had sold it for £400 he called me a liar



with people like that on there it just isn;t worth the hassle sometimes!

Report the nodder to whichever platform carried the ad.