Ok, so was looking for a really cheap Bass to lay down some tracks, found one fairly local last night ( 40 mins drive local ) messaged them, yes the bass is still available, when can you pick it up? i can drive through and pick it friday, ok i shall mark it as sold.
came to work this morning arranged a half day on Friday so i can go and pick it up, Arsehole messages me and says " hi i sold the bass last night" my response " yeah i know , to me" Arseholes response " no to someone else"
So now have to cancel half day at work and keep looking.
Rant over, feel better now i have vented , thanks for listening
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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
To$$er.
Assuming you didn't offer that, in which case he's probably a to$$er...
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
"Bit noisy"
"So much noise"
"Yeah but you're playing through lots of fuzz"
"Really noisy"
"Yeah, but...."
I sold it to him, for my asking price, but it felt like he was doing me a favour paying me that much.
Most experiences have been really good though.
My feedback thread is here.
I'd much rather sell musical gear on here because you can be 99% sure that if someone says they want something they won't mess you around, in which case I'd be totally happy to reserve an item.
I think it's the anonymity the internet, and Gumtree in particular offers. I'm sure most of these people wouldn't be anywhere near as rude if they had to deal face to face or hand over address/phone number etc. As it stands they can act with impunity as they are completely anonymous.
People are stupid as well and that has to be taken into account. Often people arrange to buy something without properly checking where we are. I had someone last week asking if we could deliver a £5 dog bed to Harlow in Essex, about 70 miles away, if they paid fuel. I politely pointed out it would be cheaper for them to buy a new one. Last Sunday someone messaged me at 10am about a game my son was selling. He lived about 2 miles away and said he would be out shortly, eventually turning up at 7pm just after we had taken the dog out and got stroppy because we weren't in........
One guy bought a big CD rack from me, then got me to deliver it and carry it up about four flights of stairs with him in the rain, but hey...
Don't talk politics and don't throw stones. Your royal highnesses.
The best was when I was selling our fender devill 212 recently.
I priced it to sell and this american bloke came who lived in leeds.
He spend 30 mins trying to look find fault n to haggle then he says or well I want a vox ac30. So just said stop wasting my time. Anyway he did buy it n paid my asking price. He was obviously just try it on to get the price down.