Another Pushy Buyer

[OneEyedDiva]

As soon as he stepped into the private part of your home without permission, I would have been worried.

Maybe this is the time to get a cell phone. If a stranger arrives, pretend your talking, pretend to take a photo and tell them you do this for anyone who enters the house when your brother has to be out of the house for a bit. Lie, for your own safety.

If you’re going to be leaving things in the old house and going back & forth to sell them, you’ll need a phone.

Wait!!! Deb doesn't have a cell phone?!

 

[Jules]

Wait!!! Deb doesn't have a cell phone?!

Maybe I’m wrong. I hope so. I’d have that thing in my hand when dealing with any stranger.

 

[hollydolly]

Maybe I’m wrong. I hope so. I’d have that thing in my hand when dealing with any stranger.

Nope you're not wrong.. Deb has NO cellphone...

 

[OneEyedDiva]

Maybe I’m wrong. I hope so. I’d have that thing in my hand when dealing with any stranger.

You're absolutely right Jules!

 

[Tom 86]

Be very careful, since he insisted on going through your home without your permission he may have been casing your contents to break in later and steal.

Start taking pictures of people coming into your home. A great deterrent to a would be thief.

Good information. Around here if someone does that, they are casing the place for a later break-in. Most people have security cameras both out & inside. So when the perp comes back when you leave you can see him/her in your house. Then call cops & they arrest him/her.
Can't leave out the women they are bad or even worse than most men. They are so charming.

 

[Gary O']

How was I to know what he would buy?

Gotta reach to The Far Side for that one

I gotta delete this little cartoon

Ain't right of me to poke fun of what could be a serious situation

Poor gal can't unglomb of her long prized junk, even to the point of risking her neck for a couple bucks

 

[Giantsfan1954]

Agree with the others, that’s taking a big chance, letting someone in your house!
Do you have a neighbor or friend that would come and be there with you?

 

[PamfromTx]

A guy saw my ad for a moving sale for this weekend and asked if he could come today and look. Of course, any chance to sell thing I will agree to. You'd think I'd have learned my lesson by now. Once he got his foot in the door and took a perfunctory look at what was for sale and not interested in that, he managed to get in other parts of the house despite my admonitions that nothing was for sale in the other rooms.

He didn't want anything that I had out, he wanted the things I consider family heirlooms. Even some I agreed to sell him, he offered a paltry amount so I refused. I've been selling wooden crates for $15 apiece, but he wouldn't give me $5 for the other six I have (that $5 for all, not for each). Then he wanted this statue which IS a family heirloom, but when I told him I turned down an offer of $350, he quickly lost interest.

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Then he asked if I had anything out in the garage, so we went out there. He immediately grabbed my dad's tackle box and started pulling out the contents. I said that I was going to give that to my cousin to keep in the family since some of the lures were my grandfather's.

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He just shoved everything back in the tackle box and jammed the lid down. I finally spoke sharply to him about how rough he was with my things. He tossed the box to me and said for me to put it back the way I wanted. He finally bought an old shovel and pitchfork for $2. That was a hard-won couple of bucks.

Over a year ago, I suggested that you turn one of your rooms into a place to display all of your collectibles, etc. You said you were not keen on the idea of people coming into your house. Now, I see that you are allowing folks in.

 

[PamfromTx]

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[win231]

Maybe I’m wrong. I hope so. I’d have that thing in my hand when dealing with any stranger.

Someone bent on rape/murder won't be polite enough to allow their victim to use a phone.

"Uh.......'scuze me, Mr, can I please make a pre-murder phone call?"

 

[mellowyellow]

Love the angel statue,

 

[Jules]

Someone bent on rape/murder won't be polite enough to allow their victim to use a phone.

"Uh.......'scuze me, ma'mm, can I please make a pre-murder phone call?"

If he thinks that you’ve just been talking to someone as he arrived or that maybe you’re still talking to them, he may think twice. It’s not foolproof.

Frankly, this is NOT a joking matter!

 

[Marie5656]

Not knowing the layout of your house, exactly, but is there a way you can block off the rooms you do not want people to go into? Or have a friend there with you to help keep an eye on people?

 

[terry123]

opening up your home to whomever comes in..
does that not concern you deb...i worry about your safety

I do too, Deb.

 

[OneEyedDiva]

I cannot believe you put up with all that nonsense for a paltry $2 sale. I think you ought to box it all up and give it to Goodwill or some other organization.

Bowmore, except for what she considers precious heirlooms, I was thinking that's what I would have done. Except I'd use the Salvation Army or a local shop. Goodwill sells their stuff for too much money (compared to other thrift shops).

 

[Colleen]

WOW! Now he knows what's in your house and how easy it is to get in! Very foolish of you to put your safety at risk. Hope you're not on the 6 o'clock news some night .

 

[debodun]

Another porential buyer saw my moving sale ad on Marketplace. He said he was an "serious collector", but was gong to be busy this weekend and wanted to come today or Friday to look. It always amazes me that people can't come during the sale hours. Probably another dealer that wants to be the first before things get picked over. They want virgin merchandise, but don't want to pay anything.