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Quite common, actually.
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And I imagine my great-grandfather was saying that.
I can remember the 50's, the 60's, the 70's, the 80's, the 90's, the turn of the century especially, the 2010's, soon to be the 2020's!
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Chances are your parents complained about your generation, and their parents complained about theirs. It's been going on for millennia.
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"The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers." Plato (attributed.) (c. 428 BC–c. 348 BC)
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I'm a townie, ancient subdivision with alleys behind the lots. Anything under $100 value that I can't find home for, I just stick out there. Usually gone in 2 hour max. Poof. Outta my hair.
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this thread continues to amuse me.
I expect people to haggle, and feel like they're getting a deal, so generally, if I'm selling something I pad the price, and ignore low ballers. Furniture can be a royal PITA to sell or even give away; My wife seems to have luck selling on facebook marketplace over the more conventional means that I tend to use.
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When I lived in the city, we would put stuff out in the alley. If it didn't go we would put a price on it....Bam! it would disappear!
George
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Same here. If you really want it to be gone fast, put a sign on it that says $10. It'll be gone before you close the door.
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Some years back, I was having a bunch of work done at my house and had a variety of workers out, (framers, roofers, drywall hangers, etc.)
After all the work was done, I found an old extension ladder on the side of my house. I was going on the roof for something, and leaned it up, but decided it was way too rickety to use and thought "those lazy asses just left their trash here." I dragged it out to the curb for garbage collection. Nine months (!!) later, one of the guys called me and said "I'm going to be by tomorrow to pick up my ladder," then he got mad when I told him "what ladder?" There are just so many wrong things about that whole thing. A few years earlier, at a different house, we had bought a clothes dryer and my wife wouldn't let me throw away the old '60's era one: "one of my friends might want it." (Translation - it'll sit in our yard until I throw it away in 5 years.) I wheeled it to the side yard, and it was stolen by the junk man less than an hour later. I think I did a good job of feigning anger.
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I live in the inner city, my neighborhood was built 100+ years ago. There are scrappers making the rounds daily, so it's a handy way to get rid of stuff. Conversely, it can also be a good way to acquire things. My brother has a retirement hobby of restoring and reselling mid century modern furniture; I recently snagged him a nice mahogany dresser someone put out in the alley.
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yeah, getting rid of stuff I dont' want any more isn't that difficult. As others have said, put it out on the curb and it usually disappears pretty quick. Small stuff like clothes and other items that may be worth something to someone I just drop off at the local Goodwill. I'm always amused by the people who hate on Goodwill for being a for-profit corporation. Heck, the founder of that company found a way to take stuff that some people don't want and would otherwise just throw away and sell it for a profit to other people who find it useful. Along the way he's created a business that employs thousands of people, many of them immigrants who might not be able to find other kinds of work, and kept a lot of stuff out of landfills. I have no problem dropping off a bag of old clothes and misc. household items that I don't want any more there rather than throwing them away. On the other end of the cycle I've found work clothes and some nice kitchen items there (quality Santoku knife and stainless skillet) for a lot cheaper than new.
What I haven't been able to get rid of is an old built-in microwave and built-in oven that don't work. County wants quite a bit of money to take them at the dump and they're too big for garbage pickup.
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Even the old-car enthusiasts have some irritating individuals. A few years ago I had this '64 Ranchero for sale. I spent more than an hour with a guy who seemed quite knowledgeable and serious about buying it- crawled all around and under it, went for a lengthy ride and test drive. I was asking $4,000 and he offered $1,800 "but could go as high as $2,000! I said nothing- just left him standing alone in the yard.
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low-balled you at less than 1/2 of your asking price? Sheesh, I'm not a Ford, or a Rachero guy, but i'd think that should be worth a fair share more than $4k!?! What a jerk.
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As for the time-waster: If people don't even value their own time, why would they value yours?
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1965 Pontiac LeMans. M21, 3.73 in a 12 bolt, Kauffman 461. |
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The 7acre property with the house, 2 garages and the hardware store was sold, except for contents. The auction guys were taking cast iron shelf brackets and v-belt hangers off the walls. I flipped out on them. Kind of made a scene but for Christ's sake, they knew full well the only stuff to be sold was what was On the shelves, in the drawers, unattached cabinets and work benches, etc. The store still had the ladder that rolled end to end along one wall with the trolley rail the the ceiling. Suckers even sold the front screen doors off the building. It was a big sale and lots going on... too much for my mother and me to watch it all. A few weeks ago I posted on another forum a WIW on a 1970 heavy-duty wheel. Would have come on 1970 high performance mopars or maybe a c-body or van/truck. Anyway, good date codes with and H stamp near the hub and a nice true wheel with no curb rash. I was advised $50 wheel all day long and 'they're all over the junk yards if you know where to look'. Well.. I've been looking for almost 20 years and H-stamped wheels are a rare breed. I said I'd keep it and use if for a spare tire. A week later a PM comes through with an offer where I figured it should be. $150 plus $28 bucks UPS from IA to WI. Also got a few miscellaneous screws I was needing from the buyer.
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Last year, my wife's nephew was selling a 1990 Cadillac he bought from my mom several years ago. 75,000 original, nice clean car, etc. Advertised it online a few places.
One guy calls him, and dead serious, tells her nephew that since he is selling the Cadillac, it means he doesn't need it or want it anymore. And since this guy needed a car, her nephew should just give this guy the Caddy! Guy called and talked several times, couldn't figure out why he couldn't have the car for free.
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Wow!
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P.S- The guy who DID buy it was just the opposite- happy as heck to get it for $4,000. He has enjoyed driving it to the Syracuse Nationals a couple of years.
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