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Spare tyre said:
We had an Astra, put £20 and it’d only last a week…. Useless
My father in law compares stuff like that, “I put a tenner in and it didn’t last a day, we put 30 in jennys car and it lasted 3 weeks”
When you ask how many miles they both did, you get a look like you’ve just asked for an explanation of some Japanese algebra in mime format
Yes this is classic FB. A work colleague told me once that he never fills up at BP because their fuel is crap and doesn't last as long as TescoS when he puts £20 in every week.My father in law compares stuff like that, “I put a tenner in and it didn’t last a day, we put 30 in jennys car and it lasted 3 weeks”
When you ask how many miles they both did, you get a look like you’ve just asked for an explanation of some Japanese algebra in mime format
r3g said:
Spare tyre said:
We had an Astra, put £20 and it’d only last a week…. Useless
My father in law compares stuff like that, “I put a tenner in and it didn’t last a day, we put 30 in jennys car and it lasted 3 weeks”
When you ask how many miles they both did, you get a look like you’ve just asked for an explanation of some Japanese algebra in mime format
Yes this is classic FB. A work colleague told me once that he never fills up at BP because their fuel is crap and doesn't last as long as TescoS when he puts £20 in every week.My father in law compares stuff like that, “I put a tenner in and it didn’t last a day, we put 30 in jennys car and it lasted 3 weeks”
When you ask how many miles they both did, you get a look like you’ve just asked for an explanation of some Japanese algebra in mime format
Jamescrs said:
bristolbaron said:
It's a standard line people seem to put on sale ad's not just on Facebook, never understood it but it's almost a common practice
Of course they will
Pit Pony said:
You wouldn't happen to have a skinny spare wheel for a 2019 mazda 2? f
k me, I've been trying to get people to tell me the trye size and pcd and bore diameter, to check its the size i want. and take a photo of the tread. (I'd rather have one thats unused)
They like to keep the wheels, sorry, wouldn't be able to get one away.k me, I've been trying to get people to tell me the trye size and pcd and bore diameter, to check its the size i want. and take a photo of the tread. (I'd rather have one thats unused) anonymoususer said:
Own up who bought itGot a glass top table advertised for free. 5 good photos of it on the ad along with the dimensions of the glass top and height. Message from stereotypical FB user thick : "can u send sum pics?"
Got a cheap car for sale, 20 good hi-res pics and a decent description giving all the usual details on spec, engine, MOT, owners, V5, keys, how long I've owned it, reason for selling etc and big letters saying if the ad is still live then the vehicle is still available for sale. 4 messages "is this still available?" and 1 message "how many owners?". Just waiting for the "50 CASH TODAY" one to tick off the next number on the FB bingo card.
: "can u send sum pics?"Got a cheap car for sale, 20 good hi-res pics and a decent description giving all the usual details on spec, engine, MOT, owners, V5, keys, how long I've owned it, reason for selling etc and big letters saying if the ad is still live then the vehicle is still available for sale. 4 messages "is this still available?" and 1 message "how many owners?". Just waiting for the "50 CASH TODAY" one to tick off the next number on the FB bingo card.
r3g said:
Got a glass top table advertised for free. 5 good photos of it on the ad along with the dimensions of the glass top and height. Message from stereotypical FB user thick : "can u send sum pics?"
Got a cheap car for sale, 20 good hi-res pics and a decent description giving all the usual details on spec, engine, MOT, owners, V5, keys, how long I've owned it, reason for selling etc and big letters saying if the ad is still live then the vehicle is still available for sale. 4 messages "is this still available?" and 1 message "how many owners?". Just waiting for the "50 CASH TODAY" one to tick off the next number on the FB bingo card.
I've had 'can you send more pics'. I just delete/block. : "can u send sum pics?"Got a cheap car for sale, 20 good hi-res pics and a decent description giving all the usual details on spec, engine, MOT, owners, V5, keys, how long I've owned it, reason for selling etc and big letters saying if the ad is still live then the vehicle is still available for sale. 4 messages "is this still available?" and 1 message "how many owners?". Just waiting for the "50 CASH TODAY" one to tick off the next number on the FB bingo card.
Plenty of '300'. Again immediately I delete/block. If someone offers half price without any sort of dialogue they aren't going to show or if they did they'd bring even less in cash.
The problem with FB is for 10 enquiries you get that buyer who keeps a steady pace and lands when they say they will.
I've noticed now plenty of scammers are now using Anglified names 'James Roberts' and a picture of a smiling white male in his 60s for a profile pic.
boyse7en said:
It is amazing how many adverts for things where the size is absolutely critical don't include any measurements.
Or they just don’t read it. My wife is trying to sell quite a number of plastic storage boxes with lids. Capacities and dimensions are all listed, along with photos. They’ve been popular and have sold easily, but amongst the ‘is this still available’ and ‘best price innit’ responses she’s had were some proper puzzlers, like ‘will (random object) fit in it?’, and one in all caps from a Reform party supporter ‘SIZE IN INCHES?’ Another just sent ‘I might have all of them’. Well, do you or don’t you want to buy them all?TBF, in the end Reform Voter did buy about a dozen of them, turned up when they said they would, and brought the correct amount of cash. Which was nice.
NB: Reform Voter had their profile pic set to the Reform party logo. Not just guessing from their shouty insistence on working only in inches.
Skyedriver said:
How long would it have taken to tip that water out? Anyone who takes it would do that over the garden.
From bitter experience these things have the structural strength of wet tissue, doing that would result in it tearing and giving you a wash from the knees down in stagnant pool snot. If it has a drain use that, or find a length of hose and syphon it out.Some of these stories, especially about muppets not reading descriptions, remind me of when I was selling my daughter's scooter.
It was clearly described as coral pink but it didn't stop someone turning up and then rejecting it because her son wouldn't like it. She said it looked red on her phone.
It was clearly described as coral pink but it didn't stop someone turning up and then rejecting it because her son wouldn't like it. She said it looked red on her phone.
You guys should know by now that #1 the ability to read and #2 the ability to actually comprehend and process what you've just read is an extremely rare talent with most FB users. It doesn't matter how many times and different ways you give them measurements and capacities they'll still expect you to hold their hand and tell them that random x item will fit.
Selling a car just recently, I had one woman ask me how much the insurance would be for it.
I often wonder if the incessant "is this item still for sale?" messages and random stupid questions are not actually real people but instead are FB AI bots to make the platform appear to have a lot of real, active people when the reality is that it's dead, hence why most stuff you advertise doesn't sell. The same can be said for Gumtree messages too. You reply to what you assume is a genuine real person messaging you, only to never hear from them again. That has a very strong whiff of bot behaviour to it.
Selling a car just recently, I had one woman ask me how much the insurance would be for it.
I often wonder if the incessant "is this item still for sale?" messages and random stupid questions are not actually real people but instead are FB AI bots to make the platform appear to have a lot of real, active people when the reality is that it's dead, hence why most stuff you advertise doesn't sell. The same can be said for Gumtree messages too. You reply to what you assume is a genuine real person messaging you, only to never hear from them again. That has a very strong whiff of bot behaviour to it.
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