Selling something doesn’t seem that hard. You take your item, list a price that works for you and see who is interested. Maybe you adjust the price to fit the market better. Perhaps someone tries to haggle, after all, in some countries that is always expected. Then you see demands that you give it for free. Or a trade offer for a broken, used car that is less than a third of the value of your item. 75$ for a 250$ smartphone.
If any of these examples confused you, you aren’t alone. Internet users gather examples of bizarre market demands in the choosing beggar subreddit. So scroll down and upvote the most unhinged examples you find and check We’s other collection of annoying Buyers here.
#1 My Naive Boyfriend Tried Selling His Couch On Fb Marketplace And Got A Bunch Of Cbs So I Offered To Make The Ad For Him
#2 Where Do You Want To Meet You
#3 Piece Of Sh*t Contacting Me In The Middle Of The Night. Hate These Type Of People
While the examples here are quite ridiculous, we can try to give some hagglers the benefit of the doubt. After all, in a lot of cultures, one haggles over everything, from a simple cup to a hotel room. In parts of Southeast Asia, it is not recommended to haggle over meals, however. Ingredients at a market are fair game, but a full meal is often seen as a necessity and should not be treated as a commodity.
The word haggle is often associated with the image of one-on-one bargaining with a salesperson in an open-air market, but in reality, every large business is haggling constantly. They just use the word “negotiations” to make it seem more arcane. A rule of thumb is that if a salesperson is involved, there is wiggle room for the price. But the salesperson also has an interest in getting the price up, so you may not come out ahead.
#4 Went From 0 To 100% Overboard
#5 I Was Selling A Galaxy S10 For 250. The Night Before We Had Agreed On 180 After He Said He Only Had 160. Now He Tries To Get It For 75
#6 Asking Price 300. It Felt Good Not Replying
Often, bargaining is less tied to culture, but to the distance between owner and buyer. A simple store clerk is not going to haggle much with a customer, as they would not be paid a commission on the sale and the owner is unlikely to give them such power in the first place. That being said, in some areas, stores are blending the two, by authorizing certain clerks to act as salespeople, within specific price limits.
#7 $10 Entertainment Fee
#8 Cb Has An App Idea For Me
#9 Forgot About This Gem From The Other Year From When I Was Trying To Sell My Old Phone!
Haggling might benefit its most skilled practitioners individually, but studies show that if it becomes the norm, prices tend to rise. After all, large businesses can employ economies of scale to reduce costs and compete by using a lower price than a competitor. A smaller shopkeeper is unlikely to purchase enough merchandise to get significant savings based on sales volume.
#10 I’m Selling A 100% Silk Wedding Dress For £75. She Offered £30 To Drop It Off. Turns Out She Meant £30 And I Drop It Off In The Next 6 Hours Because She’s Getting Married In 9 Weeks And Can’t Afford The Fuel
#11 Can You Please Deliver That Free Item For Free? And I’ll Make You Feel Bad When You Decline. Smh
#12 Single Mom, Unique Baby Name, Won’t Screw You Over, Cash On Hand!
Economies of scale drive bulk purchasing, where the seller is willing to go down on the per-unit cost in exchange for a larger order. Since the seller’s margin is rarely just higher than the cost, they can use this flexibility to still make a profit. Wholesale retailers like Costco use this to offer great prices to their customers. Other major retailers have tried to copy its success with their own variants, for example, Walmart’s Sam’s Club. While we as consumers can’t really haggle with a Walmart clerk, we still benefit from their competition forcing the price down.
#13 Really Woman
#14 One Star
#15 I’m Building Custom Pcs For People On Fb Marketplace And I Get This Tool
We also reached out to the moderators behind the Choosing Beggars subreddit to ask a few questions. We wanted to know where they would draw the line between real haggling and just being a nuisance. “It’s circumstantial, there’s no perfect answer. Generally, an inappropriate spread between the request’s value versus the beggar’s offer would be the sort of 30,000-foot response.” Regarding why a person might act like this, they mentioned that:”It could range from a person simply being inexperienced in seeing what qualifies as a fair exchange, other times it could be some type of vent for an unrelated stressful event in their lives.”
#16 Jedi Skills Need Improvement
#17 “Influencer” Tries To Make A Deal With Me For $2,800 Computer
#18 Choosing Beggar Wants A Fish Tank (With Everything Included) For Free
#19 I’m I Really Being Rude
#20 Nothing Like Being Financially Vulnerable And Deciding Now Is The Time To Try To Look Rich
#21 Finally Got One! Been Hustling Drum Parts For Over A Decade And I’m Surprised It Took This Long
#22 Give Me Free Art… Peasant
#23 My Buddies Just Trying To Sell A Bedframe For Someone Else
#24 Finally Had My First Choosing Beggar, I Guess Im A True Freelance Artist Now, Lol
#25 Friend’s Wedding Venue Is “Beautiful” And A “Good Price” But Because The Beggar’s Not Willing To Pay To Have “Time To Decorate And Live In Our Moment” They’re Going To Leave A Bad Review
#26 The Deal Of A Lifetime
#27 I’m So Mean. Just A Big Meanie. Just A Mean Little Guy
#28 I Do A Yearly Christmas Light Show On My House. This Lady *only* Wanted My 18ft 8000 Pixel Tree
#29 It’s Literally Free
#30 Dude Wants A 70% Discount Because He Was Bullied In High School And Has Heartburn
#31 I Don’t Even Know What To Say
#32 Won’t Drive 3 Hours To Deliver? What Are You Gonna Do About It?
#33 Trying To Sell A Mattress On Facebook Marketplace
#34 Cb Refuses To Pay Upfront For Her Trajedeigh Names
#35 Cb Who I Gave A “Friend’s Friend” Discount To And Finished Their Commission By The Time They Wanted It Because They Begged Me For It Scams And Blocks Me
#36 Local Buy Nothing Group. Someone Was Posting Free Shoes
#37 Wife Got Her First CB.. came Out Of The Gates Firing
#38 Please Pay For Postage On This Yarn You Agreed To Give Me For Free. For The Babies. (Low Key Aita?)
#39 Anyone Need A Fridge?
#40 When You Have Already Heavily Discounted A 90% New Mattress And They Still Hit You With A Story For A Lower Price
#41 Someone Wanted My Sister To Take An Hour And A Half Taxi To Deliver A Pram To Them
#42 Just Had This Conversation Regarding A 2011 Samsung TV And Cabinet Stand I Put Up For Sale
#43 Lady Condescendingly Asks For Her Hold Deposit Back After Backing Out Of Transaction Because Of Her Own Negligence
#44 Buy/Sell/Trade Group
#45 Next Level Negotiation Tactics
#46 If At First You Don’t Get Your Way, Just Be Rude
#47 Choosing Beggar Didn’t Appreciate “Special Pricing” Offer
#48 Are They A Beggar If They Want To Pay… More?
