• PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk
    1651·
    1 month ago

    Even if I want to get rid of something for nothing, I’ll put it up for a fiver.

    The number of fucking idiots that come out of the woodwork rises exponentially when you list it for free, proper unreasonable or a ludicrous false sense of entitlement.

    I’ll wait until someone wants it, offers to pay, and tell them to keep it and put it in a charity box on their way home or some shit. Saves a lot of hassle.

    • egrets@lemmy.world
      74·
      1 month ago

      I used to do this, too, until local charities started complaining about all the lamps being posted into their donation boxes.

    • the post of tom joad@sh.itjust.works
      34·
      1 month ago

      Yeah for a week my sister had so many people grilling her about the condition of or asking her to deliver the couch she offered free. She relisted at 20 bucks, someone “talked her down” to a fiver and grabbed it that day

      • Bob@feddit.nl
        11·
        1 month ago

        I gave a load of my stuff away for free just before emigrating about four years ago, and you wouldn’t believe how much palaver people will go through to organise picking up a couch. I’d be making time come hell or high water if I wanted something like that for free.

    • RoquetteQueen@sh.itjust.works
      21·
      1 month ago

      I just donate things to thrift stores. I can’t be bothered to sell anything. I did enough customer service jobs when I was younger to know that I have zero patience for customers.

  • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
    72·
    1 month ago

    Like every tech support forum, email, or phone call ever.

    List a complete description of all information regarding the issue. List correct OS version, firmware, etc. List all attempts at correcting issue based on standard and deeper steps (i.e. power on/off, resets, reinstalls, checking connections, etc.)

    Tech help proceeds to disregard everything you just relayed and asks for the same things you just did. Or just tells you to nuke it all and wipe everything you’re trying to save.

    • valkyre09@lemmy.world
      561·
      1 month ago

      Sorry bud, you’re one of the good ones that needs to suffer because of the actions of many. Everybody on our service desk is taught “trust but verify”.

      The approach isn’t meant to upset people like your good self, but you’re such an insignificant statistic that it’s worth pissing you off to catch the 90% who claim to have done all those things and haven’t.

      • StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world
        25·
        1 month ago

        I cannot count how many times I have asked a user if they’d reset their system to which they’d respond yes. Then I’d check uptime and find it was days or weeks.

      • Jon_Servo@lemmy.world
        13·
        1 month ago

        I don’t do IT, I troubleshoot aviation electrical and avionics systems, and the practice still holds true. “Why are you checking what I already verified?” “Just trying to make sure I’m on the same page as you. It helps me in my own weird way” is a great way to defuse their agitation sometimes.

    • Croquette@sh.itjust.works
      11·
      1 month ago

      I can understand that the tech has to go through a script because they need to, but what I fucking hate is that there is never really a solution to a real problem, only “nuke it”. Fuck you, find a solution

        • Croquette@sh.itjust.works
          6·
          1 month ago

          Absolutely, but it sucks that its always the go to instead of providing real support.

          But I am an old man shouting at clouds on that issue.

    • CodingCarpenter@lemm.ee
      7·
      1 month ago

      This does not always stand true. Try contacting Shudder for help with your account. Dumbest fucking non email reading fucks I’ve ever dealt with

    • Tikiporch@lemmy.world
      11·
      1 month ago

      IT support is broken. MSPs that promise everything and deliver nothing but closed tickets with no resolutions.

      • superkret@feddit.org
        45·
        1 month ago

        Me: no, sorry I just sold it to someone else.
        Them: I’ll come pick it up in half an hour.

      • Mitchie151@lemmy.world
        21·
        1 month ago

        To be fair, this one is common on Facebook because it’s the stupid top auto reply thing that is way too easy to fat finger when browsing listings

        • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldEnglish
          13·
          1 month ago

          That doesn’t explain why people have done it on Craigslist since before Facebook existed, where they have to open an email client, type it out, and send it.

          • bleistift2@sopuli.xyzEnglish
            5·
            1 month ago

            Because they assume that the seller is not The Perfect Human and remembers removing the ad once they’ve sold the thing?

            • RobertoOberto@sh.itjust.works
              1·
              1 month ago

              Sure, sometimes people leave ads open after the item is no longer available. But only asking if it’s available is still an obnoxious waste of time. The first message from a potential buyer should have something useful in it. Further contact info, meetup availability, clarifying questions, an offer if the price isn’t firm, etc.

              Maybe lead with, “If this is still available, blah blah blah” if it makes the buyer feel better. The buyer probably has all that in mind when they decide to contact the seller anyway, so they can take 30 seconds to include it in the first message and actually get the process moving instead of holding it up for a one-word reply from the seller.

              If you buy enough items that stale ads are actually taking up a meaningful amount of your time, then copy-paste as needed.

      • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldEnglish
        121·
        1 month ago

        I add this to my listings

        “If the post is still up, the item is still available. I will remove the post as soon as it is no longer available. If you message me and ask me if it’s available, I will block you.”

        And then I block them.

    • fury@lemmy.world
      21·
      1 month ago

      It nice to hear from you.well am pretty okay with your asking price but i just need some re assurance on the condition,am buying it as a gift for my son in United Kingdom so can you accept paypal as a mode of payment and i will add $90 for shipping,i will have do it local transaction but i am out of town presently…so you can get me back with your paypal email account so i can pay now.hope to hear from you soon.kindly text back ASAP

  • Flamekebab@piefed.socialEnglish
    25·
    1 month ago

    To put the shoe on the other foot:

    • “No time wasters” (You’re wasting your own time writing this for your listing)
    • “Bought for ¤x” (You think your item is worth more than it is and will be a pain in the arse about it)
  • IninewCrow@lemmy.caEnglish
    22·
    1 month ago

    Lol

    I had an old time country friend of mine … he lived out in the country in a farming area surrounded by farms. The kind of guy that just loved to talk and talk and talk for hours on end if you allowed him.

    He said for fun when he ran out of people to talk to he’d go see some farmer he’d never met before who was selling something … anything (including a $5 lamp) … and ask them if they had an old time horse drawn manure spreader. He said most farmers like to talk because they’re always bored or just want to delay having to go to work. Asking about horse drawn manure spreaders gets then to talk about the old times, good old days, memories of working with their fathers, what they have, what they built, where they’re from and on and on and on.

    My friends name was Jack and he was a pain in the ass because he could occupy your entire day talking about everything under the sun. He was fun for about an hour but beyond that, he probably wouldn’t notice if the dried husk of your remains started to blow away.

    • Croquette@sh.itjust.works
      12·
      1 month ago

      I always start with that, but add my questions right away (“Is this still available? If so, bla bla bla”)

      Because there is a decent chunk of people forgetting to mark the listing as sold.

      • CarrotsHaveEars@lemmy.ml
        2·
        1 month ago

        Or worse.

        Look at this lamp in mint condition! Only $5! Hardly used! Brings you luck and win the lottery that’s why I don’t need it anymore! Oh, and it’s gone! Sold! No longer available, you idiot! I just keep the listing as a sweet memory! HAHAHAHA!