I really should move to Europe...

Did someone take advantage of this offer? Just hate the thought of these been used as firewood.😉

Craig🙂

Not one single person.

The axe is being sharpened as i type this...

Lee 

9 LEE wrote:

Not one single person.

The axe is being sharpened as i type this...

Lee 

I dread to ask what else is been lined up as firewood?🙁

Craig🙂

9 LEE wrote:

Not one single person.

The axe is being sharpened as i type this...

Lee 

Isnt it staggering what stuff is relatively worthless, when so expensive new!  Like the saying "you can't even give them away!"

As a (probably) cultural anecdote, here in Finland it is very difficult to give stuff away. Apparently people think there must be something wrong with free items. The only one interested will be a retired orphan student with a disability and no car, 250 km away. After the stuff has been demolished, there are folks all around shouting "why didn't you offer it to me"...

I believe the problem with this item is that it isn't that useful without an 8-32 to put on it, and anybody who would need one already has it.

Craig wrote:

I dread to ask what else is been lined up as firewood?🙁

Craig🙂

We get plenty of stuff like this which really, you cannot give away - so it ends up taking the expressway to skipville.

Lee

9 LEE wrote:

We get plenty of stuff like this which really, you cannot give away - so it ends up taking the expressway to skipville.

Lee

Reminds me of that old joke / urban myth:

Some guy bought a new fridge for his house.
To get rid of his old fridge, he put it in his front yard and hung a
sign on it saying: 'Free to good home. You want it, you take it.'
For three days the fridge sat there without anyone looking twice.
He eventually decided that people were too mistrustful of this deal.
So he changed the sign to read: 'Fridge for sale $50.'

The next day someone stole it! 

elephant wrote:

Some guy bought a new fridge for his house.
To get rid of his old fridge, he put it in his front yard and hung a
sign on it saying: 'Free to good home. You want it, you take it.'
For three days the fridge sat there without anyone looking twice.
He eventually decided that people were too mistrustful of this deal.
So he changed the sign to read: 'Fridge for sale $50.'

The next day someone stole it! 

😂😂

A few years ago i bought some flats in the town centre and the same thing happened.  

I ripped out three crappy old kitchens and some dirty old appliances - and to keep the skip clear of clutter i put a notice on them all saying 'please do not take these items - they are valuable and will be for sale soon'

Every morning the stuff was gone.  The sign was the prompt i think...  LOL

Lee

tournedos wrote:

After the stuff has been demolished, there are folks all around shouting "why didn't you offer it to me"...

Human nature.  

I often get calls from exasperated customers who have made the decision to visit my website to reserve an item they've been pondering over for days, only to find it's already been reserved..

They come out with statements like 'is it really sold - because if not, i'll have it now' and 'you have no idea how much i wanted that item, please sell it to me and tell the other person it's sold already..' (which won't get anyone anywhere in my books)

So, i tell them that if the other customer drops out i'll call them.  This always gets a 'oh, thank you - i so hope they do.  My credit card is right in front of me and i want it now!'

Three days or so later, the person who reserved it has had a shock on the shipping quote or can't raise the money - so you call 'Mr X' who has been hopping up and down to buy it and now it's 'available' you get a nonchalant reply like 'oh great - err.. i'll have a chat with the wife and get back to you..'

I've never understood that one..

The best sign i ever read was in a car dealership's sales office.

"The car you looked at today and will decide to buy tomorrow

 Is the car someone looked at yesterday - and will decide to buy today"

The owner of that business was a multi-millionaire by the way...

🙂