vitessetony
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Jun 30, 2023 18:56:06 GMT
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I need to put out a warning to those of you who trawl Facebook marketplace for your next cool project, a worrying trend seems to have developed.
Please do not be tempted to ask the seller, "is this still available?" it will be the last thing you do before being erased from the earth, possibly sucked into an open portal to another dimension activated by that seemingly innocuous question.
These people, without fail or exception are never heard from again, their family's left with no explanation as to where their loved one has gone.
What's more, Facebook are acting as a gatekeeper to this terrible supernatural portal and offer the option to just click on this insidious phrase, you don't even have to type it.
Please, I beg of you, be careful. I can only imagine the torment and hell the 14 people that have asked me "is this still available?" are going through, never to be heard from or to be seen again.
I had an even more troubling turn of events happen last week, the delayed portal.
Guy comes to view the car, likes the car, says he'll have the car and he'll be back later to collect it. I can only assume at some point between him going home and coming back to mine as he promised, the delayed portal activated and claimed him like the others. Never to be seen again.
Stay safe out there RR's
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braaap
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Jun 30, 2023 19:10:49 GMT
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Some say Bill Gates ate them
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vitessetony
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Jun 30, 2023 19:14:30 GMT
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Some say Bill Gates ate them poor souls. |
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Jun 30, 2023 19:22:26 GMT
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I have had a few disappear over the years…..a few deposits that paid for takeaways 😂….sellers disappear frequently these days too, just seems to be the world we’re living in now
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Fraud owners club member
1999 Jaguar s type
1993 ford escort
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vitessetony
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Jun 30, 2023 19:27:35 GMT
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I have had a few disappear over the years…..a few deposits that paid for takeaways 😂….sellers disappear frequently these days too, just seems to be the world we’re living in now Unfortunately I have to agree with you, I don't really understand this modern world we live in, it's becoming more weird and detached the older I get, or perhaps I've just described myself  |
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Jun 30, 2023 19:29:13 GMT
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Never been on fb in my life, try not going there, how about that?
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vitessetony
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Jun 30, 2023 19:33:46 GMT
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Never been on fb in my life, try not going there, how about that? But then what would I have to moan about? |
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Dez
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And I won't sit down. And I won't shut up. And most of all I will not grow up.
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Jun 30, 2023 19:35:11 GMT
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The cheaper the car the worse it is.
Last year I had two cars for sale at the same time. £800 car, a constant stream a ghosters and chancers. Barely literate rambling messages offering half the asking price.
The 7.5 grand one sold over the phone without even being viewed. No haggling, paid into my account and the car collected the following week.
Mind you, I buy a lot off marketplace and that’s just as bad. For every item I enquire about maybe 20% of sellers actually reply.
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Last Edit: Jun 30, 2023 19:35:40 GMT by Dez
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Jun 30, 2023 19:39:03 GMT
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I think the days are long gone when you bumped into someone or phoned from a telephone screwed to your wall and agreed to meet somewhere at a date and time without worrying about them not turning up 🙄
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Jun 30, 2023 19:53:36 GMT
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Of late it is popular that having agreed to buy a car, but before actually paying for it, buyers go on a submersible tour of the Titanic to celebrate.
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stealthstylz
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Jun 30, 2023 21:25:02 GMT
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I've been selling a lot more stuff since I put my prices up. Exact same things that cost me the same but I stuck £250 on the price and I'm down to about 10% time wasters rather than 50%.
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Most "is this still available" messages are just accidental clicks whilst scrolling.
They only realise they've done it once a reply comes back saying yes.
Embarrassment usually halts any conversation after that.
That's why you see "asking if this is still available will he ignored" comments ending sales posts.
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Had one that said " if this advert is still here it's available" contacted 'em got reply "Sold"  Still, should be grateful to get a reply ... |
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Last Edit: Jul 2, 2023 9:22:36 GMT by westbay
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Hi, I'm of the same mind. Does that mean we don't/didn't exist in the first place?
Colin
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vitessetony
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Hi, I'm of the same mind. Does that mean we don't/didn't exist in the first place? Colin Cogito, ergo sum. I can't speak for you though Colin, Although your question does seem to point to an existentialist philosophy that in and of itself would support the theory of your existance. |
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"Cogito, ergo sum" ... a legend in his own mind ...
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We've found freecycle is getting terrible for this, we've basically given up using it and my son has been selling the (mostly household) stuff on gumtree instead (we let him keep the money), if they have to pay for it even a small amount it seems to filter out a lot of the timewasters who never bother to get back to you, don't have any means of picking it up, want to see of the can re-sell it first etc.
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vitessetony
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"Cogito, ergo sum" ... a legend in his own mind ... who is, René Descartes? |
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"Cogito, ergo sum" ... a legend in his own mind ... who is, René Descartes? Bloke from 'ello 'ello. |
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vitessetony
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