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March 11th, 2024

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/r/AITAH

2 years ago

AITAH for haggling someone down only after I got their heavy furniture into my car?

The other day I found a good deal on an antique dresser for my new apartment. It was listed on fb marketplace for $800 and I thought that was a fair price but also thought I could get them to go down a little.

I arrived at their apartment ready to haggle, but first I wanted to see it and make sure everything checked out. They lived on the eight floor and there was no elevator so that was a bit annoying considering I used to have asthma and they did not have a disclaimer about the stairs on their post. So I was a bit pissed. But the dresser was as advertised and the woman was nice so I held my tongue.

She gave me a weird look when I asked for help getting the dresser down, which was like… WTF? You didn’t tell me you lived on the eighth floor of a stair dependent complex and you expect me to carry this by myself?

So I got her to help me get the dresser down to my car and shove it into the back. I was almost ready to drive off when she reminded me I hadn’t paid her. Moreover, I realized I hadn’t had an opportunity to haggle like I planned. I decided my bargaining power was quite strong since I already had the dresser in my car, so I asked if she would be okay with $450. She didn’t look to happy and there was a bit of back and forth, but eventually she came to see that if she didn’t acquiesce it would be on her to get it back up alone. So she accepted the offer and I took it home. I would have felt bad if not for the false advertisement about stairs which could have caused me an asthma attack.

Well now her husband is messaging me on fb saying I need to pay full price, that what I did was predatory. I haven’t answered yet and not sure I even should. What do y’all think?

March 11th, 2024

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Comments:

Hi_Im_Dadbot

2 years ago

YTA. That was a douche move on your part and you owe that lady her money. Just fucking pay her and be a better person in the future. You suck as a human being right now.

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Trippy-Psychologist

2 years ago

YTA, you agreed to the price and tried to renegotiate. You could have asked about the situation before hand. You are the type that gives people a bad name.

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tonidh69

2 years ago

I agree with the husband. Very used car salesman of you. Yta

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[deleted]

2 years ago

Jesus dude lol. $800-$450 after getting it all the way to your car? dick move. the stair situation does suck but you went about this the wrong way. YTA

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3_wheeler_of_doom

2 years ago

YTA

what a horrible thing to do, I'd say you should be ashamed of yourself but you are so convinced that you are in the right that I imagine you haven't considered how badly you behaved

there was no 'false advertisement' about the stairs, because they just weren't mentiond

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No_Touch4233

2 years ago

Yikes. YTA. I hope I never run into you in real life, you’re a nightmare.

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[deleted]

2 years ago

YTA people like you suck.

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kehlarc

2 years ago

YTA. Simple as that.

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Puzzleheaded_Lab9834

2 years ago

i think YTA you shouldve bargained before going. you banking off her not being able to bring it back up herself is a dick move to haggle that much when you said yourself that it was a fair price. even then you shouldve haggled before you brought it down 8 floors. its pretty clear she didnt want to sell it but you kinda put her on the spot without any help to bring it back up.

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booksworm102

2 years ago

YTA. A lot of parts here don't make sense. You have asthma and came by yourself to pick up a dresser. Were you always expecting her to help? How were you planning on getting it to your apartment? I don't know anyone who can move a whole dresser like this by themself. Also, presumably she gave you an address to drive to beforehand. Even if she only gave you the building address and not the apartment number, if you saw it was an apartment building at all, why didn't you just ask if there were stairs if it is so important to you?

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StellarStylee

2 years ago

Yeah that was a real jerk ass move. But hey, username fits.

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shammy_dammy

2 years ago

YTA. Wow, you're a real piece of work, aren't you?

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UnicornGlitterFart24

2 years ago

You’re a bonafide piece of shit.

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Not-a-Cranky-Panda

2 years ago

Why would anyone help you load up your car with their items worth $800 when you have not paid them? The only two reasons I can come up with are they are not worth anything like that or they are not the owner!

Organic2003

2 years ago

YTA. Very shitty move. Abusing someone’s kindness and naïve

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[deleted]

2 years ago

YTA. You should have agreed on a price before moving the item and you should have brought a friend to help you move it. If I were the seller, I wouldn’t have let you move it until the cash was in my pocket.

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Puzzleheaded_Lab9834

2 years ago

exactly! if im picking up large furniture, even if its on the ground floor, im gonna ask someone to come with. im surprised that the seller let op literally load it into his car without paying. wouldnt be surprised she was worried if she didnt take it op would just drive off.

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