Ultimate Tyre Kickers

fasttalkerchat

Saw this on Adverts.ie
http://www.adverts.ie/office-furniture/free-desk-collection-only/1217118

Everyone comments asking if its sill availible no more interest.

What's your worst tyre kicker experience?

danniemcq

tyre kicker?? Is that someone who kicks the tyres on a car to check if it runs ok?

Archeron

I was half expecting that link to be for glow in the dark led shoelaces. Its that time of day.

fasttalkerchat

danniemcq wrote: »

tyre kicker?? Is that someone who kicks the tyres on a car to check if it runs ok?

Its someone who comes out to buy a car, kicks the tyres, has a chat then goes home. In a broader sense someone who pretends to have interest in a product or service just out of noseyness.

Old Tom

fasttalkerchat wrote: »

Its someone who comes out to buy a car, kicks the tyres, has a chat then goes home. In a broader sense someone who pretends to have interest in a product or service just out of noseyness.

I'm a tyre kicker so. I come down, see the car, it might be alright but I spot one thing I don't like and I walk off. I have a chat because I'm not an arrogant bastard, but I also don't have to tell you what I dislike. Mainly because I don't wanna waste my time for listening crap about "how much I'm mistaken and how great car it is". Also, to avoid abuse for being a "tyre kicker".

fasttalkerchat

Old Tom wrote: »

I'm a tyre kicker so. I come down, see the car, it might be alright but I spot one thing I don't like and I walk off. I have a chat because I'm not an arrogant bastard, but I also don't have to tell you what I dislike. Mainly because I don't wanna waste my time for listening crap about "how much I'm mistaken and how great car it is". Also, to avoid abuse for being a "tyre kicker".

And you do this regularly? With no intention in buying a car?

Living2Die

Old Tom wrote: »

I'm a tyre kicker so. I come down, see the car, it might be alright but I spot one thing I don't like and I walk off. I have a chat because I'm not an arrogant bastard, but I also don't have to tell you what I dislike. Mainly because I don't wanna waste my time for listening crap about "how much I'm mistaken and how great car it is". Also, to avoid abuse for being a "tyre kicker".

You know those fuzzy pink dice you see in the cars, they can be easily removed.

mconigol

fasttalkerchat wrote: »

Saw this on Adverts.ie
http://www.adverts.ie/office-furniture/free-desk-collection-only/1217118

Everyone comments asking if its sill availible no more interest.

What's your worst tyre kicker experience?

lol

NinjaK

adverts is full of trolls, absolute nightmare to sell something.

Gummy Panda

I thought this was going to be a thread giving out about the Garda Traffic Corp

wellboytoo

"If only twas Blue" after twenty five minutes going through the mill with the F**ker......

biko

I had a watch for sale ages on adverts, people just posted to ask
"is it still available?"
"yes"
"..."

Not sure why people do this but there's probably some psychological explanation.

MagicMarker

Adverts.ie Seller: I have a rare first edition of the Lords of the Rings signed by J.R.R Tolkien, I'm looking for €150 for it.

Adverts.ie Buyer: I offer €7

Adverts.ie Seller: Sorry, way too low.

Adverts.ie Buyer: I offer €8

Living2Die

MagicMarker wrote: »

Adverts.ie Seller: I have a rare first edition of the Lords of the Rings signed by J.R.R Tolkien, I'm looking for €150 for it.

Adverts.ie Buyer: I offer €7

Adverts.ie Seller: Sorry, way too low.

Adverts.ie Buyer: I offer €8

Is it still available?

Kolido

I misread, thought it said knickers

My bad

smash

MagicMarker wrote: »

Adverts.ie Seller: I have a rare first edition of the Lords of the Rings signed by J.R.R Tolkien, I'm looking for €150 for it.

Adverts.ie Buyer: I offer €7

Adverts.ie Seller: Sorry, way too low.

Adverts.ie Buyer: I offer €8

Exactly. It's a brutal system.

antodeco

MagicMarker wrote: »

Adverts.ie Seller: I have a rare first edition of the Lords of the Rings signed by J.R.R Tolkien, I'm looking for €150 for it.

Adverts.ie Buyer: I offer €7

Adverts.ie Seller: Sorry, way too low.

Adverts.ie Buyer: I offer €8

Swap for something in my ads? Sperm perhaps?

mikemac1

Clearly state you don't want swops on adverts.ie and you'll still have chancers offering all sorts of junk when all you want is a cash sale

Time wasters

giant_midget

Adverts is full of ****...not a good place to sell most items. It just seems to be a place for morons to think out loud.

preddy

MagicMarker wrote: »

Adverts.ie Seller: I have a rare first edition of the Lords of the Rings signed by J.R.R Tolkien, I'm looking for €150 for it.

Adverts.ie Buyer: I offer €7

Adverts.ie Seller: Sorry, way too low.

Adverts.ie Buyer: I offer €8

Offer €9

stimpson

His mistake is giving it away. People are more focused when they have to pay for something.

My old man had a caravan he tried to get rid of and had the same crap for weeks. I told him to put it up for €250. By the end of the day he was rid of it and had €200 for his trouble. People are weird.

dazberry

I sold and gave away a few things on adverts, where I very quickly learned the lesson that if something is free it has no value, and therefore will attract all sorts of freetards, who want it because it's free, not because they want it, and therefore can't be bothered to collect or meet, and probably couldn't even be around in if you offered to deliver.

Then of course there was the guy that went to great lengths to rip me off by doing origami with 5 euro notes to make them look like 20s, saved himself a whole 10er - miserable cnut.

Having said that everyone else I dealt with on adverts were sound.

D.

OldGoat

CD Burner available. Bic brand. No swops. €2.50 :cool:

Kolido

OldGoat wrote: »

CD Burner available. Bic brand. No swops. €2.50 :cool:

Still available?

Wossack

OldGoat wrote: »

CD Burner available. Bic brand. No swops. €2.50 :cool:

swap for 1994 honda accord tail light, and money my way?

Pabzzz

fasttalkerchat wrote:

Ultime Tyre Kickers

FaceKicker got bored of faces and moved on to tyres :eek: :eek:

mikemac1

OldGoat wrote: »

CD Burner available. Bic brand. No swops. €2.50 :cool:

Offer Sony Walkman that hasn't worked since the eighties but you may like it

Cantona's Collars

There's an Buy&Sell section on Facebook for our area and we have one eejit who trolls it all the time.It's a great service but this cnut just wastes peoples time,it's gotten to the stage that ads are posted asking people to ignore her.I had some stuff for sale & of course she was first to respond,I never replied.

Her latest ad is offering child minding services,I know her & her family and wouldn't let her mind a pet rock let alone something living.Your child would have to be deloused,powerhosed and get counselling after her minding it.

foxyboxer

There is no understanding of the word 'Firm'

Asking Price €500

"Offer - €100" :mad:

fryup

:)yes tyre kicking is an ancient art on these shores....

what you do is..

• have a cigerette* in the corner of your mouth
• you look away from the seller,
• look down to the ground,
• have your arms folded,
• snort & cough a few times (to look hard),
• whilst occasionally kicking the tyres......during this time you are haggling the price with the seller making outrageous low offers just to size him up.
• when he refuses, say things like "ah your an awful man"

go to any forecourt in the country and you see it happening all the time esp in culchie areas

*non smokers consider taking up smoking for the day

lostboy

MagicMarker wrote: »

Adverts.ie Seller: I have a rare first edition of the Lords of the Rings signed by J.R.R Tolkien, I'm looking for €150 for it.

Adverts.ie Buyer: I offer €7

Adverts.ie Seller: Sorry, way too low.

Adverts.ie Buyer: I offer €8

Swap For some old cheese in my ads

Dymo

OldGoat wrote: »

CD Burner available. Bic brand. No swops. €2.50 :cool:

Bubbles will never die!

phasers

I kick the tyres on my own car sometimes. Just to remind it who's boss.

grizzly

MagicMarker wrote: »

Adverts.ie Seller: I have a rare first edition of the Lords of the Rings signed by J.R.R Tolkien, I'm looking for €150 for it.

Adverts.ie Buyer: I offer €7

Adverts.ie Seller: Sorry, way too low.

Adverts.ie Buyer: I offer €8

I've seen it for €9.99 signed by Tolkien and Peter Jackson here.

chrismon

Maby moderators should be stricter with obvious timewasters, makes the site look unprofessional.

anhedonia

dazberry wrote: »

Then of course there was the guy that went to great lengths to rip me off by doing origami with 5 euro notes to make them look like 20s, saved himself a whole 10er - miserable cnut.

thats genius, i'd say you felt like a chump!

smash

chrismon wrote: »

Maby moderators should be stricter with obvious timewasters, makes the site look unprofessional.

Or maybe any discussions should be taken off-line like regular classified websites. It holds no value to have deals done in public and only attracts trolls.

pickarooney

dazberry wrote: »

Then of course there was the guy that went to great lengths to rip me off by doing origami with 5 euro notes to make them look like 20s, saved himself a whole 10er - miserable cnut.

How many times do you have to fold a grey note until it becomes blue?

Caliden

I normally only go on adverts if I know exactly what I want and exactly how much I want to spend.
No messing about, offer the asking and pick it up a few days later.