Really getting tired of other people's entitlement attitudes.

[Mike SC Hunter]

I have 4 cars 2 motorcycles and a boat in front of my house. One motorcycle is in parts and one truck doesn't run. The rest are operational vehicles, although I only use one. Due to legal issues, I can't sell some of the cars and the boat. But that doesn't stop people from trying. About half of the people that ask hear "not for sale" and they understand and just walk away. Cool, I got no problem with it.
The other half? They act like you are denying them the "right" to buy things. Had a guy ring the bell, I opened the door and he asks, "Can I buy those cars for parts?" When I told him "Not for sale", he acted like I had slapped him. "But you're not using them!" I'm not "using" my fireplace. Doesn't mean I want to sell the bricks from the chimney. He left disappointed and shaking his head at my stubbornness and stupidity. It's ridiculous. I have been called a racist and other names simply because I won't sell them whatever thing of mine they want to buy. My father once had to call the police because one guy wouldn't leave.
Mind you, there are no signs offering things for sale. Still they come. One guy wanted to "take a look around to see if there was something else he might want to buy." I even had one especially entitled woman tell me that I should sell her a car for $200 as her son was getting his license and needed a car. Apparently, that's all the money he had for a car. But she felt I should take it and be happy.
I think I need to put up a sign that says, 'Nothing is for sale. Don't even ask."

Put sigh up saying tresspassers will be prosecuted............AND DO IT!!

 

[LVSteve]

Dang, I thought I saw some "stuff" hanging out at a Strip resort this weekend, but the OP takes the cake. Why was I on the Strip? Because somebody else was paying.

 

[zeke]

This seems to be a thing. Live close by some people who believe they are entitled to use things (hose/patio blocks etc) from my vacant property that they perceive am not currently using. In addition to depositing their snow removal on the property (this stopped after i retired). Property is 2 doors down from current residence.

 

[BLACKHAWKNJ]

If I was being pressured to sell, I'd find the highest priced property in the area, then double that, tell them cash on the barrel.

 

[Greyman50]

Had these signs on fence of house several years ago. Very few rang door bell. Yellow sign came from country store in mountains of Va.

 

[Autonomous]

What do the neighbors think of your collection?

 

[rwsmith]

One of my neighbors had the same problem. He simply bought a big "Beware of Dog" sign and put it up. He didn't have a dog but it worked like a charm.

You right. People will never believe or understand what 'Not for sale' or anything else regarding the items but something that threatens them automatically registers.

 

[biku324]

I get unsolicited offers on parcels of land I own in the mail, then they try to follow up with phone calls.

 

[Rule3]

Blow this up in size post several of them, next to beware of Dog sign!

 

[StrawHat]

Here is a sign for you!

“Unless you have a warrant,

BUZZ OFF”

Kevin

 

[lihpster]

What do the neighbors think of your collection?

Don't know. They've never said anything.

 

[GnarlsR2]

Remember.... if it weren't for those weird, greedy people we wouldn't look so normal and generous.

 

[lihpster]

This seems to be a thing. Live close by some people who believe they are entitled to use things (hose/patio blocks etc) rom my vacant property that they perceive am not currently using. In addition to depositing their snow removal on the property (this stopped after i retired). Property is 2 doors down from current residence.

That's part of it. You use the correct word, vacant. They use the wrong word, abandoned. As long as nobody is there at the present time, it's "abandoned" and fair game. It's how they work, change the wording to something else that makes what they are doing more palatable. For instance, since covid, tresspassing has become "stealth camping".

 

[silicosys4]

You'll see a lot of this in the future. Gig economy, side hustles, flippers. Some people see entitlement. I see someone who hasn't gotten their approach down, but I respect the desire to hustle and put in the work.

The economy is tough right now. Can't fault people for getting their nose to the grindstone and trying to make or save some money.

 

[Greyman50]

Big Grey we had at the time allowed no one or no critter in his large back yard. Greys have Huge teeth and know how to use them. Otherwise he was very docile and liked just about everyone. There was only 1 dog in the neighborhood he did not like.

 

[kamloops67]

Had a 68 Camaro in my yard for years as I saved to fix it up
I had so many door knockers that I got a 4x8 sheet of plywood and spray painted “ not for sale” on it and leaned it against the car
Got some good laughs out of it and it seemed to work , although I did eventually sell the car

 

[lihpster]

You'll see a lot of this in the future. Gig economy, side hustles, flippers. Some people see entitlement. I see someone who hasn't gotten their approach down, but I respect the desire to hustle and put in the work.

The economy is tough right now. Can't fault people for getting their nose to the grindstone and trying to make or save some money.

Can't fault the hustle, it's the refusal to accept "no" as an answer, or the hurt feelings because I didn't acquiesce to their demands that I not only sell something that I don't want to but accept whatever offer they come up with.

 

[ladder13]

I love the buyers who come with less than the agreed upon price.
I was selling a car many years ago via the old fashioned way, adds in the local news. Guy calls up, he says I’m good with the price. OK, let’s do it.
He comes up with 10% less than what we agreed upon saying “this is all the cash I have”.
I told him I’d burn the car ifo him before I would sell it to him. He left in a huff. A few days later the car sold for what it was listed.
Now I just off my cars to Carmax, Carvana or similar. Best price offer gets it. Check in hand, no one coming to the house, no chance of getting bushwhacked, no aggravation.

 

[silicosys4]

Can't fault the hustle, it's the refusal to accept "no" as an answer, or the hurt feelings because I didn't acquiesce to their demands that I not only sell something that I don't want to but accept whatever offer they come up with.

Yea. People are people and you live around a lot of them in an area that promotes such behavior, directly or indirectly.

You might want to invest in a privacy fence

 

[JimW]

I’ve been getting numerous texts, at least twice daily, trying to buy my home for cash. It gets irritating after a while. I may no longer have use for a “family sized” home but it is my home and at this point in my life I’m not relocating to an unfamiliar neighborhood or town just to downsize.