Really getting tired of other people's entitlement attitudes.

My new neighbor turned out to be a good handy man and not a bad fellow. So I have hired him to do several things around here that I am getting too long in the tooth to do. As time goes by a lot of his junk he has about his place has ended up over at my place and just sits there. He brought over a new jack hammer in the case to read the paper work on it. Well after a few beers he didn't want to haul it back home so he left it here. Still got it after after several weeks. Told him I as thinking about taking it to a pawn shop but he didn't take the hint as I still have it. I want to be a good neighbor but where do I draw the line?
 
Many years ago I sold my VW Rabbit. I had it advertised for $1200. A gent, not of this country, came and offered me $600. I said no. He said that since he offered me what was a fair price, it is customary in his country that I have to accept the offer. Again I told him no. At that time, my wife stepped outside. He looked at her and told me to send her back into the house as women have no right to be part of any negotiations. I asked him to leave my property. He left. Another gent showed up a few minutes later, handed me $1200 and drove off happy. The first gent returned with $600 in hand demanding the car. I told him it was sold and to again leave my property and not to come back. He did leave, but said he would be back with the police to have me arrested. Never saw him again.
 
Many years ago I sold my VW Rabbit. I had it advertised for $1200. A gent, not of this country, came and offered me $600. I said no. He said that since he offered me what was a fair price, it is customary in his country that I have to accept the offer. Again I told him no. At that time, my wife stepped outside. He looked at her and told me to send her back into the house as women have no right to be part of any negotiations. I asked him to leave my property. He left. Another gent showed up a few minutes later, handed me $1200 and drove off happy. The first gent returned with $600 in hand demanding the car. I told him it was sold and to again leave my property and not to come back. He did leave, but said he would be back with the police to have me arrested. Never saw him again.
I have had dealing with people who expect you to honor their customs from where every they are from and are offended if you don't. Yet if I went to their country and expected the same they might start trowing rocks at me.
 
My new neighbor turned out to be a good handy man and not a bad fellow. So I have hired him to do several things around here that I am getting too long in the tooth to do. As time goes by a lot of his junk he has about his place has ended up over at my place and just sits there. He brought over a new jack hammer in the case to read the paper work on it. Well after a few beers he didn't want to haul it back home so he left it here. Still got it after after several weeks. Told him I as thinking about taking it to a pawn shop but he didn't take the hint as I still have it. I want to be a good neighbor but where do I draw the line?
If it bugs you, you need to tell him or start charging a storage fee.
 
Suspect that it is a Real Estate Flipper who keeps sending me cards.
"I can pay $$$ for your property (address) Call ####"
More than slightly suspicions.
His latest "offer" is $86,000.
I sold the property six months ago for $40,000.
Deed is recorded at court house.

Bekeart
 
Suspect that it is a Real Estate Flipper who keeps sending me cards.
"I can pay $$$ for your property (address) Call ####"
More than slightly suspicions.
His latest "offer" is $86,000.
I sold the property six months ago for $40,000.
Deed is recorded at court house.

Bekeart
Buy it back for 60K. Then offer it to him for 90.
 
I had a garage sale, had to be over 20 years ago. Start time on signs was 9 AM. People showed up around 7:30 as we were setting up. At first I resisted selling, but since I was in this for the money, I let people look. Ended up selling 80% of what I had out before 9:00. Sold most of the rest by 11:00. Short day, made a lot of money and had the afternoon free. If I ever have another, will put signs out AFTER I have everything ready..
 
I had a garage sale, had to be over 20 years ago. Start time on signs was 9 AM. People showed up around 7:30 as we were setting up. At first I resisted selling, but since I was in this for the money, I let people look. Ended up selling 80% of what I had out before 9:00. Sold most of the rest by 11:00. Short day, made a lot of money and had the afternoon free. If I ever have another, will put signs out AFTER I have everything ready..


In my case our garage sale was in the paper. At that time the paper had a column where you could post your sale info on it for free. Of course the hours were posted but I still got door knockers a 1 1/2 hour early. My signs put up the night before also were well marked as to hours.

That will be my only sale, in the long run everything came out OK. I got rid of a lot of stuff and made a few bucks.
 
Many years ago I sold my VW Rabbit. I had it advertised for $1200. A gent, not of this country, came and offered me $600. I said no. He said that since he offered me what was a fair price, it is customary in his country that I have to accept the offer. Again I told him no. At that time, my wife stepped outside. He looked at her and told me to send her back into the house as women have no right to be part of any negotiations. I asked him to leave my property. He left. Another gent showed up a few minutes later, handed me $1200 and drove off happy. The first gent returned with $600 in hand demanding the car. I told him it was sold and to again leave my property and not to come back. He did leave, but said he would be back with the police to have me arrested. Never saw him again.
My reply would have been "You're no longer in your country, you're in mine so your customs don't apply".

Of course, I wouldn't have been so polite.
 
Happened again. This guy didn't ask to buy anything and didn't cop an attitude when I said no. Refreshing. Or it would be if the conversation didn't go like this:
Can I help you?

Does the truck run?

No.

Oh. Well my spare is really bad. Could I take one of the tires off of it?


I seriously just can't believe people anymore.
 
Happened again. This guy didn't ask to buy anything and didn't cop an attitude when I said no. Refreshing. Or it would be if the conversation didn't go like this:
Can I help you?

Does the truck run?

No.

Oh. Well my spare is really bad. Could I take one of the tires off of it?


I seriously just can't believe people anymore.
You're looking at this incorrectly. This guy is lonely in a strange land; any contact is better than none, and at least you speak to him.
 
Good God, I must be a magnet for this stuff. Doordash driver delivers my pizza at the curb, he starts to walk back to his Prius and I start to go inside with my food. He suddenly calls out and comes back to me and asks me something like, "How much Toyota worth?" English is definitely not his first language, nor has he been speaking it long. I tell him, "It's a 2013, I bought it used for 12,000." Keep in mind I bought it last December, and have put maybe 1000 miles on it since.
We then had a conversation with much confusion on my part as to what he was trying to get across. At one point I thought he was asking how much a new one was, then I thought he said he had a 2000 model. After a second and third try, I finally got what he was trying to say. He wanted to buy it for $2,000.
Sorry, Chief, I don't want to sell it, it's my daily driver, and I especially don't want to sell it at a $10, 000 discount. talk about depreciation!
 
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."
Cant help thinking about an old David Allen Coe song when I read this. No offence.:)
 
When I turn my laptop on in the morning before heading to work I note how many of the advice columns, etc. deal with inconsiderateness, sense of entitlement, etc. Recall one, an obese woman on an airplane decided she was entitled to 2 seats, 1 of which someone else had paid for. Another passenger said he paid for a window seat, a family asked him to switch so their boy could have a window seat, he declined, they displayed obnoxious behavior, the flight attendant had to intervene.
Another correspondent said he was feuding with neighbors, they asked him if their child and dog could use his fenced in area, he declined-liability issues. They couldn't take no for an answer.
Then there are those who think they're entitled to someone else's parking space.
 
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