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  • 08-10-2019 7:06pm
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    Midster
    Registered Users Posts: 322 ✭✭


    Hi there I’m written this because I spotted something on a local second hand everything for sale kinda app (trying very hard there not to mention the name of the app) there’s an advert put up on there by someone for a pair of trainers he’s selling for €200, there second hand of course, even if he says he has never worn them.
    Thing is I looked them up online and you can buy them in a shop, brand new for €140. Should I ruin his advert?


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    thesandeman
    Registered Users Posts: 9,897 ✭✭✭thesandeman


    Offer him a Tenner and wait for the reply.


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    Canis Lupus
    Registered Users Posts: 9,893 ✭✭✭Canis Lupus


    Midster wrote: »
    Hi there I’m written this because I spotted something on a local second hand everything for sale kinda app (trying very hard there not to mention the name of the app) there’s an advert put up on there by someone for a pair of trainers he’s selling for €200, there second hand of course, even if he says he has never worn them.
    Thing is I looked them up online and you can buy them in a shop, brand new for €140. Should I ruin his advert?

    Who really cares either way? Check if there are rules about spoiling sales but otherwise do what you like. It's a free world for him to sell them at 200 if he likes and down to buyers to see if they're willing to pay that sort of money.

    I'd imagine however anyone savvy enough to use an app to buy online is also competent enough to check the retail price of the same product elsewhere.


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    Midster
    Registered Users Posts: 322 ✭✭Midster


    Just seems a bit of a deliberate rip off price to me.
    Hoping someone doesn’t notice, doesn’t look and falls in love with the trainers comes across as unscrupulous, and a d**k thing to do.
    If the actions of d***s were spotted by those who are not d***s, who then warned others who also were not d***s, then the d***s of the world would then be forced to behave a bit better. And not try ripping people off!!!


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    flazio
    Registered Users Posts: 12,805 ✭✭✭✭flazio


    Caveat emptor. :rolleyes:


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    Midster
    Registered Users Posts: 322 ✭✭Midster


    Endorsing this behavior does nothing to strengthen either mine, or anyone else’s belief in general a mode of kindness, fairness and honesty.


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    Irish Guitarist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,736 ✭✭✭Irish Guitarist


    Maybe it's a gay foot fetish thing.


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    Black Swan
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 47,223 CMod ✭✭✭✭Black Swan


    Let the market decide.


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    TallGlass2
    Registered Users Posts: 683 ✭✭✭TallGlass2


    You wouldn't see me parting with 200€ for a pair of runners. If your spending that much and not shopping around. Then goodluck.


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    Ficheall
    Registered Users Posts: 9,018 ✭✭✭Ficheall


    Are they magic runners or something?


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    Esel
    Registered Users Posts: 22,002 ✭✭✭✭Esel


    Ficheall wrote: »
    Are they magic runners or something?
    Probably drug runners.

    Not your ornery onager



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    Flesh Gorden
    Registered Users Posts: 1,301 ✭✭✭Flesh Gorden


    I think there's a strong probability the listing is future evidence to show a source of income for lots of unexplained cash.

    Btw, are the shoes in their original box, or a 50 bag? :pac:


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    Cee-Jay-Cee
    Registered Users Posts: 12,235 ✭✭✭✭Cee-Jay-Cee


    I would imagine anyone who is wealthy enough to spend €200 on a pair of trainers will be aware of the price of them and will have priced them elsewhere.

    Let him ask whatever he wants, they’re not likely to sell if they’re grossly overpriced and not even brand new.


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    Midster
    Registered Users Posts: 322 ✭✭Midster


    The collaboration trainers between Kanye west and adidas. The most expensive I’ve seen so far have a retail price of €4628


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    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 8,856 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Offer him two PlayStation games and an iPhone 3


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    johnnyskeleton
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 14,465 Mod ✭✭✭✭johnnyskeleton


    When I think about all those poor slave kids in east asia making runners in sweat shops for 5c an hour, I wonder how anyone can justify selling them on for €140.


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    u140acro3xs7dm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,512 ✭✭✭u140acro3xs7dm


    Is the 140 a special offer or the normal RRP? Maybe he paid over 200 for them and doesn't know.


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    #18
    This is it
    Registered Users Posts: 5,184 ✭✭✭This is it


    Swap for my '99 Punto?


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    Midster
    Registered Users Posts: 322 ✭✭Midster


    No there the lowest priced ones in that range that I can find. There rrp is 140, he’s selling them for 200

    Second hand!!


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    Midster
    Registered Users Posts: 322 ✭✭Midster


    johnnyskeleton wrote: »
    When I think about all those poor slave kids in east asia making runners in sweat shops for 5c an hour, I wonder how anyone can justify selling them on for €140.

    I wonder how any company can justify selling a pair of trainers for more than a hundred. And jeans as well, I mean what the hell!!


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    retalivity
    Registered Users Posts: 13,997 ✭✭✭✭retalivity


    Cant collect, can you meet me in belmullet?


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    Your Face
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,277 ✭✭✭Your Face


    My ads?


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    thesandeman
    Registered Users Posts: 9,897 ✭✭✭thesandeman


    Midster wrote: »
    No there the lowest priced ones in that range that I can find. There rrp is 140, he’s selling them for 200

    Second hand!!

    It might have something to do with his carbon footprint?


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    Canis Lupus
    Registered Users Posts: 9,893 ✭✭✭Canis Lupus


    Midster wrote: »
    No there the lowest priced ones in that range that I can find. There rrp is 140, he’s selling them for 200

    Second hand!!

    What if he's poor and selling these will let him put food on the table for his family for another week or two?


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    Danonino.
    Registered Users Posts: 1,112 ✭✭✭Danonino.


    Esel wrote: »
    Probably drug runners.


    The last drug runners I bought I’ve no idea what they were laced with. Was tripping for days.


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    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 8,856 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    retalivity wrote: »
    Cant collect, can you meet me in belmullet?

    Read my ad, collection only!!!

    :P


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