A little extreme perhaps?

[gertsy]

I've heard from a South African friend (recently emigrated) that in Capetown intersection hawkers try to sell kittens to stopped motorists, if they don't buy the seller will strangle the kitten in front of them.
It seems the darkness of human nature is the same no matter where you go.
Best to ignore the idiot and he/she will go away.

[gertsy]

I own my house and I own my collection. It fills the house. And already I am thinking about what to do when I retire... And I also am gifting the house to someone through my will who I know does not want the kit. And so.. I am thinking in a few years time... say 5 years of doing much the same.  I need the house gone and as I retire I cant be having the stuff around me anymore...When I die the person who takes over the house will send it down the dump... They have told me as much. Circumstances of life may prevail over any issues regarding defunct computers. At times other things matter more. A bit cruel.. But true. Selling a whole mass of stuff takes alot of time and energy and some folk just wont want to bother.

I know this is true cus I have collected like rooms full of stuff for free from people who just can't be bothered any more. Some people though don't care cus they just see it as junk.... And even when you say you will collect for free you often don't take it all. This happened to a guy I collected a double garage full of stuff from who was emigrating to Australia. He was really struggling getting rid of everything. The tip is a mighty attractive idea specially when all you need is a skip.

So don't be too ready to judge.

Yeah that's not the point Scuzzb.  Making a threat to destroy it if it doesn't sell for the price he/she wants with out a description of the goods is the work of scum. Trying to use the threat of distruction to sell the goods doubley so.

[gertsy]

Its up to the seller and if he wants to get rid of his old junk in one hit then whats the issue. So what if he tells the guy nosing around to put up or shut up. The offer was for the whole heap so how is that wrong. He doesn't have to prove anything. I think its called .. 'take it or leave it'. And he's probably done with 'booters and bayers' trying to make money out of him.

If it was take it or leave it I don't think anyone would have a problem.  In this case it was "take it or I'll destroy it".

Very different.