Entitled dude tries to pull a power move when buying a trailer, massively backfires: ‘All [he] had to do was respectfully OFFER the amount he TOLD me.’

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Elna McHilderson • Managing Editor
May 11, 2025 9:00 AM EDT

When it comes to selling your stuff, you have complete control on how it should go done. Don't let some entitled dude try to barter you down to selling your thing way less than it's actually worth just because he thinks his huge hubris is an asset. It is not. In fact, when it comes to purchasing directly from an actual human being instead of through a company or broker, you should be on your best behavior. Why? Because that seller could solely sell off of vibes and then it doesn't even matter if you offer the highest price. If you're disrespectful, guess what? You're not getting the thing you want. You sound like a spoiled brat, to be honest. Did daddy not get you the gold goose? Sorry, bud! 

 

This guy selling in travel trailer show the perfect example of kindness out-buying hubris. 

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  • He was just trying to sell his trailer to some chill people, when Glen, some entitled dude, comes in like he owns the place. He tells him the price he is going to buy the trailer for and leaves. The guy never agreed to it and made sure Glen knew that before he left. So, instead he sold it to the next offer at the same price. Glen was flabbergasted! But that's just how the cookie crumbles when you're entitled, Glen. 

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  • "I will tell YOU how this deal works."

    One early spring, I decided to sell our travel trailer. It was only a few years old, looked new inside and out, priced right, and it was prime time of year to sell. I knew it would be gone after a showing or two. The first family shows up, after an odd phone call.
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  • The wife does all the talking, but made it clear that her husband "Glenn" makes the decisions in the family. She asks a ton of questions on the phone, so she could give the info to Glenn. Glenn is in the room with her as this is going on. Weird, but whatever.
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  • They roll in and I meet Glenn. He tries to avoid eye contact and is trying to play a power game. The wife and kids are in love with the camper, polite and friendly. Glenn is a As I answer his questions, he occasionally smirks. At this point, I am not interested in selling him dog sh fresh from my
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  • backyard, but I am not lowering myself to his behavior. I give him the respect he does not deserve, taking the high road, since his poor wife and kids don't need to see me telling him to GTFO.
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  • Eventually Glenn says, "I am going to be giving you $xxxx, we will be back next weekend with the check". He barks at his wife and kids to get back in the car. I tell him that I did not agree to any price.
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  • Maybe it will still be around next weekend, maybe not. He smirks again, and drives away. Glenn's price was exactly what I would have accepted from any potential buyer who was not a • At that point I was clear about one thing,
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  • Glenn will never end up with my camper because, well, you know. The next day, a couple shows up to look at the trailer. They are slack jawed at the price and condition, and ask what I will take for it, as they can meet me later in the day, with cash? I offer to sell it
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  • to them for Glenn's price. A few hours later, I have a fat stack of hundred dollar bills in hand, and they leave with the trailer, thrilled with the deal. The next Friday, just as I expected, Glenn's abused wife calls. She tells me
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  • that they got a loan and want to pick the trailer up tomorrow. I play dumb and ask what she means? After she explains it again, I drop a bomb. "So sorry, but it is gone". I tell her that all Glenn had to do
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  • was respectfully OFFER the amount he TOLD me I would be taking, then leave a deposit check, and you would be picking up your camper tomorrow. I reminded her that she was standing there when I told Glenn that we had not agreed to a price, and it was still very much for sale to whomever wanted it.
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  • Finally, I told her to make sure that Glenn knows that it sold, for his price, the next day. So sad, seems that Glenn was a who got the on this one.
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  • OntFF I would have sold it for $100 less, just out of principle... and been very clear that a very polite, respectful couple had negotiated a better deal.
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  • gen3starwind I feel bad for the wife, but not for Glenn. Games like this only sometimes work at dealers when you can walk and go to another dealer.
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  • merlot120 I'm getting a lot of this. I've been having an estate sale and clearing out my dad's vintage and antique collection. Mostly vintage toys and jewelry. I had one lady try to enter my place to see what else I had, craning her neck to see past me. Yesterday someone tried to insist I sell him something I was holding for someone else. He tried offering me more money, demanded my address and his final message read, 'message me NOW!! People can get nasty.
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  • Parson1122 Yeah, if you don't leave a deposit it goes to the next person with cash in hand. Those are the rules.
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  • Eliza JaneVegas Glenn announces the deal: the amount to be paid, when it will be paid, and how it will be paid. You agree to none of these terms. Then it turns out that Glenn doesn't have the money and needs to go borrow it somewhere, assured you will wait because he told you when he's paying you. LOL!!
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  • Similar, we were selling a boat. It posted for sale and there was immediate response. One guy announces via text he will bring $xxxx in 3 days, this is 10% less than the asking price. I don't respond. Boat sells to the first person that reached out for the asking price. I tell text guy boat is gone and he says, "Why did you sell it? I told you I was bringing $xxxx on Saturday." I tell him the boat sold to the first person that reached out and it sold for the asking price. He was the 5th person i
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  • Euphoric-Badger-873 Well Done! Some people don't understand that it isn't always about the money. I sold my first apartment to a really nice young professional couple for £5K less than the offer from a totally obnoxious Entitled Guy who wanted it for his student daughter and her friends. The young couple went on to have two kids in the apartment. Best £5K I ever spent. (I made a lot anyway, as the prices had skyrocketed)
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  • ace1oak vibes man people dont understand, i bought a car a long time ago from a nice lady, what was weird was, this guy had arrange to meet her at i believe 430, i contacted her and she told me to meet at 4 or 415 so i did, so we're talking and we vibed nicely and i wanted to buy the car for sure, she did her due diligence and still showed the car to the people who had arranged to come at 430, and they wanted to purchase the car too, but she decided she would sell to me, they even offered more..
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