Online selling phrases that put you off

boogieman

Keefy said:

prowla said:

boogieman said:

“Literally brand new”. Except it’s now pre-owned, so nope it’s actually  “as new”. . 

“Mint”. Which should mean pristine, but very rarely is. . 

Plus all the other stuff that’s been mentioned already....she/butter/rare/lawsuit/only want back what I paid etc etc 

"Literally", followed by anything

Misuse of 'literally' grinds my gears in any context. Example: Facebook meme - 'Have you ever felt your heart literally melt?' No, if that happened I'd be dead in seconds.

Saw a guy on tv yesterday saying “I’m literally speechless!” 

Errrr.............

Barney

And here we have today

Plays like butter

Will be sorry to see it go

Roysterdoyster

Recently set up by “my tech”!

Arktik83

"Good wood era" - What a load of pony.  Any time someone mentions an "era" they're just talking a load of crap most of the time.

prowla

Arktik83 said:

"Good wood era" - What a load of pony.  Any time someone mentions an "era" they're just talking a load of crap most of the time.

More error than era...

Alnico

"I am the infamous 'Shady eBayer" ...

gringopig

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Teyeplayer

The collective rather than personal pronoun does wind me up. I’ve also found since being here a while I am a bit perturbed by ‘she’ and ‘butter’ references.

However, I’m amazed at the general annoyance at items that are ‘bumped’ or might suggest ‘offers’. Surely we are all open to offers so spelling it out is no bad thing? Equally, just because folks aren’t buying doesn’t mean a guitar is overpriced -it may just reflect the currently slow buying market. Anyone who has been here a while has seen the ridiculously low priced guitars that folks  haven’t had the cash for that month; perpetuate that situation a few dozen times over and you’ve a regularly bumped item. We should also remember, our going rate on here is less than the rest of the market because we want to keep guitars in the community and for some bizarre reason we all still want a deal... 

scrumhalf

gringopig said:

Eddie Vegas is 'The King' of the cliche:

With a name like that Iwouldn't expect minimalist details.

Blueingreen

Just saw a guitar I quite fancied on Ebay but it's classed as "New".  If you read the blurb, it's clearly not new.  You could argue that if the detailed description reveals the guitar isn't new the seller isn't really being very dishonest, but it still puts me off dealing with him. 

Another pet peeve is people who describe a guitar as "the best I've ever played and it absolutely wouldn't be going anywhere if I didn't desperately need the cash" and then when it doesn't sell within a week or two shamelessly start specifying acceptable trades.  How stupid do they think people are?

Stevepage

'First to see will buy' - no I won't, fuck off. 

It just ruins your chance of selling it.

57Deluxe

New (other)

Simon_M

57Deluxe said:

New (other)

This on eBay drives me mad.

bodhi

"Even my drummer said she's the best sounding guitar I've ever owned."

Funkfingers

Blueingreen said:

How stupid do they think people are?

“Dumb all over and maybe even a little ugly on the side.”

prowla

Keefy said:

prowla said:

boogieman said:

“Literally brand new”. Except it’s now pre-owned, so nope it’s actually  “as new”. . 

“Mint”. Which should mean pristine, but very rarely is. . 

Plus all the other stuff that’s been mentioned already....she/butter/rare/lawsuit/only want back what I paid etc etc 

"Literally", followed by anything

Misuse of 'literally' grinds my gears in any context. Example: Facebook meme - 'Have you ever felt your heart literally melt?' No, if that happened I'd be dead in seconds.

I had a shop assistant tell me to literally go over to the till to pay for something.

Wazmeister

“Firm”

”Bought for a project that never happened...”

”No box”

DB1

Just spotted 'soon to be vintage' on a 1998 guitar on eBay. 

KrisGee

'No time wasters'

Especially on items that have been sold long time ago but lazy fuckers leave the ad running for weeks and when I contact them they say 'sorry bud, sold long time ago'. Or don't reply at all. Maybe by time wasters they mean people who waste their own time???

normskinormski

Made in the legendary Matsumixitoto factory. 

So made in a factory then.