How to price fixtures & fittings

Dan-Dan

The_White_Horse wrote: »

i had a flat - we had made to measure curtains/blinds troughout. Cost me about £2k for the lot. When I sold it a year or so later, I said to the buyers "do you want the curtains for £500" - they said no, but leave them if you want, they won't pay a penny for them.

They were no use to me where I was moving, so I removed them all and smashed them to smitherines and left them in a small pile by each window.

I had great pleasure for the next 6 months or so watching them have no curtains and using bits of sheet. Eventually, they got some nice fitted curtains/blinds - which probably cost them about £2k.

Still makes me laugh. One of the best afternoons I ever had, smashing those blinds.

Good job you didnt sell to me , i`d have been round your new gaff and stuck them all up your arris the same day

AdrianC

The_White_Horse wrote: »

The value is not in the curtain - it is in the cost of replacement.

So there's even less likelihood of being any financial impact on you. Great.

They, like you, thought they had no value, because they were the only buyer.

If they had so much value, then why did you not realise that value, by selling them elsewhere? If you're insisting that they did have a value then - by destroying them rather than realising that value - you _are_ down, by that value.

The sale value of them is the only financial value they have - to you.
To somebody else, they may indeed have a value - but, if that's the case, your shallow and petty-minded vandalism is even more reprehensible - since you're actively, wilfully and knowingly destroying something that may be of value to somebody.

maas

Why not just factor it into the asking price.

So if the house is worth 100k, and 1 fitting is 1k and another is 1k, then just sell the house for 102k.

The_White_Horse

i don't know if you are pretending to be thick or if you genuinely are thick.

the buyer, like you, thought the curtains had no value and wanted them for free - because, they were the only possible buyer.

the buyer forgot, that the actual value is the replacement cost.

I could destroy them, or I could give them away - either way, I would have got nothing.

I offered them to buyer for a fair price - but they insisted they would be left for nothing as they were of no value. Therefore, by rendering them unusable - the buyer learned that the value was (a) the loss of curtains and having no privacy for over 6 months and (b) the fact they had to have new curtains made for approx £2k.

Therefore, if there is an a55hole here, i think it is the buyer. They thought they were master negotiators, taking the tough stance - BUT - they were in the weaker position. They just didn't realise.

Still, they know the value of things now. Better to pay £500 for something that will cost you £2k than paying £2k.

DaftyDuck

The buyers may have learned the value - although you assume a value to them that they may not have agreed with. Equally, despite your protestations, they may have been glad to see the back of them - especially if your taste reflects your personality. One thing is clear, you have not appreciated, or understood, the value yourself.

Rather than gaining some glee from your petty and pointless vindictiveness in trying to teach pointless lessons, you could have donated them to a charity, who would have truly valued them. You could have given them to a friend (well, maybe that'd be more difficult). You could have left them, and had the ability to gain a warm feeling from your generosity, rather than the cool, spiteful glee you have demonstrated. You could have done so many creative and positive things. You chose, instead, the totally useless and destructive route. I suspect it suits you in many ways.

Given that this thread appears to have unanimously judged you, not the buyer the "a55hole here", I strongly suspect the buyers thought the same of you. I feel reasonably sure that the only lesson they'd have learned is that some folk can just be plain nasty.

It's a lesson you seem perfectly equipped to teach.

lincroft1710

The value of the curtains is not the replacement cost. The value is whatever a seller and buyer agree.

Your buyer may not have liked your curtains enough to want to buy them and then a few months later spend more money, buying curtains they actually liked.

BumWad

The_White_Horse wrote: »

i still think most of you don't get it. I spent £2k on the curtains. They were approx 1 yr old. For the new people to buy their own, would cost approx the same - they may have got cheaper ones somewhere - but as I say, odd shaped large windows.

They wanted them, they just wanted them for free. They were very irritating people. Why should I give them this for free? I don't understand? would you give them your brand new £2k tv for free or your car for free or anything else that was valuable? Of course not.

I wouldn't charge them for some old Ikea chest of drawers or some old couch. But the curtains were a big old expense - and for them to do it would cost them £2k. So, I offered them the curtains for a cut down price - £500 or so. They said "leave them for free". I don't think so.

As I said, they had no curtains for months and months. Perhaps they thought I was making up the price.

All I know is, they left me with two choices - give them the curtains for nothing (which I wouldn't do, because they were irritating and smarmy) - if I liked them, I may well have left them. Or smash them up. I didn't want them to have them. I didn't need them - the blinds - slated blinds. There were also curtains - I saved some of that material.

Anyway. The point is, those people could have had fitted curtains for £500 and instead they paid in excess of £2k. So, who lost out. I was never going to get anything back for them. No ebay etc in those days. Too much hassle to do anything else.

Did you maybe think you could have donated them to charity?

You come across as a vindictive !!!!!. I mean who seriously takes pleasure out of 'smashing things up'? ASBO anyone?

The_White_Horse

First, I don't listen to people called BumWad.

Second - and this is where I genuinely believe you are all thick, rather than just pretending - they wanted the curtains. THEY WANTED THEM. THEY ASKED FOR THEM. they just wanted to pay nothing for them. Their attitude was "no one else will want them, they can't be used by anyone else, so leave them here for free".

I am glad that the majority on here are so benevolent that they would give these people exactly what they wanted, despite them being horrible smarmy irritating people. I feel blessed to be conversing with such saintly people.

I think many of you are a few steps away from beatification.

Dan-Dan

seems you need to upgrade how bad your buyers were on each post , just to try to justify your childish actions