WAY overpriced coop

[PepsiCatt]

So 5 yrs ago, i moved to a different house, unfortunately, i could not bring the coop with me. it was small, not the smallest or largest, but like, small.

the coop was on the property, and the new owners took everything on the property.
i wanted the coop back, but, unbeknowst to me, the opulent divas, thought we would use FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS TO BUY IT BACK

 

[aart]

i wanted the coop back, but, unbeknowst to me, the opulent divas, thought we would use FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS TO BUY IT BACK

How could it have been unknown to you?

this happened 5 yrs ago and im still mad

Time to let it go.

 

[rosemarythyme]

You sold a house with a coop and left the coop, and now you want to buy it back? Was the coop part of the original sale or did you have arrangements to pick it up later?

If the coop was left on the property without any agreement to the contrary it's their coop now and has been for the last 5 years. I don't know if the price is good or bad for it, but if you want it, then negotiate a price for it if you think it's too high.

If I ever sell my house and the buyer wants the coop, I would be fine adding the cost of it (depreciated) to the price of the house. Otherwise I plan on taking it.

 

[blackdog043]

When you sold your house you should have excluded it from the sale in the contract, if you wanted to keep it. But you said you couldn't take it with you either. So now you need to build a new one or buy your old one back. There is no reason to be mad about it, you made the choice to leave it!

 

[LaFleche]

I am wondering why on earth it would occur to someone to suddenly - after more than 5 years! - want an old coop they previously left behind for the new buyers.

 

[RojoMarz]

As a buyer, you have the option to either pay the asking price or not pay. As a seller, they have the ability to ask whatever they want. The transaction is completed when both parties feel like they are getting what they need...

 

[Weeg]

Is it a prefab coop or did you build it?
How big is small?

Good questions.
Do you have dimensions? Pictures even?

Most TSC prefabs are around 300$-500$, so not the most out of control sale. If they have seen the coop prices as TSC, that likely influenced their sale price.

 

[CoopsNPoops]

hmmmm..... it was not from tcs, idk where, but, i dont have pics, but its big enough to have a door that i could get in

For a walk in type, $500 sounds pretty reasonable, depending on it's condition and construction. Unfortunately, it was now theirs and they could put whatever price on it they wished. It actually makes them smart, instead of divas. Supply & demand. Business is business.. You are not entitled to it for free, or even cheap, just because it used to be yours, or you used to rent it, or whatever the case may be. If it is a rental property, they had/have no rights to sell it, or even give it away, if they wanted to.

 

[CluckerFamily]

Do you remember the measurements of the coop?
For $500 even with the price of lumber now, you could make a new walk-in coop.

 

[Weeg]

When you sold your house you should have excluded it from the sale in the contract, if you wanted to keep it. But you said you couldn't take it with you either. So now you need to build a new one or buy your old one back. There is no reason to be mad about it, you made the choice to leave it!

This is said perfectly.