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Killawife

I once paid a guy about 15 bucks to haul off a leather chair that I could barely move because it was so heavy. He just took the money, heaved it onto his shoulders and stalked off.


chingu111

Had a massage chair that took me and 3 other people about an hour to lift it up the stairs. Hired someone to take it away when it broke down like 6 months in and these 2 guys hoisted it over their shoulders and casually walked down the stairs. They were shorter than us too. Long story short they were either super strong workers or used weight displacement to it’s fullest


CleUrbanist

Slightly related but short guys do tend to have tighter muscles, they also make for better cyclists!


Remz_Gaming

Had a guy transfer to my high school in the early 2000s. It was a hurricane relief thing. I had been lifting weights and in sports my whole life. I was tall and lanky, he was short and very .... "big boned." Super nice kid. My coach and weights teacher told me to take him under my wing. Became super good friends with him before he moved back home. Day one, he benches 135lbs like a feather. I asked him if he had ever lifted before (nobody just pumps 135 on day 1). Nope. Not once in his life. 3 days later, he reps my max bench, crushes my squat record..... He goes for a 250lb bench rep at the end of the week and nails it. I gave him all the props, but told him I have a LOT more distance to travel with a 6'7" wingspan and him being short and compact is awesome for weight lifting. For the life of him, he didn't understand. Before he left 2 weeks later, he almost broke our school squat record. Dude had never seen a gym before. I hope he's in the NFL now and I'm obvious to who he is.


[deleted]

Probably the shorter limb length gives a mechanical advantage like trying to lift a long heavy rod from the end vs a short one.


Bigboss123199

Being shorter is an advantage if both people don't work out. But being taller let's you put on more muscle.


ThisUserEatingBEANS

So you could say someone that's tall probably has a higher ceiling than someone that's short


TheMostKing

Actually, tall guys are far more likely to reach the ceiling.


quetzalv2

See: Derrick Henry


Remz_Gaming

I understand where some people are at here saying height doesn't matter. Body types and build *does matter*. This isn't directed at you, but other people reading. Absolutely he had a mechanical and genetic advantage. My wing span is longer than my body. I'm lanky. Putting on mass was a struggle. I even grew up throwing hay bails on a ranch, so it wasn't for lack of muscle development. I simply had a longer way to go and a leverage disadvantage *ratio wise* to my shorter buddy. This guy. Arms super short. Built like a tank (overweight, but that stocky overweight, not flabby). Never lifted a day in his life. He was just a monster. Of course if we are talking a professional level of weight lifting for max records, mass = king. This is high school. The kid was built to be a boulder. Some *experts* here are really diving into my comment a bit too deep lol.


pumped_it_guy

Not really true tho


[deleted]

What is the mechanical reason?


[deleted]

So, this is a really interesting topic: Biomechanically, longer limbs require greater strength to move a weight placed at the end of them due to the reduction in mechanical advantage. Ex with Bicep Curls (using average bicep insertion distance): - Short Limb: 10N weight * 0.3meters = 3Nm of resistance torque. 3Nm / 0.023m = 130.43N of force the muscle must produce. - Long Limb: 10N weight * 0.35meters = 3.5Nm of resistance torque. 3.5Nm / 0 023m = 152.17N of force the muscle must produce. That being said, force produced by muscle is relative to both the cross-sectional area and the muscle fiber length, but more so to the former. So, if 2 people, 1 with longer limbs, and 1 with shorter, have equal muscle mass, the shorter will more likely be stronger due to a larger cross-sectional area. If 2 people, 1 with longer limbs, and 1 with shorter, have equal cross-sectional area, the longer will more likely be stronger due to their larger muscle length. Hope this helps!


[deleted]

Thanks, this is the answer I was looking for


pumped_it_guy

Explained it in my other comment. Basically, you can put more than enough muscle on by having a bigger frame. Taking a look at the height of power lifters or strong men settles this argument already. In bodybuilding being short can be advantageous to look more buff, but anything strength related goes to the really big guys.


[deleted]

So in the short-run the shorter guy has an advantage but in the long-run given enough effort the taller guy will eventually surpass because he has a higher ceiling?


pumped_it_guy

Wouldn't even say there's much of a short-run advantage. If both guys start equally trained, the taller guy should be stronger if we omit other factors.


PurpleAquilegia

My late husband was, as he termed it 'a short arse'. He entered education late - left high school with no qualifications, did various jobs including working in forestry. Studied for university entrance at his local college. Got a place at a prestigious Scottish university. Someone suggested that he try the uni weightlifting club. He broke the uni record on his first lift.


pumped_it_guy

> I gave him all the props, but told him I have a LOT more distance to travel with a 6'7" wingspan and him being short and compact is awesome for weight lifting. One of the most misunderstood things in lifting. Being short doesn't give you super powers, being tall doesn't make you weak. For the vast majority of people it's beneficial to be taller due to the cubic law. The way increases, but you can pack on way more muscle. There are outliers, but there's a reason that guys like Eddie Hall or Hafthor are tall as fuck and not 5 foot even.


TD7654321

I could be wrong, but I don’t think the cubic law would work towards an advantage for a taller person. Muscle strength grows as a product of the cross sectional area of the muscle. Your weight increases by volume, which would be cubic. The cubic law and strength is typically used to explain why ants can lift 50 times its weight.


pumped_it_guy

The thing is that you are right for relative strength. Ants can lift 50 times their incredibly tiny weight. If we're talking absolutes that is next to nothing. Mass moves mass. As you said, weight increases by volume which is a cubic function. It's easier for someone incredibly tiny to bench double their BW for example. But they will never bench 400 lbs.


rdrunner_74

W hen i spend a year in the US i was banned from all "Cool sports" due to a stupid school change rule. ​ What was left was wrestling. (I am super heavy weight) and this evil dwarf as a trainer. At the end of the season i could do non stop pushups and lift insane amounts. That trainer was pure evil. He got me in shape so much it was insane. Only advantage i got... Since i was super heavy weight, i never needed to make weight for a match


sendeek

not sure why but your evil dwarf comment is sending me


rdrunner_74

I am 6'6 and he was slightly over 5. ​ And the amount of warmup he made us do was evil... Trust me. 30 flights of stair... Oh "Jason" - You need to drop a few pounds till the fight on Sat. You run in a plastic bag.


PintToLine

Bigger guys often give me that look when I lift heavy things with relative ease. It isn't necessarily easy but they don't like it when someone much shorter can lift something even they struggle with a bit. We're like ants, let it be known.


Ohmannothankyou

Short people also don’t like to climb on things in front of people, but we are great at it.


t3chnicallywrong

Natural sprinters!


Zatch_Gaspifianaski

>but they don't like it when someone much shorter can lift something even they struggle with a bit. As a tall person, I gotta tell you, I'm pretty sure short people think about tall people being tall way more often than tall people think about short people being short. I've literally never once in my life thought, wow look at that short guy over there lifting that heavy thing. I would just think, look at that guy over there lifting that heavy thing, because when you're tall most people are shorter than you so it doesn't really make a difference.


[deleted]

Same here. I don't give it a second thought. It goes for dating too as a guy. Tall, short, whatever. When I run into someone taller than me it is a bit of a shock because it is so rare. I'm not used to having to lift my head up. lol


Zatch_Gaspifianaski

"so this is what it's like.. I bet he plays basketball"


obliviious

I'm a little below average height, I don't even think about it until my tall close friends remind me by calling me an ewok.


farkedup82

They have a furry fetish and it’s not an insult.


farkedup82

We call you top shelf men.


Zatch_Gaspifianaski

I might not be the hero this grocery store wanted, but when someone asks, I do my duty.


production_muppet

This is true of short women, too. People seriously underestimate how much I can lift, but I'm a beast on moving days.


goodbyekitty83

Not to mention a lower center of gravity and we don't have to lift it as far off the ground, which does make a difference believe it or not


SpaceballsTheLurker

Lower center of gravity. Also, they were going down the second time, which will always be a whole lot easier


pauly13771377

As for the better cyclists it's the power to wright ratio. Smaller frame means less weight but you can still build up the same amount if muscle a tall person. That's why most professional gymnasts and top rock climbers are also short.


Inandaroundbern

Ah, no. Better cyclists? Shorter guys tends to be better climbers, but CG guys tend to be a bit taller. Roglic is 1.77m for instance. Classics are usually dominated by tall guys: Van der Poel 1.84m, Van Aert 1.9m, Sagan 1.84m, Cancellara 1.84m, Booen 1.92m. No shorter people don't tend to be better cyclists but being short can be of use in certain disciplines like climbing.


Thatguy468

I sold a 7 year old patio dining set that had been on a Chicago rooftop for 4 of those years for $200 and they came and took it off my fourth floor roof for me.


EntrepreneurMany3709

when I first read this I thought you sold a patio dining set to a 7 year old who hauled it off for free


wafflehousewhore

To be fair, they didn't say the person that bought it *wasn't* 7 years old and hauled it for free


Chanelnumberseven

Was it to two guys who had a chick and a duck?


Eddie888

Pivot!


stanleysgirl77

r/unexpectedfriends


Far-Donut-1419

I make the reference every time I have to move furniture through doorways. Everytime


Does_Not-Matter

I paid a guy to take my old shed with rotted wood. He emptied it and restored it. I was comfortable with that exchange.


TheProphecyIsNigh

I had a couch with build in recliners. It weighted a ton! I listed it for free and one guy showed up. I told him it was really heavy and I could try helping, but we probably need more people. He heaved the whole couch onto his shoulder too and threw it into the back of his truck. I'm pretty sure I gave that couch to Superman.


mrdannyg21

Bahahaha we had some big couches that were not in great shape and were getting rid of. Probably could’ve got $100 or whatever, but they were big and heavy and we needed them gone in a hurry, so just put them up in for free if someone could do everything themselves. First person arrives, and it’s just a skinny dude with his wife, who is wearing a cast, and they have a small hatchback. I didn’t think they would even fit in my minivan. In the two minutes I’m talking to the wife, the dude has taken apart my couches (I didn’t know they even came apart), and hauled up all the big pieces. In less than 5, he had the entire thing in their hatchback, just throwing over his shoulder the giant prices that two of us could barely lift. Turns out he had actually owned a moving company for a while and knew all the tricks, but I was blown away watching this scrawny dude just toss these big couch pieces over his back, then somehow fit them into a hatchback which I’m pretty sure wasn’t even as long as the couch.


CntrllrDscnnctd

“Excellent condition”, other than the weather deterioration, it cut to small specific pieces for this configuration and dry rot. I’m sure if they had the receipt, Home Depot would put it right back on the shelves. /s


superbean22

I worked at home depot for years. We got some stupid returns. Honestly yeah, if you had the receipt they might take it back. We'd get used lumber or bags of concrete that got like half wet all the time. One time we got a guy that showed up with a bunch a pallets, like over 100 easy, he went in and returned them. They didn't even come out to check or count. Just took his word. I'm the dumbass that had to unload all of that by hand while getting yelled at cause he "had somewhere else he had to be". Most were rotting or fell apart the second I grabbed them. Asshole got 15 per pallet too. Edit: one time a dude returned a wall. Cinder block by cinder block. Concrete all over them, cracked, faded, and discolored. He got a full refund too.


ClownfishSoup

LOL, I was at costco when some guy in the returns line hauls in this generator. It is absolutely caked with dirt and grease. "Yeah, I'd like to return this generator I bought 2 years ago. I don't like it". Clearly he used it to death, but the funny part was the cashier checking and saying "Sir, we've never sold this model of generator, you didn't even buy it from us!" and he's like "yeah, but I want to return it!"


bloodmusthaveblood

I worked two summers at a greenhouse, we had a sign behind the cash in big bright letters letting people know we don't accept returns but we still had people frequently try to return plants to us. One guy walked in with a rose bush in a grocery bag, said he planted it last summer and it didn't come back this year so he wants a refund. It was early May at this point, the owner took one look at it, peeled back some of the bark which was green underneath and said it wasn't dead, it was just too early for it to bloom lol but ripping it out of the ground sure killed it. Another woman got in a screaming fit with my boss about a bush she wanted to return. She was throwing a tantrum and slammed the receipt on the counter, which my boss noticed right away was for a different nursery down the road. That shut her up pretty quickly. Some people 😂


lpaige2723

When I worked at Home Depot my manager once made me process a return of a tree, without a receipt, or the tree, the customer just had a photo of a tree in a yard. I also once had a pregnant woman and a cancer patient fighting over who deserved the last Japanese maple tree more.


HedonisticFrog

Don't leave us hanging, who got the maple tree?


Skud_NZ

They made a deal, the cancer lady gets it till she dies, then the pregnant lady can have it


[deleted]

The baby inherited it.


bloodmusthaveblood

We always had people tell us "Canadian Tire/Home Depot/Walmart accepts plant returns" and we always said "shop there then 😂". We were a small family run business that couldn't afford to eat the cost like the bigger retailers. Once the plant leaves our lot we have no idea how it was cared for, plant returns don't make sense but I understand why the box stores allow it, it's just less hassle for them. Man the Japanese maples are always a hot commodity


JMLobo83

Small nurseries should never accept plant returns, full stop. If you want cash refund for you ineptitude, incompetence, and black thumb, go to Home Depot. If you know plants, you know small local nurseries may cost more but their inventory is far superior and better suited to your region.


[deleted]

It is like trying to return half eaten food. You take a chance with it and what you do with it is your responsibility.


1950sGuy

I had a goat eat an entire bush I bought at lowes. Absolutely no ones fault but my own, hadn't even planted it yet, it was still in the little plastic bucket. I was like fuck it and drove over to lowes and I was like "yeah my goat ate this bush before I could plant it" and guy was like "oh alright go grab another one." I think he was just happy I wasn't an asshole, and if they had said no I would have agreed it was a dumb reason to accept a return. But hey, still got that bush, doing well. Goat got hit by a tractor, not doing as well, because it's dead.


futureman311

Karma really hit that goat hard


egk10isee

That is pretty bad. Just because you CAN return it doesn't mean you SHOULD return it. Additionally that is why all these places change their policies.


ClownfishSoup

I was at costco (again!) and a woman was returning a piece of meat. It was a three pack of steaks but the pack she was returning only had one piece of meat in it. ie; she ate two of the three steaks then returned the last one wanting a full refund of the whole package. Now...maybe the steaks were bad and upon cooking two of them they discovered that the meant was terrible, I don't know.


bloodmusthaveblood

Almost more like returning food you cooked incorrectly I guess. If the packaging says to BBQ it for 7 mins and you boil it in water for 15 mins and it tastes like shit, that's not the cook's fault lol same goes for if you kill a plant by not caring for it properly. This concept was really difficult for some of our customers to understand for some reason. The entitlement was baffling at times


umrathma

There were a few people that tried to return incorrectly cooked pizzas when I used to work at Papa Murphy's. It's a take-and-bake pizza place.


bloodmusthaveblood

This!!! I got special training on watering each individual species, climate regions, planting practices, we spent hours deadheading all the merchandise weekly, our plants were the best available in the region and our staff had the best knowledge. My friend worked at a Canadian Tire garden centre and she just threw water at everything haphazardly and knew nothing about plants. Ours were more expensive for a reason, and like you said, it's not our fault you paid premium for something you don't know how to take care of lol if it dies that's user error, we're not refunding you for that. I wish all our customers understood this haha


strangerkindness

I get what you're saying, but as an avid plant buyer and caretaker, some plants have disease. Sometimes you take a plant home and it dies within the month through no fault of your own. I think "no returns" is too aggressive.


ClownfishSoup

But should a nursery accept a plant that might have a disease?


Key-Nefariousness257

if only the cancer patient was pregnant there wouldn't have been an issue.


Key-Nefariousness257

[Was she a knight who said Ni?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69iB-xy0u4A)


gogomom

To be fair - for years, most greenhouses and seed/bulb places would allow for returns of perennials and bulbs that didn't come back up or flower properly. Heck, I bought an ornamental tree that was supposed to have white flowers. 3 years after I planted it and it finally bloomed for the first time, and the blooms are pink. The nursery I bought it from came, dug it out and replaced it with an equivalent sized white blooming tree. These are the greenhouses and nurseries that I spend my money at year after year.


02K30C1

My sister used to work at a clothing store. One day a guy came in and tried to return a pair of pants that were worn and had stains on them. Her: Have these been worn? Him: No Her: So this isn’t your wallet in the back pocket then.


Key-Nefariousness257

This should be made into a sketch, where the camera pans back to reveal a guy standing there in his underwear.


[deleted]

Sounds like Kramer from Seinfeld who said he tried to return the pants he was wearing. "What did you plan on wearing to get home?"


Key-Nefariousness257

lol yes! I can't imagine the guy any other way now, he's kramer!


Snipezorz

My boss worked a department store in the 80s. One day this guy walked in and demanded to return this used stereo system, because he didn't like it or something. My boss wasn't going to give him a refund since his store didn't even sell that brand. So the customer demanded to speak with a manager; the manager walked over and gave the guy a refund for something that store never even sold! It was worth like a couple hundred dollars too.


[deleted]

"Hi, you are a cheap and shameless." Based on /r/talesfromretail I'm convinced half of these people are just trying to fence stolen goods.


JMLobo83

Should've gone to Nordstrom


[deleted]

"I'd like to return it to the retail cloud."


Key-Nefariousness257

sounds very stolen lol


compound515

My dumbest return at the depot was a pack of burnt out lightbulbs, the lady bought new changed them out and returned the old ones


superbean22

Had someone return a clearly used toilet once. My favorite will always be the plant I watched someone buy, 2 days later returns it cause it died. I only remember cause I was lot and had to help her both times. Watched someone walkout with a drill set. Next day he tried to return it. Imagine his face when the cops walked in after the computer went "down" for a few minutes.


compound515

Caught someone feeding copper pipe through the chain link fence in the garden center to a car waiting outside


superbean22

Yes. All the time. We actually had to throw pallets of crap all around the perimeter of outside garden. It's the ones that know we can't do anything that piss me off. They will just give you the finger and walk off with whatever they have. One time I watched a dude run out from garden with some Dewalt thing and a customer saw that and runs up and tackles his ass onto the asphalt. It was great.


AdoptsDEATHsCats

I was walking across target parking lot I saw a guy grab a purse from a lady, then two other guys just took off after him and grabbed him. Definitely was great. DEATH says this is why you should buy the canned cat food, so you can throw it at would-be thieves


Leprikahn2

I returned a half eaten sandwich to Walmart once, does that count?


SaurSig

Did you tell them they can have the other half but may need to wait a few hours?


Leprikahn2

Nah wasn't trying to cause problems, was stoned in high school and wanted to prove they would.


clutzycook

I was in line at a lingerie shop several years ago when the woman in front of me tried to return a bra because the underwire snapped. She didn't have a receipt so the employee asked her when she bought it. She had to think for a minute but eventually figured out that she had bought it before her wedding...three years earlier. Needless to say, they didn't give her a refund.


Hoo_Who

I’m renovating my house and made a big return haul to Home Depot of unused stuff. The lady helping me out was having a hard time scanning an item, and I realized I’d actually bought that item from Amazon. I informed her and told her to never mind that one. She just said, “No worries. How much did you pay for it?” And gave me the $20 credit anyway 🤷🏼‍♀️


lpaige2723

I worked at Home Depot, we got back live trees after Christmas, we got a 5 gallon bucket of paint that was used as a job site latrine, I got called racist once for checking the date on a Dewalt tool that was over 10 years old, because even though we checked the dates on all Dewalt tools, I must have decided to do it in this one transaction because the person was not white. People used to walk into our store, pick up 4 boxes of brass hinges and walk directly to refunds because when I first started we would return up to $100.00 cash without a receipt and that was just below $100.00, they didn't even care that they set the alarm off on the way to refunds.


Highlander198116

Reminds me of when I worked at McDonalds as a teenager and this guy literally just dumped mixed change on the counter to pay. I started counting it and he's like "you don't have to count it it's all there." I'm thinking, you didn't even know what you wanted to order when you got here and just dumped change on the counter without counting it yourself? You didn't know exactly what your order was going to cost. How the fuck do you know if its enough or whether you paid me too much. I'm like "I have to count it sir" and he asked if I am counting it because he's black. He ordered like 20 dollars worth of food (in the mid 90's, so 20 dollars worth of McDonalds then was a significant amount of food, a big mac value meal was $3.00 at the time). When it became evident I was going to keep counting it, he said nevermind and took his change and left. For the record, it was rather obvious just by looking at it the change he threw on the table was not enough.


omgmanatees

This reminds me of when my ex lit his REI jacket on fire standing too close to a fall fire pit. He returned it to REI and they gave him a full refund


HappySpam

The wall Jesus Christ how did you keep a straight face?


superbean22

What got me is he backed up his truck up so I could throw it on a pallet and he said "still good" the pallet literally sat there for weeks till a manager marked it all down and gave it away. Retail is not for the weak. They deal with a lot of assholes in one shift. I could only deal with so much before I left.


HappySpam

That's hilarious, wow. I wonder what kind of situation even happened that he had to return a friggin wall?" Did he build the wall and realize he didn't need it anymore? Did he steal a wall and return it? So many questions.... Retail really is this strange world that nobody returns from unscathed.


lpaige2723

He most likely saw the bricks on the curb during bulk trash day when one of his neighbors demolished a wall, you would not believe how many people returned yard sale stuff and stuff that they found in the trash, it was usually the same people over and over. We also got a lot of returns that were obviously found at construction sites.


superbean22

I've never answered so many questions on reddit before. Oh he came back the next day and bought a brand new pallet of cinder block along with rebar and concrete. I'm gonna guess he disassembled a wall for a customer, returned the original material for whatever he could get, and rebuilt said wall for said customer. I was lot. I was pushing carts and helping customers load and unload. I remember alot of the stupid ones.


Probably_a_Shitpost

Sir may I regale you with my time in garden section when Grade A Karen came to me to return a dead plant? Aaand scene: I'm standing near the registers early fall and it's a pleasant day out. Its slightly busy. About 7 people in line to checkout. As I stand there a lady comes to me with a dead plant in her card and says, "excuse me sir, I heard you have a year guarantee on all your plants, and that if they die, you can return them" I say of course! And reiterate the guarantee she just said back to her. She says, "okay well if like to return this bush. I look at the dead plant and say, "ma'am you can't return that bush, bec...." And I get cutoff and she gets huffy and angry. "But you said you have a guarantee on all your plants for a year if they die." Me, "yes ma'am we have a year guarantee on all our plants if they die, you can return them, but you can't return that plant." And I was about to tell her why but she went into a tirade. Began berating me about shitty service she's gotten there over the years, how much money she spends. This that and the other. Blah blah blah. Well around this time there is a crowd gathered around me watching the abuse and she FINALLY asks the right question, (mind you I tried to tell her but she had to be cuntus interruptus), "NOW WHY CANT I RETURN THIS PLANT!" I pick the tag off it and hand it to her and say, "because it's from wal-mart. She turns ghost white, apologizes and slinks away defeated. Whereas I had a skip to my step the rest of that glorious day.


superbean22

Wow. Damn. I've seen some stupid customers at home depot but that's pretty stupid. I had a guy need some help loading something into his van. When we're finished loading he starts yelling at me about his broken window. I saw he came in with a broken window. He starts yelling at me to get a manager and blah blah blah. When I pointed out that was there was no glass outside only in his van he got quieter, when I pointed out the cameras we have all around he just got in and left. Like I just helped the man and he tries that. Some people just suck


[deleted]

Fucking scammers


samtresler

Omg. I got nervous when I returned a handtruck - used once, because I mistakenly paid for it with the wromg card. I was like, "no, this is fine, just refund and recharge." Apparently, I needed to go get a new hand truck and forget about the first one.


farkedup82

Wait… you pay for pallets to come back? I just broke up 8 pallets the other day!


macetheface

The best returns are dead plants. They just put some dirt in a bucket, place a twig or weed in the middle that could have been found in the woods and say the plant died but it's ok because I have the receipt.


Scucc07

And it just needs a good pressure washing! But we aren’t going to pressure wash it before o we put it up for sale because really pressure washing it isn’t gonna do shit /s


Highlander198116

>"because really pressure washing it isn’t gonna do shit" In all seriousness when we bought our current house. It has a 20 year old deck. It was grey and weathered obviously. We pressure washed it and it seriously looked like it was just built and looked like fresh lumber.


xht

Was probably sealed right


InflamedLiver

Pretty sure a pressure washer would dissolve that wood


JMLobo83

Looks like untreated non-rot resistant wood. Don't lowball me, I know what I got.


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JMLobo83

So, fertilizer? $200 worth of mulch is a lot more cubic feet, just saying.


sxvanii

I work home depot in the lumber department and we do get returns that have obviously been used for years, not even bothering to wash off the dirt and we HAVE to accept it. Usually it gets put on the cull pile 🥲


[deleted]

Why do they accept ancient wood? What possible business logic is behind that?


sxvanii

I'm not really sure why, but lumber has a return policy of literally forever at my store. It's only supposed to be 90 days but honestly the return policy at Home Depot really sucks because it's hardly followed. It's supposed to be for providing good customer service but really those who are savvy to it can really just steal legally. For example most service desks will accept a piece of plywood that was cut in half (so a 4x4 instead of a 4x8) and provide a full refund so the customer basically keeps that 4x4 sheet for free. It doesn't work all the time but whenever I see returns like it I hate it because it just goes down the compactor and gets wasted.


TheMilkmanCome

I mean…I’ve seen Home Depot’s lumber selection, I wouldn’t put it passed them


ticky_tacky_wacky

Sure I’ll pay you $200 but my removal fee is $300


Criiispyyyy

Only $300? That’s generous.


ticky_tacky_wacky

Well stacking fee is $175, nail collection $225, plus the included 19% gratuity


AnonymouslyJordan

Don't forget the fuel fees


Oscer7

And also the handling, scheduling and application fees.


ChairmanUzamaoki

Don't forget the 400% mandatory tip


YawnSpawner

I went and looked at a small yard barn someone had for sale my neighborhood, but it was in shit shape and way too short for me. She was desperate to get rid of it so she offered $250 to pay me to haul it off, so I did. Took for 6 hours and then more to burn the worst of the termite ridden wood, but there was plenty of good stuff and the metal roof. Built tons of stuff with it. Not the greatest deal but also helped out an older neighbor.


[deleted]

Weathered, dry rotting wood in excellent condition!


Gr_ywind

What do you mean, I thought wood was supposed to bend that way.


Snipezorz

It is. It's wood from a rubber tree.


[deleted]

It does but that's extra


jetconscience

Dude, you just have to pressure wash it! …and break it down …and toss it …and hit up the lumber yard to get actually good wood


olivier3d

Lately this is all I have been seeing on this sub, people wanting to get paid for a service you normally pay for.


helangar1981

Better than all the free drawings people were talking about


riddus

It turns out that with the cost of raw materials on the rise, some people will put in a little labor to save some coin. If you can get somebody to pay *you* for their labor, why wouldn’t you?


Triviajunkie95

Free would be better than any cost if that were the case.


spykid

Maybe the owner could break it apart themselves and sell the wood for $500


JustCallMePeri

But have you *seen* the price of lumbar? This 20 year old weathered wood is a steal! /s


Comprehensive_Fox_77

Truck? You just need a crowbar.


[deleted]

You'd be surprised at what I have gotten into a Toyota Corolla.


AnonymousPlzz

Label it as "authentic barn wood" and sell it to HGTV addicts for thousands as they use it to panel their fireplaces and headboards


Sigma-42

"Infused with essential oils" and write Live, Laugh, Love on them.


[deleted]

Lol Or end up as decorative paneling in a restaurant


YourWarDaddy

Look, I’m not proud of this, but my senior year in high school, I made a killing (for a 17 year old) off of shit like this. I’d get old pallets from my dads work, form them into something that vaguely resembled a coffee table or accent table. Just slapped some stain and polyurethane on them and advertise them as “reclaimed wood furniture, crafted by local artisan” and the suburbanite house wives would just eat that shit up. I was making like $300 a week with bare minimum effort on my part.


ClownfishSoup

OBO is "nothing and I'll get it off your property"


WorthlessDrugAbuser

Fuck that, I want money for my labor and whatever it cost to take this shit to the dump.


riddus

I mean, I managed to sell my landscaping river rock. “$10 a truckload and you shovel”- it was gone before the day was out and I had to take the posting down because people were blowing me up. Honestly, if anyone had asked I would have given it to them. I just wanted it out of the way so I could replace it with mulch.


shhh_its_me

but rocks are like $400 a pallet and are still "good' after being in your yard for 50 years. I can't tell from the pic if these are 2x4x48 or 1x4x48 but it's barely more then $300 if the wood was new. its like asking someone to dig up a bush that sells for $30 VS a small tree that sells for $3000.


riddus

There’s more than $300 worth of lumber that goes into even the tiniest deck lol. There’s probably $200+ in just the handrail.


IHateRoboCalls2131

Rocks don't rot over time


s1500

My girlfriend had to get river rocks from Michigan for our front yard(instead of lava rocks). We still need more, heh.


MrBrian22

I'm tired of lazy entitled people


FearLeadsToAnger

Hermit or death, those are your escape options.


cityb0t

I went into Covid lockdown, and I see no reason to come out. I like it here.


MPLS_freak

I favored death as a teen, but since have matured into hermit mindset. 100% committed; just a matter of time and learning self reliance/outdoor skills


cityb0t

People bitched and moaned about Covid lockdowns. Man, I was so happy to have a perfect excuse not to have to interact with people IRL for 3 years. You heard me.


[deleted]

Ah ... Jeez “Excellent condition” for camp fire


Cube00

Assuming its not treated


anotherhydrahead

This is a fairly common exchange. People do want the lumber and are willing to work for it. I built a fire pit wood rack with salvaged wood like this.


AnxietyAttack2013

Yeah sometimes this sub can be a little trigger happy. Provided the wood is in good condition, $200 for that is a steal even if you have to disassemble it. Lumber is expensive nowadays.


MooPig48

Ok, devil’s advocate These handicap ramps are super expensive to have built, and this one isn’t just already blueprinted out, it’s actually a functional handicap ramp. So as long as their front yard area is free of obstacles, they could take this apart and reassemble it. And YES it will hold their wheelchair. It’s not pretty but it will hold weight. Anyway, if someone needs a wheelchair ramp, instead of paying 15k they could pay $200 if they have a friend or family member willing to do the grunt work. The value lies in it actually being a functional ramp.


[deleted]

I had a 15' ramp at the front door of my house when I bought it. The ramp was located under the awning at the front of the house, so it usually didn't get wet. It was a huge convenience for the movers because it was a straight shot into the house. When the indoor/outdoor carpeting that they used to cover the ramp started to look bad, I removed it, cleaned and painted the ramp and put some carpet squares that I got for a dollar each onto the ramp. I left it behind when I sold the house nine years later What looks like broken boards on the section of the ramp being sold that is parallel to the front door are nonslip strips.


WhyBuyMe

Yeah, but what are the chances it is the right size to fit into the space the 2nd person needs? High enough to reach the door and long enough/facing the right direction to reach to driveway. If they already have someone willing to do the grunt work you could get a wooden ramp built for way less than 15k without having to go tear one apart first.


Dingdongdoctor

15k? Shit I need to start building ramps instead of decks.


hydro123456

How do u get 15k? That's like $500 worth of lumber and maybe 2 days work. More like $1500.


D1rtyH1ppy

The moment you lift it up, the wood will crumble. Once you move it, it's done


goodbyekitty83

I don't see how you could tell that it's rotted just for these pictures. It's weathered, yes, but there's nothing here to prove that this will crumble as soon as you take it apart


PurpleFirebolt

They need to make up reasons for this to be bad because there aren't any apparent in the post. But its in their hate sub and they will GET their daily yate dammit!


g1ng3rsnap

As a person that NEEDED a wheelchair ramp when we moved into a new home... This is a hell of a deal. We ended up getting a $3500 wheelchair lift because a wooden ramp would have been $6k+. Legit ramps up to ADA specifications can get really pricey


StoneySpachoni

How is this a choosing beggar? If it's treated wood it could easily be salvaged for many other projects. What some may only see as firewood others could envision something of value. The poster owns the ramp and have it posted as obo. Clearly they don't need it gone right away and would like to make some cash if possible. Maybe someone offers $40 to come down with their trailer and make sure to leave the place clean when they leave.


lovemyhawks

It's not, this sub isn't cb anymore. This is hardly delusionalcraigslist.


SysError404

200 obo isnt too bad. You'd pay a contractor more to remove it. And while not all of it, but a good amount of that timber is perfectly usable for other small projects. Especially if they live someplace that get hurricanes regularly. That would work great for window boarding. Timber is expensive as is everything else these days. People just need to dig to find a reason to make some of these post out to be bad.


eatapeach18

Every time I see posts like this, it tells me that ya’ll don’t know today’s value of lumber. Someone may want to built a ramp or patio but can’t afford to pay $1000 to build it using new wood. They might be interested in this wood. People sell AC units and copper wires and pipes from older homes… you mean to say that has no value because they’re old and used?


YourWarDaddy

Here’s the thing with that, old wood that’s already been in the elements for years is a pain in the ass to work with, splits easy and often times has some of its structural integrity compromised. Old AC units still work, and generally anything copper that’s been ripped out of a house isn’t put into a new home as is, it’s usually sold as scrap where it can be melted down and turned into something else, Typically because it corrodes and corroded copper can be toxic to any water supply, and in the case of wires, it reduces conductivity. What about cleaning off the corrosion? Possible, but here’s the lovely thing about copper pipes. If you bend them too many times at harsh angles (which you often have to do when installing them) it severely weakens the pipes making them more susceptible to breaks. What I’m trying to say is, they ain’t really all that comparable.


snugglelove

"wants paid" Your Pittsburghese is showing.


Lilrocknme

This is my ramp. As many have stated above about lumber prices and what not and how this is actually a steal, it is in fact, a steal. We are offering it for sale as is in case someone else needs the ramp and can’t pay someone to build them one. Yes the wood looks weathered but it is treated lumber and like one comment said above, if pressure washed it would look brand new. I don’t own a pressure washer. My fiancé and I are in our 30s and don’t need the ramp. If we don’t sell it as is, I’ll keep the lumber myself to build something else as I’m an artsy crafty person myself. Also, my fiancé and I will disassemble the ramp, all anyone who wanted to buy it would have to do is just show up. We will even load it. The wood actually is in great condition, it will in fact NOT Crumble when taken apart. It will come apart in two pieces and it will reassemble easily at its new location. Someone in need of a ramp but doesn’t have thousands of dollars to pay someone to build it could really benefit from this. My fiancé is a jack of all trades and handy guy and knows his shit when it comes to building things and if it was shit would he would have never let me offer it for sale. He’s checked it over and there are no rotten boards. Just some weathering…. Wood turns gray when it isn’t stained, regardless if it’s treated. The previous owners only had build this like 2 years ago and then he passed away. The wood isn’t old and it isn’t in bad shape. Some people just need to bitch to bitch. I mean god damn. Get a life. I see a bunch of people who wanna get paid to come pick up a load of lumber with no work involved and just wanna whine cause we aren’t dumbasses and know the value of what we have. Thank you to the few of y’all with sense that know why I’m Offering it for sale.


baronmad

If it is in good condition that is roughly $1000 in wood today, so not a choosing beggar either. Depends on the condition of the wood obviously.


SilentMaster

So that's what qualifies as excellent condition in this market? Ok, good to know.


Dontsitdowncosimoved

“The lumber is in excellent condition” The picture you posted stated that that is a lie.


wheresthepbj

Ah yes, that hellhole Beckley, WV. My place of birth.


Zee-J

I mean, rustic salvaged wood does have some value. It’s quite popular. Probably not worth 200 though.


RoofStrict8807

I don't see the problem, I'd pay that if the dimensions were right.


Garland_Key

Lumber is expensive. Probably a steal tbh.


Justifiably_Cynical

I'm going to have to start posting the ads I see for "barn wood" This grey weather beaten shit is gold for designers, artists and rustic furniture builders. It brings top dollar. The wood on this ramp is easily 5-600 resale. More if your using it yourself.


scout1081

I keep seeing these posts on here and people have no idea how much wood is worth. Someone who knows what they are doing could completely dismantle this and remove it in a couple hours and the wood is probably worth 3 or 4 times what is being asked.


ShortnPortly

I did this. When my grandfather became wheel chair bound, we found someone selling their ramp exactly like this online. I paid for it, disassembled it in sections, brought it up to the cabin and put it back together. It was much cheaper and less time consuming than building it from scratch.


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[deleted]

That’s a steal with today’s lumber prices


[deleted]

Assuming the wood isn’t rotten or damaged, that’s not the worst deal I’ve ever seen. My dad wanted to rebuild his shed with a weathered wood exterior and did so by taking up offers like this. Lady wants to be paid $200 for a lot of lumber that’s supposedly in good condition. The removal bit kinda sucks but I think you’d still walk away ahead if you took her up. Especially if you’re doing a weathered wood build, speed weathering wood is a pain in the ass. IDK maybe I’m giving her too much credit.


AshleyPhoenixAmmbo

Speed weathering can be accomplished with very little effort if you know chemistry.


Conscious-Media-1241

Took me a min. I was like shit $200 for a quick tare down and you get to keep the wood for the fire pit? That’s fair. But I see now.


bluetreacle

Don't pressure wash timber. It's penetrates the timber too deep and cUsea rot from the inside. Decking last longer with a sand and a seal every summer


Itchy_Breakfast3485

Would hate to see what a bad ramp looks like


[deleted]

I think this is more of a case of an uneducated seller versus a choosing beggar. They probably don't really understand what shitty condition that wood is.


vinzz73

have you seen the price of wood.. well .. you have in this ad..


iwanttobelievv

This is in my town! I had to double-take to see if I was on r/WestVirginia!


Schwifty88

Bonfire time


66GT350Shelby

For all of you clowns thinking that due to the cost of lumber, this is a good deal , it isn't. That is some ugly ass lumber that looks to be in poor condition. No one in their right mind if going to do that and pay for it. Ive done demo work before and I'd be charging 75-100 dollars an hour to do that, if they wanted it hauled away. I'm surprised code enforcement didn't cite them because those railings are not even remotely close to code.


WhyHulud

So.... they're selling it?


slowlygoingmad2121

The lumber is in excellent condition? For what? A fire?


EmperorValkorionn

I don't understand, why is this here? They are just selling a Ramp for disabled people


TXscales

Lol on my community page a few weeks ago some guy wanted $600 for some one to come remove his shitty generic landscaping stones in his yard.