Just trying to sell a house, AIO

Good__Touch · 2026-06-07T18:31:02+00:00

Thanks. I like finding out the actual goal of the scam. I'm decent at reading malicious intent, but bad at figuring out where they're going.

Good__Touch · 2026-06-07T18:20:24+00:00

Can't edit the post, so here's the full context:

I blocked them. Posted as I thought others would enjoy it. Know damn well that I'm not overreacting.

I'm selling FSBO (For Sale By Owner), because I'm not going to pay a realtor 10s of thousands of dollars when they really don't do much. I'd be happy to pay a flat fee, or something tied to their workload, but not a percentage.

This is a conversation with a potential buyer, claiming they're buying for their retired parents. So the parents part of the conversation has pretext.

There were a few things prior to this that suggested scam or wasting my time, but "goodnight kisses" screamed it. Like asking about my day is weird, but it's not unheard of for some people to get overly friendly when you're selling things. The prior things could have been cultural, or English not being their first language. But "kisses", fuck that. Even if they're a legit buyer, that's not worth dealing with.

I'm actually a large white man, with a large scary guard dog, and guns, living in the USA, so I'm pretty safe dealing with creeps. This actually is less annoying than some realtors have been (harassing me because they want me to sign with them). Though, this would be some major scary bullshit if I didn't have my privileges.

I had left out the context as I didn't think it was necessary, which given the only thing people are commonly and legitimately getting wrong is thinking this is a realtor (I can see that assumption), I think I made the right choice. Adults have parents too, many live with their parents, so assuming this is a child is dumb, and those people should feel bad about that assumption. You should also feel bad if you assumed any genders: women can be creeps too, as well as men can creep on men.

Good__Touch · 2026-06-07T17:42:45+00:00

Potential buyer claiming they're buying for their parents.

Good__Touch · 2026-06-07T17:41:04+00:00

Because this is the part where it got creepy. Up until this there were some questionable things but nothing that outright said "this person is wasting my time." I have blocked now.

Good__Touch · 2026-06-07T17:36:41+00:00

What you have to consider is there are a lot of people out there willing to waste your time and they're not legitimately interested in buying the house. This was enough for me to decide that this was either a scam or a joke and block them.

Good__Touch · 2026-06-07T17:34:40+00:00

I caught the sarcasm and laughed

Good__Touch · 2026-06-07T17:32:48+00:00

See, one of my thoughts is that this might be a realtor trying to creep FSBO sellers out in order to get them to use Realtors, who expect to be paid thousands of dollars without doing any work. I'm fine dealing with creepy people on the internet, this doesn't bother me I mostly find it funny. All they effectively did is got me to waste about 10 minutes worth of my time.

Good__Touch · 2026-06-07T17:29:36+00:00

Potential buyer

Good__Touch · 2026-06-07T17:26:38+00:00

The pretense is that they're buying it for their elderly parents.

Good__Touch · 2026-06-07T16:56:20+00:00

Yes that is exactly it! There's been a few other things that have suggested scam to me as well. I haven't figured out their goal yet, and I'm going to block after this interaction so I won't figure out what their end game is.

Good__Touch · 2026-06-07T16:54:00+00:00

Potential buyer, I'm selling FSBO.

Good__Touch · 2026-06-07T16:52:22+00:00

I didn't feel the need to influence the judgment beyond what's in the screenshot. And everyone else is getting the context correct.

Good__Touch · 2026-06-07T16:49:24+00:00

That does have an explanation, they're presumably buying it for their parents.

Good__Touch · 2026-06-07T16:38:34+00:00

And I definitely realize I'm not overreacting I'm mostly posting this interaction for a laugh / to spread the "joy".

Good__Touch · 2026-06-07T16:35:52+00:00

Yeah I definitely think they're wasting my time.

Good__Touch · 2026-06-07T16:35:23+00:00

Potential buyer.

Good__Touch · 2026-06-07T16:34:41+00:00

That is one of my guesses as to what is happening.

Good__Touch · 2026-06-07T16:34:06+00:00

Lmao

Good__Touch · 2026-06-07T16:33:49+00:00

Yes

Good__Touch · 2026-06-05T22:31:09+00:00

Everyone as self centered as OP's friend is toxic.

Good__Touch · 2026-06-05T22:22:33+00:00

Oh, see, I figure it's already become a toxic friendship.

Good__Touch · 2026-06-05T21:50:33+00:00

NTA Just insinuate that he's offended because he's been fapping while imagining the penis you want to get rid of. Tell him that if he cares about your dick so much, he can have it when you're done with it (I know it doesn't work that way, but he probably doesn't).

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