A lamp post and a postbox …..

@Traceyjayne (11252)
United Kingdom
July 18, 2025 8:03am CST
So we have got a small but very funky garden. The Mister and I do like a find….this may be something we see in a field, something that someone is throwing out or something that we see at an antique fayre. There is some building work happening just down the road from where we live and in the front garden is a lamp post ….the old fashioned type. Also a postbox….still with bricks around it so we know it is a genuine one. The Mister asked how much the guy wanted but it was more than he wanted to pay….however last time he went past he noticed that they had tried to pull up the lamp post and it had got slightly damaged. The guy was there earlier when The Mister went past and he said to the guy he was still interested but with the damage , which he can put right very easily, it would alter the price. To his amazement the guy said if you want it and can move it you can have it …..FREE …. So he is own his way with the van and his tools …. He is also going to try and do a deal on the postbox, as the guy obviously wants things moving now.
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@DaddyEvil (174208)
• United States
18 Jul
It's always amazing how much the price can go down when someone wants something gone NOW, versus waiting a few days...
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@Traceyjayne (11252)
• United Kingdom
19 Jul
That’s certainly true …and this time it worked in our favour. He may of got rid of it before we had chance to go back. I guess we were lucky
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@DaddyEvil (174208)
• United States
19 Jul
@Traceyjayne I'm glad your hubby went back by there and saw the damaged post... Did he also get the mailbox cheaper than the original asking price?
@Traceyjayne (11252)
• United Kingdom
19 Jul
@DaddyEvil he is doing a deal about the postbox. ….i will let you know when it’s sorted.
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@JudyEv (381760)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Jul
Funny what a difference a few weeks/months can make when people are trying to sell stuff.
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@JudyEv (381760)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Jul
@Traceyjayne I know sometimes I've held on to stuff then eventually decided best to just get rid of it.
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@Traceyjayne (11252)
• United Kingdom
19 Jul
That’s very true….i guess he thought he could get a lot for the lamp post ….then it got broke ! He still could have got decent money but I don’t think he could be bothered.
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@franxav (14588)
• India
18 Jul
I am one who likes to get such old things and recycle them.
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@Traceyjayne (11252)
• United Kingdom
19 Jul
We have lots of amazing things in our garden….its certainly very unique
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