Pathetic Loser Tries to Get Free Motorcycle

Summary

In this humorous take on negotiation tactics, the narrator recounts a bizarre encounter on Facebook Marketplace, where an individual brazenly requests a motorcycle for free, claiming it's for his elderly, financially struggling father. This audacious approach, described as a 'forbidden Jutsu,' aims to flip the power dynamic in negotiations by making outrageous demands. The requester uses emotional manipulation, threats of legal action, and guilt-tripping to persuade the seller, highlighting the absurd lengths some go to in attempts to get something for nothing. The story serves as a satirical lesson in the extremes of negotiation tactics, with the narrator inviting viewers to consider the effectiveness and ethics of such strategies.

Takeaways

• 😀 The script outlines a ridiculous negotiation tactic for getting free items on Facebook Marketplace.
• 😆 It involves asking for an expensive item for free by making up a sob story about a poor elderly father in need.
• 🤥 The tactic involves guilting, threatening legal action, and generally manipulating the seller.
• 🙄 The script provides a real example of someone trying this tactic to get a free motorcycle.
• 🤣 The seller clearly sees through the manipulation and refuses to give in.
• 😠 The scammer resorts to threats, caps lock, and insults when his ploy fails.
• 🤬 He cites other imaginary people falling for the sob story and giving free items in the past.
• 🙃 The scammer claims to have a lawyer ready to sue if the seller refuses and his dad dies.
• 😳 The transcript paints the scammer as an unhinged, entitled man-child.
• 🤮 The takeaway is that this is an extremely unethical negotiation tactic that no reasonable person would fall for.

Q & A

What tactic is the person in the transcript trying to use to get a free motorcycle?

The person is trying to guilt trip the seller into giving them the motorcycle for free by making up a story about needing it for their poor elderly father.

Why does the person think this tactic will work?

They seem to think that by trying to appeal to the seller's emotions and sense of generosity, they can get them to agree to just give away an expensive item for free.

How does the seller respond to the person's request and tactics?

The seller repeatedly refuses the request for a free motorcycle and seems unmoved by the emotional appeals and threats, recognizing it as an attempted scam.

What does the transcript reveal about the person requesting the free motorcycle?

It shows they are manipulative, willing to make up elaborate stories, use guilt/shame tactics, make legal threats, insult and verbally abuse others to try and get what they want.

Why does the person switch from an emotional appeal to threats?

When the emotional appeal and sob story fail to work, they switch to threats and insults out of frustration that their manipulation isn't working.

Is there any validity to the person's claimed lawsuit threat?

No, there is no legal basis for their claimed lawsuit threat against people refusing to give them an expensive item for free.

What does the transcript reveal about scams on online marketplaces?

It provides an example of how scammers will try elaborate manipulation tactics and fake emotional appeals to take advantage of kind-hearted people online.

How does the seller demonstrate savviness about potential scams?

The seller recognizes the absurdity of the request, stands firm in refusing it, and even gets a warning from Facebook about potential payment app scams.

What could someone do if they received a similar message demanding free items?

Politely refuse the request, report the message/user if on a marketplace platform, and avoid engaging with manipulative appeals or threats.

Why might the scammer’s tactics seem plausible to some people?

Kind-hearted people may want to help if a story seems legitimate. Scammers exploit this generosity and willingness to trust others.

Outlines

00:00

🤡 Asking for a Free Motorcycle Using Manipulation and Threats

The first paragraph describes someone asking for a free motorcycle on Facebook Marketplace by making up a sob story about his elderly father needing transportation. He tries to manipulate the seller by saying the father is at his breaking point and will be held responsible if he refuses. The asker speaks like an 'unhinged maniac' and even threatens legal action.

05:01

😒 Persisting with Failed Negotiation Tactics and Empty Threats

The second paragraph shows the motorcycle seller refusing and warning about scams. The asker persists, accusing the seller of valuing money over life. He claims the tactic worked in the past when people were more kindhearted. He threatens legal action again despite not having money. His childish threats and bizarre negotiation tactics are unlikely to work.

Keywords

💡Negotiation

Negotiation refers to the process of discussion between two or more parties to reach an agreement or settle on terms. In this video, the narrator talks about using negotiation tactics to get a good deal or item for free when buying secondhand items online. He provides an example of someone trying to negotiate a free motorcycle on Facebook Marketplace.

💡Guilt trip

A guilt trip is an attempt to make someone feel ashamed or guilty, often to convince them to do something. The narrator explains how the person asking for a free motorcycle tries to guilt trip the seller by saying it's for his poor elderly father who will die without it.

💡Psychological manipulation

Psychological manipulation refers to tactics used to influence or control someone's emotions and behaviors. The narrator suggests the question 'Have you considered letting me have this for free?' plants the idea and manipulates the seller psychologically.

💡Sob story

A sob story is an account of difficulties designed to arouse pity or sympathy. The person asking for a free motorcycle provides a sob story about his unemployed status and sick, poor father.

💡Threats

Threats refer to statements that something unpleasant will happen if demands are not met. The person asking for a free motorcycle threatens to hold the seller responsible if his father dies.

💡Caps lock

Caps lock means writing in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, which signifies shouting or strong emphasis online. The person asking for a free motorcycle uses caps lock for emotional statements about his father.

💡Loser

Loser is a derogatory term for someone seen as a failure or incompetent. The narrator calls the person asking for a free motorcycle a 'fucking loser clown' based on his ridiculous negotiation tactics.

💡Unhinged

Unhinged describes someone acting in a wild, unstable manner. The narrator calls the person asking for a free motorcycle unhinged due to his extreme negotiation approach.

💡Lawsuit

A lawsuit is a claim brought to civil court. The person asking for a free motorcycle threatens legal lawsuits against those who refuse his request, claiming they are responsible for his father's theoretical death.

💡Scam

A scam is a dishonest scheme or fraud. The motorcycle seller is warned their interaction could be a payment app scam, implying the free motorcycle request is likely a scam.

Highlights

Asks for a free motorcycle on Facebook Marketplace using extreme guilt trip tactics

Claims it's for his elderly father who is in poor financial shape and needs transportation

Says his father is at his breaking point and threatens the seller will be responsible if anything happens

Profile picture is a clown, fitting for his ridiculous requests and threats

Tries to make an emotional appeal by saying the seller values money over a person's life

Claims it worked in the past when people were more generous, now people are money hungry

Says he has a lawyer and will sue if his father is harmed from being denied the motorcycle

Threatens major hell to pay from his father if denied the free motorcycle

His legal threats make no sense since he has no money and was asking for free items

Tries to threaten and guilt trip but is seen as an unhinged scammer

No rational person would believe his ridiculous sob story and threats

The father's threats are meaningless since he's described as elderly and immobile

Claiming you'll sue for denying free items is laughable and an empty threat

The negotiating tactic of guilt trips and threats has likely never worked

The bizarre negotiation approach is ineffective and just seems mentally unhinged

Transcripts

today I thought it'd be nice to give you

all a free lesson in negotiating

negotiations when it comes to doing

business are a bit of a headache a

nuisance and it's just this push and

pull battle back and forth and sometimes

it just doesn't go your way but what if

it did every single time what if every

time you entered into a negotiation you

knew you would be victorious you want to

get yourself a new Stanley Cup but don't

feel like forking over 50 clams for it

well then it's it's time to employ this

negotiating tactic and get yourself a

100% off discount that [ __ ] will be free

in fact this is so effective that

they'll probably start paying you to

take the items away from them it's just

it's that powerful I first learned this

forbidden Jutsu from an anonymous hero

on the Facebook Marketplace who really

opened my eyes to it so I want to do the

same for you and I'll just go ahead and

say it now you're welcome so it all

begins with an individual trying to sell

their motorcycle on the Facebook

Marketplace and then they received this

message and I don't think they were

prepared for this that motorcycle was as

good as gone the second this was sent so

they reach out and they say hello I know

this is a lot to ask but would you

consider letting me have the motorcycle

for free pause that's how you do it

right there immediately letting his

intentions be known there's no guesswork

here there's really no haggling either

it's like excuse me have you considered

letting me have this for free I know

you're trying to sell it for money but

what about just letting me have it now I

don't want to scare you away with

science but I do want to dive a bit

deeper here on why this is so effective

there's a psychological explanation for

this people love to have their questions

answered with another stupider question

it makes us feel great it's it's like

this nice euphoric high it's like

smoking the crack pipe but much worse so

in this instance I know the guy selling

his motorcycle had never even for a

[ __ ] iota of a second considered just

giving away away his motorcycle for free

to a total stranger but now that the

idea has been planted in his head by

that stranger it's given him a lot to

think about and that changes the whole

dynamic of the negotiation now all the

power is on the guy who's asking for it

for free you see how it works it's a

very it's very clever this is we're

dealing with a true genius and he wastes

no time getting very personal here to

get an emotional investment from the

seller trying to tug on his heartstrings

so he's going for like this extreme ex

powerful one two combination wallup here

to try and get this bike for free so he

says it's for my elderly dad and he lost

his C due to financial issues and he is

dirt poor on a super low pension and I

don't work as I'm looking after him

until I get another job as I lost my

trucking company to a [ __ ] rotten and

then he drops a slur if that doesn't

bring a tear to your eye then I don't

know what will you have no soul his

elderly father he lost his car due to

Financial issues and now he needs a

motorcycle as all elderly men need like

how is he supposed to get from point A

to point B without a free motorcycle now

what do you expect them to do walk it's

ridiculous he's elderly and the the

individual here doesn't have a job to

ride for him so he's doing the best he

can to get him some Transportation which

just happens to be a [ __ ] motorcycle

maybe he's trying to get his dad killed

I have no idea maybe this is all an

elaborate assassination plot I am

looking for someone with a heart that is

willing to help a person in need and

then caps lock my dad is 78 years old

and is at his breaking point and the

next person who refuses to say yes and

help will be held responsible if

anything happens to my dad as he is

ready to let go of life so now the

stakes have never been higher his father

is 78 years old at his Breaking Point

the only thing keeping him alive is the

hope of a free motorcycle will you do it

do you have a heart to save his life

because if he doesn't get get this

motorcycle godamn it it's going to be

the end of him and even if he gets the

motorcycle it's going to be the end of

him then too but in a much bigger Blaze

of Glory I think I imagine it's 78 years

old and in as rough as shape as this guy

describes him that motorcycle would be

his vessel straight to [ __ ] Valhalla

that would that would be messy but it's

what he wants all right and are you

going to do it or not are you going to

follow the Lord's wishes and treat Thy

Neighbor the way thy would like to be

treated with a free motorcycle because

if you don't you will be responsible for

it so keep that in mind Buster I think

this is negotiating at its finest form

so he's pulling out all the stops here

for the free motorcycle trying to get

the Waterworks going with a Saab story

but immediately drops a [ __ ] slur in

the middle of it and then caps locks a

threat to this is an unhinged Maniac

we're dealing with today I usually blank

out the Facebook profile pictures and

these kind of messages but this one is

just so fitting because he has a clown

as his profile pick and it is it

couldn't be more poetic because this guy

is truly a [ __ ] loser clown so he

comes back saying I keep asking till you

answer me the guy trying to sell the

motorcycle says no thank you and then

even gets this warning beware of common

scams using payment apps so I'm guessing

this got flagged internally or something

I don't exactly know how Facebook

Marketplace Works in that regard but

then he goes so you're okay with putting

money over a person's life and he just

goes has this ever worked for you his

strategy is very clear he's trying to

like play off of people's good nature

like my my father needs this motorcycle

he doesn't he doesn't have a car right

now and he doesn't have money to pay for

this motorcycle and I don't have money

to pay for the motorcycle cuz I'm taking

care of my dad cuz I'm a good person

like come on you're going to really

value money over someone's life you're

going to try and sell this motorcycle

for thousands of dollars as opposed to

just give it to my to me and my dad for

free which would actually save his life

oh my God you're disgusting you are

despicable scum and when it becomes

clear that this guilt trip song and

dance isn't working he tries something

very different actually yes in the past

it worked because years ago there were

good-hearted people that would give you

the shirt off their back to help a

person in need a shirt is also

significantly cheaper than a godamn

motorcycle you absolute Heathen now all

you is a bunch of cold Ed money hungry

bastards and I am very disgusted by that

I have no doubt that he like

spit gross won't even give me free

motorcycle yucky my lawyer actually told

me that if anything happens to my dad

because someone told him and no and it

pushed him over the edge I can file a

lawsuit so far I have 20 people's names

and Facebook accounts who have refused

to help me I have passed those on to my

lawyer in case anything happens yeah

that makes sense doesn't have money to

pay for the motorcycle begging for it

for free yet somehow has money for a

lawyer for this that's about as

believable as me being over 6 ft tall

what a bunch of [ __ ] hoey my dad told

me if anyone else tells him no there

will be major hell to pay this guy

actually speaks like a child on Xbox

Live making threats um my dad actually

works for Infinity Wards so if any of

you guys kill me in this game and I

don't win you're all getting banned this

goofball has that same kind of energy to

these m messages here while he's begging

for a free motorcycle trying to get some

kind of so story guilt trip going it's

[ __ ] brutal so let's take let's take

a a bit of a dive here on his last

couple of statements so he's saying that

he has a lawyer that has told him he can

file a lawsuit if something happens to

his dad because someone refused him free

[ __ ] basically that's such an

entertaining idea to play around with

like you can't tell this guy no because

he's old and he might die so be careful

so he's trying to get the legal threats

out there if if pops kicks the bucket if

he buys the farm because you didn't give

him a free motorcycle I'm taking you to

court so you better give me the free

motorcycle the guy's like sweating like

oh my God all right I've got to give him

the free motorcycle I really wanted to

get a couple thousand dolls out of this

cuz I paid so much for it but this guy's

Dad's life is on the line and then I'm

threatened with a legal lawsuit like

what did he possibly think would happen

no one's going to buy this story nobody

in the world no rational person in their

right mind would get these messages and

think anything of them Beyond wow this

person that is talking to me right now

actually needs some kind of mental

health evaluation because this is

unhinged it's also super laughable how

he tries to make his dad come in here at

the end as like the big head honcho

tough guy my dad said if anyone tells

him no there will be major hell to pay

in what way he's 78 [ __ ] years old

and apparently has no way of getting

around and has some demented loser of a

son that's trying to get free [ __ ] for

him on Facebook Marketplace what is he

going to do what major hell is there

going to be to pay there's nothing

getting paid you're just asking for [ __ ]

for free in the most pathetic way

possible that's the worst threat ever I

have no doubt in my mind this has never

worked for him shocker I don't believe

he's actually got 20 people's names in

Facebook accounts in some kind of

dossier that he's about to send to his

lawyer to Sue or if he does the lawyer

is just going to be trying to hose him

for money off of this absolute cringe

like this is just ridiculous you can't

sue someone cuz they declined to give

you something for free when they weren't

even offering it for free to begin with

like the you can't tell my dad no what

the what the [ __ ] is that it's so wild

it's so weird so yeah I just wanted to

talk about this a little bit you might

want to try this negotiating tactic

though once or twice just to see how it

goes maybe it might be worth trying why

not let it rip it seems like a good good

time a good bunch of fun that's really

about it see you