Pet Peeve: OBO

"CAR_IS_MI" (car-is-mi) 06/14/2015 at 19:17 • Filed to: None

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Saw a car driving home with its rear windshield plastered with “For Sale: OBO” and the phone number.

This drives me mad. Why?

tence mid way.

Now I know you’re saying what??? You missed part of that there.

Damn right I did, that’s because listing something purely as OBO is the same as starting a sentence mid way.

OBO

O|r B|est O|ffer

If you just want best offer, put BO. Or, if you don’t want people thinking your car is so cheap you will take it in trade for some mild body odor, you could be not lazy and write “best offer”.

Every time I see something for sale as OBO, I have the desire to call them up and just be like “whats the or?”

The response would predictably be “HUH???”

-Well your car is listed as “or best offer”, whats the or?

-Nah man, it’s just best offer.

- Well it says or best offer so I want to know what the or is so I can try to offer you something better than the or, otherwise, I don’t know what you’re asking of me.

I mean, the or could be anything: 1998 Lincoln Town Car for sale, sweaty left gym sock OBO. 1992 Ford Escort for sale or trade, newer model non-ford escort OBO. 2000 Honda Civic for sale, $18,000,000,654.34 Yen OBO.

I need to know what the or is so I can make you a successful offer!!!

/ crazy person rant.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > CAR_IS_MI 06/14/2015 at 19:21

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It means [asking price] or best offer.

FlimFlamMan > CAR_IS_MI 06/14/2015 at 19:22

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I know... is that annoying or what? :^P

SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman > CAR_IS_MI 06/14/2015 at 19:24

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Plot twist:

They actually misspelled “OBOE”, the musical instrument

Coty > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 06/14/2015 at 19:24

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Yeah he’s saying there was no asking price, as I understand it. Just:

For sale, or best offer.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman 06/14/2015 at 19:33

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I find this funny, because my mom plays an oboe.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > Coty 06/14/2015 at 19:36

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At that point, paying me to take your vehicle off your hands technically is an offer.

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > CAR_IS_MI 06/14/2015 at 19:37

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Brevity aside, if I saw a car advertised: ‘For sale! B.O.’ my first thought would be Body Odour

yamahog > CAR_IS_MI 06/14/2015 at 19:39

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Having been in high school band, oboes are my pet peeve too.

Fookin' Prawns > CAR_IS_MI 06/14/2015 at 20:08

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What’s even worse is listing something extremely low ($1) or high ($9999999). Get over yourself and list the price.

Coty > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 06/14/2015 at 20:36

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Exactly! That’s what I’d do.

Tohru > CAR_IS_MI 06/14/2015 at 21:19

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Didn’t realize that the Ferrari dealer was selling cars for just best offer, DeMuro.

CAR_IS_MI > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 06/14/2015 at 21:43

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I know what it’s supposed to mean, but I see people using it without [asking price], just, OBO.

Urambo Tauro > CAR_IS_MI 06/15/2015 at 17:59

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OBO

O|r B|est O|ffer

If you just want best offer, put BO .

Am I doing this right?

Chan > CAR_IS_MI 06/17/2015 at 13:38

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You and I both know what this means: The owner is down for an old school barter!

“I’ll trade you my lightly used shaver for your car.”