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[quote=Anonymous]I have never been an expat. I have been the one in the US who has international friends move back home and have sales or give way items before moving back home. My parents were international students and then immigrants to the US also.

If you have something to sell, you try to sell it. Valuable items are sold. Smaller items sold at bargain and then at the end, you give everything away.

It sounds like your treadmill did not have the same resale value in this country if you could not find a replacement buyer. You could have dropped the price to even $100 instead of giving it to your friend.

Just for reference, we have a peloton. We spent $2000 on it. It used to be a high demand item. At some point, I may have gotten a lot for resale but not anymore. I would expect to give it away for free for an older model since there is a new model out and everyone who wants one already has one in my area or would want the new model. We also have a treadmill and rower that cost a lot at some point. I would expect to give these away for free or at steep discount, meaning 10% of cost, nowhere near 50%.

Your friend wanted your treadmill. You said no. You found another buyer. The buyer backed out. You could find another buyer if there was another buyer. There is no buyer so you now can give it to your friend. If you really don’t want to give it to her, don’t give it to her but I don’t think you should get mad at her for it.

While it is not a treadmill, it is pretty common to leave other expensive kitchen appliances or a bed or table you cannot take overseas. Your 1k price was probably too high for this poor country. You could have asked your friend for a trade as well and she could have said yes or no.[/quote]

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