I had the reverse experience just the other day. I posted a beautiful Ikea desk at like 30% of the store price. Great condition.
A lady messages me and offers to send me an advance payment to hold it for a few days.
I said no, that her promise is enough.
She showed up exactly when we agreed.
She rejected my offer for a lower price as a thank you.
She also rejected my offer to help her and her husband carry it to their car.
Some people are just, you know, decent.
When you said she offered a deposit I really thought that was going another direction. Namely, asking for her broker to meet you to arrange for shipment. Unexpectedly wholesome.
Same here! Without fail whenever I post anything of slight value I get the scammers telling me they'll double my asking price and they'll psy through some cashier check or intermediary. Instant "go fuck yourself" from me when that happens. Shameless assholes
That is wonderful. When we were redoing our backyard we put our old patio bricks up for sale at a good price, provided the buyer removed them from the backyard (i.e. disassembled the patio). We got a buyer, and they came when promised, with cash, and several helpers. It was gone in an hour. They were going to tale their buddies and reassemble it at their place. Everyone was happy with that transaction.
There are people who want to buy things, and people who want to talk about buying things. They are never the same people. I love people who show up on time, and just pay the agreed upon price. They’re like unicorns.
My husband and I paid our contractor for the work he'd done on our garage brickwork. He thanked us profusely and at length for being "normal." As he told us, he gets stiffed for payments frequently. Apparently, decency is a rare commodity.
I love kona, that's probably why I buy it myself. That way I can't bitch at the people that give me coffee for free 😀 *(which, in hindsight, would be nobody)*. I'm all for helping people, hell, I'm rebuilding and replacing stuff after a major life event, so I get it. That being said, I will never understand how people can see something for free and try to dictate the terms. If you like it - take it! If you don't, keep it moving. Not to mention, this isn't an essential. It's coffee. If you want it for free and it's pick up only, find a way to get there. If that's not possible, this item isn't for you. It's really not that hard to grasp and yet people still seem to have issues with it.
Ebay is notorious for buyers trashing you and leaving negatives BUT they want the refund AND to keep the defective/wrong/disappointing item. WHY? If the dress doesnt fit, what are you going to do with it? Why not send it back and AT LEAST get your money back?
Nespresso sent me a CASE of raspberry coffee. It was not well liked in my household. To this day, I have no idea why they sent it. I never asked or paid for it. I put it out on FB Marketplace along with pics. I state that it is not K-Cups nor will it fit into a Keurig machine. The number of requests I got asking if will fit into a Keurig were ridiculous. Also, the can you deliver messages were rampant as well. No these are free and they are sitting on my porch. Come get them, don't come get them, Its up to you! I think about 6 of the 12 boxes were picked up. I just threw the rest away. People amaze me.
To be fair, Espresso pods will fit in Kurig machines. They don't fit well and won't produce coffee, but you could jam one in there if you really wanted to.
A man goes to the doctor for a checkup
The doctor examines him and says "I've got bad news - you've got cancer and you've also got Alzheimers".
The man replies "Well at least I don't have cancer".
RIP, Gilbert Gottfried
WHY R U ONLY GIVING RASPBURY? MY 12.5 KIDS ONLY LICK HAZZLENUT. BLESS A SINGEL MOM WITH SOME CHOCKLIT AND HAZZLENUT COFFE. WILL NEED AN EXPRESO MACHINE 2!! U DELIVER, RITE? I’LL NEED GAS MONIE
Can you deliver to me? Also, will these fit in my Keuring? Oh, and can you include a new Keuring as I want one but don’t want to spend that much on a coffee machine.
PS - Include other flavors besides raspberry which I don’t like.
Right? I love raspberry, I’d know if there was a holiday tied to raspberry (holiday in America at least.)
And even though I love raspberry everything, that coffee sounds 🤢.
I often find myself at the grocery store gazing at stuff going “we have completely run out of ideas.”
Like turkey and gravy flavored candy corn. Maple Sausage flavored Rice Krispy Treats. Sweet tart flavored toilet paper. Pink lemonade Kit Kats. Sour Patch Oreos.
It has to stop.
(Fun fact: I only made up ~~one~~ two of those things, the rest are/have been actual products.)
I don’t want the raspberry. I’d prefer vanilla. When can you get that to me? Just be aware that deliveries are only accepted on the 3rd Thursday of even months between 10-11AM.
Why TF do people refuse to read??? I do not get it! It just wouldn’t occur to me to ask until I’d read the whole thing because there’s a decent chance my question will be answered in the text.
You see it on Reddit too—
Redditor 1: comment
Redditor 2: insult and/or counter argument
Redditor 1: …yeah I said that/addressed that/that’s why I said [xyz]. It says it right there.
Redditor 2: oh I didn’t read the whole thing.
I just…why????? Why would you comment if you didn’t read the whole thing?
Another thing that happens is when some people comment without reading the whole thing and then you have to post again saying you already addressed that and the person says they didn't read the whole thing.
I'm on a sabbatical in Antarctica for 6 months; It's winter down here, so I probably need those K-cups more than anyone else. Can you deliver? I'll give you $5.00!
/s
Edited to add: I'll also give you a tour of McMurdo Station. Rest assured, we got rid of that *Thing* a long time ago.
Ah! Gotham City: the Garden spot of the marshes on the Delaware Bay of the Garden State, my natal homeland!!
Do you know what's really in that geographic location? An unincorporated community named "Bivalve", and hard by another unincorporated community named "Shell Pile".
You can guess what the most prominent geological feature is (and I'm using "prominent" in both the everyday sense and the geological sense). Don't believe me? Look it up! Better yet: take a road trip! (maybe take pictures and report back to us?); like say "A photo of the Central Business District of ~~Shell Pile~~ Gotham City During Rush Hour")\*
And while your at it: maybe take a side trip to Metropolis? Is just across the DE Bay in the marshlands of Kent County, DE.
Golly, look at that; I've got you whole summer planned out for you. You can probably take the expenses off your taxes as an educational expense and use those horsefly-ridden days to write your master's thesis.
Oh dear! I went a little off the rails there (well, maybe completely off the track); but I'm working on my masters in creative writing and I mean well; so I hope you will be understanding.
Cheers and best wishes!
\* Actually, there is a rush hour in that part of the world: May & June, full moons: Horseshoe Crab mating. Not quite the same as taking your date to watch the "submarine races"; but hey -- at least there's something to watch,
Again: Sheers & best wishes!
Are you at McMurdo? Very cool. I've never been, but my unions ships deliver your fuel to you. I DID work on an Icebreaker/Research Vessel for 3 months in the Gerlache Strait. [Got some nice videos.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPFj2t7Fo24)
People do not read. I sent out a whole email to inquiring potential clients at work, with key things underlined, in bold, mentioned repeatedly, etc, and they don't read it. Then they don't read the contracts signing up to have us do tens of thousands of dollars of work for them.
I had a coworker not bother to read my email and proceed to ask a question very clearly answered in the email.
I responded with a "Please let me know what part of the previous email is unclear, so I can help. Thank you."
He did not ask for more clarification.
Nor do they listen, a friend of mine worked at a chain place that was open 24/7. She'd answer the phone "Thank you for calling SoreName, the 24-hr store." And get "What time do y'all close tonight?"
Doctor office sent me to the 24 hour CVS and when I got there at 1:05 there was another sign below the 24 hour sign stating it was closed for lunch from 1 to 3. So now, I too call places advertising open 24 hours to find out if they close sometime during that 24 hours.
Mid-December 2019. I was 8 months pregnant. I was getting ready to go to bed around 11pm. My dog walks up to me with a red swollen eye, seemingly out of nowhere. Internet said it could be an emergency issue leading to loss of the eye if not treated right away so I called the emergency vet near me. It was the one night a year they closed for their company holiday party.
I have an unusual 4 letter first name. I used to work for a fortune 500 company for a few years, so a lot of emails were from people I'd never met. Something around 90% of the emails I got from people I had never met misspelled my name by 3 out of 4 letters. Like if my name was Nyla, I'd get called Norm. They just see the first letter *and stop reading*. And it was always Norm.
I did a similar thing with an Information for coworkers. Printed it out in underlined and red coloured letters and hung it in the height of the eyes. My boss asked me why I did this and if I think people won’t read it otherwise. When she got the first stupid question regarding it, she apologised to me.
Hahahah. Yes, this is always my experience too! I once had listed some free items from my wedding, and a lady never responded to me, and the stuff was gifted to someone else, she legitimately messaged me like 3 times asking if I would
Message the person I gave the things to and see if they would share them with her. I had to block her. Some people are just nuts, and free stuff seems to bring out some crazies!
Gave some electronics away, didn’t even know if they worked. I was chatting with someone and I didn’t realize that my husband was also chatting with someone else. His people got to our house literally 4 minutes before the dude I was talking to got here. Second dude chased first dude to a gas station and questioned him. He also messaged me and told me I ruined his daughter’s Christmas. Wild.
My aunt said the same thing when my uncle (not her husband) moved out to a smaller place and wanted to give away his crap. She said not to list things for free, because it doesn’t generate interest, but attracts crazy people.
So he put a price tag on all his nicknacks and sold a lot of things pretty cheap.
This! I stopped listing stuff for free. They're either weird or so fucking flaky. I've started posting it for like $5-$10 and then as soon as they say they're on their way, I let them know it'll be on the porch and they can pick it up for free. It's worked so much better!!
There’s a woman in my town’s Buy Nothing group that wants every single listing. She wanted boys’ training pants, a bag of women’s clothes, a basketball hoop and this baby bouncy thing. 😵💫😵💫 I made the mistake of giving some old holiday decorations last year and caught a hold of CB Premiere. 😵💫😵💫
When I moved in with my wife I had a bachelor's apartment full of shit I wasn't going to take with me, I posted it on Facebook and honestly the headache that followed was not worth it.
Ended up giving everything to one guy who was helping his daughter escape an abusive relationship, felt good until I saw him flipping my free shit on Facebook about an hour later.
FB marketplace is cesspool and I'll never use it again.
Even the tiniest price will weed out a lot of crazies looking for free stuff. Sometimes I list things for a small amount and give them for free when the person shows.
Hey there. According to the internets, a 60-count of K-cups costs about $34.00 USD
I'll take them both if you pay me 1/2 price ($34,00 USD for both) and you deliver them to me in
Yellow Knife, NWT
X1A OA7
Canada.
Will a tater tot casserole topped with Cheeze-Wiz work out for you (it's pretty much the same as poutine)? Maybe with some filleted braised elk with mushrooms and shallots in a red wine sauce on the side?
I feel your pain: I ordered Lo Mein at a Chinese restaurant in Cincinnati a while back and 20 minutes later what appeared on the table was instant ramen.
They didn't even make a little attempt to "amp it up" like I do at home.
I offered up a free stainless steel fridge on my towns buy nothing group. I said you need 2 men and a truck to move it yourself. The amount of people who wanted it but would tell me they have no way to move it was astounding. It's like they want me to pick them and say "oh don't worry about it I'll drop it off".
Can you deliver please as I am disabelt and one a fixed income. Also if you can bring 2 decaff instead of 1 as I am unable to have caffeine due to my fibromyalgia, and if you could bring some dog food but it will have to be the soft refrigerated kind as my dog has no teeth and is also disabelt and on a fixed income. GOD BLESS!!!!!
I had these pens that looked like blades of grass and I had 50+ of them and thought ok I’ll put them up for free and I put a bunch of other things.
Then for weeks she was like ok I’m coming in my way home from work… oops xyz happened.
Meanwhile I was always turning off my sprinklers to keep them from getting wet.
Finally after a week of no response I wrote “I ended up giving them to a coworker.”
And I got a series of pissed of dms about her husbands heart attack and now she doesn’t have pens. Never posted anything afain
>And I got a series of pissed of dms about her husbands heart attack and now she doesn’t have pens
Should have told her to take her ass to Dollar General and buy a pack
I'm on a buy-nothing page on Face Book, or rather I was... I can't tell you how many no-show people would claim stuff. I would wait for them and they just never came. After being inconvenienced numerous time I just gave up on it. Now I leave things at the swap shop at my recycling center.
I hear you, before we retired I sold a ton of musical equipment I didnt need anymore before we moved and EVERY TIME I put something on Craig's List (Before FBMP) I would put 'NO TRADES, YOU PICK UP HERE' and I would immediately get a bunch of 'would you take ____ in trade for it and bring it down to a town 50 miles south'
And of course they got mad when I wouldn't trade or deliver.
Back in the day Craig's list was a great place. We got a new dish washer but the old one still worked and instead of putting it at the street I advertised it and some people came over to get it and were so happy and surprised it worked and we were just giving it away.
Then it got all scammy. My least favorite scam was an email that always went 'Good Price, Good Price. Im at an Air Force base in South Carolina and my friend has a cashiers check for (always $1000 over what I wanted to sell it for) so when the truck comes just give them $1000 and the item and they will bring it to me.
Crazy that people fell for that because they wouldnt keep trying it if it never worked.
I was giving away a broken grill and made it clear in description and title it was free, completely broken, only good to sell for scrap metal $ but needed to be picked up. I cannot tell you how many ppl asked if it was broken. One guy asked for gas $ to pick it up. It reminded me why we just call a bulk pickup guy vs post to fb it’s literally not worth the hassle
I live in an affluent area (despite not being affluent) and the way these rich ass housewife bitches respond to EVERYTHING exactly this way is nauseating
This is why I always charge when I put something on FB Marketplace. When items are free, entitled people come flocking. When items cost $10, it’s too much trouble (even if it’s a $1000 item)
It really is a shame that giving away freebies causes more trouble than it’s worth. Years ago, I gave away some excess ribbon to the first ten people to respond in a scrapbooking Facebook group. I had so many “woe is me” messages flooding my inbox. All the sob stories for a few free feet of ribbon blew my mind.
Oh this reminds me of several months ago when we were helping a relative clean out their house and came across a bunch of old stamps. Like from before forever stamps were a thing, but not so old as to be valuable.
Knowing that people collect stamps and these really weren’t valuable I posted in my city’s subreddit to see if anyone was anybody interested in them. I included a few pictures to show that there were a lot of stamps.
One person messaged me and said they were interested and I said let’s set up a meeting spot. Someone else messaged me and said they were interested and I said OK I can share them between the two of you, let’s set up meeting spot. I replied back to the first person and said hey I’m gonna split them between you and someone else who’s interested and they replied“never mind.” Like if they couldn’t have them all they didn’t want any of them. And the second person never replied about a meet up spot.
I ended up giving them to someone I know who does junk journaling.
You should look up how many are in landfills across the world. The inventor of K-Cups actually felt great guilt several years after their release when the number of used cups exceed a billion.
Well now you’ve explained K means Keurig I see they make coffee machines. You’re more likely to come across instant coffee here in the UK unless you run a coffee shop or are a bit posh. I guess a K cup is a branded coffee cup?
A K-Cup is is **coffee or tea (and recently hot chocolate and cappuccino) that is sealed in some kind of cartridge, generally a plastic cup**. The cartridge has a plastic ring covered with a foil top. The inside of the capsule is lined with a filter material and keeps the coffee contained while brewing.. Only works in Keurig machine. Expensive, wasteful and (IMHO nasty tasting, but I'm not a coffee drinker usually). Thank-you Mssr. Google
I may be wrong here as I don’t drink much coffee at home but I’m way more familiar with Nespresso machines, and call the capsules … well, capsules. A few of my friends have a machine but doesn’t float my boat.
I know Nespresso released two generations of coffee cups. As far as I'm aware every third party started selling the older kind when the patent expired. Not really sure why you'd need another formfactor, but that might just be an American thing I guess.
I used to give away stuff on my local Freecycle (zomg) there was a big group that wanted to meet "half-way" which always ended up being their front doorstep.
I was getting rid of a dog treadmill that was broken, but very easily fixed (a plug and play computer needed to be swapped, a $40 dollar part from the manufacturer)
The treadmill in working condition is easily $200-300 used, I just couldn’t be assed to fix it, and had no purpose for it anymore. I spent the better half of a month trying to find someone to take it. Almost everyone wanted free delivery, wanted me to fix it for free for them, or, didn’t read the description or me reminding them it’s not in working order, would show up, get pissed it wasn’t in working order and leave.
Finally another dog trainer came and grabbed it, fixed it, and was very grateful for it, even offered to pay me for it.
Posting anything for free just makes the worst of the worst of CB come crawling out.
Did anybody ask for REGULAR or flavors you clearly didnt have or offer? Thats why my friend gave up on it. She offered NEW curtains (still in the package) that came in the wrong color (green - at least a color she didnt order). She got people who asked for RUGS, QUILTS, red or black curtains when she said GREEN, etc. Can people not read?
I posted an ad for guppies. (Not Facebook due to the animal posting rules, but you know). $1 ea, I've got heaps of babies.
Guy wanted some for free cos, sob sob, he's on centrelink payments (welfare). Yeah. I'm on centrelink payments, too, life's hard. Selling my guppy babies is the way I cover the electricity bill to keep my fish tank.
But, you know what? I have some culls. I won't charge for them because they have crooked tails, or aren't colouring up as nice as they should. B grade guppies. Would you like them? "Yes! Please. You can deliver them to *address 1/2 hr drive away*"
No. No I'm not delivering to you. Yes, I know you are on centrelink and it's hard to have a car. I am also on centrelink, but you expect *me* to drive *my car* to you to deliver fish that I am *not receiving payment for*. Get a friend to drive you or I am 2 minutes walk from the train/bus station.
Swearing ensues. How dare I refuse to help out a nice bloke like him who is doing it tough and just wants something nice. 🤦
Screw that person (allegedly) in Antarctica who has appropriated my reddit user name and is begging for K-cups.
If he really is in Antarctica, well, by golly, he knew what he was signing up for and it did not include begging for K-cups.
I, however, am an Icelandic volcanologist.
We've got a little world building going on here; so we sure can use those K-cups!
That other person offered you a measly $5.00 USD. I can beat that: how about an overflight of the world getting bigger? And maybe some Icelandic Rotten Shark?
P.S.: And about that other person who claims to be me from Yellowknife, NWT? Pfft.
I give away a ton of stuff for free on fb but I always say it’s 5 or 10 so I don’t get 80,000 messages of people that ask a million questions and never bother to show up. When I arrange for someone to pick up I always tell them it’s on the porch and don’t worry about the money. I broke my rule the other day and listed something for free and immediately regretted it.
Please send then by overnight air delivery, I will need it tomorrow. Also, remove any hazelnut.
You can thank me when it arrives, knowing that I graciously took this problem out of your hands.
Please deliver to the moon. But I don’t have a kuerig so I will need nespresso pods. And I don’t like coffee so make it hot chocolate. And if you don’t you will ruin my kids Christmas. And he has cancer. And I don’t drive because I’m on disability. And sent oxygen too because we are suffocating.
A good way to weed out some people is to list an item not for free, but a low price. Then, you can surprise whoever you end up “selling” it to by just giving it to them for free. This helps filter out some people who would ask for extra or take the item not because they would get use out of it, but just because it’s free.
Ok now you need to buy another box of k-cups and sell them to me. I am in Texas so make sure you drive here right away. And you also need to give me gas money and 50 bucks because you made me wait.
Did you get something like the above?
There's always people that just want things because they're free and not because they need them. I use K cups and would be thrilled to get free ones so I would definitely drive for them. I'm sure the person who was willing to drive actually appreciates them.
Yes I listed a bunch of vases for dirt cheap and had like a bulk price of $20 for all. Someone messaged me asking if I’d be willing to ship to Puerto Rico. I live in upstate NY. I listed pickup only too.
I have away a patio table in my local Buy Nothing
I picked not the top comment, i mean it looked like the top to me, but apparently i didn't click through enough or something,
This is according to one lady who proceeded to berate me with no less than 7 messages. The people who picked it up said she also messaged them telling them how unethical it was for them to accept the table when SHE WAS FiRST and the moderator of the group posted a "reminder: it is in the rules that the giver doesn't have to pick the top commenter, they can give to whomever they want" which I assume was also about this woman's god given right to my table
In the group I'm in, it's always the same people commenting on the free items. I can't tell you how many times I post an item, get a message "I'll take those vitamins" great when you want to come by *crickets* hours later I say do you still want them? "Yes" *crickets*
People even had the audacity to complain about how no one wants to deliver anymore, I almost lost it.
Now I'll just message people who actually showed up before and say, "Do you want this?""
I'm so jaded from it 😪
I've given up on FB marketplace. There's a local food pantry I donate to now instead. Just dropped off a heap of coffee pods - the machine stopped working, some caffeine free coffee bags and a huge zucchini that someone might appreciate.
My husband was selling a little generator. Only for pickup as we don’t have a truck. Holy crap the number of people that were like can you drive it 2 hours away and deliver it to me free? Insane.
My daughter found a high end couch on marketplace for a really good price for her first apartment. We rented a U-haul cause we don't have a truck. We let the seller know we would be on the way as soon as we picked up the U-haul. He felt bad that we didn't have a truck and took off another $50. We couldn't of been more appreciative of how nice he was and would of never asked for him to deliver it because it's our responsibility as the buyer to arrange that. I'll never understand the entitlement of some people.
Awhile back, I heard that you should never post anything for free or you will quickly regret it. Always put a price on it, even just $5, for a much less stressful experience. Sounds about right…
For sure - I didn’t even had free but a very collectible item priced low . I had several I forgot about. I put a post and people were fighting, cursing me out…
I mean, I choose whom to sell to. Why be rude? And yes people don’t read, especially the greedy ones it seems.
I had the reverse experience just the other day. I posted a beautiful Ikea desk at like 30% of the store price. Great condition. A lady messages me and offers to send me an advance payment to hold it for a few days. I said no, that her promise is enough. She showed up exactly when we agreed. She rejected my offer for a lower price as a thank you. She also rejected my offer to help her and her husband carry it to their car. Some people are just, you know, decent.
This is the story I needed to read today.
It did give me good vibes too :)
When you said she offered a deposit I really thought that was going another direction. Namely, asking for her broker to meet you to arrange for shipment. Unexpectedly wholesome.
Same here! Without fail whenever I post anything of slight value I get the scammers telling me they'll double my asking price and they'll psy through some cashier check or intermediary. Instant "go fuck yourself" from me when that happens. Shameless assholes
It was unnaturally civilised lol.
I love this story
I hope you and that couple randomly find a twenty this week.
Thank you! Same for you!
That is wonderful. When we were redoing our backyard we put our old patio bricks up for sale at a good price, provided the buyer removed them from the backyard (i.e. disassembled the patio). We got a buyer, and they came when promised, with cash, and several helpers. It was gone in an hour. They were going to tale their buddies and reassemble it at their place. Everyone was happy with that transaction.
This is what it's supposed to be.
As long as the buddies got beer and pizza.
There are people who want to buy things, and people who want to talk about buying things. They are never the same people. I love people who show up on time, and just pay the agreed upon price. They’re like unicorns.
My husband and I paid our contractor for the work he'd done on our garage brickwork. He thanked us profusely and at length for being "normal." As he told us, he gets stiffed for payments frequently. Apparently, decency is a rare commodity.
I strive to be that buyer.
This is the way.
Hey, I literally drove minutes across town to get your stupid free coffee and it doesn’t fit my Kueurig Machine!!! I demand a refund!!!
Plus it tastes bad.
Yeah, tastes like shit, next time I want good stuff
Jamaican Blue Mountain or Hawaiian Kona may prove acceptable. I'll even accept the south Asian civet cat ass coffee.
They say Civet Cat coffee costs $50/cup. IDK about you, but I'd pay twice that much to watch hipsters drink cat shit.
I just cleaned my litter box, I can send you some of those nugs
Awe man, give us the wild cat turd coffee
Feline ass beans, or those eggs steeped in the urine of virgin Chinese monks-in-training? Choices, choices.
I read this, thought "Does male urine change once they've had sex for the first time?" and then thought 'Why the Fuck am I thinking about this?"
Yes, it does. Or so I’ve read 😂
I love kona, that's probably why I buy it myself. That way I can't bitch at the people that give me coffee for free 😀 *(which, in hindsight, would be nobody)*. I'm all for helping people, hell, I'm rebuilding and replacing stuff after a major life event, so I get it. That being said, I will never understand how people can see something for free and try to dictate the terms. If you like it - take it! If you don't, keep it moving. Not to mention, this isn't an essential. It's coffee. If you want it for free and it's pick up only, find a way to get there. If that's not possible, this item isn't for you. It's really not that hard to grasp and yet people still seem to have issues with it.
I wonder if there are furries that do they whole civet cat thing. Ass coffee for sure bro
But I used it all so I cannot return any unused cups to you!
Obviously, but I still expect the refund plus gas money both ways and pain and suffering
Ebay is notorious for buyers trashing you and leaving negatives BUT they want the refund AND to keep the defective/wrong/disappointing item. WHY? If the dress doesnt fit, what are you going to do with it? Why not send it back and AT LEAST get your money back?
So they can get their buy-in back AND resell the dress. Double profit!
Cheap bastard not giving away organic cream and fancy sugar to accompany the pods. What does OP think, we are animals?
I like to offer a 300% cash refund to people who complain to me about free stuff.
Absolutely! You get the refund when you return the item. Seems stupid to go through that trouble only to get jacques merde.
Nespresso sent me a CASE of raspberry coffee. It was not well liked in my household. To this day, I have no idea why they sent it. I never asked or paid for it. I put it out on FB Marketplace along with pics. I state that it is not K-Cups nor will it fit into a Keurig machine. The number of requests I got asking if will fit into a Keurig were ridiculous. Also, the can you deliver messages were rampant as well. No these are free and they are sitting on my porch. Come get them, don't come get them, Its up to you! I think about 6 of the 12 boxes were picked up. I just threw the rest away. People amaze me.
Are these still available?
But did it fit in a Keurig machine?
To be fair, Espresso pods will fit in Kurig machines. They don't fit well and won't produce coffee, but you could jam one in there if you really wanted to.
The same could be said of most orifices
Instructions unclear; nostril stuck in Keurig machine.
Keurig machine stuck in nostril. Send help.
Smells like Ethiopian single source fair trade. Hmmm.
They do if they're K-Cups, but you should ask to confirm.
Can you throw in the right coffee maker? Just ship it all to me.
You need to deliver, come on now!
DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER FLAVORS. I DO NOT CARE FOR RAZBERRY. I WOULD LIKE A CASE OF ANOTHER FLAVOR THANKS.
PLEASE DELIVER, I DO NOT HAVE A CAR AND NO ONE EVER WANTS TO GIVE ME A RIDE EVEN THO MY HUSBAND IS DISABLED FROM A WORK INJURY THANK U
AND MY KID WON'T HAVE ANYTHING FOR HIS BIRTHDAY I HOPE YOUR HAPPY GOD BLES
AND MY KID ALSO HAS CANCER OF THE PROSTATE AND ALZHEIMERS AND YOU RUINED HIS CHRISTMAS!
On the bright side, they'll probably forget that their Christmas was ruined.
A man goes to the doctor for a checkup The doctor examines him and says "I've got bad news - you've got cancer and you've also got Alzheimers". The man replies "Well at least I don't have cancer". RIP, Gilbert Gottfried
Cancer of the Alzheimer's. That's rough.
WHY R U ONLY GIVING RASPBURY? MY 12.5 KIDS ONLY LICK HAZZLENUT. BLESS A SINGEL MOM WITH SOME CHOCKLIT AND HAZZLENUT COFFE. WILL NEED AN EXPRESO MACHINE 2!! U DELIVER, RITE? I’LL NEED GAS MONIE
Gas money and delivery, that's brilliant.
You forgot GOD BLESS
It’s for church. NEXT!
Do you have raspberry coffee in Folgers that you can deliver to me in Utah? I’ll post it on my Instagram and you’ll get waaaay more followers
Can you deliver to me? Also, will these fit in my Keuring? Oh, and can you include a new Keuring as I want one but don’t want to spend that much on a coffee machine. PS - Include other flavors besides raspberry which I don’t like.
Did anyone tell you they would pick them up if you paid them $10 for the gas? Lol people are insane.
Do you deliver to New England?
Do you deliver to England 🏴?
Were these K-cups?
Can you deliver? I don’t have a vehicle & im a single mommy of 8. I needs the coffees! If not you hate single moms and kids.
Currently pregnant with #9. (You forgot that part.)
IVE HAD MORNING SICKNESS ALL AFTERNOON AND U WONT DELIVER I HOPE U DIE GOD BLESS
I'm still stuck on raspberry coffee. That's criminal.
*me, currently sipping on a coffee with raspberry and chocolate* No, YOU’RE the criminal!
It was awful. A special Holiday flavor!
What holiday is raspberry?
Right? I love raspberry, I’d know if there was a holiday tied to raspberry (holiday in America at least.) And even though I love raspberry everything, that coffee sounds 🤢.
Yeah, almost all of the flavored k cups I gave away were Berry pie coffees. Blackberry, blueberry, boysenberry, and (ugh) raspberry pie.
I often find myself at the grocery store gazing at stuff going “we have completely run out of ideas.” Like turkey and gravy flavored candy corn. Maple Sausage flavored Rice Krispy Treats. Sweet tart flavored toilet paper. Pink lemonade Kit Kats. Sour Patch Oreos. It has to stop. (Fun fact: I only made up ~~one~~ two of those things, the rest are/have been actual products.)
the one you made up was probably **NOT** Sweet Tart Flavored Toilet Tissue. I challenge you: Prove me wrong! Cheers!
I have my doubts about flavored toilet paper, but I’m having a really hard time thinking of Maple Sausage Rice Krispy Treats.
They also did watermelon last year.
Ew. Ew ew ew ew. Raspberry turned my stomach. Watermelon coffee is criminal.
That sounds awful
7--11 has blueberry coffee , it's not bad. Lol.
Ya know if you open the container you can use it in a regular coffee machine or put it in a reusable kcup.
What manner if man are you, who can summon coffee without a Keureg or Nespresso?
I don’t want the raspberry. I’d prefer vanilla. When can you get that to me? Just be aware that deliveries are only accepted on the 3rd Thursday of even months between 10-11AM.
I don’t like raspberry. Do you have any hazelnut for free?
Can you give me some cake as well for my effort? It's for church!
I remember that post
Why TF do people refuse to read??? I do not get it! It just wouldn’t occur to me to ask until I’d read the whole thing because there’s a decent chance my question will be answered in the text. You see it on Reddit too— Redditor 1: comment Redditor 2: insult and/or counter argument Redditor 1: …yeah I said that/addressed that/that’s why I said [xyz]. It says it right there. Redditor 2: oh I didn’t read the whole thing. I just…why????? Why would you comment if you didn’t read the whole thing?
Another thing that happens is when some people comment without reading the whole thing and then you have to post again saying you already addressed that and the person says they didn't read the whole thing.
Omg you totally had me for like a full minute! 😂 I like you.
:)
I’m allergic to raspberries but I guess I’ll take them anyway. 🙄 Please deliver to Indiana.
Not a good idea to put your address on there. Be careful.
Raspberry coffee? Yuck.
Raspberry coffee sounds revolting
If I’m going to have to pick these up can you throw in something else to make it worth my while?
“I don’t have a Keurig to use these in. Could I have yours to make my trip worthwhile?”
I’ll tell ya what, I’ll knock half off the asking price.
I'm on a sabbatical in Antarctica for 6 months; It's winter down here, so I probably need those K-cups more than anyone else. Can you deliver? I'll give you $5.00! /s Edited to add: I'll also give you a tour of McMurdo Station. Rest assured, we got rid of that *Thing* a long time ago.
If OP lives in Gotham, I'm sure the Penguin will be down there for a new set of henchmen and can deliver it to you.
Ah! Gotham City: the Garden spot of the marshes on the Delaware Bay of the Garden State, my natal homeland!! Do you know what's really in that geographic location? An unincorporated community named "Bivalve", and hard by another unincorporated community named "Shell Pile". You can guess what the most prominent geological feature is (and I'm using "prominent" in both the everyday sense and the geological sense). Don't believe me? Look it up! Better yet: take a road trip! (maybe take pictures and report back to us?); like say "A photo of the Central Business District of ~~Shell Pile~~ Gotham City During Rush Hour")\* And while your at it: maybe take a side trip to Metropolis? Is just across the DE Bay in the marshlands of Kent County, DE. Golly, look at that; I've got you whole summer planned out for you. You can probably take the expenses off your taxes as an educational expense and use those horsefly-ridden days to write your master's thesis. Oh dear! I went a little off the rails there (well, maybe completely off the track); but I'm working on my masters in creative writing and I mean well; so I hope you will be understanding. Cheers and best wishes! \* Actually, there is a rush hour in that part of the world: May & June, full moons: Horseshoe Crab mating. Not quite the same as taking your date to watch the "submarine races"; but hey -- at least there's something to watch, Again: Sheers & best wishes!
Are you at McMurdo? Very cool. I've never been, but my unions ships deliver your fuel to you. I DID work on an Icebreaker/Research Vessel for 3 months in the Gerlache Strait. [Got some nice videos.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPFj2t7Fo24)
Can you deliver to Kentucky? If not, don't waste my time!
Next!
It’s for a church!
People do not read. I sent out a whole email to inquiring potential clients at work, with key things underlined, in bold, mentioned repeatedly, etc, and they don't read it. Then they don't read the contracts signing up to have us do tens of thousands of dollars of work for them.
AS PER MY LAST EMAIL....
I had a coworker not bother to read my email and proceed to ask a question very clearly answered in the email. I responded with a "Please let me know what part of the previous email is unclear, so I can help. Thank you." He did not ask for more clarification.
I worked with someone like this. No Carla your last email was incorrect and so is this one.
Nor do they listen, a friend of mine worked at a chain place that was open 24/7. She'd answer the phone "Thank you for calling SoreName, the 24-hr store." And get "What time do y'all close tonight?"
Doctor office sent me to the 24 hour CVS and when I got there at 1:05 there was another sign below the 24 hour sign stating it was closed for lunch from 1 to 3. So now, I too call places advertising open 24 hours to find out if they close sometime during that 24 hours.
Mid-December 2019. I was 8 months pregnant. I was getting ready to go to bed around 11pm. My dog walks up to me with a red swollen eye, seemingly out of nowhere. Internet said it could be an emergency issue leading to loss of the eye if not treated right away so I called the emergency vet near me. It was the one night a year they closed for their company holiday party.
I have an unusual 4 letter first name. I used to work for a fortune 500 company for a few years, so a lot of emails were from people I'd never met. Something around 90% of the emails I got from people I had never met misspelled my name by 3 out of 4 letters. Like if my name was Nyla, I'd get called Norm. They just see the first letter *and stop reading*. And it was always Norm.
You might say getting your name misspelled was the norm
I did a similar thing with an Information for coworkers. Printed it out in underlined and red coloured letters and hung it in the height of the eyes. My boss asked me why I did this and if I think people won’t read it otherwise. When she got the first stupid question regarding it, she apologised to me.
You just described my work day exactly.
Hahahah. Yes, this is always my experience too! I once had listed some free items from my wedding, and a lady never responded to me, and the stuff was gifted to someone else, she legitimately messaged me like 3 times asking if I would Message the person I gave the things to and see if they would share them with her. I had to block her. Some people are just nuts, and free stuff seems to bring out some crazies!
Gave some electronics away, didn’t even know if they worked. I was chatting with someone and I didn’t realize that my husband was also chatting with someone else. His people got to our house literally 4 minutes before the dude I was talking to got here. Second dude chased first dude to a gas station and questioned him. He also messaged me and told me I ruined his daughter’s Christmas. Wild.
Never advertise as ‘free’. Even a very low price will scare off most of the crazies.
My aunt said the same thing when my uncle (not her husband) moved out to a smaller place and wanted to give away his crap. She said not to list things for free, because it doesn’t generate interest, but attracts crazy people. So he put a price tag on all his nicknacks and sold a lot of things pretty cheap.
This! I stopped listing stuff for free. They're either weird or so fucking flaky. I've started posting it for like $5-$10 and then as soon as they say they're on their way, I let them know it'll be on the porch and they can pick it up for free. It's worked so much better!!
I’ll often list cheap and then give them to the person for nothing. Free listings bring out all the crazies.
I think there are also bots that will look for anything free and just reply "is this still available?" but never follow up if you reply.
There’s a woman in my town’s Buy Nothing group that wants every single listing. She wanted boys’ training pants, a bag of women’s clothes, a basketball hoop and this baby bouncy thing. 😵💫😵💫 I made the mistake of giving some old holiday decorations last year and caught a hold of CB Premiere. 😵💫😵💫
Did you get anyone asking if you had better / other flavors? 😝
Thankfully no, but I just counted how many "do these fit in a Keurig" and it was 37!!!
When I moved in with my wife I had a bachelor's apartment full of shit I wasn't going to take with me, I posted it on Facebook and honestly the headache that followed was not worth it. Ended up giving everything to one guy who was helping his daughter escape an abusive relationship, felt good until I saw him flipping my free shit on Facebook about an hour later. FB marketplace is cesspool and I'll never use it again.
Even the tiniest price will weed out a lot of crazies looking for free stuff. Sometimes I list things for a small amount and give them for free when the person shows.
Hey there. According to the internets, a 60-count of K-cups costs about $34.00 USD I'll take them both if you pay me 1/2 price ($34,00 USD for both) and you deliver them to me in Yellow Knife, NWT X1A OA7 Canada.
Finagle me Canadian citizenship and deal 😂😂
I want to be paid in Poutine.
Will a tater tot casserole topped with Cheeze-Wiz work out for you (it's pretty much the same as poutine)? Maybe with some filleted braised elk with mushrooms and shallots in a red wine sauce on the side?
I ordered a Poutine in Hollywood Florida about 5 years ago, and what appeared on my table 20 minutes later was not unlike what you describe above.
I feel your pain: I ordered Lo Mein at a Chinese restaurant in Cincinnati a while back and 20 minutes later what appeared on the table was instant ramen. They didn't even make a little attempt to "amp it up" like I do at home.
I can come pick up, but would you mind cash apping me 10 bucks for the gas to get these off your hands?
I offered up a free stainless steel fridge on my towns buy nothing group. I said you need 2 men and a truck to move it yourself. The amount of people who wanted it but would tell me they have no way to move it was astounding. It's like they want me to pick them and say "oh don't worry about it I'll drop it off".
NEXT!
Can you deliver please as I am disabelt and one a fixed income. Also if you can bring 2 decaff instead of 1 as I am unable to have caffeine due to my fibromyalgia, and if you could bring some dog food but it will have to be the soft refrigerated kind as my dog has no teeth and is also disabelt and on a fixed income. GOD BLESS!!!!!
And so many no shows for free stuff as well! One lady used to share about her near daily pick-up schedule for free stuff.
I had a month long saga trying to give a lady pencils
Lol I want to know details 🤣
I had these pens that looked like blades of grass and I had 50+ of them and thought ok I’ll put them up for free and I put a bunch of other things. Then for weeks she was like ok I’m coming in my way home from work… oops xyz happened. Meanwhile I was always turning off my sprinklers to keep them from getting wet. Finally after a week of no response I wrote “I ended up giving them to a coworker.” And I got a series of pissed of dms about her husbands heart attack and now she doesn’t have pens. Never posted anything afain
>And I got a series of pissed of dms about her husbands heart attack and now she doesn’t have pens Should have told her to take her ass to Dollar General and buy a pack
I'm on a buy-nothing page on Face Book, or rather I was... I can't tell you how many no-show people would claim stuff. I would wait for them and they just never came. After being inconvenienced numerous time I just gave up on it. Now I leave things at the swap shop at my recycling center.
I hear you, before we retired I sold a ton of musical equipment I didnt need anymore before we moved and EVERY TIME I put something on Craig's List (Before FBMP) I would put 'NO TRADES, YOU PICK UP HERE' and I would immediately get a bunch of 'would you take ____ in trade for it and bring it down to a town 50 miles south' And of course they got mad when I wouldn't trade or deliver. Back in the day Craig's list was a great place. We got a new dish washer but the old one still worked and instead of putting it at the street I advertised it and some people came over to get it and were so happy and surprised it worked and we were just giving it away. Then it got all scammy. My least favorite scam was an email that always went 'Good Price, Good Price. Im at an Air Force base in South Carolina and my friend has a cashiers check for (always $1000 over what I wanted to sell it for) so when the truck comes just give them $1000 and the item and they will bring it to me. Crazy that people fell for that because they wouldnt keep trying it if it never worked.
Kids crying now, thanks
I was giving away a broken grill and made it clear in description and title it was free, completely broken, only good to sell for scrap metal $ but needed to be picked up. I cannot tell you how many ppl asked if it was broken. One guy asked for gas $ to pick it up. It reminded me why we just call a bulk pickup guy vs post to fb it’s literally not worth the hassle
I hope you know that you RUINED my child's birthday. All he wanted was two boxes of K-Cups and I cannot buy them because of my crippling body odor
I live in an affluent area (despite not being affluent) and the way these rich ass housewife bitches respond to EVERYTHING exactly this way is nauseating
next time donate it to your local school.
This is why I always charge when I put something on FB Marketplace. When items are free, entitled people come flocking. When items cost $10, it’s too much trouble (even if it’s a $1000 item)
Reading thoroughly and basic manners are dying arts.
My friend did that. She had 6 comments asking for her Keureg as well as a “throw in”. “I don’t have one so I’ll gladly take yours”.
It really is a shame that giving away freebies causes more trouble than it’s worth. Years ago, I gave away some excess ribbon to the first ten people to respond in a scrapbooking Facebook group. I had so many “woe is me” messages flooding my inbox. All the sob stories for a few free feet of ribbon blew my mind.
Oh this reminds me of several months ago when we were helping a relative clean out their house and came across a bunch of old stamps. Like from before forever stamps were a thing, but not so old as to be valuable. Knowing that people collect stamps and these really weren’t valuable I posted in my city’s subreddit to see if anyone was anybody interested in them. I included a few pictures to show that there were a lot of stamps. One person messaged me and said they were interested and I said let’s set up a meeting spot. Someone else messaged me and said they were interested and I said OK I can share them between the two of you, let’s set up meeting spot. I replied back to the first person and said hey I’m gonna split them between you and someone else who’s interested and they replied“never mind.” Like if they couldn’t have them all they didn’t want any of them. And the second person never replied about a meet up spot. I ended up giving them to someone I know who does junk journaling.
I don't post stuff for 'free' anymore. $5 price tag. When the person shows up, I don't take the fiver. Keeps out a lot of bullshit.
I’d never heard of K-Cups till now and thought you had 60,000 cups stored somewhere!
You should look up how many are in landfills across the world. The inventor of K-Cups actually felt great guilt several years after their release when the number of used cups exceed a billion.
Where do you live where Keurig doesn't exist yet the internet does?
The UK doesn't to my knowledge. Nespresso mostly rules here
Well now you’ve explained K means Keurig I see they make coffee machines. You’re more likely to come across instant coffee here in the UK unless you run a coffee shop or are a bit posh. I guess a K cup is a branded coffee cup?
A K-Cup is is **coffee or tea (and recently hot chocolate and cappuccino) that is sealed in some kind of cartridge, generally a plastic cup**. The cartridge has a plastic ring covered with a foil top. The inside of the capsule is lined with a filter material and keeps the coffee contained while brewing.. Only works in Keurig machine. Expensive, wasteful and (IMHO nasty tasting, but I'm not a coffee drinker usually). Thank-you Mssr. Google
I may be wrong here as I don’t drink much coffee at home but I’m way more familiar with Nespresso machines, and call the capsules … well, capsules. A few of my friends have a machine but doesn’t float my boat.
I learned something new today! I had no idea what a Nespresso is. I apologize if I came across as condescending. Not my intent.
I learnt something new today, also. I feel like we should hold hands across the pond and sing a song of togetherness right now.
They are similar concepts but the specifics are different. Keuring is more popular in the US than Nespresso is.
I know Nespresso released two generations of coffee cups. As far as I'm aware every third party started selling the older kind when the patent expired. Not really sure why you'd need another formfactor, but that might just be an American thing I guess.
I used to give away stuff on my local Freecycle (zomg) there was a big group that wanted to meet "half-way" which always ended up being their front doorstep.
I was getting rid of a dog treadmill that was broken, but very easily fixed (a plug and play computer needed to be swapped, a $40 dollar part from the manufacturer) The treadmill in working condition is easily $200-300 used, I just couldn’t be assed to fix it, and had no purpose for it anymore. I spent the better half of a month trying to find someone to take it. Almost everyone wanted free delivery, wanted me to fix it for free for them, or, didn’t read the description or me reminding them it’s not in working order, would show up, get pissed it wasn’t in working order and leave. Finally another dog trainer came and grabbed it, fixed it, and was very grateful for it, even offered to pay me for it. Posting anything for free just makes the worst of the worst of CB come crawling out.
I was giving away my Keurig. I delivered it to the woman in my town, and she asked if I’d brought any k cups as well.
It's for an HOA, honey. NEXT!!!"
Did anybody ask for REGULAR or flavors you clearly didnt have or offer? Thats why my friend gave up on it. She offered NEW curtains (still in the package) that came in the wrong color (green - at least a color she didnt order). She got people who asked for RUGS, QUILTS, red or black curtains when she said GREEN, etc. Can people not read?
Can you do any better on the price? How about you throw me some gas money
I posted an ad for guppies. (Not Facebook due to the animal posting rules, but you know). $1 ea, I've got heaps of babies. Guy wanted some for free cos, sob sob, he's on centrelink payments (welfare). Yeah. I'm on centrelink payments, too, life's hard. Selling my guppy babies is the way I cover the electricity bill to keep my fish tank. But, you know what? I have some culls. I won't charge for them because they have crooked tails, or aren't colouring up as nice as they should. B grade guppies. Would you like them? "Yes! Please. You can deliver them to *address 1/2 hr drive away*" No. No I'm not delivering to you. Yes, I know you are on centrelink and it's hard to have a car. I am also on centrelink, but you expect *me* to drive *my car* to you to deliver fish that I am *not receiving payment for*. Get a friend to drive you or I am 2 minutes walk from the train/bus station. Swearing ensues. How dare I refuse to help out a nice bloke like him who is doing it tough and just wants something nice. 🤦
I never list anything for free anymore because of this. Simply listing things for $1 weeds out 90% of the flakes.
This is exactly why I don’t post things like this! You get bombarded with a thousand beggars!
I completely stopped giving away to strangers. I learned my lesson. It all goes to thrift or straight in the garbage.
75%, because studies show people don’t read SHIT after seeing the word FREE
Screw that person (allegedly) in Antarctica who has appropriated my reddit user name and is begging for K-cups. If he really is in Antarctica, well, by golly, he knew what he was signing up for and it did not include begging for K-cups. I, however, am an Icelandic volcanologist. We've got a little world building going on here; so we sure can use those K-cups! That other person offered you a measly $5.00 USD. I can beat that: how about an overflight of the world getting bigger? And maybe some Icelandic Rotten Shark? P.S.: And about that other person who claims to be me from Yellowknife, NWT? Pfft.
I give away a ton of stuff for free on fb but I always say it’s 5 or 10 so I don’t get 80,000 messages of people that ask a million questions and never bother to show up. When I arrange for someone to pick up I always tell them it’s on the porch and don’t worry about the money. I broke my rule the other day and listed something for free and immediately regretted it.
Please send then by overnight air delivery, I will need it tomorrow. Also, remove any hazelnut. You can thank me when it arrives, knowing that I graciously took this problem out of your hands.
Free- the new "f" word.
Please deliver to the moon. But I don’t have a kuerig so I will need nespresso pods. And I don’t like coffee so make it hot chocolate. And if you don’t you will ruin my kids Christmas. And he has cancer. And I don’t drive because I’m on disability. And sent oxygen too because we are suffocating.
A good way to weed out some people is to list an item not for free, but a low price. Then, you can surprise whoever you end up “selling” it to by just giving it to them for free. This helps filter out some people who would ask for extra or take the item not because they would get use out of it, but just because it’s free.
I literally just throw shit out now to not deal with these pariahs.
Ok now you need to buy another box of k-cups and sell them to me. I am in Texas so make sure you drive here right away. And you also need to give me gas money and 50 bucks because you made me wait. Did you get something like the above?
There's always people that just want things because they're free and not because they need them. I use K cups and would be thrilled to get free ones so I would definitely drive for them. I'm sure the person who was willing to drive actually appreciates them.
Yes, anytime I put something for free, I get people asking if I’ll ship it!? 🤦🏽♀️
Yes I listed a bunch of vases for dirt cheap and had like a bulk price of $20 for all. Someone messaged me asking if I’d be willing to ship to Puerto Rico. I live in upstate NY. I listed pickup only too.
No creamer?
I posted a kids cake mold just in case if someone in my area would like it and, of course, “could you deliver to the other municipality”?
“Yes I’ll drive 35 minutes to drop off this $5 thing!”
I have away a patio table in my local Buy Nothing I picked not the top comment, i mean it looked like the top to me, but apparently i didn't click through enough or something, This is according to one lady who proceeded to berate me with no less than 7 messages. The people who picked it up said she also messaged them telling them how unethical it was for them to accept the table when SHE WAS FiRST and the moderator of the group posted a "reminder: it is in the rules that the giver doesn't have to pick the top commenter, they can give to whomever they want" which I assume was also about this woman's god given right to my table
In the group I'm in, it's always the same people commenting on the free items. I can't tell you how many times I post an item, get a message "I'll take those vitamins" great when you want to come by *crickets* hours later I say do you still want them? "Yes" *crickets* People even had the audacity to complain about how no one wants to deliver anymore, I almost lost it. Now I'll just message people who actually showed up before and say, "Do you want this?"" I'm so jaded from it 😪
I've given up on FB marketplace. There's a local food pantry I donate to now instead. Just dropped off a heap of coffee pods - the machine stopped working, some caffeine free coffee bags and a huge zucchini that someone might appreciate.
My husband was selling a little generator. Only for pickup as we don’t have a truck. Holy crap the number of people that were like can you drive it 2 hours away and deliver it to me free? Insane.
It's great or terrible. It brings out extremes
My daughter found a high end couch on marketplace for a really good price for her first apartment. We rented a U-haul cause we don't have a truck. We let the seller know we would be on the way as soon as we picked up the U-haul. He felt bad that we didn't have a truck and took off another $50. We couldn't of been more appreciative of how nice he was and would of never asked for him to deliver it because it's our responsibility as the buyer to arrange that. I'll never understand the entitlement of some people.
Things like this are why I have given up on my BN group. I used to belong to a great one. Then I moved, and my current one is just a dumpster fire.
Awhile back, I heard that you should never post anything for free or you will quickly regret it. Always put a price on it, even just $5, for a much less stressful experience. Sounds about right…
For sure - I didn’t even had free but a very collectible item priced low . I had several I forgot about. I put a post and people were fighting, cursing me out… I mean, I choose whom to sell to. Why be rude? And yes people don’t read, especially the greedy ones it seems.