We have an old Maclaren buggy with a sticky brake but otherwise fine with a raincover. I advertised it on our local selling pages on Facebook for free to the first person who wanted it. After two or three people turning it down, a woman said she'd take it if I gave her our address.
I asked her to confirm a time first, and she wouldn't. I told her roughly what area we were in (within a 300m radius), and she still wouldn't confirm a time, so I left it, thinking I'd take it to charity the next day.
Then she did confirm a time, I gave her our address, all well and good.
Then the questions started:
"Dose (sic) it recline?" - No, sorry
"Dose (sic) it fold up really small?" Unsure what she meant by really small, so I told her again the exact model of buggy and suggested she googled it.
"Y, u never folded it up?"
I said that I was offering it for free and she could take it or leave it but I didn't have time to get into the exact specifics (I was breastfeeding at the time, out and about in town).
All well and good, and then she messaged to say she'd be late. I said that was fine, we were in until 6, no problem at all.
She then asked me if I could meet her halfway (a 20-minute walk - with me presumably pushing the baby in a buggy and wheeling the other buggy alongside me!), and I said no, sorry.
She told me that she was doing a 40 minute walk with two children and she thought I was being unreasonable.
Surely I'm not! I was trying to do something nice for a neighbour and offer a free buggy...
I replied saying I don't need the hassle and the reason I offered it for free was to get rid of it quickly, and if she doesn't want it, I can take it to the charity shop. My husband now thinks she knows where we live and will probably throw rocks at our house. (Not really.)
I'm half expecting her within the next half an hour... if you don't hear from me again, I'm probably her new maidservant.
Sorry for the rant.
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cityrat79 · 03/10/2016 16:37
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