Facebook selling- why are people so stupid?

[flitwit99]

I often use a local facebook selling site. Recently I have been really frustrated by the amount of idiots on there. I'm giving up.

A few weeks ago I wanted to sell an Ikea toddler bed for £5. So not exactly lots of money. I put on the ad that it's in good condition but getting a bit too small for my average sized 8 yr old. Put a link to the bed on the Ikea website, a photo of the bed built up, the bed taken apart and clear photo of the instruction book with the name clearly visible.

I kid you not, someone messaged me to ask exactly what type of bed it was. Someone asked me if it would fit a 15 yr old. Someone asked me if it would fit a standard single mattress. Someone asked me for the exact dimensions. Can they not click on the link? Would they like me to wipe the bum for them while I'm at it, for the grand price of £5? I took it to the charity shop.

Today I have been trying to sell on a huge box of Fireman Sam toys, good condition, £5.
Conversation as follows:
Buyer- "Hi, can I buy the Fireman Sam toys?"
Me- "Sure, this is where we live, when would suit you to pick up?"
Buyer- "I live at xyz"
I have waited maybe 10 minutes to see if any further info might materialise but nothing.

I want to reply saying "That's very interesting, do tell me more about where you live" but I won't.

Seriously, how much spoon feeding do these people want for hardly any money?

The toys are now also going to the charity shop, which I should have just done in the first place and saved myself the hassle.

I posted a used fridge on Facebook to give away for free because I was getting a new one delivered. Someone asked if it was still available and where, I said yes it’s at (my street). They didn’t ask which house or if I was in, they just got in their van and turned up! As they didn’t know which house they knocked on doors asking where VelvetPineapple lives. It was a shock to open the door and find two women asking for the fridge!

They had brought a trolley to wheel the fridge outside and were not best pleased to find out that I live in a townhouse with an upstairs kitchen! I told them my DH and BIL were planning to carry the fridge downstairs and outside when I’d arranged for it to be picked up, but obviously I didn’t know they were coming so the fridge was still upstairs and DH was out. So they asked me to refund their petrol because they’d driven 15 miles to collect the fridge and couldn’t take it because they couldn’t carry it down the stairs! I said sorry but it’s not my fault you just turned up...