Offered something on Facebook .. now confronted by harrassment

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Luckily I'm quite robust and couldn't give a damn but for your entertainment

I'm having a big clear out and putting things in Facebook and olio for people to take.

This morning I listed a play pen on a local group and after about half an hour.got a message from a lady who will come.and take.it this evening.. brilliant.

Just before marking it as taken gone got a message from.someone else

"Need this .. please drop off at X address between 3 and 5pm today" I replied saying it was taken and anyway collection only and left it at that.

Then received

" I can't believe you would give it away without even asking why I need it I bet I need it more than anyone else "

"You're so selfish I bet you sold it instead"

"You don't care about anything but clearing out your house you couldn't give a sh*t about a young mum like me"

"If you've got any other children's stuff message me and you can drop it over tomorrow, I need things"

"You obviously don't care if my child gets hurt because they dont have a play pen.. youve got to give it to me, dont be heartless"

" How am I supposed to come and get it Ive got children you need to drop it off today"

I ignored her and blocked her and now receiving stroppy messages from another person saying they're her friend, I'm victimising her,.I shouldn't just give things away without talking to people about what they need it for everyone deserves a chance..

and best of all:

" you should be dying of shame for treating a young mum like this I hope you carry the guilt.to your dying day"

WTAF ?????

I've blocked them too and await next messages with interest. I strongly suspect they "friend" is also her. I am having quite a boring day cleaning out the loft so this is brightening it up no end

Agreed! It’s the oddest thing. Charging a nominal sum seems to make people value the item & your time more.

If I want to give away for free I leave it outside my house and sometimes post on local groups - oh I’ve left x, y z here approx. Obvs I bring it in if if doesn’t go by end of the day etc.

I had the loveliest woman ring my bell the other day and ask was it ok to take an exercise step is left out. She then hugged me when I said of course - and that her son would be delighted.

ill have stair gate and high chair as long as they’re not cheap shit
can u deliver to my address 9 hours away with 4 toll roads, inbetween 7pm and 7:05pm?

Marketplace brings out literal insanity and unbelievable rudeness in people. The cuntier they are, the more you can be sure of a bullshit sob story and that they’re just going to sell it on.

I have had similar, including people who were VERY rude about a free table that I actually delivered, it was as described, pine. When I knocked on the door they said 'Oh dear it's pine not sure we want it' I said 'you're having it as it was supposed to be for collection and it's here now, I'm not taking it home. You can always paint it' Luckily they thought painting it would be a good idea and shut up (still no thank you for delivering it).

What I do now is advertise it for a reasonably moderate price and then say if you can collect by x time then it's free, you can donate the ££ to charity, which a) people think its great and b) ensures it goes quickly, and actually goes.

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This is so common on FB marketplace. The origin of the "son's crying now, thanks" meme 😂 people are just bizarre sometimes

I've given/sold/bought/received tons of stuff of Marketplace or local groups, Whatsapp etc and never had an issue beyond people just not replying to messages. I do agree that setting a small price puts off the most insane ones.

Jesus Christ she sounds unhinged 😂

WOW!

I've given away quite a lot of things on FB following clear outs. I've never encountered anyone with any sense of entitlement.

I list items, people show up and take them (when they say they will) and often drop of chocolates/flowers as a thank you! One lovely lady sent me a photo of her daughter happily playing with toys I'd given away as my son had outgrown them (but they were in fab condition).

I'm kind of jealous in a way that I'm missing out on funny stories/entertainment.

Delete the offer. It's going to be collected anyway.

Discusting!

Sorry but I sold it to a lady for her. Puppy/ Guinea pig/ rabbit.

Report her to the admin of the Facebook group......she doesn't deserve a thing

Send me your address hun.. dont worry they're top end and flawless.. found a nice bugaboo pram and car seat too never used shall I pop them in for you? If you like I can stop at supermarket and do your weekly shop as I'm passing by.. no probs... just drop me the list

I'd take great pleasure in calling her a cheeky rude cunt and asking her who the fuck she thinks she is?

Free stuff does bring out the piss takers.

Charging for an item just invites hagglers ime. I once sold a fire surround and the guy turned up with his Dad, who took over the transaction and spun me some story about how he intended to use it as a prop for a Santas grotto.

An absolute fruitcake. You did the right thing blocking her.

Just message back with a polite "fuck off you fruitcake"

I had someone once message the admin of the group to ask I be kicked out because I gave it to the person who asked for my free item second and they had asked first. My issue was they said they’d have it, no please or thank you and a minute later a nicer person asked if they could have it for their nursery class

How do these fruitloops find each other? Or are they just sock puppets from the original fruitloop?

Have to agree that FB Market Place is full of entitled nutcases. Every single time I've listed anything for free, I've had weirdos demanding them. No pleasantries - just gimme, can you drop it off, what else you got /can I get type responses. I gave a pair of curtains away recently and someone asked if they could also have some towels, pots and pans, plates, cups glasses cutlery as they had just moved into a new flat and needed those things.

I don't even bother responding to grabby messages anymore, just hit delete and if they're particulalry bonkers, block.

Nought so queer as folk!

This is why I always charge a tiny fee for things now instead of offering for free, as it is generally weeds out the crazy or verbally abusive ones.

Total pain in the ass.
I was trying to sell some furniture recently - very cheaply - didn't want to give it away for free. It was just an absolute fucking nightmare - people messaging wanting it, then not showing up, haggling before they had even seen the furniture, getting aggressive because I said someone else had said they were picking it up.
In the end, I'm afraid I had to tip 4 pieces of furniture which could have been used because I just couldn't shift it, even after dropping the price, and it was taking up so much time dealing with it. I'm in another country and we don't have organizations here which will pick up furniture donations. Phoned a couple of places to ask if they would take donations if I could deliver it - no, thank you. No reason given.
So off to the tip it all went and yeah, I do feel a bit shit about it.

"You obviously don't care if my child gets hurt because they dont have a play pen.. youve got to give it to me, dont be heartless"

I would have asked for the address and then said, "okay, child services will be in touch". That would surely shut her up.

Sounds like it’s not worth offering anything for free as it always attracts the CFs and time-wasters.