I was talking to a friend and her mother (whom I have known well for years) in a general way about shoes when her mother asked me what size I wore. I told her, to which she replied that she had bought some shoes in that size which finally turned out to be too big for her, also too big for her DD, and said Ill send them for you with DD. DD duly turned up a couple of weeks later with the shoes, a pair of plain but inoffensive-looking slingbacks, which I tried on and which seemed to fit ok. Just as a courtesy I asked the DD if her mother wanted anything for them, to which she replied Fifty pounds please, thats how much she paid for them.
I was flabbergasted as I had not asked for the shoes in the first place nor had there been any mention of me buying them. I would certainly not have paid 50 pounds for them if I had seen them in a shop, and these shoes had been worn! Being a wimp who hates confrontation I paid up. Till now I dont know if the fifty pounds was demanded by the mother or if it was the daughter who decided. Both are well-off, may I add. To add insult to injury (or perhaps the other way round), when I wore the damned things I realised why my friends mother had said they were too big - the elastic on the slingback was weak and kept dropping down when I walked!
I put the shoes in a charity bag, but can`t help feeling aggrieved about the whole affair. May I also add that I have never sold anything to a friend in my life, I give my stuff away!