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Sorry, a Facebook selling one.

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footphobic · 24/09/2015 22:14

More of a WWYD I think. So Dd is getting rid of a few unwanted bits and pieces ahead of her move to uni. Things sell quite well on our (small) town FB selling page so we popped them on there.

A woman quickly said she wanted an item. We agreed the sale and I went on her profile to pm our address for collection.

Near the top of her recent posts is a Brtain First propaganda post, posted/shared by her. One of the usual 'our pensioners get pennies and illegal immigrants/asylum seekers live in mansions and bleed us dry' ones.

DH and other older dcs including dd were in the room so I commented and we had a bit of a discussion about it. DH felt that maybe they were either ignorant or naive about BF and would've been inclined to ignore it and sell it to her anyway. Dd said she would rather give stuff away then sell it to someone who posted such vile crap.

I agree with dd. I'm quite happy to renege on the sale, the item will obviously stay on there for sale so I won't be using an excuse. Should I just say I can't sell to her after all which I assume will prompt the question why which I will then have to field. Or should I say it straight, by pm if not on the actual post, so either of these would be where I might be BU. Or, the possibility that I'm over-reacting and her personal views shouldn't be relevant in this situation, though dd won't sell it to her now anyway.

I just wanted to gauge a broader range of opinion really (I'm not a hardened AIBU user so please be gentle).

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BackforGood · 25/09/2015 15:30

I think it's a good point, that the T&Cs on the local elling pages, usually say you have to sell it to the first person who asks - you can't "pick" your buyer. You (your dd?) agreed to those T&C by posting something you wanted to sell.

SilverOldie2 · 25/09/2015 17:42

It's not an organisation with which I would want to be associated. Having said that, if you sold the items any other way, ad in paper, gumtree, ebay etc you would have no idea of this person's political interest.

It's all because it's on Facebook. I really hate it and think that people who lay their lives bare on it will come to regret it in the long term. Sorry for the off-tangent rant.

teawamutu · 25/09/2015 19:07

Definitely do gush about how much you're raising for the refugee resettling appeal as you pocket her payment. She won't sleep for a week.

And make sure she doesn't try to friend you. I've had people try to add me on the basis of a tenner and some random tat changing hands.

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