AIBU to be fed up with people forcing handmade items on you, then charging you for them!

[dingdongthewitchishere]

A friend/ work colleague/ relative offers you something they make as a hobby, when you are having a relevant conversation or completely randomly. (cake/jam/curtains/ Christmas decoration/ painting because you are organising a party/redecorating/preparing Christmas/talking about shopping). You very nicely decline. They insist, you decline again. A couple of days later, they offer again, and you decline AGAIN, very nicely. A couple of days later, they bring you the damn thing, made specially for you. You grit your teeth, thank them whilst thinking I don't want your crap, and now I have to refund you for the material and buy the same thing somewhere else

Now the killer line: "It's £... for you", quoting at least double the price you would pay in a shop.

AIBU to think they are taking the piss? This is not an isolated incident btw, and whist I would be relatively happy to refund them for their cost even if I didn't want the bloody thing in the first place I am hugely resenting paying a fortune. In theory, I could refuse, in RL, it's difficult when you want to keep a civil relationship with the individual for various reasons.

Just say you don't want it. A neighbour asked if I had a pram yet, then said she had one I could "have" turned out it was 3rd hand and she wanted £50 for it.
Saw her at work a few weeks later she said oh I will show you that pram soon. I said oh thanks but we have one now had some vouchers we used to pay for it.

"here take them" and you say "Ok, thanks, that's really kind of you" - and put them in your bag. AND THEN she says "That's £50!"

And that's when you say, but you just told me to take them for free! You're trying to get me to BUY them?! And you shove them back at her and tut saying, honestly, you need to work in your sales pitch, that was just out of order what you did there!

I know Gis some people really have doormat written all over them, and that's why they are targeted as they are too nice and will be too embarrassed to refuse. Really ding when your neighbour asked for £150 which is a hell of a lot of money, not £5 or £10, that is when you say, no sorry you did'nt say you wanted money, take them back that is a lot. If she asks you what is she going to do with them, just tell her to sell on e bay or something, not your problem. Really some of you need to grow a pair.

I've never heard of anything like this before