To refuse freecyclers because they don't say please?

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That really.
I've put a few offers on there. Nothing hugely exciting. I said on the ads that I'll pick a name tomorrow.
Husband thinks I'm being OTT by automatically deleting the replies that just say "I'll have this" or "put me in the hat" etc., in other words, no please or thank you.
My personal favourite so far, who husband agrees will be deleted is "I will collect this 2day. Give me ur addy. I 2 busey 2 wait. I will collect them al. Carl".
I'm not being unreasonable to expect a few manners when I'm going out of my way to pass on some stuff I could easily sell, am I?
I feel sad that my first AIBU is so boring!

Enko - yours made me nearly cry . Wtf is wrong with me? I'm tired, tears, starving .

A very polite Freecycler actually cost me money! I was moving and had posted a chest of drawers. She was friendly and seemed lovely, and was pregnant & desperately needed it for the baby. She came to collect and I helped her carry it downstairs. She couldn't fit it into her car and said her DH would pick it up later, so we left it in the foyer.

I moved, and a week later the LL said he was charging me £40 to have it removed, as it was still sitting there. If she didn't want the bloody thing why not leave it so someone who could use it got it. grrrr

YANBU! I always give to the nicest and politest message, and I tell them so when they pick it up. It costs nothing and I want to give to someone who appreciates it.

I can't abide people who piss around going "may not go to the first person/ names out of a hat." Just give it to the first person who asks nicely and stop wasting people's time

It's not wasting time, it is adhering to their "fair offer" policy which asks you to wait a few days to give people a chance to respond. You don't have to do it. It's hardly wasting people's time.

I hate rudness and entitled people but there's something distastefully "Lady Bountiful" about your post OP.

YANBU.

Always give first dibs to someone who is polite/nice/funny/friendly/helpful. Just something that makes it a human interaction, not a grab.

One lady I gave a bookcase to messaged me about a month later and said she had set up a reiki practice, I was welcome to have a free session anytime. Never went, but the offer made my day.

There are a lot of people who just want their junk shifted for free that use freecycle to 'do someone a favour' AKA save themselves a trip to the rubbish dump - one mans rubbish is another mans treasure and all that

But lets not dress it up to be something it isn't, no one is giving away something worth much ££ - well unless they are stark mad

Some people are entitled A holes. I usually go for the first reasonable polite email I receive after placing the ad.

It's a shame you see the world like that Reefer.

There are a lot of people who just want their junk shifted for free that use freecycle to 'do someone a favour' AKA save themselves a trip to the rubbish dump - one mans rubbish is another mans treasure and all that Oh, how cynical of you, I do Freecycle to save wasting a usable item and to save it getting put into landfill.

YANBU manners cost nothing I wouldn't give something to someone that was rude and just demanded something it's just cheeky.

Yanbu nobody gets any of my stuff unless they are polite.
One chancer said to me when i was trying to get rid of my fridge freezer "will you deliver to Stoke". Stoke is 50 miles away. Err no. Especially as no chance it would fit in the car.

If I want something on Freecycle, I often say "I would be interested in having this, if it's still available". Is this polite enough? (Personally I think the word "please" can be overused; and it's often said automatically - I prefer phrases such as "would you mind".)

If I'm passing stuff on, I don't notice whether they say please or not, and as long as they turn up when they say they will, I couldn't care less whether it goes to someone rich or poor - some people are wealthy because they have good business sense, i.e. picking up stuff free instead of buying new.

YANBU.

Oh and BTW, I always leave the item in my porch so I don't even see the collector to even get an arse lick.

I once offered a piano on Freecycle, pointing out that we have multiple steps in our garden and whoever took it would need to arrange to move it themselves. The first response was from a woman who told me she had no transport, but when could she come and play it to try it out....

I think some people just message for a chat.

Wanting to play a piano first is reasonable. It might be in terrible condition.

When I free cycled some stuff we had lots of people who would send multiple messages arranging pick up "What time?", "see you at 5" etc etc then just not show up! We also got charged by the letting agent for some furniture that didn't get picked up at the last minute.
I ended up taking some stuff to the recycling centre where there was a family who asked if they could have something (chairs I think, can't remember). The man at the recycling centre said it wasn't allowed, I'm guessing to stop people hanging around the recycling centre and then selling stuff on?? They seemed genuine so we drove out and gave them the chairs outside. Still don't know if this was a massive faux pas or not but as long as they didn't go to landfill I think it's ok.

Would it be rude if they said, 'I'd love to take the lawnmower off your hands. I can collect at any time that's convenient for you'. Is that rude because there's no specific 'please'?

I think I may have been guilty of this in the past...

Wanting to play a piano first is reasonable. It might be in terrible condition. Yes but she had no transport so what's the point, wasting the donors time that's what!