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To be agog at this cheeky bint on one of the Facebook selling sites

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witchofzog · 12/06/2017 21:50

She has posted that her and her boyfriend are moving into their first time together and does anyone have any cheap or free furniture to help them. Someone posted a tv cabinet. Bit old fashioned but in good condition. Her reply? "Got one" Someone else posts a set of bowls and plates. Quite nice actually. Her reply? "Don't need em". And then someone has offered a wardrobe for free but she wants to see pictures first before she accepts . But she would prefer black of possible

And this is probably the third or fourth ad I have seen from this person. I have never bothered to read the replies until today. Surely if you want your home kitted out for free you need to be polite. And not really picky either. Or is this how things are done now?

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sparkleandsunshine · 12/06/2017 21:52

Cheeky bint! I'd personally message her and tell her she's taking the piss the freeloading cow. But then she'd probably tell me some crazy sob story and I would end up looking like an evil cow 😂

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witchofzog · 12/06/2017 21:52

*First home not first time 🙈

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user1468353179 · 12/06/2017 21:55

I see this on FB all the time. They need stuff but they're really looking for stuff they like, and saying "no" to people offering things out of kindness. Cheeky twats.

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witchofzog · 12/06/2017 22:01

It is just so rude. If she is so particular she should buy it like the rest of us have to

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Fernanie · 12/06/2017 22:01

It's the same on Freecycle. Used to be "if anyone has a wardrobe going spare I'd really appreciate it" Now it's "has anyone got a sofa from John Lewis or Heals in excellent condition and can you drop it round on Wednesday after 7pm..." So bloody demanding, I don't offer anything anymore, I sell it on gumtree now.

Badweekjustgotworse · 12/06/2017 22:02

I've seen people on freecycle asking for iPhones and flatscreen TVs with specific dimensions, leather sofa suites in specific colours etc... baffles me. I wonder how many people ask for stuff and receive it though especially when their manner is rude in their posts to start off with

Badweekjustgotworse · 12/06/2017 22:02

X post fernanie!

chumpchange · 12/06/2017 22:05

I gave an early-model smartphone to a woman on a FB group some years ago and she whined and complained that it took her too long to figure out how to use. She then wanted to give it back to me .

Woobeedoo · 12/06/2017 22:09

I've just seen a Facebook "I'm moving into a flat and I need" request and it's basically everything. I'm talking everything - bedding, bed, crockery, cutlery, cooker, washing machine, kettle, fridge, sofa, TV, DVD player, lamps, curtains. The thing is, surely you'd know you were moving and start setting money aside for these things, it's not like someone suddenly gives you a house for free out of the blue one day whilst you're queuing in Sainsburys and tells you to furnish it.

RobinHumphries · 12/06/2017 22:09

A few years ago there was a similar thread. Apparently some woman had noticed that her neighbour had absolutely nothing so posted on Facebook trying to get stuff for them but in this case had a long list of requirements i.e. One king size bed
One brown sofa
2 matching arm chairs
Curtains must be brown and blue
Dyson vacuum cleaner etc etc

This woman also had a Facebook selling page and didn't like it when people pointed out that she was selling a dyson vacuum cleaner so could just donate it to her neighbour instead!

Hoppinggreen · 12/06/2017 22:10

Best ( worst) one I ever saw was a woman asking for free clothes for her baby - no obvious logos please and nothing from Supermarkets . At the same time she was asking if anyone had a specific pair of designer trainers for sale in her size. She was prepared to pay up to £50 for the !!!

numbmum83 · 12/06/2017 22:11

And don't forget they will want it delivered for free too!
I was giving a fridge freezer away on Facebook a while ago and so many people were msging me , can you deliver , I had said I don't drive in the listing and then someone said they wanted it but they couldn't fetch it til next weekend, it was Monday ! These days people must want to choose from a catalogue of brand new stuff for free . Altho tbh I'm seeing more and more things for sale on there that need to go to the tip , I'm sure people put it on for free instead of getting a skip .

Beeziekn33ze · 12/06/2017 22:12

Oh yes! My favourite was 'Desperate for a silver fridge'!
Far too many 'desperate' people with tragic backstories. Just say what you need, if someone has a spare one they'll respond to your post.

intergalacticbrexitdisco · 12/06/2017 22:15

I love the Freecycle ads. There is one on ours who 'urgently needs' a flat screen tv.

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witchofzog · 12/06/2017 22:16

Am loving the woman who got caught out with the Dyson. And the bare faced cheek of some of the others too

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Badweekjustgotworse · 12/06/2017 22:18

at urgently needing a flatscreen

becausebecausebecause · 12/06/2017 22:20

How do I find these pages on facebook? Dying to have a read at the sheer, unadulterated cheek.

rollonthesummer · 12/06/2017 22:21

There's a lot of that on my local Facebook page.

I did see a good one a few months back...

Wanted: brown leather corner sofa wanted-must be immaculate and need it delivered asap.

Someone replied, 'Try Argos'

OhWhatFuckeryIsThisNow · 12/06/2017 22:25

There's an infamously cheeky bint on ours who is forever saying "anyone know where I can get really expensive gubbins?" People just respond with "house of Fraser pet" now.

Stormwhale · 12/06/2017 22:26

The woman who runs my local one is fabulous. She doesn't put up with that sort of shit at all. If someone is rude, impolite, wastes someone's time or doesn't turn up to collect, she boots them out of the page. She also doesn't allow people to ask for someone to hold the item, if you want it you have to go get it straight away. She is a superstar and has booted out loads of people for me when I have shown her the evidence that they have been wasting my time.

CheeseQueen · 12/06/2017 22:28

Or is this how things are done now?

No, it really isn't - unless bad manners are the done thing now!
What a rude, ungrateful mare.
I don't think I'd be able to sit on my hands, I'd have to say something!

DianneDionne · 12/06/2017 22:38

I hate Facebook selling sites, my one and only experience of them turned out badly because of some cheapskate cow and her army of huns. I was selling a travel system. It was an expensive designer type (I know, I know, but it's relevant) and I had it advertised as X amount. Had an inbox message from a girl wanting to buy it so said yes, she messaged back to say could she let me know because she needed to sell her pushchair first, like an idiot I said yes. The next day she messaged to say she would only buy it for Y amount because she had sold her pushchair for a lot less than expected, I told her no and said it was the asking price or nothing (but this included delivery). She told me to fuck off.

The next thing, she wrote a comment on my advertisement saying I was money grabbing and then set up her own post to slate me. She put that she'd sold her pushchair to raise the money to buy mine and then I'd told her I wanted more money, that she was now left without a pushchair for 'bubs' and that she doesn't have enough money to buy one! Some sucker gave her one for free because 'mummies don't do that to other mummies'. Admin then threatened to ban me from the page.

I posted the messages between us on the page and put that not being able to afford a designer travel system didn't mean that she couldn't afford to buy a travel system at all. Admin took my post down and then I left shortly after that.

sparechange · 12/06/2017 22:45

There are regularly ones on our local group from women who are about to have a baby, have no money, and are desperate for anything anyone has spare or cheap

And when people start offering things, they ALWAYS reply 'don't want that colour' or 'it's a girl so green/blue/black is no good'

But they are desperate, you see

DimplesToadfoot · 12/06/2017 22:46

Woobeedoo

it's not like someone suddenly gives you a house for free out of the blue one day whilst you're queuing in Sainsburys and tells you to furnish it.

My ex threw me and the kids out of the house at 6.30 in the morning with nothing but the jammies we stood in, by 9 I had them dressed and in school with donations and loans from friends, by 4 I when I picked them up I had rented an unfurnished house and had filled it with donations of a plate here and there, a fridge no one wanted and so on, we actually took the curtains down to use as bedding ..

so yes people do find themselves in need of house and funishings out of the blue .. I certainly did

Overduelibrarybooks · 12/06/2017 22:49

I've just moved into a flat and needed all of these things because I left my abusive STBXH a couple of months ago. I won't bore you with the whole saga, but basically I was in the position you describe above. I was fortunate that I had a little bit in savings and relatives with spare furniture/furnishings they could give or lend me, but some people in this situation might not.

Having said this the OP does have a point, there are some people who take the piss with their demands on FB

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