To share this amusing and baffling outburst

[CaptainCabinets]

Posted something for sale on Facebook earlier and had several replies within an hour or so, quickly arranged for a lady to collect the item tomorrow morning for the advertised price. Someone else messaged me offering half the asking price and when I politely declined and told them it was sold pending collection, sent a delightful reply:

“Lol whatever Must b nice to be able to sit on ur arse at home selling things and not having to work if ur able to arrange collection on a Tuesday morning”

I have a job, I just don’t work Tuesdays

Just thought I’d share this CFery

But are they balanced shoulder chips? i.e. one on each side

We advertised a toy for a (bargain) £50. Guy messaged offering £40. I politely said no. He said he'd have it anyway. He clearly thought he'd try it on when he saw me...
Him - "I thought we'd agreed £30 darling".
Me - "No. £50."
Him, making a big deal of patting his pockets "I've only got £35 you see love".
Me - " I can hold it until you go to the bank".
Him- "hmph hmph hmph. It's only worth £40. What does your husband think?".
Me - "We are asking £50".
He practically threw £50 at me (that had miraculously appeared from nowhere), grabbed the toy and stomped off.
I can't be bothered selling stuff. Too much grief.

We had a desk we didn't need. We put it outside with a note on it saying "free" (sounds a bit rough but it's fairly common here). Someone knocked on the door asking when we'd be able to deliver it. I said we don't drive but if he definately wanted it we'd bring it back inside for him to collect at an agreed time. He then said he really needed it and how his daughter was going to fail her exams if she didn't get it. I felt a bit sorry for him so said I could help him carry it if he lived close by. It wasn't heavy, just bulky. He said "fuck that", spat on my path and walked off!

An hour later it had gone. No idea if he came back for it.

I once offered 30l of paint free. Guy messaged me, arranged to collect, failed to turn up twice so I agreed to give the paint to someone else. He gave out saying we already had an arrangement, I pointed out he’d let me down not once but twice. He then messaged to say he was ‘on his way’. I replied we were on our way out.
He turned up anyway, was banging on our doors and the neighbours on both sides, and dialling me over and over again. He kept sending messages to say his wife was going to kill him. Nearly an hour later, he was still there when we returned, so we had to drive around the block to hide.
He then left comments to say I was a timewaster Absolute nutter.

Reply "Awww. U OK hun? U sound tired. U shud lie in more"

@NotTheQueen I bet that was a bit scary actually.

yeah say im loving my lie ins theyre great

silly cow

I'd love it if we has some secret, long time poster MNHQ verified selling room. Piss about once and you've forfeit your access.
I've never once tried it on, haggled, or cheated or become arsey. Low income so I shop a lot of second hand and it makes me sad when I read CF's are the reason good items aren't likely to be uploaded because the seller is too wary of being shafted or verbally abused.

@harryspoorfoot DH banned me from anymore charitable gifting of leftovers and spares for a wee while, I put a fiver on anything and then when they turned up, I rejected the fiver providing they’d not been a knob

I feel guilty about a sale I made once, it was a dining table and 4 chairs. Woman (over 60) came to collect it and paid and I helped it all outside said thanks and went in. I noticed looking out the window after about 5 mins that she had taken 2 chairs but not the other 2 or the table. Comes back after 25 mins for the table. Then after 25 mins for the chairs. I tried offering her a lift in my car but I have a bloody tiny car and they wouldn’t fit in unless we took it all apart and she said she wouldn’t be able to put it together again at the other end and refused my help. I felt really awful that she had to do 3 trips!

I’d have to reply to that...silly cow.

I advertised a pair of bedside tables for £40 once, clearly stating, not once but twice, that they were oak effect. Guy messaged me almost straight away saying he could collect tonight. Great, I thought, that was easy. He turns up, looks at them and says "oh are they not solid oak?" For £40? He had to be kidding! He then proceeds to tell me that he'd already thrown his old ones out and his wife was going to kill him. How exactly was that my problem??

I've also advertised a bed, stating that the mattress was not included. Cue about half a dozen queries asking if it comes with a mattress. Who wants some stranger's second hand mattress anyway??

I advertised a Bugaboo bassinet in brand new condition for free on FB at the weekend. My babies wouldn’t lie flat so that bit was never used but it’s seven years since I bought it so didn’t want any money for it.

Someone messaged me asking if they could have it. Sure, I said, when can you collect?

Them: “ Is the rest of the pram in mint condition too?”

Me: “erm, it’s just the bassinet bit I’m giving away.”

Them: “well what have you done with the rest of the pram?”

Me “I used it for seven years. Now it has gone to the tip.”

Them “thanks for nothing.”

Well she's not wrong. Nothing is what she got.

Love how people think free stuff should be delivered.

I sold a table. The legs unscrewed and I could fit it in my car (large) so said I'd deliver it because I wasn't sure it'd fit a VW Polo, and it wasn't too far away.
Unloaded it, and stacked it against the wall of the porch, rang the bell and the chap said 'Oh good, can you bring it in here and you'll have to screw the legs on' He didn't understand when I said 'no sorry I've not time can I just have my £10 please'. I had to point out I'd gone out of my way to deliver and not charged him extra for my time or fuel so there was no way I was shiting the table in his house or assembling it!

*shifting not shiting!

I once sold my old iPhone on Facebook
The man messaged me an hour after collecting it to say it was smashed (clearly wasn’t when he collected and he saw that when he was inspecting it)
He wanted a refund and to keep the phone and threatened to come back to my house and smash my windows in

I used to upholster furniture and sell on Gumtree. I spent hundreds of pounds and many hours doing a beautiful French bed. I had a reply from a woman saying she loved it but had no money,would I just give it to her for free....and by the way, would I deliver it twenty miles to her house!

I have told before of the CF who always just wrote 'mine' under free stuff on our FB Freecycle group and then wrangled about delivery/size/colour . I chose to give the item to the nice polite person who asked and was berated by the admin after CF complained! He actually told me i needed to offer CF first refusal on my next item to 'make the peace'. That would be a big fat NO.

Ariela You'd have ended up as star of a "Work(wo)man shat in my loo!" thread if you had

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Look up r/choosingbeggars on YouTube and Reddit. It's FULL of these bastards. Also r/entitledparents may be enjoyable for you. The poster who said the "free ones are the worst" was bang on. There is a whole online community where you can submit the posts on Reddit too. The best ones are often cherry picked for YouTube videos (all anonomously done to protect the buyers and sellers). Me and my DH have a good laugh while watching the videos. It will make you feel a bit less alone if you have ever encountered these nutjobs too.

I've heard it's actually better to say you want some money (even a few pounds) for something rather than offer it for free as it weeds out some (sadly not all) of the CFery.

I love the 'not fair, tbh' messages from people who think they should have had first dibs for whatever reason.They sound about five years old! I don't know why they tickle me so much but they do!