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

Mum just reminded me of my cousin.

She wanted a dog crate, harness, guard thingy that you put in the car etc and the phone number for the PDSA for her new dog. A pedigree that cost a fortune. She got roasted by being told that if she can afford a pedigree pug (plus got roasted for encouraging puppy farming!) then she could afford all the equipment and decent insurance.

She has very short arms and very very long pockets, she was always on the beg. Doesnt belong to any of the local groups now, never did find out if it was because she left or was banned!

Haha her message was quite funny!

I always reply with - "I'm afraid it's been sold"
I'm not sure if it's a British thing but people are always apologising when there is no need! You said "I'm so sorry" why?!

Loads of stories here.
I never offer anything for free because everybody wants it “ because it’s free”. Always put a price on.
“ Do you deliver” -no. I’m on the low budget and if I want/need something advertised for free then I can get my arse into gear and go get it so can you CF.
A box of chocs/bottle of plop is usually given to expres grattitude along with “please” to start it and “thank you” to finish.

DH once has dropped off hardly used maxi cosi car seat for a “hard done” lady only for it to appear on fb next week with a £60 price.

Another “hard done with nothing as just starting and pg” desperately looking for a newborn car seat. Offered her our cybex in grass green colour, she declined as not “girly enough”

Lots of CF getting stuff for free and selling it later. Same offenders, admins do nothing.

Sad that people who genuinely need stuff are being pushed out by CF.

I give all the stuff now to support worker who comes to us as she visits the families who are on the bones of their arses and I know the toys/clothes and so one go where they are needed.

If you have something decent and you just want to get rid of it please contact your local HV/ social care office.

And to all of you: Please stand up for CF, they need to be called out on their behaviour, not pandered to!

Had a idiot guy a few weeks ago come to buy a leather 3 piece suite turned up on a motorbike and asked me to follow him to deliver it 27 miles away.
A little shocked when I said in your dreams.

I can honestly say that I never realised this is a thing!!!
I've still got loads of baby stuff up in the loft (my youngest is nearly 14 ) and I've recently been thinking of selling it on my local FB selling sites but I might have to re-think now!

DH once has dropped off hardly used maxi cosi car seat for a “hard done” lady only for it to appear on fb next week with a £60 price.

This is very, very common. I have got the point now where I zone out of the stories about their recent divorce and needing to furnish a place from scratch, or a single mum who really can't afford a brand new Playstation for her son called Tiny Tim on his crutches, blah blah....

Look, we all know you will probably sell this for profit. Spare me the sob story. If you are paying what I asked, you arrive when you say you will and you remove the item from my house without requiring me to get it down the stairs for you or deliver it, I really don't give a stuff.

Just get on with it.

I recently had the misfortune to use Facebook marketplace. I got a lot of messages saying "is it still available?" but then no response. Had one respond with "that's good" and nothing else, as if they were happy my item hadn't sold. Lots of people offering silly money by just messaging "£35" but nothing else. They got blocked, if they couldn't be bothered with niceties then neither could I.

Ended up selling it to someone who wanted me to hold onto it for s couple of weeks until she moved house. She communicated in sentences and said please and thank you .

With the FB thing I have occasionally accidentally posted 'interested' or similar under a post because it's a button you can press (accidentally in my case). So it may not always be people being rude/ irritating. I think there's a 'is this still available' button too.

I've only had good experiences so far with ebay and fb free stuff and selling pages. The cfery of some people is astounding!

I do wonder if when people say free too first person who cllects if you have many other people coming around after its collected? If so, how are they about that?

OP I think you really should screencap and forward the message/emails onto the group Admin. 'People' like that are grubs and will just go on to abuse some other seller in the group. That person should not be allowed to get away with it. People like that get bolder and continue when people don't stand up to them. They need to be held accountable and to know that behaviour is unacceptable.

I've had some amazing interactions with people over FB selling pages - I gave my washing machine away for free (as it given to me for free 2nd hand by my mum so only felt right to pass it on for free). The woman who collected it was so grateful and even text me once her DP installed it all to say thank you again and how it is working perfectly.

Another time I sold a load of Star Wars art work to a Mum who wanted them for her DC, again really lovely interactions.

Also bought stuff from various lovely people too.

But there have been some vile people too! Once a woman demanded I delivered a £5 tea, coffee. sugar set for free to her and she lived like 15 miles away! If it was on my way to work I might have considered it! When I said I wasnt doing it I got such abuse back!

Another time I was trying to sell my Webcam, got nowhere on FB so put it up on ebay. Tbf I forgot to take it down on FB but the guy who messaged me wanting it after seeing it on FB was just vile when I explained it is on ebay with bids already placed so I cannot take it down now. I did end up calling him a child.

The guy who came and collected our old PC told us we should get something to check notes with as he had recently been stung out of £100s after someone handed him a load of fakes!

Btw does anyone else feel really awkward when people come collect things from your home? Various times we have sold electrical items and so have them set up ready to show them they work - I always feel like I should offer them tea/coffee!

Everything goes to the charity shop now. I really really can't be arsed with them.

The last thing I tried to give away was a perfectly good table. I also had the 'will this fit in my brand new mercedes' messages, messages asking for pictures of the chairs (read the advert there are none), will I deliver etc.

I managed to get the legs off, wrestle it into the car and took it to the charity shop.

I have an acquaintance who has several FB accounts and uses her adult childrens accounts as well whenever she fancies something on the free sites. Using all of them she can reply about 8 times through different accounts so usually gets the item. She's got no need for free stuff at all and can certainly afford to buy what she's after. I think she just enjoys the chase.

I sold our front room tv because we upgraded, and a smaller tv that we'd had in the kitchen and barely used. Sold to two different people. The second person came to collect the small tv and asked when I'd be getting more in. I don't know whether he thought I was Del Boy or Argos!

I had one last year. I was selling a pine dressing table and mirror. I'd recently paid £30 for it so sold it for the same.
I had one person message me and ask if it was available. I said that it was but that I wanted it picking up asap.
In the meantime, I had numerous requests for it. One person came that evening and paid the asking price so I mark it as sold.
The next morning the first person comes back to me to arrange pick up. When I told them it had gone they became really aggressive and told me I'd upset their daughter, that I should have held it for them etc. I ended up blocking her because she was so argumentative.

I can't believe the gall of some people. I won't borrow anything and I hate lending things out if asked after a certain friend burnt me once too many times. She is definitely not money or time poor is forever asking for things that you'd never get back unless you chase her up repeatedly and that is bad enough and even then sometimes it doesn't happen.

Some of you clearly have the patience of saints

Lots of CF getting stuff for free and selling it later

There's a couple who live near me who have a lucrative sideline in getting free white goods from Freecycle/Freegle and selling it on. They boasted to a neighbour that they'd made £250 since the weekend by doing this - it was only Tuesday!

I had someone message me purely to tell me they would give me half of what I was asking as they could buy it cheaper at the shop (they couldn't), and called me dodgy at the end of her message. I wrote back and told her to go buy it at the bloody shop then.

A nice story

When DD was 4 one of our friends gave her a load of barbies and a bed for them. She already had a bed so I got her to put this one onto freecycle. I explained in the ad that my 4 yo would make the choice and she chose to give it to another girl whose parents emailed with a lovely message about how their daughter's barbie had to sleep on the floor. When they picked it up the other little girl gave DD some sweets and then sent her a photo of her barbie in her new bed.

I was once harangued at great length about being a baby boomer, a very long harangue! When she'd finished I simply said, Yes, it's fantastic, run along and play. She wasn't impressed at all, passive aggression always wins against this kind of being, they're looking for a row and can't cope with not getting one!

I’ve just arranged to go home at lunch so someone can deliver an item of furniture I’m buying from him (for an agreed extra fee).

However, after reading all these, I feel like I’m missing a trick, and will now demand he drives to my work, waits for me to finish, and then drives me and furniture item home. For this I shall offer him a shiny new £5 note.

Ski4130

They boasted to a neighbour that they'd made £250 since the weekend by doing this - it was only Tuesday!

Fair play to them. If somebody can make money from shit I’m happy to give away, good luck to them. With all the stories here about how much hassle it is and how rude people are, folk aren’t going to do it if they don’t need the money. To me it’s no different than donating it to a charity shop for them to sell. If I was that bothered about it I’d sell it myself.

@Londonmummy1966

What a brilliant story!

mvcatton i am crying laughing

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