Fed up of people on facebook asking for free stuff!

[Twillow]

"Really need a new bed for my toddler if anyone is gifting and oh I don't drive so if you could deliver thanks for reading"

"Our caravan was stolen outside our house and we left everything in it as we was ill after our holiday 4 bikes, hair straightener, toiletries literally lost everything can anyone help with donations be so grateful"

These people are not destitute by the look of their other posts.

Just unfriend them.

Are you on a free page? If so that is kind of the point.

Also it is better all round to reuse something then just going out and buying new.

YABVU - you can’t tell someone’s circumstances by looking at them, which are none of your business anyway.
Also, why not ask? People might be getting rid of things that would otherwise end up in landfill.
Scroll past or unfollow the group if you don’t like the posts!

People can post what they want ,others can either respond or not?

Perhaps I came across wrong. I'm all for freecycling and I do it, both give and take, and having a very low income myself I do have to work bloody hard to make ends meet and furnish the house etc - but the kind of examples I gave came across as somewhat grabby and in the case of the second one, why the hell didn't you have insurance??

There's a big gap between destitute and comfortably able to afford new things, and the posts are doing no harm to anyone.

You sound pretty ignorant.

I’d rather people asked if anyone had anything available than have it end up in landfill. I saw someone asking for donations for their first home this week, so I gave them some old Ikea bookcases. They weren’t in good enough condition to sell but they were pleased with them and if it helps set up a young couple in their first home and they get some use out of them rather than chucking them in the tip, that can surely only be a good thing.

The only time I get a bit cross is when people are asking for free stuff but can’t be bothered to say please or thank you. I never respond to those posts. Manners cost nothing!

Yesterday, to give another example, I saw a begging post for a free x-box and his had gone in for repair and would be gone for 2 weeks.
LIVE WITHOUT IT??

Now you're coming across even worse. For most of us insurance is an essential. For someone that's struggling to put food on the table it's a luxury.

What's grabby about asking for second hand items? I've got some straighteners I no longer need, if I see someone asking for a pair I'd happily give them.

Yesterday, to give another example, I saw a begging post for a free x-box and his had gone in for repair and would be gone for 2 weeks.

Of course you did.

They annoy me to OP, especially the ones wanting you to drive and drop it off. If you want something free at least be willing to put some effort into it

@NoBaggyPants send them this way please . Mine are dying a slow and painful death

A lot of people ask for/ collect free things to then sell them on!!!

Twillow Did his name begin with R. Sort of thing DS would do lol re XBOX

Insurance isn't a magic solution. It often doesn't pay out (leaving belongings in the caravan may have nullified it for example) and often has a considerable excess. Or they might not have been able to afford to take out insurance in the first place.

I’d rather people took others’ old unwanted stuff than bought new stuff unnecessarily. Nobody’s forcing you to donate anything.

The ones that say things like this really annoy me!

‘Wanted-40 inches plus flat screen telly, must be delivered, excellent condition and cheap or free’

There is a local free facebook page that I have posted baby things on a couple of times but I've stopped using it because everytime I offer something I get lots of messages from people asking if I'm also giving away xyz and I just find it rude that people I don't even know are asking me to give them other stuff for free. I've also recieved horrible messages from people who think I haven't replied to them quick enough or who are angry that I gave the item to someone else. There's a definite sense of entitlement and it ruins it for everyone. Now I donate to charity shops or organisations that work with families in need to be sure it goes to people who really need it rather than those who expect everything for free.

Actually I totally believe the Xbox request there are regular requests for iPhones,consoles and large TVs on our local one. There are also though some very genuine ones and I have been happy to help when I can as have many other people. What does annoy me though is the ones saying they are starting out and can anyone help but at the same time demanding only certain makes and colours.

@dollydaydream114
I agree!

Agree, it's the ones asking you to deliver that shock me. I offered a double bed for free on a local site and 3 people messaged me immediately wanting it. However 2 of them didn't drive and the 3rd wasn't willing to hire a van to collect it. I can't believe they thought I'd hire a van to deliver their free bed 😂

Wow that's so cheeky asking for free and to be delivered to

I'm in one lovely FB free group, it is just about passing items on that you don't need any longer.

The other, whilst I do use it, has an undercurrent that you have to be absolutely destitute to take anything but they are quite happy for the more well off to prop the group up.

I have occasionally dropped things off, not always but I do. If I am offered payment I just wave them away, but it is right for them to offer.

I blocked my cousin for this.

She posted on freebay asking for absolutely everything for her new dog (with pic of said dog), including contact details for the PDSA as vets are too expensive. Her post was deleted after it was pointed out that a) if she cant afford to provide proper care for her dog she shouldnt have got one and b) if she can afford a pedigree pug then she can afford the equipment :o