To be amazed at the entitlement?

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I advertised a toy on FB. In pristine condition for £1 (would normally sell new for £8).

Someone living in a very wealthy area has asked me to deliver the toy to them when they know it's a 15 mile round trip. They don't want to know now that I've suggested a few pounds delivery charge for petrol and my time. It would still make the toy half of what it would cost in the shops.

AIBU to be flabbergasted at how some people expect the world to owe them something when they're already getting an amazing deal?

They seem really miffed at my suggestion of a delivery charge. Why on earth would I deliver something for £1 when it would cost me more than that in petrol let alone my time? CF!!! I can't believe the gall of some people.

@Glitterandunicorns

I seem to recall reading a study whereby people were more likely to show up to buy your item if you sold it for £1 as opposed to giving it away for free because this gave the buyer the perception of getting a bargain rather than taking an item that someone didn't value enough to charge for it.

Similar to a story I read years ago ...

Someone left a kids bike outside their house with a sign saying "Free to a Good Home". It was there for days and nobody wanted it.

They then changed the sign to read "£25". The bike got nicked immediately!!!!

@expat101

BIL was giving away a lounge and was asked if he would deliver it.

Asked them (tongue in cheek) if they would like anything else picked up along the way... needless to say they didn't receive the lounge.

Also wondering what a "lounge" is.

I sold something for £25 someone asked would I take £10 and deliver (2hour round trip). I didn’t reply and just blocked them.

Freecycle! What a nightmare that was!

That was the pinnacle of CFery. I had a bag of clothes I put on there. They had been given to me by a well-meaning friend who thought she was helping me out by donating her unwanted clothes to me. They weren’t even my size. I would have taken them s charity shop if they were open on Sundays (my only day off at the time). So I listed “large bag of assorted women’s clothes size 16. Blouses, tops, skirts, trousers”. I got people wanting me photo every item from s million angles, people wanting to know what brands they were, people asking if I had the tags and receipts for them and one bloke have me a sob story of how he and his wife were on benefits with 6 children and had no money for clothes. I told him they were still available if he wanted to collect them for his wife. He replied that it wasn’t worth collecting “just a bag of clothes” but if I throw in a bag of nappies and a few bags of groceries to help them out he would consider it.

The best one I ever had was the person living 100 miles away who wanted me to take it round so they could have a look and decide if they wanted it!

Second best was the one repeatedly messaging saying they wanted it but refusing to collect it and wanting delivery, in the end I said sure I'll deliver it'll cost a £100 fee 😂 They finally stopped messaging after that.

The most barmy was the one who messaged from the northernmost UK, my location clearly stated as the southernmost UK, for an item advertised as "strictly CASH on collection only" because I don't use PayPal and couldn't be bothered with any other payment method for the sake of £10. They repeatedly messaged me begging for me to let them have it. I eventually said if they're happy to post me the cash + £3 to cover postage cost I'd send it to them. Their response was to publicly tell people I was a scammer because I wanted only cash! Madness.

I’d rather donate to a charity shop than sell it dirt cheap to some FBM idiot! Maybe try adding NO DELIVERY! to your posting. I’m done with cheap people. I don’t even try to be polite. That includes people who don’t chip in their fair share for group gifts, etc.

Hear you OP, this kind of cheeky fuckery gets my goat!

Recently I sold a vintage stained glass front door on FB for $100 - worth a fair bit more, but had found it by the roadside & enjoy putting up a good deal which is a quick sell in an hour or two

Had a message from someone offering $50

Messaged back & said no, price firm

Then they message back to offer the asking price!

So text them back & said no, on principle I won’t sell it to you now, because you’ve taken the piss with such a lowball offer.

They apologised & offered $150!

I still said no - based on your rudeness to offer such a low asking price when you can obviously afford me pay more, am even less inclined to sell to someone like you.

Think people like this need to be called out on their cheapskate attitude.

Before I had a car to use, I always offered extra money for delivery or asked if they could meet in local town. If they said yes, fab. If know, I would have thanked them for their time and left it. It’s not hard to have basic manners

@RobertaFirmino

It happens on Ebay too. I accept offers on stuff and yes, I can and do say no but the cheek of some people, honestly! I often Google the postcodes of the CFs and it is always people in 'naice' areas who'll offer you £2 for a BN Hobbs wool skirt or similar! Maybe this is how they can afford to live where they do!

@Winniemarysarah I can relate, I've been there too. Is this just a one off or a regular thing? The £10 a day thread can be quite helpful. Hope things look up soon.

Absolutely this. eBay was way worse than FBMP in my experience. And added to that you had to pay them for the privilege.

I wouldn't take a reduced fee on the doorstep on principle as it encourages them to keep on doing it. And if they ask unreasonable questions, like can you deliver miles away for free, I'd be tempted to ignore them or just say, no.

For PP asking, a lounge is probably what you would call a sofa (they are more commonly called lounges in Aus - short for lounge suite)

I own a holiday let (yes I know, unpopular on MN but that s not for duscussion). My fees are, I think fairly reasonable and just comes with an allocated parking space which is invaluable.

I advertise on an appropriate site (not Airbnb) and while most people are fine there are some cheeky ones, including the one who asked for the property for half price during school summer holidays. I give mates rates to family and family, yes, but my one proviso is while I'll do Easter and half term cheaply I won't do school summer holidays cheaply. So that'll be a no then nnsend to a random stranger.

@Dellit

For PP asking, a lounge is probably what you would call a sofa (they are more commonly called lounges in Aus - short for lounge suite)

This is what I was about to say. We call them “lounges” rather than “sofas” here.

@smoko

Hear you OP, this kind of cheeky fuckery gets my goat!

Recently I sold a vintage stained glass front door on FB for $100 - worth a fair bit more, but had found it by the roadside & enjoy putting up a good deal which is a quick sell in an hour or two

Had a message from someone offering $50

Messaged back & said no, price firm

Then they message back to offer the asking price!

So text them back & said no, on principle I won’t sell it to you now, because you’ve taken the piss with such a lowball offer.

They apologised & offered $150!

I still said no - based on your rudeness to offer such a low asking price when you can obviously afford me pay more, am even less inclined to sell to someone like you.

Think people like this need to be called out on their cheapskate attitude.

I absolutely love this! I had a friend die. We cleaned out all his stuff and put the whole lot of furniture which was quite nice, on FBMP priced very low to sell quickly. Someone offered half and I said NO. Then they asked what I’d sell it for. I raised the asking price. Made me feel good!

@LaurenKelsey good on you! If people know they’re already getting a good deal & aren’t financially strapped it’s quite cheap to bargain to that extent

Don’t mind when people knock a little off the price but cutting it by half is quite brazen.

We have had varied experience selling on ebay. Sold DH's motorbike, loads and loads of questions and tyre kickers. One asked if it would fit in the back of a Rascal van, answer: no, but you could probably carry the van on the back of the bike, it was a big bike.

Eventual buyer asked no questions just paid and collected.

Sold a cadac grill, the buyer felt guilty that he had got such a bargain that he wouldn't accept his change!

@smoko

Hear you OP, this kind of cheeky fuckery gets my goat!

Recently I sold a vintage stained glass front door on FB for $100 - worth a fair bit more, but had found it by the roadside & enjoy putting up a good deal which is a quick sell in an hour or two

Had a message from someone offering $50

Messaged back & said no, price firm

Then they message back to offer the asking price!

So text them back & said no, on principle I won’t sell it to you now, because you’ve taken the piss with such a lowball offer.

They apologised & offered $150!

I still said no - based on your rudeness to offer such a low asking price when you can obviously afford me pay more, am even less inclined to sell to someone like you.

Think people like this need to be called out on their cheapskate attitude.

Think you were a bit of a CF.too as you got it for free.

I never bother with the general Marketplace, too anonymous and too many time wasters, and only offer free items for collection on local groups.

Ha we had one similar. We had dropped.price of an item, I think we were asking £20 for it in the end, was worth £60 new and it hadn't even been taken out of packaging.

Some guy said he can't come so drop it at his tonight (10pm) 15 miles away. We said no delivery. He said ok so what you going to do about the price then? Wait, so he expects us to drop the price just because HE cannot collect it, like it's our fault

Bloody hell some of these stories are real eye openers to the amount of cheeky fuckers on this planet. I think I will just continue to give my unwanted things to charity. Much better for the old blood pressure I reckon.

YAB a bit unreasonable
Just give the toy(s) to a charity shop or offer to post to her if she sends a £1 coin and postage cost.
I can see someone saying FREE for collection if it is a large bulky item ( have sold a big item this way rather than taking it to a tip - and it was not rubbish).
People are entitled - get them out of your life. I have bought a few items on Marketplace and found everybody local to me very honest.

If you don't want to get riled by their entitlement - use Ebay (other selling sites are available. )

This is what happens on FBMP.

I recently gave away a side sleeper cot in excellent condition. I could have easily gotten about £300 for it if I'd sold it, maybe more, but I am in the fortunate position of not needing the money and I liked the idea of helping someone else in need. I said it was first come first serve, free to a good home.

You would not believe some of the ridiculous and entitled messages I got. One lady got very angry that I wouldn't agree to delivering it to her home over a week later when she was back from holiday. She swore at me and called me selfish.

@MichelleScarn

It's worse when you offer something for free.. You get a 'drop 2 me 2mro at 2, wat els u got. Needz be perfect'

haha so true.

Glitterandunicorns

I seem to recall reading a study whereby people were more likely to show up to buy your item if you sold it for £1 as opposed to giving it away for free because this gave the buyer the perception of getting a bargain rather than taking an item that someone didn't value enough to charge for it.

I endorse this. Whenever I have offered items free, I've been messed about. Put a price on it and people show up. Recently I listed a few children's books at v low prices. Had a lot of enquiries/time wasters with none following through. Decided to hike the prices and they were snapped up. My takeaway is that people ascribe a dollar value to items and show interest accordingly.

@IsDaveThere

In fact, selling for £1 wouldn't even be worth my time and effort posting it in the first place.

Well lucky you not everyone is so fortunate

Also wondering what a "lounge" is.

I'm assuming a lounge suite? As in sofa and two armchairs?