To be amazed at the entitlement?

[80Dodgeballs]

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.

YANBU. We've had some time wasters, including a woman who came round to collect a cupboard that we were selling for £20 (it was originally really quite expensive). We put the measurements on the advert, said to check car measurements before enquiring and that it was collection only.
It was the kind of cupboard that you would be able to fit into a larger car but we made this clear.

Woman makes arrangements with us and comes round in a really small car and asks us to 'try' and get it in there . Quite obviously won't fit. She then asks if we could deliver it to her. More or less told her to piss off. Waste of everyone's time. DH had taken time out of his work day and I was dealing with a screaming baby. Personally I think her broaching the topic of delivery was planned before she turned up.

The final straw of my patience was when she commented that it had scuffs on the bottom of the cupboard when we were letting it go for £20.

I live in a very 'wealthy' area in Cheshire, used to sell bundles of my daughters baby clothes, £200/£300 worth all immaculate for like £15 or something, people would ask if I'd take £13 so would agree then they'd turn up in the latest Range Rover dripping in jewellery and obviously loaded (I'm definitely NOT loaded) used to really make me laugh

I advertised a vetch toot toot garage a couple years ago. They are quite expensive now and I also had 4-5 cars that go with it that are around £10 each I think (can't really remember tbh).

I put it on for £20 which was a bargain I thought. Was like new.

Had a woman message me asking if I'd take £5, I said no sorry and she got all funny cos her kids wanted one and she could but it cheaper new? I'm not sure if she was just really confused because the garage alone is usually £40 plus the cars! It still baffles me to this day!

@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'

Yes

On local freecycle pages, the people giving stuff away, always in perfect condition, had to start saying collection only.
And lots of 'I'll take that' and 'Next'...did you ever hear of please and thank you!

Facebook buyers are the worse for this. I’ve had this a few times.

I'll be honest, I've never had this on FBMP. I don't give away stuff on there though, we have a local group for that.

I think it’s more time efficient to do a yard sale for 1£ things if you live in a busy area

I hate waste so I'll always try to sell/give away free on market place even if the value is low. Plus the money helps.

The key is setting expectations really low. I'll block buyers at the slightest sign of messing about. This includes asking for delivery on collection only items, haggling over a fixed price, not coming when they say they will. At this rate I'll have blocked all the cfs after a 1000 years!

@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.

A lounge to me is a room, like a sitting room... I giggled at this

My son went through a toothpaste hating phase so I bought some sensory toothpaste that didn’t taste or foam. I could only buy it in a pack of 8 tubes. He hated it after 1 tube so had 7 tubes that I decided to give away for free on a local mums Facebook group.

So many cheeky fuckers out there demanding delivery and calling me entitled when I wouldn’t. In the end a really lovely lady came and she was so grateful.

People are the worst

@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'

🤣🤣🤣oh my word! ^ lol

There is a talented guy who posts the CF comments on twitter. He writes personalised songs for weddings then goes and performs the song for the couple.

Loads of people are shocked that he charges, including someone who wanted him to fly to Italy at his own expense!

My DH has sold quite a bit on FBMP - always collection only and final price advertised. If he gets any mad offers he replies with a link to Specsavers .

Wow, that is awful behaviour OP! When I read things like this it makes me wonder what has happened to some people to make them so rude. Is it poor emotional intelligence? Lack of empathy?

@80Dodgeballs

Please ignore the entitled idiots who came on this thread to say the likes of ‘I wouldn’t even bother for the sake of £1’ I doubt they have any concept of just how much their privilege is showing.

You do not need to explain or justify why the £’a make a difference to your family. It’s your belongings and you’re entitled to sell them as you see fit!

Personally I hate selling on Fb and having to deal with people I tend to donate to avoid it but that’s because I’m in a fortunate enough position to do that!

I remember holding a box of tiles for someone on Freecycle. Months passed and l put another free item on - same person messaged me asking for it. I said 'l'm still waiting for you to collect the tiles?!' Put them back on and someone else collected them.

I always overprice things on FBMP because it's full of cheeky gits that want everything for nothing. If I overprice, I end up getting the price I actually want with the lower offers

A slight YABU selling an item for £1... moreso in the sense if you only want a nominal amount then why not donate the item to charity? I'm sure the money raised will go further than the £1 in your pocket.

Totally get your frustration with the 'delivery' element of it though, these types think everyone else is Amazon. And from personal experience if I was buying an item in good condition for a fraction of the cost then I would make sure I collected it before someone else did!

I give away loads of stuff for free on Facebook. The amount of times it goes along the following lines:

Person; is item still available (generally no manners)
Me: yes it is, collection is from blah blah, when would you like to collect (polite)
Person:

Eh?

@IsDaveThere

I've voted YABU because you could just say NO!

Good for you

I recently listed a large piece of furniture on FBMP and within seconds had 6 people asking if still available. I was thinking "wow people must really like the look of this" as it was proving so popular.
The first person to message was extremely keen and left their house immediately to come and collect. When they arrived we were chatting politely and they said they had been looking out for one of these items of furniture for ages, and they were wanting it for their second home. All great, they got it in the car and I went back inside my house.

Moments later I realised I'd forgotten to ask them for the money /they'd forgotten to give it to me. So I popped back out and said as much in a friendly way. Their face dropped and they appeared really put out I'd mentioned money. I reiterated how much the item was, as per the advert, and they gave me the money in a polite bit kind of terse way. I went back inside and thought it was odd how their demeanour had suddenly changed when I mentioned money.

Started to doubt myself and so had another look at my advert of FBMP only to find the fucking site had listed my item as FREE even though I'd put a £40 price on it!! I felt terrible and went back outside to explain and gave them back half the money through guilt! They were very understanding but I was mortified to think they might have thought I was a scammer. So I'll never sell through FBMP again.

I also once gave away an almost brand new computer desk on freecycle, the bloke who turned up did not even say thank you and was really rude. So I won't use that site again either.

It is a minefield and if I had a van or trailer I'd rather take these items to a charity shop myself than deal with the hassle!

@AStar98 as people have explained a few times on this thread, selling a few items for £1 each could enable a struggling family to buy enough food to tide them over for a few days. How often do we see desperate people posting on MN for advice when they have literally pennies to last them and they’re advised to see if they have anything they can sell. It’s great if £1 is just a ‘nominal amount’ to you which means nothing at all but for some people it really isn’t. I’m quite shocked that anyone has their head far enough in the sand not to be aware of that.

I have the CF GOD TEIR story of all time!!! remember I once sold a beautiful couch on. Dirt cheap because we had a new one arriving that day. Stated on the advert you will need a van as this is a very large very heavy item.
Woman turns up in a bloody vaxhual Astra. Says “ oh it won’t go in” ( no shit Sherlock)

By this point the sofa was already in my garden. The woman’s says I’ll have to ring my husband to get a van to collect it do you mind if i wait. Absolutely not a problem. Left her too it. About half an hour later. I went out to see how she was getting on. She’d invited her friends to sit with her in my garden on my sofa she’d not even paid me for yet. DRINKING A CRATE OF BEER!!!!!

I advertised something for a fixed price the other day on there and it was very clear. Still got someone asking if it was free. When I messaged back with the price I didn't hear from them again. People just want something for nothing all the time.

@AStar98 RTFT. OP has said she has listed several items for £1 as she is hoping to get £15 which she really needs.