To think people that sell stuff they got for free

[Aliceinwonder8]

Are awful especially off kindness sites

[Cathbrownlow]

I agree. My revolting neighbour used to do this.

[Ptee]

No, I’ve given stuff away I don’t care if they sell it or if they use it then sell it down the line.

[PartyPlanner24]

I think if someone gets something off a kindness site specifically to sell and make money, that's awful.

I think if someone takes it for free because they have no means to buy it, and then sell it on because they need the money, then it's different.

I've occasionally gave clothes/toys to a friend of mine who's in a very poor financial situation. I have zero issue with her selling them on - I can afford to give them away, what she does with them then is her business.

[Crumpleton]

Some argue that once it's given away it's up to the recipient what they do with the item, that their circumstances are unknown, and that they might need the money from the sale.

But I'm with you someone may actually need the item and can't afford to buy it.

[Bushmillsbabe]

I agree. It stops sometime who really needs it from having it.
If someone collects something and then doesn't need it, they should put it back on the site.
It really annoys me. My husband is of the opinion we should sell things which are decent. As we don't desperately need the money I was of the opinion that we should pass on for free to those who are struggling, but I have seen people selling our stuff on so many times, so am now often choosing to sell it ourself and then give the money to a local charity

[OwlCityisthemostunderrated]

What is a “kindness site”?

[Dacadactyl]

If you don't need it, not sure why it matters what the recipient does with it.

I quite often make a profit on vinted from things I've bought in a charity shop.

[herbygarden]

I don't know what a kindness site is either. But we gave away our old conservatory for free, the guy spent two days carefully dismantling and collecting it, he would have sold it I am sure but he worked bloody hard and saved us paying the builders to demolish it and then for a couple of skips to clear it all! Also it could then be reused which would be better for the environment! I would be delighted if he made some cash out of us!

[colouredball]

I don't think selling something g you got for nothing is awful. Who is affected? The giver was happy to give, if they wanted to sell they had the same opportunity.

[Crumpleton]

@OwlCityisthemostunderrated

What is a “kindness site”?

We have a local 'acts of kindness' group on Facebook, it's where items are offered free of charge instead of binning them.
A lot of areas have them.

[ThinWomansBrain]

presumably sites like freecycle?

I used to give stuff away on there frequently - there was one woman that always wanted practically everything. TBH I wouldn't have been that bothered if she was selling them on, she always turned up to collect when she said she would.
I just got really hacked off with the evermore outrageous lies that she spun as to why she needed stuff.

[Chimen]

I don’t have a problem with it, It’s not like someone who spends their free time trawling through freebie sites for things to sell on are rolling in money.

[coldcallerbaiter]

On another note, I was looking on eBay for jackets in a particular style today, there were so many deliveroo, just eat delivery driver jackets for sale?
No idea who would buy them at £25, unless for nefarious reasons like impersonating.

[JustDiscoveredBueno]

Selling on from a kindness site would irk me. Selling on from gumtree etc where I've given it away wouldn't bother me.

[Ahwig]

My aunt had a neighbour Alec who was mean. He once asked her if she'd like some runner beans, she presumed he'd grown them and said thank you that would be lovely. He brought a large bundle round then charged her £4 . She paid it because she was a bit embarrassed but the embarrassment turned to anger when another neighbour said she'd grown some lovely runner beans and would have offered my aunt some but Alec was keen to have them all , apparently it was quite a large bundle he took. My aunt was 90 at the time and Alec was 87. Strangely ( as far as he was concerned anyway) she refused all future offers.

[KeinLiebeslied54321]

@Dacadactyl

If you don't need it, not sure why it matters what the recipient does with it.

I quite often make a profit on vinted from things I've bought in a charity shop.

So you're a reseller then?

[Ptee]

@coldcallerbaiter

On another note, I was looking on eBay for jackets in a particular style today, there were so many deliveroo, just eat delivery driver jackets for sale?
No idea who would buy them at £25, unless for nefarious reasons like impersonating.

That’s a couple of quid cheaper than the deliveroo rider site, so if you need a replacement.

[OwlCityisthemostunderrated]

I think if the “kindness site” is specifically set up for people to ask for free stuff due to their circumstances then it would be a bit off to fake those circumstances and sell on. (Although that whole set up feels a bit odd)

If it’s just freecycle or gumtree then personally I have no issue with it at all. Personally I would just be glad things are being reused. But also, once you have given something away, or sold it, it’s not yours anymore and up to the recipient what they do with it.

[Merryoldgoat]

If I don’t want something, can’t be fagged to sell it then I give it away, I don’t care what the recipient does with it.

[WandaWonder]

If I don't have to deal with it anymore I don't care what people do with it

[freakinthespreadsheets]

I did this without thinking once. Was given a free bedside table by an old colleague when i first moved into my house. Used it for 6 months then sold on for a fiver when i saved up and bought a matching set. I'd honestly have advertised it for free but "free" on Facebook marketplace seems to attract time wasters. Think I actually turned down the lady when she tried to pay me but might be getting mixed up with something else I sold.

[cherish123]

Yes. I knew someone who got an expensive sideboard from their aunt for free and their girlfriend sold it online 🙄.

[Hairyfairy01]

I've never heard of a 'kindness' site, I guess that's a bit different as people donate to help others out. However I will admit that I regularly find a bargain on the £1 aisle of a charity shop, or get given clothes by much wealthier friends to 'do what I want with'. I will sell these if necessary, I'm skint, the money is very much needed atm. Perhaps you need to consider that they aren't selling things for 'fun' but just to keep their family household afloat?

[LeopardsRockingham]

A "kindness site"

Though tbf when did these start popping up? Really after the "be kind" repetitious shite.

So on some fb posts you see nearly x factor performances trying to get a basket of baby clothes when 5 years ago the donator would have given it to the charity shop/friends/rag bag in the first place and not had themselves boosted by being oh so kind and benevolent to the poor (or rogues who may then take their charity and make gasp money)

If you give it away with the fact you want it out if your life and can't be arsed to sell it....I wouldn't care what someone else did. Though I do usually do the same as OP. A fiver usually means someone will turn up for the item rather than if its free bizarrely they don't. And I have got rid of many items that would have taken me a trip to the dump.

I have also sold clothes etc given by friends for DC, and others have done the same with things clothes I have passed onto them. If I don't want it back....crack on its yours now, use it or get something for it