Will you be home all day?

[LumpyandBumps]

Quite lighthearted but is anyone happy to have a buyer come to collect an item they are purchasing at an unspecified time?
I’ve been selling things on Facebook Marketplace.
I am mostly retired and can probably arrange to be home at any time convenient to the buyer.
When I ask when they would like to collect they invariably suggest a morning or afternoon, sometimes a whole day, and then ask if I will be here the whole time.
I then have to explain that whilst I can be here at any time they suggest in advance I can’t be here all the time, which seems to confuse people.
I don’t really think I’m being awkward ( posting in AIBU is a good way to find out), but I hate waiting around for people. I can’t pop to the shop or drop off something to a neighbour, have a shower, and I even feel like I need to rush when going to the loo in case I miss them. I also have a dog who is like Houdini and it works better to know an approximate time so that I can make sure he’s safely inside.
Are some people genuinely ok with callers coming at any time?

I prefer a specific time.
Although I WFH sometimes, I can't guarantee I won't be on the phone or in a meeting so a specific time allows me to make sure I'm not.
I hate the 'I'll collect at some point this evening' answers. Evening could be anything from 5pm to 11pm depending on who you are.

Definitely not.

I usually give a 15 min minute window. Same when I buy something

I always say " Won't be going far but best to text before you come to check I'm home"

I've said something along these lines to handymen, gardeners etc.
"I have things to do, some of them involve going out, but if you give me a rough idea of a timeslot, I'll make it my business to be here".
Polite way of letting them know that you're not to be left hanging about all day.

yanbu, I ask for a half hour window out of the whole day (supposedly so I can listen out for the bell, but actually it's so I don't have to feel twitchy all day about the door going.)

Yes I’m home all day today.

I'm in my 60's and it seems to gobsmack certain agencies that I am not just sitting in all day crocheting and ringing my offspring. I've had my doctor's surgery try to send me appointment times (for an asthma clinic, when my asthma is the LEAST of my worries) which are always during the day and being totally taken aback when I say 'actually I'll be at work then.' Do people genuinely think everyone over the age of fifty five is drawing a pension and watching Midsomer Murders all day?

I agree with @ladyofshertonabbas , "listening out for the bell" is another good one; I genuinely don't hear the front door if I'm at the far end of the garden.

@Vroomfondleswaistcoat that's funny 😂

Visitors should give a timeslot, which is NOT the entire day. Even with a timeslot if you have to dash to the loo you worry you won't hear the doorbell/knock

I want a specific time too OP.
When there's only me to answer the door, I don't want to waste a whole day on someone who's only going to be there for a few minutes - and, as you say, when you have no time frame to work with, you just know the doorbell will go the very second your knickers are down and your naked bum lands on the loo seat.

@Vroomfondleswaistcoat it's a thing, if you're retired people think you never leave the house except to go bother the NHS some more 😂. Amazon drive me nuts, first they'll be here between 12 and 1, then they get behind and it's between 3 and 5. YANBU

I do this a lot and I normally say text before you set off the make sure it suits. Same with picking things up I might say around 10am I’ll text you 15 mins before to check it suits.

no one stays in sitting around waiting all day surely.

You might not have specifically timed plans, but still have stuff to do.... going food shopping, popping to the Post office, walking the dog... so you can be at home at any time if necessary but not be sitting there twiddling your thumbs.

Nope, I would want a specific time or maybe an hour window at the most. I also WFH 3 days a week but find it hard to get stuck into anything if I don't know when someone's going to be turning up. Same with big deliveries where you get an AM or PM slot.

This ^ is a perfect message.
and yes, of course people should give you at least an hour window.

😂

I can be available any time, by arrangement.

It also seems a bit silly to give a random person your address and then let them know what time your house will be empty.

If I'm collecting something from someone, I'll say something like 'Can I collect tomorrow afternoon?' as a polite opener, so it doesn't come across as me 'demanding' they are there at 2pm.
They then reply with "yes I'm in all afternoon" and I'd say "It will be about 2pm then".
Or, it leaves it open for them to say "I've got to go out later so can you make sure it is before 2 please" or "Not quite sure what I'm doing earlier, so can you make it after 4pm" or whatever.

If you are the one with the item, then you can restrict the time. There is no way I'd be hanging around for 5 hours for some vague timescale.

I've always said for example "I'll be with you between 2-3pm and will text when google maps says I'm 15mins away" and then I do just that.

So yeah I prefer a time slot shorter than a whole day.

I wish I could get a pension at 55 and watch Midsomer Murders all day :)

I'm always wary when people ask. I WFH so am here 90% of the time but like to have a window when folk will come. I always worry that they are checking whether the house is empty...

I always ask what time suits them so I can see if it can work for me.
Anyone who has suggested the time and then doesn't turn up though is in my bad books.

I usually say “evening around 5” and text about an hour or two earlier to be even more specific- I’ll then turn up within five mins either side of the stated time. I don’t think you’re unreasonable!

@Vroomfondleswaistcoat To be fair, I've had various NHS clinics do the same to me, and I'm in my 30s. I think they just think everyone can drop everything to fit their availability. My favourite was when I had to get my son's preschool innoculations done and the GP surgery merrily told me that the only times they do them were Tuesday mornings from 10 - 11.30am.