Stupid Facebook selling.

[VivaLeBeaver]

Real post I've seen this week.

"Got some cheap stuff for sale if you want anything"

Cue 20 posts along the lines of;

"Have you got a patio heater hun?"

"No sorry"

Have you got a wheelbarrow?

No, haven't got a wheelbarrow.
Xx

3 days later the thread is still going strong. 20 people have been disappointed that the seller doesn't have what they want and the seller has made no effort to make any suggestion what she does have.

I got a huge amount of abuse on a Freecycle site once. I was giving away a set of curtains, and wanted them gone as soon as if possible. The first comment was just tagging someone else's name. No "I'm interested" or anything, just a tag. Lots of other comments, some very polite nice ones. 9 hours later, with no further interest from either the first commenter or the person she tagged, I indicated to the (very lovely) second commenter that they were his, and he came round to collect about 20minutes later. Not 5 minutes after that I got a torrent of abuse from both the first commenter and the tagged person about my slack morals and general crapness as a human being because I didn't wait indefinitely for them to get back to me. I've never used Freecycle since. There isn't even a rule of first come first served on that site...

Ha! I thought it was just my area. My favourite are the glittery wine glasses on ours (great for glittery shit). I always wonder who on earth would want them but at least twice a week someone posts "who dos the glitter glasses pls". We've also had the arguments about nicking the idea as well.

Someone has just posted that they're selling loads of Apple
Stuff. iPhones to iMacs all at extremely cheap prices. Also buy 2 and get one free!?

....but look at the hand....the hand! Thought it was fake nails at first.....the seller seems to go by the name Andrew.

who on earth buys all this absolute tat? I mean, come on?

hilarious posts on here though!

I just don't get glittery shit - I got married earlier this year and was on a few forums, never seen so much glittery shit, with brides trying to outdo each other in covering everything in glitter and glue . Why?? Perfectly nice serviceable items, how does covering them in glitter improve them?? Unless you are 5 and think that glitter is amazing, magic stuff, whats the appeal? Genuinely baffled by this

I cannot get over how many rude entitled lack of any manners whatsoever people there are out there. No harm in politely asking if delivery is possible, or if they would take £10 less but some people are clearly deluded and full of themselves. All the rude abusive people moaning when they don't get what they want, are they not wondering WHY they are always so unlucky?

On our local fb this week was someone selling 6 mucky greying school polo shirts for 50p each - someone actually bought them! I'd rather have 3 nice clean new one from the supermarket for £2 instead of 6 manky second hand ones!

I'm going to give up the job search and get in touch with Andrew (he with the classy nails) and make these for him to sell with his i phones. When I've spent alloffiveminutescobblingtogetherthistat all day lovingly hand crafting my masterpieces, not only will I have an income, but imagine the sense of satisfaction:)

Aargh! Just today, I had this in response to my ad for a size 12 Halloween outfit comprising of a full length bodycon lace dress (£29.99) black wig (£10) and veil (£7.99) for sale at £20, including face paint and an unworn pair of red contact lenses (£15)

Her "do you still have this?"
Me "Yes I do"
Her "where in X village are you?"
Me "X street"
Her "Is it a true 12?"
Me "Yes, but it is bodycon so has a fair bit of stretch in it"
Her "are you in tomorrow?"
Me "I am at work but will be home by 6"
Her "are you in tonight?"
Me "yes I am"
Her "can you measure the bust and hips please?"

I trundle upstairs, measure it, send her the measurements.

Her " would you accept £10?"
Me "No, I'm sorry, I wouldn't"
Her "Ok, can I try it on please?
Me "yes of course"
Her "Can I come round and try it on tonight"
Me "Yes no worries, can you make it after 7 though as need to get dd to sleep"
Her "perfect, see you soon"

7.20.

Her "thanks for answering my questions, but I can't get there now, can you deliver?"
Me "Not really no"
Her "your loss - it's Halloween tomorrow you're not going to sell it now are you?"

I'd rather give it away than sell it to her now!

This just appeared on our local freebay page

My friend getting new house looking for 50inch flat screen TV black leather corner sofa black leather double beds chabby chic double bed and white chabby chic dressing table white kitchen appliances 3... 37inch TVs flatscreen anything else that is modern and all must be in Very good Clean Condition also black glass dining table with leather chairs thanks in advance

chabby chic, no less!

What a marvellous thread this is sadly my local FB selling pages are rather boring and rational

Bat Put that down! Tell her! The cheeky mare!

Round here there's a spate of "sweet trees" - marshmallows on sticks, arranged into a sphere on a pole (sometimes with a ribbon round the pole, or a plastic flowerpot). Typically about £10-£15
People fight to buy this crap! Why? Just, why?

Mypoo - I'm recently engaged and very cynical. I couldn't agree more.

I'm starting to question why I bother going out to work when I could run a cottage industry producing cellophane-wrapped, glittery novelty shite at 20 quid a throw.

We have lots of mosses baskets advertised on my local groups.

Also today, half a pouch of baby porridge.

Grim. Inspired by this thread I checked out local facebook freebie page.

There is a chap called Martin asking for worn shoes for "an art project" and loads of women are offering them their old footwear.

Should I warn them that his art project most likely involves his willy?

Here he is...,

Keith, you need to tell these women that their old shoes will go for a good price on eBay. to perverts

Someone on ours is selling these bracelets "from £7 each" but as anyone on the MN Christmas bargain thread will know, you can get the exact same thing on Amazon for about £2 each.

Sleepybunny if she does happen to be selling a woo table and a woo bear don't forget to ask her if she will take 3p for both of them but only if she can deliver immediately and give you £10 when she gets there because you went to the trouble of getting up off the sofa to answer the door to her. Then make her assemble the table and cook you a meal for you to sit and eat at it. Seems to be a reasonable ask on these sites

The piano is getting interesting on ours. The man offering £60 went up to £80 and then £100 but the person with the dead granddad seems to think it's them that has got the sale instead. This is going to get even better tomorrow when the buyer doesn't turn on dead granddad's doorstep with £100 and a van

Hmm, AliceLidl I wonder if we are in the same area, as these are selling on my local site too!

There is a page dedicated to the worst/funniest selling ads in a town near me. There are some shockingly shit items for sale, and also some really sad posts, one for example where there is a toy photographed on a fag-littered floor, no carpets, junk everywhere, cot in the same room. Sad.

Oh god, just seen this (copied verbatim):

Hello people does anyone know the where abouts of name all I have discovered so far is he lives in deleted area I have his child of 2 years old and I would like name to meet his daughter kind regards name x

Argh!

Obviously not completely copied verbatim, I have edited to protect the "innocent"!

Just lol at "spate of sweet trees"

I can see it now..

"I'm sorry...we can't let you through, the road is closed due to a spate of glittery shite."

My particular pet hate is the ones who post-

CARN'T BELIEF SUM PPL. SOLD A PRMA 4 20QUID AN NOW DER SELLIN IT FOR 30 QUID. I WUZ DOOIN DEM A FAVOURZ

Then you get about a hundred "Name an shame hun xxx"