Stupid Facebook selling.

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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.

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Those riding boots probably will sell as they are so expensive brand new

That men's hamper has a fucking easter egg in it. I can't breathe

And the rip off lynx..... OMG. Hilarious.

I bet you can drink out of the wine glasses, especially if they're varnished on top (think nail varnish) but you can't wash them too vigorously and probably not in the dishwasher at all, unless you want to glitterify your pipes.

Bertie I love that "That men's hamper has a fucking easter egg in it!"

I want to comment on FB as such!

There are apparently regulations about glittering and contact with foodstuffs. There was a fight on one of my pages months ago between a woman who was apparently "signed off" to do food quality glittering (and to be fair her stuff did look very high quality and classier colours etc) and one of the "Hun brigade" wasn't interested enough in the accuracy of her arguments at the time, I just got a glass of wine and sat back and watched.

"I" wasn't interested enough......

I'm starting to think that maybe the glittery hun brigade are actually netmummers. They're going to take over the world and won't stop until everyone is shitting glitter.

'Lost my phone so here is the box if anyone wants it. Must be collected'

Facebook fights/drama is hilarious to watch, especially when there is bad spelling involved.

Jinglespud they're 8 years old, seriously they'll sell? Someone's offered a tenner!

Just appeared on my local group in relation to some kids boots.

X: These look very familiar even down to the worn bit on toes .....think we sold ours Yesterday for £6 ....

X: Z(sister I guess) lol...

Y:my mum got them for my son but they are to small so no good and no point in keeping boots if can not be used xx

X: She only paid £8 for them ....I thought it was £6 and u want £20 ?

I'm watching for a fight now.

There's a woman who paints stones and large pebbles on my page a lot. Her things are ENORMOUSLY popular. On a typical market night she can pull in a grand as they go from between 20 and 70 quid a piece. They are well done if a bit twee...very neat...bright colours, rainbows and stuff....anyway.

People regularly ask her "What paint u use hun?" and she studiously ignores such questions. Then there's always a little bitchy exchange like

I only asked wut paint u use. It's not the holy grail
I kno! U'd think she'd be more polite!
What paint u use hun?

And you KNOW it's because they want to try and muscle in on her business!

I can't see an Easter Egg in the men's hamper - I see M&Ms, an aero and other assorted knock off chocolates. Maybe I'm being blind though.

I had someone buy a load of toddler clothes off me, asked if I would reduce the price (which I did a little because I wanted shot of it all), and promptly relisted it for more than she paid for it. However, a) I don't think she got any replies, and b) I got what I wanted which was to get rid of it all She then went to the effort of picking out certain bits to resell individually and listed the rest as a big bundle. Meh, whatever.

On my page there is GUARANTEED to be 'blinged up' shoes. Little (fake) converse with plastic gems glued onto the front, ribbons in place of laces. I can't decide if they're really nice, or a bit rubbish. They look rubbish, and the gems are guaranteed to fall off in seconds. But I want a pair. For myself. :o

Just posted on one of mine:

Looking for cheap PS3
How cheap?
Cheap as possible.

We now have girls traksuites for sall!

How do you find selling pages...what do I search for

whatdoesaduckdo. Can you please report your post and get it removed!

I do not want any of my family or friends to see it

If I get up to that in Christmas morning, I'm going to have to hunt you down

Try items for sale then put your town name in search box

I sold a CD holder for £3 I know they dont really sell anymore. Had 1 woman say she wanted it and failed to turn up 3 times. Then someone else asked for it and I got my dh to drop it off. About a year later she was moving house it was on there again for a fiver. Well I never didn't think CD stands would go up in price haha. One woman said she wanted my nest of tables but asked if she could have them Friday this was a Tuesday. I said sure that's fine then an hour after agreed time I got a message saying "sorry got no money sell them to someone else" I wouldn't mind but when people say they will be there at 12 or 1 I feel like I've waisted a day.

Someone has just posted this photo, with no explanation as to what the blurred mass could be.

'This sofa is clean condition everything cums of to wash wanting 60 would be brill for sum 1 gettin there first place its dead comfy as u can see needs sum tlc on the zips on 1 side of the chair and both sides on the sofa collection to be on the 1st or 2nd of november no later from (name of village) sofa does split in half but.u would still need a van to collect it would not fit in an estate car'

Picture is of an absolutely mangled looking old tatty grey sofa with zips hanging off and totally useless.

I wish I'd never been alerted to the FB selling pages as I've just wasted the last 2 hours looking at them after reading this thread Cannot believe the amount of lolling and hunning on there!

clawhands. I'm desperate to see the £70 pebbles, can you copy a picture please?

I'm disappointed there's no glittery stuff on our local one because I want to see if there's anything that people won't cover in glitter to try and sell.

In fact it puts me in mind of one of DP's favourite phrases:

"You can't polish a turd but you can roll it in glitter"

Selling my real opal earings. What about $899 or $990.