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.
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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 love our local selling site. It's crap for selling or buying, but worth a laugh.

Just found this request...

''Wanted....kids iron and bored plz''

There's also offers of hog roasts and used George clothing at the price it would be new

Look at this beauty. I presume the spray oil behind it is coincidence.

In defence of local selling sites on Facebook, DD and I have sold enough over the last two years to have two weekends away in this country and tickets for a West End Show with dinner. Have a lot of time wasters though.

I'm going to keep my old jam jars, put a bit ribbon round them, fill them up with Go Cat or the doggy equivalent, wrap in a bit cellophane.....viola, perfect presents for cats and dogs, and best of all only £4, or £10 for a large one

Oh and they're personalised too MrsPresley

I'm sure Rover will really appreciate having his name on it

I did buy 2 lovely hand made cushions off a lady on facebook last year. I bought 1 and liked it so much I requsted another and she got to work on it straight away. She wasn't local I had to pay a bit for postage but I could see on her page she had lots of pleased customers.

Just came across this post on my local mums' Facebook site

i need a Clair voient that comes to your house has anyone had anyone that has, and was blown away,don't want a fraud so want someone that has had good results x

No recommendations of non fraudulent clairvoyants yet.

Oh I forgot they were personalised. That's a brilliant idea actually, after all if the cat and dog wake up early on Christmas morning, they'll know which present is theirs

Who wouldn't want to unwrap this beauty on Christmas morning.

That's a very good point MrsPresley

Blimey, Ladymoods if someone got me that I'd probably shove it up their arse!

The bright yellow £1 really sets it off doesn't it.

My favourite ever ever ever was a "fox swede" bean bag for sale. On close inspection of the photograph I realised she was selling a faux suede bean bag!

Biggest bugbears for me are 1) people who ask for details which you have already put in the description 2) people who ask "Do you go to ...?" in the hope you will drive miles to deliver a £1 item, and biggest of all 3) people who ask you to deliver and then aren't in when they say they will be, or say they will collect and then don't, and don't reply to messages, or come up with some crap reason why they can't collect anymore. Oh yes, one more, people who 'like' your post. What does that mean? Are you interested? You just like my writing style? If you want it, ask for it, if not piss off.

Apparently perfect if you want a bow to match an outfit. Not sure where you wear it?

I managed to join my local (closed) group. It all looked boringly normal compared to some of these, and no Frozen tat or hunning at all! But I've just spotted some customized sweatshirts for girls, with Chanel, plus Chanel symbol, written in very wobbly, glittery script. Then some of the famous glitter glasses mentioned up thread.

I was giving away a piano, old and not worth much. We were moving and would cost us more than it was worth to move.
So I wrote my ad "Free piano, collection only. "
Yes please, can u deliver
No sorry collection only
Why's that, I can cover petrol.
I can't fit in my car so collection only
Ok pass then.
Next person is interested. Do you think it would fit in my car, I'm 6 months pregnant and my husband is away so I wil collect on my own, will I be ok to lift.
Er, no you need 2 strong people at least, a van and set of wheels.

Every time I post, I am really specific. Because i'm not in a town, I give specific detail e.g. by such and such equestrian centre, gym, etc etc. I know this also puts people off (being away from town), therefore I always state I will deliver free locally (say up to about 4 miles away , so 8 mile round trip). Even with items of £5 i've offered this, I doubt anyone else would!
And every time , people ask me where I live! (because they never read the full listing) And then ask me to deliver for free, even for e.g. a £2 item (this happened this week) to somewhere 6 miles away. 'because I don't drive hun can you deliver hun got no transport hun if you're in town hun you can deliver it for free can't you hun I'm sure you come to town hun' (but I rarely go to that little market town, I go to the nearest big town anyway)
If they offered petrol i'd go further....but they refuse! and i have posted on this before...one time asked me to donate for free and deliver for free to local church group ! didn't tell them i'm pagan lol

I've listed literally HUNDREDS of items, and only sold two, both I delivered for free though they were low prices. So .. back to ebay for me...this was a crappy experiment in selling for sure! Sick of all the time wasters and people who don't read or are just plain miserly

This one just made me laugh -

(Joe Bloggs) just seeing if anyones interested in swapping a 250gb PS4 with fifa 15 for an xbox one or to buy PS4 with fifa 15 for £250-300

(A. N. Other)Take £200 cash ???
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(Joe Bloggs) cant do that sorry cz the game is only a mnth old plus its got headset with it aswell
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(A.N. Other) No probs can't manage £225 and don't like Fifa anyway

This is my contribution, not from fb, but made me think of this thread. So for all the joy you've given me, here's a balloon stuffin machine that stuffs balloons for all occasions.

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Omg, I've just read over the posts since mine, came to mine and noticed I'd written 'fairs'!

With all this guffawing over spelling and grammar, I cannot let that stand - I, of course, meant 'fares'!

Not facebook but clearly a Christmas must-have so I thought I'd share

Oh I've just remembered - I sold an elc garage ages ago, went out of my way to deliver it to an obscure place then logged on the next day to find her slagging me off becauSe it was 'filthy' - it had been cleaned 2 days previously and hadn't been that bad to begin with obviously....I said if she was that unhappy I'd come collect it and she could have a refund - got a pm 'awh sorry Hun I've already given to my grandson but a refund would be great - can you PayPal it save you the petrol?' I was remarkably polite in my reply but really I wanted to tell her to fuck right off.