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.

Rack and rugs should be tack and rugs...

Good grief!

I've no experience of FB selling - quite glad now! I only give stuff away on Freecycle to the people who can write a proper email. Can't stand that txt spk hun...

Oh dear, maybe we should offer some consonants free to a good (?) home

These pages don't promote literacy do they?

Tracy Barlow, I notice your mysterious item is 'open 2 seniable offers'!

What on earth is that stuff in Tracy's post?

Someone on one of mine recently posted a picture of a bag for sale. Said bag was lying on a bed. Directly behind the bag a small girl was sitting naked, legs akimbo. But it was only waist down so ok apparently...

We've got a local 'buy nothing' page, bit like free cycle. Some of the shit put on there never ceases to amaze me, and it's always the same people wanting it.

Half used bottles of cheap moisturiser or make up for example.

Everyone is hun and there's always smiley faces and kisses on the request messages.

Speaking of nudity, well almost, a guy on my local one posted a mirror for sale. His lower half was shown as he was taking the photo and it was lit in such a way that you could see the silhouette of his apparently giant penis through his thin linen trousers.

Apparently this is some modern soft core flashing phenomenon.

I love the next towns page we got a guy wanting a women to walk on his back in heels that went down well

Lots of hoilday baccy too which turned into a massive bun fight

Not sure if it's just the page I'm on, but there seems to be a lot of hazy, sweaty, out of focus pictures of items that go up. No description obviously just a price.

This gem is only £20. Any takers?

These selling pages seem to bring out the greed in people. Upcycling and craft done by 'non creative' types. Things like mdf coffee tables daubed with paint ' shabby chiced coffee table £60! There's someone on ours who draws really uneven non symmetrical pictures (think pumpkins/witches currently soon to be followed by holly and ivy ) and numbers on jam jars and sells for for 2-5pounds ! But I also notice more people giving stuff away free when its utter crap but they want someone to remove it for them. 'Divan base, slightly damaged, no mattress, must pick up today '

Yep, the 'for a boy/girl' requests for items makes me quite when they're perfectly good in whatever colour.
Someone on my fb has starred selling stones that they then write in god awful handwriting a name or 'speshul' message on. They're bloody charging for them too!

I liked a page last year it is somebody I know she was selling stones with insprirational writing in glitter pen a great mothers day gift apparently

Why would anyone want a rock with their name on.
These are the people who buy shit wedding favours with the bride and grooms name on it.
I don't want anything with my name on, let alone someone else's name.

One of my local ones is totally overrun with e-cigarette stuff. Like 9 out of 10 posts.

Why don't people put prices/sizes etc on?
The local stork sale is full of children's clothes and people asking how much? And what sizes?

It's not fair! Every one on my local pages appears to be able to spell and they don't use text speak or have rows, dull, dull, dull.

I obviously need to move!

I love this thread.

Yes, I realise this may speak volumes about the area I live in.

Is that bear glued to the wall Sleepybunny?

Coconutty we need to see a photo of that tree.

Goldenkelpie I hope I haven't insulted your creation. At least you used a damaged book and didn't glue any flowers to the poor creature

It's possibly my friends insistence that each book-killing creation is "the most beautiful one yet" or is "simply stunning! Want!" that bothers me so much. Sometimes she tags me in the photo's because "you love books don't you Alice? Look at this!"

My local mums' network buy and sell page is always good for amusement. Some of the stuff being sold is absolute tat. One of the worst crimes is women who say 'int but need to ask hubby'. Fair enough if buying a large piece of furniture but do you really need your husband's permission to buy a cheap toy?

Good one this morning.

Plain glass cheap tea light holder. Which the seller has drawn a picture on with those special glass pens. Good selection of Xmas and halloween theme.

£16 each!!!

Ooooh a bargain Viva.

Bugaboo buy and sell pages are also v entertaining.

There is some serious pram pimping going on.

£16 WHAT you can buy tealights from the poundshop

The toddler group I work at they come in with a new pram every other week they just buy and sell I get confused whos pram is whos