The cheek of some people!

However some people really want something.
A few months ago we were giving away an ironing board.
A lady contacted me and said she would come and pick it up.........by bus.
A little more conversation and I offered to drive it to our closest bus stop.
The lady came, she was so so pleased. Thanked me profusely.
She picked it up and crossed the road to where the return bus stop was saying her home was only a short walk from a bus stop.
Frankly I was in such admiration of this lady who really wanted an ironing board.
I often think of her on that bus with her prize.

I sold two absolutely huge sofas on eBay, and wrote a really lengthy description about how long and heavy and high they were, and the fact that it would take at least two strong men to lift them.

A small man turned up in an estate car to collect them.

Iv sold several things on a loc FB page Despite saying 'buyer to collect' I'm asked everrime if I'll deliver.
I sold two matching sofas and despite including all measurements I still got asked for the sizes.

Pantglas tell me about it! (To use an annoying phrase)

Mostly I find people on Freecycle pretty good, but of course you do get the odd one........

This thread has made me laugh!

I usually get rid of stuff I don’t want on Freegle and always state that delivery is not an option. Without fail, people ask and then moan - how can you complain about getting something you want for nothing?

Badenkate I always say " Collection only from (village) "

Doesn't seem to stop some people from pushing their luck though!

The other side of that coin is when people on eBay say that they are charging excessive postage because they have to go to the PO and it is a long way off, or whatever. That is their problem, not that of the buyer.

Also, asking the buyer to pay for insurance on the postage is a cheek, as the onus is on the seller to make sure that the item arrives. It is the seller who is being insured against loss, not the buyer.

In both of the above cases, the real reason is that the fee structure makes it more profitable for the seller to charge on postage rather than selling price.

Most people just say 'buyer collect', sort of says it all really

Doodle

On heavens, do any of the long term members remember the Christmas of the multiple coffee machines live

Charleygirl one can understand requests on Freecycle for some specific items, spare parts, curtains of a certain size etc, but smart TV's of a particular size

On my local Freecycle people are now asking for smart TVs and a specific size.

Doodle I think that is perfectly reasonable or maybe if phoenix has one she could drop it off but I believe she is still working so that may be problematic.

phoenix, you haven’t got a brand new nespresso machine you want to sell for a fiver have you? I was going to John Lewis to get one but as you live further away I think the price difference would make that reasonable.

Your responses make me realise it's not only me!

I also listed a completely unused, still in the original box "Pointless" Game (as per the programme) for £10 (currently £24.99 on Amazon) and again someone wanted to pay £8 because they had to travel!

I had a garden table going for free so I offered it on the local Freecycle. One woman lived about 2 miles away and asked if I could bring it to her house to show her as her car was not working. This was a Sunday evening.

I said sorry, I do not drive-untrue. She came the next day to look at it and decided a minicab probably would not take it because I had not cleaned it. I had, but not for a car journey.

She thought the Merc outside was mine- no, it belonged to my neighbour. I again said I did not drive- hoping she would not marry my house number with the car parking allocation!

I kept the table- I had had enough.

There’s a very nice picture framer quite near us and I use their services a lot.
I went in the other day as a woman was coming out.
The two picture framers were tutting and grumbling.
Eventually they told me that this woman had come in 2 weeks previously, asked about getting a few photos printed, mounted & framed, was given a price & went away.

Two weeks later she came back, said she had bought the frames from Ikea and could she have it all done by the next day ??

I too sell bits and pieces through FB it NEVER ceases to amaze me that people do not want to move their asses to get them My town is approximately 3 miles long with a good bus service even people less than a mile away will ask you to deliver cos they haven’t got a car when I tell them I haven’t either they disappear
I had one lady who was literally a five minute walk away but wanted ME to deliver even when I told her I d have to do what she could do ....walk

Elegran. I'd love to watch that!

I put a small trailer onto Ebay as I no longer have a car to tow it - and said so in the ad. Someone wanted to know if I would deliver it to Perth for him. Presumably he thought I would run up the motorway pulling it behind me!

Just a tactic to get the price reduced! They clearly didn't have another excuse to use.

After moving house a few times I got used to a new level of rudeness from some people.

We once had a prospective house buyer who said:

* she didn't like the grouting in the kitchen,
* didn't really want to live in the area,
* and as it had been owned by an old lady previously, we were obviously making a profit so we could easily drop to her asking price!
After all she was doing us a favour!!

Peoples cheek knows no bounds.

MissAdventure …

Noooooo! Daisymae I can hardly believe that??

Ended well though, my neighbour 5 doors down bought it after she saw the listing!

Daisymae that is

I sold something in eBay. 6 months later the buyer contacted me and said that they didn't like it now and could they have their money back!

MissA

My sister had a man ask her if she would reduce the price of some deck chairs as they were blue and he really wanted green.

Phoenix, the fact remains that they want it, whereas you are not desperate to get rid of it!