Should I be offended?

Stand your ground and ignore their snobbish nonsense and having a degree and letters after your name doesn’t make you a better person either.

'We prefer to buy new'...would have been my response to the car/bike offer.
You need to start getting a bit more assertive and speak your mind. You'll be more respected for it.

Perhaps they thought they were doing you a favour by offering you the car/ bikes? - a simple “thanks for the offer, but no thanks” should be enough. We’ve been giving a neighbour, a single parent with no work since March, some extra veg from our garden - are we being snobbish? ( we live in same sized houses)

They just don’t sound like nice people.
There are nice , wealthy people and not so nice, as there are in any walk of life.
Avoid them. Try and treat them kindly, and with humour, they may learn something and it may make you feel better.
Also, just keep saying NO.

What puzzles me is why you bother with and are worried by trash like this?
You are clearly a far better person.

They sound like idiots. You should have refused the bicycle.

life is short.
why don't you tell them what you think, if they accost you again.
but basically, it's their problem, not yours. ignore.

I know people who have always had money, those who have by luck or judgement earned good money and those who have never had anything. In my experience those who have always had money and those who have never had money are lovely but many of those who have 'moved up in the world' (their words not mine) look down on the less well off. You often see it on campsites. An always rich family camped in a pair of very old but serviceable tents, we camped in our Reliant Rialto camper and some people were in very expensive motor homes. We got on really well with the always rich but the nouveau riche didn't want to know us. They ignored the always rich too until they found out that they weren't poor. Then they were all over them like a rash. The always rich weren't having any of it so then were called snobs.

Sorry. I know this a wild generalisation. It's just my experience.

With some people having more money than others makes them feel superior.

I don't think a person's 'worth' has anything to do with money.

If they lost all their money would they then feel inferior. They probably would if that is the way they think. Sad people.

Their problem really. Who cares what they think of you as long as you are happy!

My dad was a very very intelligent clever man with all sorts of letters after his name. He was also incredibly humble and a very quiet person. It used to drive my mum mad when people used to patronize him, ignore him, start pontificating and he would quietly let them! Until he taught her that it made no difference to him atall, and that if it made those people feel better about themselves that was fine with him!

Amazing attitude...one I don't quite always manage to follow but "valiantly" attempt to!!

That's awful Lindy R. What a sad pathetic bunch of snobs!
Do live in Belgravia for goodness sake? Such a shame you can't "drop in" how well educated, successful and content you and your family are and then refuse to speak to any of them. Bizarre behaviour .

You should have refused the bike and dumped it back in their garden/outside their door. You should have also made a comment about the car. Why don't you start offering them your tat for a laugh!!

God knows. I have no idea why people behave as they do. Tell them to get stuffed the next time they call on you.