Yes, thats annoying. Another thing is people who demand items. Not like you said, asking for a VCR. But people who DEMAND something outrageous for free, like they're entitled. One lady posted that she wanted a fur coat. Another said "Washer and Dryer! NO JUNK! Excellent condition ONLY. NEWER MODELS!!!". Others request exact items... one wanted a jumpsuit for her baby, PINK ONLY!!! A couple demanded school clothes for their kids but ONLY specific brands... she said "He likes South Pole and Marc Joacobs ONLY! Must be almost new!" or something like that.
One time, this lady was asking for a mattress & box spring set, and said that she needed it bad because she was sleeping on a hard floor. Well, I didn't have one, but just that day I had seen a HUGE stack of BRAND NEW matress & box springs at this place for $5 a SET!!! Still in plastic and tags on! So I sent her an email and told her about it and where they were. Well she emailed back that she "WANTED IT FREE!!!!!" YEESH!
Just the other day, Someone offered a free Xbox with all accessories. I thought it would make a good gift so I said I was interested. Well they sent back with a spam site saying "OK, go here and complete the offers and they send you one FREE!!!!" ACK!!!!
Then one sent a message that said "Saddle and bridle. Adult size" Thats it. Subject & message. Well my brother rides for his work so I sent that I was interested. The next day they sent another snippy message to the group saying "WE WANT A SADDLE AND BRIDLE!!! WE DON'T HAVE ONE TO GIVE!!!!!" Well HELLOOOOO, it's freecycle not BEGcycle so you should have made it clear you were demanding one, NOT giving one!
Another one sent a HUGE list of stuff she wanted, among the items "TV, AT LEAST 25"!!! Anything smaller is UNACCEPTABLE!!!" there was at least 50 things on the list, all high ticket items and with specific demands.
It's great for people in a bind who NEED something, but people giving demands for new, exact, brand name items and acting all snippy about it need to get over it! I've seen 3 this month asking for a FREE car! And one lady wanted a brand new set of living room furniture because her husbands girlfriend sat on hers! Another one wanted a LEATHER living room set only.
Oh and the people that use it to promote themselves... like one lady keeps offering "Free photography" then sends a message a couple minutes later like "Wow, i had so many responses! I picked the free ones thats to ALL the people who were interested! WOW! so MANY! Well ALL of you guys can go to my website and book...." blah blah blah.... okay well first they were sent back to back so you KNOW she didn't get any responses that fast, and second, I went to her site and she is SOOOO bad at it!! She has misspellings and horrid layout, plus her "professional photos" are hosted on a free image sharing site (like for family to share photos with each other), she has bio saying she has NO training, but is "self taught and naturally talented", she's using a cheap camera and the photos are worse than a kid! Like, pictures of peoples toes, people off-centred, photos of a kid mid-scream, people standing on a playground with tons of stuff going on behind them... just REALLY bad.... and charging $75 an hour plus expenses!!!!!! And one lady has a daycare and keeps giving away little junk, like "canned food" but when you get there she hands you ONE can of off brand peas. And "hair accessories" then gives you a 25c pack of rubber bands... I finally figured out she's trying to get people to see her daycare!!! What a waste of time!
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