• PhobosAnomaly
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    1642 months ago

    Even if I want to get rid of something for nothing, I’ll put it up for a fiver.

    The number of fucking idiots that come out of the woodwork rises exponentially when you list it for free, proper unreasonable or a ludicrous false sense of entitlement.

    I’ll wait until someone wants it, offers to pay, and tell them to keep it and put it in a charity box on their way home or some shit. Saves a lot of hassle.

    • @egrets
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      2 months ago

      I used to do this, too, until local charities started complaining about all the lamps being posted into their donation boxes.

    • @[email protected]
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      412 months ago

      I just put stuff at the end of the driveway with a $20 sign on it.

      Someone will come ‘steal’ it in under an hour.

      • Bob
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        112 months ago

        I gave a load of my stuff away for free just before emigrating about four years ago, and you wouldn’t believe how much palaver people will go through to organise picking up a couch. I’d be making time come hell or high water if I wanted something like that for free.

    • @[email protected]
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      212 months ago

      I just donate things to thrift stores. I can’t be bothered to sell anything. I did enough customer service jobs when I was younger to know that I have zero patience for customers.