I was literally waiting for someone to collect an item I have on LeBonCoin (French Gumtree) while I was reading this. They said they would arrive between 2pm and 3pm, arrived at three took one look at said item and said "oh no its too short, it's very small" despite measurement being on the ad and photos taken with a tape measure next to it. Now I don't know about you but if I was looking at a rectangle I would not assume the shorter measurement referred to the longer edge. (insert eye roll and laughing emoji)
This is Grade A LeBonCoin/Gumtree content! I'm really sorry it's happening to you in real time but you have to keep us updated on what happens! Do they take the item? Have they gone away and watched a YouTube video on how a tape measure works??
No need to feel bad for them, I think they realised for what I was selling the price was really good (I just wanted to keep it from landfill) and sometimes regional middle-aged Frenchman get a bit confused, after my husband says hello then leaves, that it's a woman selling the DIY/building materials.
Yes! I am in my local buy nothing group and a few years ago, someone was asking for a high chair. I had one in the rafter of my garage (it had been there maybe 6 months) and I offered it to her if she could come pick it up. She didn't have transportation, so she declined. The next morning, a Saturday morning, at 7am, a DIFFERENT lady said she would be in my area in an hour. I told her okay but given the short notice and early hour the high chair would need some cleaning once she got it (I would've have cleaned it for the person I offered it to, but this was different). She said okay. When she got the high chair she messaged me, ripping into for not cleaning it and I shouldnt give people things if they weren't clean. I told her she could've decided to leave it on the porch and not take it if it was that dirty, the item was free, and that she shod have a nice day. Then I blocked her.
Woah, that is crazy entitled behaviour!! You're getting something for free, why would you also expect it to be clean, especially at such short notice?! It boggles my mind how entitled some people are about FREE stuff!
I was literally waiting for someone to collect an item I have on LeBonCoin (French Gumtree) while I was reading this. They said they would arrive between 2pm and 3pm, arrived at three took one look at said item and said "oh no its too short, it's very small" despite measurement being on the ad and photos taken with a tape measure next to it. Now I don't know about you but if I was looking at a rectangle I would not assume the shorter measurement referred to the longer edge. (insert eye roll and laughing emoji)
I could not make this up- they are coming back
This is Grade A LeBonCoin/Gumtree content! I'm really sorry it's happening to you in real time but you have to keep us updated on what happens! Do they take the item? Have they gone away and watched a YouTube video on how a tape measure works??
I can only hope thats what they’ve done.
They came back and on time! Unheard of! They 'thought about it' and decided to take it anyway. They were a little embarrassed.
Oh, now I feel a bit bad for them 😂 But maybe they shouldn't have been rude and read the listing properly the first time!
No need to feel bad for them, I think they realised for what I was selling the price was really good (I just wanted to keep it from landfill) and sometimes regional middle-aged Frenchman get a bit confused, after my husband says hello then leaves, that it's a woman selling the DIY/building materials.
Yes! I am in my local buy nothing group and a few years ago, someone was asking for a high chair. I had one in the rafter of my garage (it had been there maybe 6 months) and I offered it to her if she could come pick it up. She didn't have transportation, so she declined. The next morning, a Saturday morning, at 7am, a DIFFERENT lady said she would be in my area in an hour. I told her okay but given the short notice and early hour the high chair would need some cleaning once she got it (I would've have cleaned it for the person I offered it to, but this was different). She said okay. When she got the high chair she messaged me, ripping into for not cleaning it and I shouldnt give people things if they weren't clean. I told her she could've decided to leave it on the porch and not take it if it was that dirty, the item was free, and that she shod have a nice day. Then I blocked her.
Woah, that is crazy entitled behaviour!! You're getting something for free, why would you also expect it to be clean, especially at such short notice?! It boggles my mind how entitled some people are about FREE stuff!