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Re:I Don't Understand Why We Throw Away Perfectly Working Th... by crazygringo on Sunday November 06, 2022 @12:38PM (#33495083)
Have you ever tried giving away stuff or selling it on Craigslist/Marketplace...?

There really are dolts out there. It's not normal scheduling, it's bizarro requests and just scummy stuff like you arrange to sell something for $40, go meet them somewhere with the item, then they insist they've only got $20 take-it-or-leave-it because they know you already went to the trouble to bring it and meet them and at this point you'd rather just cut your losses. "Dolts" is being generous, really.

Or you're giving something away for free and they want you to travel an hour to them to deliver it... not to mention the constant requests for info about the item that is already answered if they just read the listing in full.

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Re:I Don't Understand Why We Throw Away Perfectly Working Th... by P5fRxh5kUvp2th on Sunday November 06, 2022 @03:22PM (#33496672)
The poster is giving it away for free so your complaint is not what they were talking about.

But if that's a common problem for you, tell them up front before meeting them it will be payment in full or you'll walk away. They're wasting their time too.

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Re:I Don't Understand Why We Throw Away Perfectly Working Th... by crazygringo on Sunday November 06, 2022 @03:56PM (#33497044)
The poster literally said "Have you ever tried to sell things on Craigslist or Facebook?".

So yes my complaint is what they're talking about.

And no, I don't need to tell them it will be payment in full. That's already understood by any adult. And why wouldn't they still pull the same trick? (For the record, I don't sell it to them, so they do waste their time but it wastes mine too.)

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Re:I Don't Understand Why We Throw Away Perfectly Working Th... by P5fRxh5kUvp2th on Sunday November 06, 2022 @04:57PM (#33497785)
Well I guess we've identified why I don't have the problems you do, haven't we?
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Re:I Don't Understand Why We Throw Away Perfectly Working Th... by crazygringo on Sunday November 06, 2022 @06:15PM (#33498627)
No, I don't think we have.
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Re:I Don't Understand Why We Throw Away Perfectly Working Th... by P5fRxh5kUvp2th on Monday November 07, 2022 @09:02AM (#33505866)
And thus do we begin to see what failing to learn looks like.
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Re:I Don't Understand Why We Throw Away Perfectly Working Th... by crazygringo on Monday November 07, 2022 @10:00AM (#33506624)
Exactly, as you still haven't learned what a useless suggestion you made.

But really, you should take your condescension elsewhere. HN isn't the appropriate place for it.

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