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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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