Freeloaders

[mudskipper]

Stuck son's bike in Freeads for £15. Practically new, kid never took to it. Didn't get any takers, and want rid of the thing, so relisted it as a free item.

Got a call today.
Him "Where are you?"
Me: "Near Farnborough"
Him: "I'm in Milton Keynes"
Me: "Oh, that's a long way"
Him: "So when can you deliver it?"

WTF? I think I'll just take the thing to the tip.

[Spacecadet]

Stuck son's bike in Freeads for £15. Practically new, kid never took to it. Didn't get any takers, and want rid of the thing, so relisted it as a free item.

Got a call today.
Him "Where are you?"
Me: "Near Farnborough"
Him: "I'm in Milton Keynes"
Me: "Oh, that's a long way"
Him: "So when can you deliver it?"

WTF? I think I'll just take the thing to the tip.

Insure it, buy a cheap bike lock and then leave it outside a newsagents

[VectraMan]

Hands up who else thought this was going to be another thread about The Queen.

[mudskipper]

Aw, you leave her madge alone. She's all right.

[BigTime]

ebay. starting bid of 1p, collection only. let us know what it goes for.

[mudskipper]

ebay. starting bid of 1p, collection only. let us know what it goes for.

Yeah, problem with ebay is that you need to describe every scratch and scuff, or people get arsey.

[Spacecadet]

Yeah, problem with ebay is that you need to describe every scratch and scuff, or people get arsey.

Not in my experience, just take some decent photos and explain that it's not in perfect condition.

[mudskipper]

Not in my experience, just take some decent photos and explain that it's not in perfect condition.

Might do - will give it till tomorrow and see if anyone phones for it before then.

[norrahe]

Yeah, problem with ebay is that you need to describe every scratch and scuff, or people get arsey.

Freecyle, always managed to get rid of stuff pretty quickly. People are a tad more responsive and will turn up to take stuff away.

Heck, I even got rid of an old greenhouse, the person who wanted it turned up with tool box and spent six hours taking it down themselves and packed it in the their car.

[NotAllThere]

Aw, you leave her madge alone. She's all right.

Madge is Madonna. The Queen is Brenda.