Yep, I hear you! My group has a couple of those people, it always seems to be the same people too. Like I’m posting here because I can’t be bothered finding a local school who will take this for arts and crafts or whatever the latest thing is, if you believe so strongly about this, you pick up and deliver to them.
That’s actually a great reply you can make- “I was posting to gift here because I cannot/don’t want to/won’t take it to X. Are you offering a gift of service to do it for me? Thanks” they eventually catch on
I did try offering something to a lady since her school could use them, suddenly… crickets
I have had this in my new group too. It eventually makes me reluctant to post things.
The best group I’ve been in was one where the admins moderated those comments and kept the group focused on gifting between members.
And now I’ve gone and volunteered to be an admin of my group
It’s been 14 months since the most active admin posted so I don’t think the bar is too high at least.
Admins can and should politely call out those comments as they’re against the group rules.
Yay!!!
Suggestions for legally decluttering alcohol? I’ve got some liquor that I’d hate to just pour down the drain.
Are you in a Buy Nothing group? They’re 21+, I’ve gifted alcohol through there before. In general, so long as you check someone’s ID you’re fine to gift alcohol I would think!
Throw a party! Then find a way to get rid of the even greater amount of alcohol left over. (Hint: another party!)
The pilot helped me dismantle and bash up my hard drive Thursday night, and Friday am he took away the big case part. The monitor has a home to go to. I will put the keyboard and mouse in the laundry room, as well as a sign to sell the laptop.
This computer nightmare is basically done. Which is good, because now I own enough cloth diapers to diaper the apocalypse
You might want to double check the fine print in the rules. My group just recently announced that alcohol gifting was not allowed. Might depend on local laws.
Ooooh no you’re right I forgot about that. That was a FB platform rule change. Like a month or two ago.
Ask around at work? I’ve gotten several free bottles due to someone in my department wanting to clear out their liquor cabinets.
I usually just bring my unwanted booze to the next party that I’m invited to.
ARGH, someone just did it again on the Buy Nothing group, to another member! Someone posted asking if anyone had one of those knee scooters that they don’t need any more, because they broke their foot. (On my local group it’s allowed to ask for things in addition to posting stuff you have to unload.) Immediate response: “you can rent one of those, you know.” I’ve gotten that too - asked for an item that seemed like the sort of thing folks might have sitting around unused in their garage, so figured it doesn’t hurt to ask, and got told where to buy one. Hello? The name of the group is Buy Nothing!
Argh! Maybe the person has literally no money, especially after medical bills and renting is out of the question! The more I think about this, the more I’m fuming about how ableist and classist people are being. Some people can’t drive. Or don’t have cars (me! Though I CAN drive, I could always get a zipcar or whatever to haul something if I really needed to but would rather not incur the expense if there is an alternative). Or have health issues that prevent them from running around dropping off their unwanted crap, or running around to comparison shop for things we need.
Yeah, a good admin should reply to that and mention the “give from your own abundance” idea. Sounds like the group needs more guidance!
That shit would make me quit
Have you reported the comment to the admin? If your group is large and or very active, it’s hard for admins to stay across everything that’s happening.
We actually did the booze party this weekend. It’s been years since I threw a bad beer party, but every now and then a batch just doesn’t turn out the way I hoped it would.
So, unloaded 2 cases of pumpkin seed ale that I wasn’t that into (used a different yeast than before since preferred yeast was out of stock. never again). People loved it! I’m just a beer snob. We kicked an old keg of imperial coconut porter and the irish red. Now as long as the neighbors don’t just wander by and ask for free beer whenever, it will be an unqualified success. I mean, when’s the last time there was a bad beer party where no one ended up barfing and drunk crying in the bushes?
No, I haven’t reported those comments, I’m probably more likely to just fade out of that group. Maybe this is just how that group is? I don’t see anyone else complaining so maybe I am the only one there who has an issue with this.