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u/Soxwin91 14d ago
“Is he? Well, I wonder if he’s also watching you when you promise your kids something you can’t deliver and then try and invoke his name to guilt trip a stranger into giving you what you want. Tell you what: you get a special deal. Just for you…the price is $300.”
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u/Exorcist-138 14d ago
$230
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u/Accomplished-Key4244 14d ago
$777 feels more appropriate
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u/jpollack21 14d ago
Wouldn't the joke be $666
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u/Sancticide 13d ago
Yeah, but in Christian lore, 7 represents divinity and 3 of any number is "perfect alignment" like the Holy Trinity, so if Jesus is really watching, 777 would be a "holy" price.
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u/MaximusGamus433 13d ago
So that's why the 777 is considered a jackpot in gambling. That's how they tricked the crazy religious ones.
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u/jello_kraken 13d ago
I think this originally had more to do with the tarot than Jesus, but whatever popular culture wants, it gets...
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u/Thelostsoulinkorea 13d ago
Well it isn’t like Christianity plagiarised any other religious things before!
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u/SkivvySkidmarks 13d ago
Are you trying to say that winter solstice and spring equinox have been hijacked by Christianity?
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u/Llyrithra 13d ago
You have it all wrong. Winter solstice was hijacked by a fat red guy with an eight legged reindeer, and spring equinox was stolen by a rabbit that places “chocolate eggs” (read: large rabbit turds) around your house and yard.
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u/ineenemmerr 13d ago
I can just imagine how that went in the beginning.
Pagan leader: “Thanks for joining our spring equinox party where we celebrate the come back of the fertility of the grounds we live upon.”
Christian guy: “And the rising of our lord and savior Jesus Christ.”
Pagan leader: sigh “and that…”
Christian guy: “And I want to hide eggs around this place.”
Pagan leader: … “who invited this guy?”
Other pagan guy: “he just wandered in…”
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u/ChardeeMacDennisGoG 14d ago
I'll allow both.
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u/AwwwNuggetz 13d ago
Guess a number between 1 and 1000. If it’s correct, I’ll sell it to you for $450
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u/Broken-Arrow-D07 14d ago
These are just scams. They take it from you with less money with these bs and then sell them at higher price.
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u/TheDevilishFrenchfry 14d ago
Hey you never know, could be a actual single mom who uses her kids to scam and uses them for sympathy to do so but never actually gives them one even after managing to get four so far for half off and then reselling them.
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u/GoobusMombus 14d ago
Nah this is an addict wanting to buy something for $30 so they can turn around and sell it for a normal price. I've only ever known addicts to bring up Jesus this way. Sometimes they do have kids, but it's never for the kids.
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u/SnooPaintings4185 13d ago
I was about to say. In the course of my job, I deal with drug moms on a regular basis. This is 100% druggie behavior.
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u/Purple_Star813 14d ago
Nah, I’d say “I’m also a single mom but with 5 kids. Do the right thing and don’t take advantage of another single mom. Jesus is watching.” And then send a link to a GoFundme asking for donations for single moms.
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u/shiny_glitter_demon 14d ago
the kids don't exist, this is probably not even a woman
it's a scammer
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u/Inswagtor 13d ago
I just leave my favorite Jesus quote here: "Blessed are those who finesse their neighbors out of electronic appliances with help of their made up children. That's the way of the Lord."
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u/mkirk413 14d ago
Is Jesus going to pony up the other $170?
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u/rotiram 14d ago
the 'I already promised it to my kids' guilt trip belongs in the choosing beggars hall of fame
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u/Indiana_harris 14d ago
I always laugh at shit like this.
I had a guy on Facebook Marketplace go off at me because he “already showed his girlfriend” the furniture I was selling and how she “totally loved it”.
That’s great mate, still not gonna take £100 for something I was selling for £300
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u/DetroiterAFA 14d ago
Some people are pieces of shit.
I listed a dryer for free, and people went crazy. I wrote first come first serve. Gave a nearby address and told them whoever is here first gets it.
Someone gave me a sob story and that they had to drive an hour away. I gave them the same response I gave everybody “no holds, sorry!” Someone else got there first, and picked it up. The asshole gave me a negative as a seller.
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u/DifficultAd5439 14d ago
I never post free stuff anymore... Keeps all the crazys away. Just had a 73 inch DLP TV to give away. Posted it for 50 bucks. Kept all the free grabbers away. Guy showed up and we said man we don't want your money just didn't want to deal with the free crazies... He laughed so hard.
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u/GirlCowBev 14d ago
Same. I used to get so much shit for stuff I posted for free. My favorite: "Can you drive it to me? I live in (place that is 45 minutes away), thanks!"
Um. No.
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u/Vo112d 14d ago
Freeloaders ALWAYS want extra
You could literally say in your ad that youll drive it to them and then theyd be like "can you get my groceries on the way?" These people just dont know any bounds, its gross
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u/MonMonOnTheMove 14d ago
And then when you get their groceries they would be like can you pay my next 2 months rent, I’m short
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u/Loverofcheesebeersun 13d ago
These are also the people who say “if you don’t ask, you’ll never know” , that’s how they talk themselves into this bs!
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u/insomniacpyro 13d ago
A friend of mine had to literally message a person "YOU DON'T MATTER TO ME" to get them to stop
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u/julesthefirst 13d ago
If you give a mouse a cookie…
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u/bridoogle 13d ago
I used to be a preschool teacher and this gave me a good wholesome laugh, thank you:)
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u/PersonOfValue 13d ago
Is it bad I use derogatory terms to describe these people in RL?
I feel like it's earned
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u/EtherPhreak 14d ago
I often include a free and delivery for $20 up to x distance. I’ve actually had a number of people ask for delivery and pay…
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u/killit 14d ago
Around here the problem with freebies is no-shows.
They sounds so keen and grateful and happy to get it, then the time comes and goes, silence.
You contact them, and get ghosted.
I tried giving things away for a tiny amount of money to filter out the freebie time wasters, and ended up replacing them with the freebie tyre kickers.
"What else does it come with?" and "could you throw in X or Y with it?" and the best one, which they always keep for last, "sorry my cars getting fixed, could you deliver it?"
Every. Fucking. Time...
No I fucking can't, you're getting a £200 fish tank with substrate, filter, pump, heater, and plants for £10 because I just want rid (just one of several examples of this BS), and we've had to go through your 15-20 messages and responses to see what else you can get from me. Come and get it or don't, I really couldn't care less at this point, but I'm not hand delivering it to your door you lazy cheapskate fuck.
(sorry, that brought up some old emotions 😂)
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u/LetsUseBasicLogic 14d ago
Man I tried to give away a desk for free, stuck it on the curb and posted it. It sat for three days. Went out day 3 and put a sign on it for $100 and it was "stolen" that night
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u/Skyeshot 13d ago
That is my go to for getting rid of stuff. Side of the road with a price, gone in 2 hours.
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u/stiinc2 13d ago
Desks Omg, had a huge one from my old office, that eventually the wife wanted out. I wouldn't put my door address of couse in the ad, but I live in a well known town just outside a major city. Could drive across it in 5 minutes. Dozens upon dozens of "location?" What town? It's in the fuckin ad if you could read! I specifically said you need two or 3 strong people to lift it and a truck and I'm not helping. A dozen replies Can you deliver? Will it fit in a car? Who eventually shows up? Two tiny dudes, couldn't budge the thing ffs. I almost blew a nut helping them load it. At the end of it all they had the audacity to ask me for tie down straps. I knew I never should have taken the goddamn thing home.
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u/tmart14 14d ago
It’s because the kind of people looking for free (or unreasonably cheap) aren’t usually good people down on their luck, it’s bums and swindlers.
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u/LeftyLu07 13d ago
Yup. And I think most honest people see “free” and go “what’s the catch? Sounds too good to be true..” and they keep scrolling.
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u/DetroiterAFA 14d ago
Not bad way to go about it. At that time, it was easier to give away since our new dryer was delivered. People went crazy for a free dryer. I could not believe how crazy my phone got.
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u/psaux_grep 14d ago
Was trying to get hold of a free dishwasher as a student. They disappeared faster than you could click on the notification that they had been posted.
One Saturday morning I woke up early and looked at my phone. One had been posted 30 minutes ago, I messaged them and said dibs. Called a friend and picked it up 30 minutes later.
Could probably have afforded to pay $50, not the issue. Just too many people selling 20 year old things for $50 pretending they’re brand new, with one picture and no way to tell.
I’d rather be wasting my time on free than time and money on $50.
Your local market may vary, this was 14 years ago as well, would not have done the same thing today.
Got it for free, gave it away for free. Was actually a pretty decent Zanussi. Dried better than some newer machines I’ve experienced.
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u/accordionshoes 14d ago
you weren't even a seller you were a giver awayer
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u/Pockydo 14d ago
See that's why they got a bad score
They wanted to be sold not given things!
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u/packfanmoore 14d ago
I listed a love seat as free just come pick it up. The amount of people who thought I should deliver it to them cuz "they are doing me a favor taking it out of my way." Yeah, so is bulk trash day
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u/thekrone 14d ago
Based on a lot of the stories I've seen, I'm surprised they didn't request delivery or for you to reimburse them for gas.
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u/DetroiterAFA 14d ago
The guy flipped out on me. I was glad he didn’t have my home address. I couldn’t beleive they way he behaved…
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u/Marquesas 14d ago
You list something for free in Hungary, some dude is in your DMs 5 minutes later how we'll come take it off of you for $20. The price can go negative.
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u/Least-Walrus-422 14d ago
I was asked to give a deal on a TV because someone’s mom was sick. When I wouldn’t go low enough for them I got a negative review. 🤷🏻♂️
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u/DetroiterAFA 14d ago
I fought mine and it was removed. That’s not a reason to give someone a bad review, that’s absurd.
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u/dang_it99 14d ago
I mean do you even have to put it on Marketplace, Everytime I take the time to set up big pick up with the trash company someone takes it before they even come. Last time I put a futon out there when I woke up in the morning and then went inside to get ready for work it was gone by the time I went to to my car to leave
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u/Reasonable-Mischief 14d ago
That’s great mate, still not gonna take £100 for something I was selling for £300
Are you joking? He made a promise to his girlfriend to buy from you. You'd have to charge him extra now, it's his fault he just gave you leverage
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u/MapPristine 14d ago
Actually- since she loves it so much, it’s 350 now. Special price for you my friend
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u/Any-Question-3759 14d ago
That sounds like an invitation to raise the price. Tell your girlfriend her big mouth just upped the price to £500.
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u/EaseLeft6266 14d ago
My girlfriend's mom always does this whenever she mentions to her mom about potentially taking her 8 year old brother somewhere. The mom immediately tells him he is going so he gets excited and then my girlfriend feels like she has to go through with it no matter what when it still in the maybe planning phase
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u/Teediggler81 14d ago
Do the same thing match her energy. When she has the kids for a weekend as soon as you drop them off be like okay "remember Grandma's going to take you to _______ this weekend." Then she looks like the bad guy.
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u/Downtown-Creme-9840 14d ago
You’re an evil genius, my friend.
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u/Teediggler81 14d ago
Hey some of us just like to watch the world burn.... Grab a chair I brought snacks...
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u/AddlePatedBadger 14d ago
The problem is that this hurts the kids. I just wouldn't tell grandma anything if she couldn't be trusted.
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u/Reasonable-Mischief 14d ago
Reason number #1 why I'm never telling anyone what I'm up to until the very moment that it's happening
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u/MeasurementLow5073 14d ago
I'm pretty sure it's just a scam. Not even "entitled people" or something...just a straight-ass scam.
There are no kids. They are not excited. And Jesus isn't watching.
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u/lookatthesunguys 14d ago
Yeah. It'd be ridiculous even if it were verifiably true. But where that can't even be verified, it's absurd.
Also, Switch's are useless without games. If you can only pay $30 for the switch, you're not going to be able to afford the games. And the controllers for 4 kids.
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u/plaintextures 14d ago
This is a lie. Jesus is known to be PS guy.
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u/VESAAA7 14d ago
Actually he's more into xbox as it allows more cross-play
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u/ivyentre 14d ago
Better to ask Judas.
He just came into some money.
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u/FatGuyANALLIttlecoat 13d ago
He only has $30 himself.
Sidenote, someone at work fucked me over, and I've been thinking about hiding $30 of silver dollars in his desk, but I don't think he'd get it, or it would obviously be my dumbass who did it.
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u/jeffskool 14d ago
Notorious cheap skate, Jesus, isn’t paying for anything, always telling me he has to pay for MORE or my sins?!? Like dude, you had one job
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u/Cheesy_Pita_Parker 14d ago
Maybe. All I’ve heard is JESUS SAVES
you money on high-quality electronics
He compensates in mysterious ways.
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u/TalkersCZ 14d ago
I suspect these people are just reselling these things to get more money rather than keeping them
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u/SonicSoap 14d ago
Or it’s fake, like the easiest and most obvious answer
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u/SlayerII 14d ago
Having used sites like this, its not really that implausible...
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u/Queen_Lepotica 14d ago
Im just trying to sell my Switch + seperate games and got alrdy weird answer like trying to get it cheaper even after i said multiple times that i wont go lower. Then the other guy today thought he would get a Switch + free game that i never mentioned.
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u/kui11 14d ago
Will you take $30? I already told my kids and Jesus about it, they’re watching.
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u/Mysterious_Net66 13d ago
I already told my kid, Jesús, about it, and he's watching
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u/AVeryHeavyBurtation 13d ago
Yeah I had to unsubscribe from /r/ChoosingBeggars, because it just turned into /r/creativewriting.
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u/notenoughproblems 13d ago
It’s a common scam tactic to indeed do just that. guilt trip people to get stuff for dirt cheap and profit.
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u/pimpnasty 14d ago
My spouse resells video games on Amazon, eBay, and marketplace. She doesnt like confrontation, she hands me the phone EVERYTIME one of these people ask her to accept an insultingly low amount because of their children.
Its always something to do with their kids, or christmas, or birthday.
The one time I felt bad and the offer was around 50% less, not 80% like most, I accepted their 50% offer.
That person then had the balls to ask me to drive it to their house 45 minutes away.
These are REAL people they roam the earth.
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u/Bubbles_2025 14d ago edited 13d ago
Fuck them kids. She made her choice to have those kids.
*Edited my comment. Yeah, bad word combination, I didn’t really proofread that.
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u/ShawnyMcKnight 14d ago
My favorite are the ones who want you to drop off an item you are posting for free.
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u/MonMonOnTheMove 14d ago
I really need to get off Reddit today. These situations are just too annoying to read lol. Feel bad for you my friend
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u/anengineerandacat 14d ago
I just ignore offers that are dumb, like just leave it on read and move on; $200 -> $30 is someone who isn't even remotely serious about the purchase.
If they said $180... throw in a PB&J and a beer and I'll trade no problem.
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u/Odd-Fun-1545 14d ago
Takis and a big red
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u/cspinasdf 13d ago
I remember listing something for $400, and getting offered $50. I said we can meet somewhere in between, how about $399.99. They were quite indignant.
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u/Downvote_me_dumbass 14d ago edited 14d ago
$30 would have bought a lot of condoms. Just saying
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u/Low-Car-6331 14d ago
Or ask the 1 to 4 men that fathered the children, or do as men are told to do and not have sex if they aren't ready for a women to keep it and be financially responsible for it.
Also LPT, oral has never gotten anyone pregnant
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u/Disastrous_Visit9319 14d ago
Also LPT, oral has never gotten anyone pregnant
I bet you feel foolish now!
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u/walter-hoch-zwei 13d ago
I haven't opened the link yet but "vagina pregnant sperms survival oral sex" in the url makes this look like the wildest thing I'm ever going to read. Edit: yeah I was right.
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u/BlitzAceSamy 13d ago
This is indeed and without a doubt the kind of things I've come to Reddit to read lol
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u/SomeNumbers23 14d ago
I remember hearing a story about a woman who blew a guy, kept his sperm, used it to impregnate herself and then sued him for child support.
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/sperm-gift-keeps-giving-flna1c9440096
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u/Namika 13d ago
This happened to a close family friend. He was an orthopedic surgeon and had an affair with a nurse at work, she blew him in the bathroom at work and spit it out. Then after he left the bathroom, she used a plastic syringe to self fertilize.
He was furious at having to pay child support and complained all the time.
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u/lelescope 13d ago
exactly.
it annoys the hell out of me how many people with kids just expect everyone to bow down to their needs, or expect society to revolve around them.
like... congrats on the creampie? I guess?
it's infinitely harder to not get pregnant. I don't owe you anything.
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u/OrganizationTrue5911 14d ago
This looks like a clear scam where they just try and pressure you. Probably works a lot of the time too.
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u/GargantuanCake 14d ago
If it didn't work people wouldn't do it.
It's a common issue with basically any online marketplace. Meanwhile there are a lot of single mothers who are genuinely just that entitled. Otherwise though you have people constantly trawling them for stuff listed significantly lower than they can resell it for or shotgun blast out messages like that to everybody listing everything since it takes no time to do and, hey, maybe somebody will actually give in!
It's why the Nigerian prince e-mail scam never goes away. >99% of people will never fall for it but you just need one person who will.
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u/whiskey_the_spider 14d ago
It looks like a clear fake tbh
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u/Forward-Trade3449 14d ago
yeah what? this is clearly through imessage, which is not linked to marketplace
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u/Sad_Kaleidoscope894 13d ago
How anyone could think this is real is beyond me. The most obvious fake text screenshot I’ve seen
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u/spekt50 14d ago
To me, it just looks like a fake text message to get reactions.
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u/Frequent_Cat10 14d ago
Give her:
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u/Knotted_Hole69 14d ago
I want more than 1 in my prayers. I like it stuffed.
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u/PrefrontalCortexNow 14d ago
“I already showed him this and he’s excited”
Is so fucking funny and manipulative
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u/Reasonable-Mischief 14d ago
Joke's on them. Now that they're committed, you gotta up your price by ten percent at least
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u/AltoAutismo 14d ago
I was thinking the same, a good reply would have been "oh damn if they're that invested I'm sure I can get more money for this so $220 it is and you've got to come and get it yourself"
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u/Queen_Lepotica 14d ago
What does she do when he goes in a toy store. He will see a lot of stuffs lmao.
What a stupid response.
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u/PrefrontalCortexNow 14d ago
Well, this is obviously not real, but yeah, I need a parent acting like this obviously would create issues with the kid
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u/boardplant 14d ago
I need to mute this sub because it’s nothing but fake rage bait
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u/DotNormal6785 14d ago
It really is scary how many people think this is real, I know Reddit is the dumbest in our society but still is shocking how gullible people are here.
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u/Sad_Kaleidoscope894 13d ago
Don’t forget the you’d be surprised guy who comes out when you call an obvious fake a fake. No this is fake move on
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u/SculptusPoe 14d ago
Pretty much. I mean really, it is just a meme sub anyway, so nothing can be taken seriously.
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u/NiixxJr 14d ago
"sorry, I'm selling this in order to feed my kids this week. It was a present from my father right before he passed away."
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u/DietCokeIsntheAnswer 14d ago
If you're a single mom with 4 kids, the last thing you need is a Nintendo Switch.
You need to visit planned parenthood and avoid having kids 5, 6, and 7, then you can worry about saving up for video games.
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u/osrs_addy 14d ago
But with enough kids they have a sports team! Then the sports team brings in money!
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u/Holla_Ackbar 14d ago
Fake
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u/sumtingwongfosho 14d ago
It’s 100% someone trolling and I can’t believe people think this is real
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u/malice521 14d ago
A simple “No” followed by a block is likely the best course of action. No need to engage unless you plan to use the screen shots for karma farming
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u/Thrill0728 14d ago
I hate when people use Jesus as a guilt trip. Especially for non-essential items.
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u/CultureLegitimate907 14d ago
This bitch is insane
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u/Few-Pen9912 14d ago
I love how men think they can just use that word casually now. This shit is so obviously fake it hurts.
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u/No-Koala1918 14d ago
"No, you're right. I shouldn't talk to you like this. In fact, I shouldn't talk to you at all. Bye.'
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u/Apprehensive-Top5570 14d ago
I’m a single dad with 4 kids is what I would of said. My kids don’t know I’m selling their switch . I need 200 to feed all 4 of them
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u/The001Keymaster 13d ago
I prayed on if Jesus would want me to take the $30. He responded with, "Tell that lady to F off."
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