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yeah, how dare other people have lives they need to schedule around, anyone other than this poster doing so is obviously a "dolt". stupid dolts, not realizing

yeah, how dare other people have lives they need to schedule around, anyone other than this poster doing so is obviously a "dolt". stupid dolts, not realizing who the real hero of the story is! ---

dottedmag 4y ago
The author of the comment is giving things away, not selling them.
crazygringo 4y ago
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 clearly directly in the listing. Dolts.
- P5fRxh5kUvp2th 4y ago
  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.
  - crazygringo 4y ago
    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.)
    - P5fRxh5kUvp2th 4y ago
      Well I guess we've identified why I don't have the problems you do, haven't we?
      - crazygringo 4y ago
        No, I don't think we have.
        P5fRxh5kUvp2th 4y ago
        And thus do we begin to see what failing to learn looks like.
        crazygringo 4y ago
        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.
standardUser 4y ago
Dolt was the nicer word than what I originally wrote! But it was unnecessary either way. My bad.

yeah, how dare other people have lives they need to schedule around, anyone other than this poster doing so is obviously a "dolt". stupid dolts, not realizing who the real hero of the story is! ---

dottedmag 4y ago

The author of the comment is giving things away, not selling them.

crazygringo 4y ago

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 clearly directly in the listing. Dolts.

P5fRxh5kUvp2th 4y ago
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.
- crazygringo 4y ago
  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.)
  - P5fRxh5kUvp2th 4y ago
    Well I guess we've identified why I don't have the problems you do, haven't we?
    - crazygringo 4y ago
      No, I don't think we have.
      - P5fRxh5kUvp2th 4y ago
        And thus do we begin to see what failing to learn looks like.
        crazygringo 4y ago
        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.

standardUser 4y ago

Dolt was the nicer word than what I originally wrote! But it was unnecessary either way. My bad.