Even if I want to get rid of something for nothing, I'll put it up for a fiver.

The number of fucking idiots that come out of the woodwork rises exponentially when you list it for free, proper unreasonable or a ludicrous false sense of entitlement.

I'll wait until someone wants it, offers to pay, and tell them to keep it and put it in a charity box on their way home or some shit. Saves a lot of hassle.

• "$10"
• "But the sign said $5"
• "Then why did you ask?"

Like every tech support forum, email, or phone call ever.

List a complete description of all information regarding the issue. List correct OS version, firmware, etc. List all attempts at correcting issue based on standard and deeper steps (i.e. power on/off, resets, reinstalls, checking connections, etc.)

Tech help proceeds to disregard everything you just relayed and asks for the same things you just did. Or just tells you to nuke it all and wipe everything you’re trying to save.

Is it still available?

They're functionally illiterate and are embarrassed to admit it or show it, very common

“All the information is on the task”

price firm

I will give you $2, cash

+$5 per stupid-ass question

To put the shoe on the other foot:

• "No time wasters" (You're wasting your own time writing this for your listing)
• "Bought for ¤x" (You think your item is worth more than it is and will be a pain in the arse about it)

Lol

I had an old time country friend of mine ... he lived out in the country in a farming area surrounded by farms. The kind of guy that just loved to talk and talk and talk for hours on end if you allowed him.

He said for fun when he ran out of people to talk to he'd go see some farmer he'd never met before who was selling something ... anything (including a $5 lamp) ... and ask them if they had an old time horse drawn manure spreader. He said most farmers like to talk because they're always bored or just want to delay having to go to work. Asking about horse drawn manure spreaders gets then to talk about the old times, good old days, memories of working with their fathers, what they have, what they built, where they're from and on and on and on.

My friends name was Jack and he was a pain in the ass because he could occupy your entire day talking about everything under the sun. He was fun for about an hour but beyond that, he probably wouldn't notice if the dried husk of your remains started to blow away.

$15

All the information is on the task

Is this still available?

I still don't know how tall it is

I literally had this happen multiple times working as a vendor at sci-fi cons in the 1990s. Our prices would literally be right there and people would point to each one and ask how much it was. And my boss wouldn't let me tell them that the prices are right there and point to where the prices were because my boss was a dumbass. In so many ways.

And then when those same people sell their stuff…