When Did Your Buy-Nothing Group Jump the Shark?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My group has not jumped the shark, but there are a few people that I recognize because they are always offering literal trash. "Gallon-sized bag of packing peanuts that came in a big Amazon delivery - please pick up by Sunday." "Four leftover paper Happy Birthday plates from a party this weekend - must take all." It's always the same two people, no one ever replies to their posts, but they're tenacious.

At this point I read their posts out loud to DH like "warm up the car, we'd better hurry if we want to get first dibs!"

In our group, boxes and any packing materials are always in demand. And any pantry items or food will also have multiple requests.

+1 And I have posted stuff I’m playing to trash because like. I don’t want to stand in someone’s way if you want it/can use it? For the environment and honestly for my own convenience it’s easier to give stuff away. Like last week I posted five decade-old ikea chairs that all wobble. I was upfront that they needed glue and/or screws. Someone wanted them and now I don’t have to pay for bulk trash pickup. Win for all of us!

[Anonymous]

I’d take a used bathing suit and have taken opened food. Suit would be washed sanitization hot and I definitely wore have me down suits as a child and both my kids have hand me down suits right now. Food will likewise be cooked; who cares if the bag is opened? Admittedly I can never pick up in a hurry so I only grab shelf-stable stuff but I don’t judge anyone who grabs the perishables if they want them.

[Anonymous]

Our group is healthy but I am amused by what gets snapped up. Packing peanuts? Yes. Random wine corks? Yes. Paper towel rolls? Oh yes. I even offered my cardboard egg cartons once out of curiosity and they were taken quickly. Apparently they are in high demand by a subset of pet owners.

Yet I posted a nice kids desk and chair. Nothing. It now lives in our garage and is covered in tools so guess that’s a win.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What the hell is the problem with a used bathing suit? I don’t understand. Wash it and wear it.

WTF? And I’m not even a greenie-freakshow-buy-nothing weirdo. I just don’t see the big deal about a used swimsuit.

You are the weirdo. Its where her hoo ha juices are!!!!

I own a washing machine, laundry detergent, and a clothes dryer. And since I’m an adult and not a five year old, I don’t worry about stuff like “hoo ha juices”. In fact, my own hoo ha makes plenty of it’s own juices, so I doubt any residual hoo ha juices from someone else could even make it’s way upstream.



While we’re on the subject, do you realize what gets left all over hotel bedsheets? Which just get washed and then reused? I’ve left plenty of hoo ha juices on hotel bedsheets along with what seem like buckets of hoo him juice too. Those sheets go in a commercial laundry and then go right back on the beds. The beds you sleep on when you travel. Someone like me got her brains F’d out on them and jizzed all over, they got washed, and now you’re using them.

So there.

And true, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My group has not jumped the shark, but there are a few people that I recognize because they are always offering literal trash. "Gallon-sized bag of packing peanuts that came in a big Amazon delivery - please pick up by Sunday." "Four leftover paper Happy Birthday plates from a party this weekend - must take all." It's always the same two people, no one ever replies to their posts, but they're tenacious.

At this point I read their posts out loud to DH like "warm up the car, we'd better hurry if we want to get first dibs!"

Funny how one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. Packing peanuts, boxes, and those type of supplies get taken up fast.

We also have many ISOs for toilet paper rolls and paper towel rolls.

[Anonymous]

Um, you just wash the bathing suit.

I have give away used underwear but kinda the same thing. Just wash it. Especially kids, they may only wear it a few times. I have bought kids underwear and they wear it once and they don’t like the waistband and I’ve washed and donated.

I’ve gotten a Cheesecake Factory cheesecake someone had from a party and they only ate 3 slices. Some of these people I have gotten to knkw through BN I’m still alive to tell about it. I haven’t been poisoned.

[Anonymous]

I’ve seen people post nonstick pans that are peeling and am shocked when someone is interested.

I did see someone post half a bottle of Coca Cola once that she used for a recipe. That was weird.

But I have gotten tons of nice stuff. I mean tons. I have also posted tons of nice stuff also. MWe have a nice group. .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Um, you just wash the bathing suit.

I have give away used underwear but kinda the same thing. Just wash it. Especially kids, they may only wear it a few times. I have bought kids underwear and they wear it once and they don’t like the waistband and I’ve washed and donated.

I’ve gotten a Cheesecake Factory cheesecake someone had from a party and they only ate 3 slices. Some of these people I have gotten to knkw through BN I’m still alive to tell about it. I haven’t been poisoned.

Oh my gosh a mostly uneaten cheesecake is the DREAM - there is nothing I like more than a free dessert

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What the hell is the problem with a used bathing suit? I don’t understand. Wash it and wear it.

WTF? And I’m not even a greenie-freakshow-buy-nothing weirdo. I just don’t see the big deal about a used swimsuit.

You are the weirdo. Its where her hoo ha juices are!!!!

+1000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think 75% of the people who take things, especially the ones who comment again and again they want it, don’t live in the area. They have fake profiles and make a living off it.

No doubt about this. I recently moved from one part of NoVA to another, and in prep for doing so gave away multiple things that could be sold for a decent amount. Same people over and over wanting it, and their profiles are on lockdown so I can't see anything but their interaction with the Buy Nothing group. Which is all "Interested! This would be for my child who is going through a lot!" and no offering to give anything.Yeah, sure your 7 yr old needs a queen sized bed frame from Anthro. Sure they do. It's dissembling, but I don't really care though.

[Anonymous]

Food, snacks, candy always gets snatched up quickly. Sometimes opened.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ve seen people post nonstick pans that are peeling and am shocked when someone is interested.

I did see someone post half a bottle of Coca Cola once that she used for a recipe. That was weird.

But I have gotten tons of nice stuff. I mean tons. I have also posted tons of nice stuff also. MWe have a nice group. .

Yes, that is weird.

[Anonymous]

I’ve seen people post sofas from a dog friendly home that are stained and thread bare. They claim it still has plenty of life and cover it with a throw blanket. Disgusting! Take it to the dump!

[Anonymous]

There is one lady in ours that’s hustles to grab baby formula. Any brand, unopened or opened, doesn’t matter.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My group jumped the shark when the needed to sprout or whatever it's called. And instead of splitting the group geographically they did it in a way that half of the "nicer" neighborhood and half the lower SES neighborhood combined. I get that they were trying to be equitable, but geographically it made no sense, and I'm not driving further for used stuff.

Arlington?

Probably Takoma Park, which is the biggest circus now of an old group (taken over by a tyrant), 3 sprouts, and a spin-off group that cannibalized itself with massive hypocrisy and horribly-controlling mods (who'd all left the original group claiming that mod was a tyrant).

This is also the location of the diva cup post, and some of the very best lols, if you're into watching your neighbors tell on themselves (which PP certainly seemed to be).