I understand completely why people say no holds. There are several no shows and i have been known to say sorry i cant hold items as well but what happened today was just plain rude! Here what happened and you tell me if im wrong here.


I chated Bargains by Shelly about a battery powered motorcycle for my son.

me: hey, does the battery powered bike work properly?

her: yes

me: when can i pick it up?
and do you know the top speed?

her: now please!!! lol

me: whats your address?

her: it's not very fast (address deleted)

Me: thats good - i have a 6yr old 2 year old

her: it would need training wheels for the little one

me: i'll be by in about 15 min.
(gave description of my vehicle)
her:ok


she lives on the opposite side of town from me which at noon on a week day it takes about 15 min. I sent my husband since he was home on lunch and i didnt want to get the boys out. He was there before the allotted amount of time. as he pulled in he saw someone loading said toy into the back of her van. He went ahead and knocked at the door and she said oh i already sold it. seriously!!!! She said she didnt get names sorry.
All i can say is i will NEVER buy from her again and if anyone else decides to i hope you live within walking distance because she will sell it out from under neath you. I m just glad i didnt tell my son before my husband picked it up.

so tell me am i wrong here because i think thats just pretty shitty! 

oh wow...i would have been P-I-S-S-E-D!!! ppl dont have all that extra time to run around during lunch especially in this heat...im sorry that happened to u.. 

Wow, that just sucks, I would've been really mad. Good thing you let us know her name so I know who not to buy from! 

wow that does suck sorry that happened I hate when u find something u really want they say yes and then sell to someones else that has happened a couple of times to me on here but then Ive been around for 2yrs or so i guess u would find these things 

Thanks Kortne! I now know not to waste my time or gas to go and buy stuff from her. I would have been seriously ticked off too. To tell multiple people to come and get an item and then just sell it to the first one that shows up is really rude and inconsiderate. Apologies don't take back time or gas money in this case. Screw that, I will not be buying from her. 

I hope none of you perfect ladies never ever make a mistake. If you don't want to buy from me, then don't, but stop being childish. I admitted that I messed up. I would NOT intentionally sell anything out from under anyone. I can't take it back. I apologized and that's all I can do. I really shouldn't care, because it was just a mistake. I had several people wanting my address for many items I had posted at that time, so when the person came along and asked for that item I did not know who they were! Sorry! That's all I can say and if you would stop judging and really think about it you would realize that it was an honest mistake. Sorry you didn't get the item you wanted, if I had another one I would GIVE it to you, but I don't and I can't change what happened. Just don't sit there acting like you have never made a mistake. Maybe I should start checking ID's, but oh, that wouldn't have mattered considering I didn't even have a name of who was supposed to be coming! 

i'm sorry but this proves how petty people can be. if someone wants anything of mine, its always first come, first serve. regardless of who they are, where they live or anything like that. 

u wouldn't think its petty if it happened to u...its not that ppl have a problem with first come first serve...the whole point was she wasnt the only one who was promised the item and while her hubby was on his way to pick it up, someone else picked it up as he got there...to me its not petty...thats like someone saying how petty u are b!tching about no shows...ppl have lives, ppl forget to pick up an item...if ur items are first come first serve, u wouldnt even notice if someone was a no show if u dont promise an item to someone if they are on their way...shelly apologized and realized how complicated things got and perhaps learned from the experience...then again its only my opinion 

Trish whats your sill sale name because i dont want to buy from you either. Im just glad my husband was home to go because my six year olds heart would have been broke if i had told him while we were on our way. I gave her a specific time (within 15 min)and told her i was on my way. What more can i do? I have never sold something when someone said they were coming for it to another person without giving them there allotted amount of time and then some. I dont sell things on here to pay my bills. Its just to unclutter my house or because i have no use for an item any longer. I see no need in making people waste their time or speed for any of my items. She said she was sorry and i hope she really means it but i still will no longer buy from her. 

just sharing a story since this is a similar one.....i saw a table once on bookoo, it was black and round, was selling really cheap. anyways, i contacted the lady, explained to her that i was at work and didn't get off until five but would really try to get off early, and that i also had to come up with a pick-up to haul it. she said OK. i wasn't asking her to hold it for a day, it was like for 4 hrs i think. well long story short, i ended up contacting her again telling her, i got permission to take off an hr early so i'd be coming down earlier. i came up with a pick-up, went and gassed it up (out of common courtesy), called her to tell her i was on my way, because i live an hr away from her. i got no answer. so i went ahead got on the road, called again to make sure she got my msg, and only for her to tell me she had already sold it!!!!! i was like 10 minutes away from getting into lawton and wheeeeewwww!!! that really ticked me off (for lack of better fitting words)!!!! i didn't go off on her the way i should've because that is just not me, but i know it was enough for her to sense my frustration. she just said sorry, i'm first come first serve. i told her that no where in her profile or items did it say that, and she never once said that to me when i explained to her that i lived a ways away, but again, she was like "sorry, i've sold it". i hung up on her. eventually after i cooled down i shot her a text explaining why i hung up on her and she told me sorry too, either way, it was a frustrating thing. i've never been a no show and i live quite a a ways from lawton, and i've stopped selling on bookoo myself for the same reason, but you really have to see where i'm coming from, to drive an hour to meet someone who just doesnt show up, or to drive an hr almost to have someone say, sorry i sold it to someone who got here sooner, when i SPECIFICALLY told them i was on my way.....grr...and talk about a loss of money on my end, the gas money and then losing an hour of work... 

Tish, I really do understand, but I really did just get everyone mixed up. It wasn't done on purpose and I explained this. I truly felt bad about it. I have had it happen to me before and I know how it feels, but I didn't go on ranting about it to anyone who would listen. I just let it go. In your case it WAS intentional and the lady did mean to do it. I honestly didn't. 

Shelly, people will generally get upset, even if it is a mistake. The inconvienence is frustrating. I would have been upset too. It is cool that you are apologizing and feel bad, and I am sure it will blow over asap, but people always vent about this stuff. Whether buyer or seller, when sales go bad this is the place to come and vent.

Maybe (just a suggestion) you should make it clear that you will not hold items and let people know that due to past problems you will sell your item to the the first person that gets there to buy it.

I don't think she (or anyone else) was trying to attack you, just venting about what happened. Everyone else was just stating an opinion on how they feel about the situation, so please don't think that anyone was personally attacking you. I don't think anyone wants to drive to pick stuff up and it be sold, I hope you understand that it isn't personal, just one buyer sharing an experience with others, and them then deciding if they want to risk a drive for no item. Anyway, enough rambling on this.. 

Ok smiley, thank you. I really did feel so bad about it though. :( I also have it on my page that I don't hold items, like you said, because of experiences in the past. But I still would not have done that intentionally. I do truly understand her being upset. It has happened to me and I was upset too, but really thanks a lot for post. I don't like to make people mad or upset with me and since I was a little girl it always bothered me if I did. And Kortney, I don't deny that I could use some organization in my life, but it seems like the harder I try the worse it gets. lol 

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