‘She begged for my husband’: Karen attempts to get computer for free by demanding to speak to owner's husband

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Eleonora Bader
Sep 28, 2023 1:00 PM EDT

Selling things online is a fickle business. It starts off fairly simple, you post an ad along with your contact info. You get a couple of replies, maybe get ghosted once or twice, perhaps a prank phone call or two. But the world of online business is a strange one, and it is bound to bring some pretty strange people to your doorstep if you are not careful. Here, in this case, OP posted an ad for a computer, stating the price of 900. Not one minute later, OP got a phone call. At first, everything seemed relatively normal, but the phone call quickly escalated into something kind of, for lack of a better word, creepy.

The woman on the other end explained to OP that she was looking to buy a laptop for her granddaughter, then continued with a couple of questions, one of which startled OP, and for good reason. What went down? Scroll down to find out. You be the judge of this weird situation… All I can say is that it put me off selling anything online for a while. Then, you can check out this veteran employee who got back at his boss, who threatened to fire him after he left his shift 3 minutes early. The boss ended up getting fired himself. Yeah, some people really make their own beds.

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    Font - Posted by u/KamanePukuota 2 days ago Woman tries to get a free MacBook from me, then asks if I have a husband and is he handsome
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    Font - My native language is not English, so sorry for any mistakes in advance. The situation is still very fresh and I'm giggling while typing it. This happened a couple of hours ago. I decided to put my almost unused MacBook Air for sale.
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    Font - Literally one minute after posting the listing, I get a call. It was 11:15 PM and most people usually sleep at this time. I pick up the phone, and maintain a very calm tone during the whole call. Me: Hello? Woman: So tell me! Me, confused: Who is calling? Woman: It's me, [unknown name and
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    Font - surname], I'm calling because I saw a computer for sale. Me: Oh, I just didn't expect someone to call so soon because I listed it just now. Woman: my granddaughter told me I need to buy a computer with an apple. Me: yes, it is an Apple computer, just like you're looking for. Woman: where do you live? I
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    Font - tell her the city and the district, just as she asked. She tells me her town that is on the other end of the country. She does not know my city at all, so I suggest she travels here by train and I will meet her at the train station, so that it would be simpler to her. She says that that is perfect, then asks if I won't scam her. I tell her that I just want
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    Font - to sell my laptop, why would I scam you? Then she asks for the price. Woman: so is this a final price, 900? Me: well I listed it for 800, and do you have an offer? Instead of an offer I get a story from her, that she wants to buy this laptop for her granddaugter. Then a short pause. Woman:
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    Font - maybe you would donate the laptop? Me: no, because the price of the product is too high that I could give it for free. Woman: do you have a husband? Me: yes. Woman: let me talk to him. Me: my husband is not related to the sale of this laptop. Woman: give the phone to your husband, I will talk to him. He will give me the laptop
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    Font - for 200. Me: mam, this computer belongs to me, not my husband, and because of that I make decisions regarding the sale of it, not him. Woman: is he handsome? Me: this is not related to the sale. Woman: what? Me: this is not related to the sale. Woman, almost crying, starts to beg me to let her
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    Font - talk to my husband, that she just wants to give a gift to her granddaughter, etc. Me: mam, have a good evening. I hung up the phone and instantly blocked her number. I was a little bit scared, because the longer I listened to her, the more I understood that she is
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    Font - mentally unstable and I was afraid that she will write something bad about the thing I'm selling just to retaliate that I hung up on her. I told my husband what happened and he told me that "yeah, we should stay at least a 300 km radius away from people like her” and we laughed because that is
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    Font - how far the town she lives in is from us. I then texted my friend who was not sleeping, and she asked "what was the deal with her asking for you husband?", and I answered that "maybe she was hoping to seduce him with her pensioner
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    Font - spells and make his heart fall for her, then she could have the laptop for dirt cheap. But she failed this time, so she should try putting her wild panther spells on other men who sell laptops". We had a good laugh about it too.
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    Font - It just made it easier to think about my temporary customer service job, because no matter how rude the clients are, none of them are this crazy, and that's good.
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    Font - The_Relentless 2 days ago I'm blocking you now I'm going to call my new band, "Pensioner Spells." €839 € Reply Share
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    Font - Snaffle27 1 day ago Me: Hello? Woman: So tell me! Already right there it's already weirding me out. Who the hell calls someone and opens the conversation with a total stranger like this? Lmao
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    Font - RedMarsRising - 2 days ago Is it possible that in your native language "MacBook" means "handsome husband"? € 329 € Reply Share
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    Font - neeksknowsbest · 1 day ago Is your husband there? Can I talk to him? I need a cheap laptop too D € 54 € Reply Share
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    Font - defenceman101 · 1 day ago Should have let your husband say sure 1500 € 32 € Reply Share
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    Font - One_Ad1822. 2 days ago Could it be "is your husband handsome" was meant as “is your husband at home". Either way crazy story. Good thinking on blocking the number. € 50 € Reply Share
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    Font - fernofry 1 day ago Persuasion skill check failed. € € Reply Share
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    Font - Thetean High Command 1 day ago Only thing I would work on is your formatting but otherwise you typed better English than most native english speakers I know lol € 13 € Reply Share
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