‘She never planned to pay me’: Woman places a $250 order for same-day pick up, then flips the script when presented with products

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Eleonora Bader
Jan 4, 2024 1:00 PM EST

You need to be careful when you sell products online because oftentimes, people will say anything to get what they want.

They will make up a whole family to get a discount if they have to. One person was selling some Christmas products (prefilled stockings) on Marketplace when she was contacted by a mother who wanted to make a large order for her kids. At first, the lady asked for a discount, which OP felt was reasonable as it was such a big order. They agreed on the price of $250, and made a plan to meet up. OP worked long and hard on the stockings, making sure they were personalized so that her customer would be happy.

When the time came to meet, and OP met this lady in person, she realized relatively quickly what the lady was going to ask of her… First, the lady began her sob story about how poor she was, how her kids were so excited about these stockings, how happy she would be to get them for free… She completely changed her tune to their prior agreement. Read below how OP handled this entitled lady… Then check out this manager who denied one of their senior employees a promotion after completing a project, leading to a whole new level of chaos.

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    "You need to pay me, now. 1az 2MC 4 cm 5 m BMNO 8 TUN WISH 0.8% ALPHA ""
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    Christmas choosing beggar mom places $250 order with me for same day pick up, gets mad I won't accept sob stories instead of cash
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    the last few years I've made pre-filled Xmas stockings, Easter baskets, boo bags etc and sell them on marketplace in 3 sizes, mini 15, standard 25, mega size 50, which includes an additional wrapped gift. I make a decent profit and most people appreciate skipping the shopping, especially single folks who otherwise wouldn't have a surprise stocking.
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    a woman messages me on the 23rd for 6 mega stockings, I spent well over an hour getting details to personalize, and much longer to put it all together. she did ask for a discount which is fine for a big order and we agreed on 250. I let her know they were ready, reaffirmed the price, and we planned to meet up.
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    I had also put together a free mini stocking since she said she likely wouldn't have one herself. we met and almost immediately she says "hey i hope you have lots of Christmas spirit cause my family and I really need it!" I sell on marketplace all the time, I know what's coming next, and I'm sure you do too. wouldn't you know, her family has been through every possible disaster but her kids are perfect angels but
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    also all have concer, a dingo ate her baby, etc etc. then she admits she never planned to pay me and figured if I'd already done all the work and knew they "needed" them I'd just give them to her for free. she figured extremely wrong. I put the stockings back in my trunk and drove off. I hadn't even pulled in my driveway before my phone was dinging non stop. she sent me photos of her kids, videos of them
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    crying (when she said I ruined Christmas Ⓒ) pictures of her fuel gage on E, a nearly empty fridge, screenshots of her bank balance, and more then 30 messages demanding i "do the right thing and stop ruining Christmas" for her kids. she had the nerve to complain that i didn't give her the mini stocking since I'd already planned to give it away free. funny thing was, she came from further than I did and didn't
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    have her kids with her, which means she just had the videos on her phone already. I blocked her after sending one message: "hey, I wouldn't have minded at all gifting to your kids if your need is genuine had you ASKED instead of trying to manipulate me. you ruined Christmas for your kids yourself if you think the only thing that matters is the gifts. your kids deserve
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    better but it's on you to provide it. kindly go shove yourself up your own Christmas morning my emotions got the better of me wondering if the kids really were going without, and I used an alt account to check her Facebook. stacks of gifts, a free feast, huge amount of gift cards, you could barely see her tree! and of course, complaints about all the charities
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    that provided "the bare minimum" for her kids. scrolling marketplace this morning i find her selling a ton of brand new toys and kids clothes, naturally. I should have taken screenshots but I was irritated and deleted all the messages immediately and blocked her. I hate how the holidays have become a magnet for slime bags like this looking to exploit anyone and anything they can.
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    tl;dr: cb mom places a big order at an agreed upon price then demands it for free, because she and her poor, , poor family deserve it, gets by thurt when told to. ... off
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    12-81 IDICbeliever 15 hr. ago Your only (though understandable) mistake was not screenshoting everything and outing her to everyone. Scammers should face public humiliation. And as Judge Judy says you can't commit defamation or libel if it's true. € 401 € Reply Share
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    TigreMalabarista - 15 hr. ago While I admire you not rewarding this behavior... Please, please, PLEASE... report her to these charities, especially if she's selling items. I transcribe letters for Santa Claus* in a poorer economically town, and read letters of kids wishing for simple toys like crayons and such.
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    They'd love the toys this CB got from the charities. We need to stop grifting. *(laugh if you must but I use this term when I'm typing letters to put in the Letters to Santa edition. Seeing kids' eyes light up with my stories as to why I do it are worth it. Plus, I'm not lying - to a point: the town Santa, who is a member of the Royal Order of the Real Bearded Santas, told me he used the tab to buy toys for some children in poorer families.) € 1.1k € Reply Share
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    threadsoffate 2021 13 hr. ago Agreed. These people need to be called out and banned from exploiting charities. A lot of folks have stopped giving because there has been too many grifters taking advantage. We need to get rid of the cons and make it safe to give again. € 277 277 € Reply Share
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    bal_swing 15 hr. ago You're nicer than I am. I would have screen shot the messages she sent me and posted on her page so people in the future know not to donate to her again. € 260 € Reply Share
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    5footfilly 15 hr. ago Report her to the charities, marketplace and put her on blast. Consider it a New Year's gift to the potential 2024 patsies. € € 250 250 Reply Share Luvzalaff75 15 hr. ago Please do this. €34 € Reply Share
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    OCDaboutretirement 15 hr. ago Good for you! What an to expect freebies. I no longer believe in any sob stories. Sob stories are like Everyone has one. € 52 52 € Reply Share
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    slowasaspeedingsloth. 14 hr. ago Am I some sort of sap for actually paying for all the presents under the tree myself?? Where are all of these magical free presents coming from??? €43 € Reply Share
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    pimblepimble 14 hr. ago 100% chance she doesn't have kids and a reverse image search for them will lead tyou to a stock image website, where she bought the cutest kids around a tree she could find. € 11€ Reply Share
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    dbtl87 15 hr. ago I'm sorry she did this. I hope that she is outed some other way for using folks. My sister bakes at home and sells, if someone did this to her I'd be livid as would she. € 8 € Reply Share
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    MrHodge Too 10 hr. ago In fairness she isn't really a CB but a garden variety grifter. € 8 € Reply Share
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    Acmav289 - 9 hr. ago This is why you get payment upfront before wasting your time. € 8 € Reply Share
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    RawrRRitchie - 9 hr. ago You should've took screenshots and showed them to the organization's they gifted her stuff They'd really want to know what was given away "for people in need" is just being resold € 7 7€ Reply Share
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    appleblossom1962 - 14 hr. ago She should do the "right thing" and stop scamming people € 7 € Reply Share Wyshunu - 13 hr. ago People like her need to be put on blast. €6€ Reply Share
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    Snaffle27 13 hr. ago Who the decided to settle down with this woman is what my question is. Surely this monstrous personality manifested itself in many ways. I feel bad for the kids that have to grow up in the same household as her. € 3 € Reply Share
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