'There is no world where $250 was an appropriate offer': Choosing beggar demands to buy $2K tires on marketplace for $250, owner makes him work for it

Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor

Apr 28, 2024 4:00 PM EDT

One has to wonder if this entitled choosing beggar felt like this odyssey was worth it in the end.

This Redditor was selling tires that were originally sold at $2K for $1K on Marketplace when he started to get a barrage of messages from our story's choosing beggar demanding to have the tires for $250. At first, the original poster (OP) rejected the offer and blocked the guy because it seemed like he wouldn't quit. Well, he didn't. Instead, he messaged OP from a second and third account and refused to stop until he got what he wanted. OP seemingly caved but decided to put him to the test.

They arranged a meet-up to exchange the "first come first serve" tires at a pub near where OP lived. This was already two hours away for the choosing beggar, and little did he know, the spot OP picked would be nearly impossible to find parking. The result was a 3+ hour saga for the choosing beggar until he finally gave up. Keep scrolling below to see what happened to the tires. For more stories like this, check out this post about a misguided guy's Tic-Tacs mistake.