I totally cannot believe all the FREE stuff I have been getting by playing the CVS game. If you have no idea what I'm talking about you can read THIS LINK to learn more! There is no way we'd be able to use all the stuff that we get so I wanted to start giving some of it away. I mean, who on earth needs 11 toothpastes or 4 deoderants=) I called our church but there is nowhere to store it for their helping hands ministry so I decided to put some gift bags together and post it under the FREE stuff on Craig's List.
Not even 1 hour after posting the add I had an inbox full on inquiries. Here are just a couple of them...
"hi, I really need those items!!! where can I pick them up? pls email me back!!! thanks"
I thought, cool I'll let her come get them. That was BEFORE she e-mailed me back and said,
"can I pls get 20.00 too? I don't have much gas but I really need it my monthly is on...."
Uh, I pretty much told her that I wasn't giving away $, just a bag of things I thought could help somebody out. To which she replied, "thanks but, no thanks".
Nice!
Then, a few other messages wanted me to ship it to them. Hmmm...
Here's one more. Sketchy at BEST...
"I do not need them but just wanted to stop by and say 'good job'. It is important to care about others." Yikes.
I think I'll find another venue to share by "blessings"=)
6 comments:
thank you for the comment on my blog...good luck with the challenge! I'm adding you to the blog list
ha ha ha that's hilarious!! scary, but hilarious!!
On a side note... I sent you an Evite on Monday for a 4th of July party at our house tomorrow. I think I sent it to the wrong place... not sure..
anyways, if you guys don't have plans, we'd love to have you and the kiddos over for BBQ!!! Happy 4th
OhMyWord - that is something. The audacity of some people leaves me speechless. You need $20 but nevermind the toiletries if you can't have it!!!???
I would talk to the church about providing a bag when someone comes in needing things. Maybe you could bring in 5 or so at a time?
Good luck, have fun with CVS - if nothing else there's always the yardsal and you can donate the money to the ministry.
Wow!! You can definitely find some sketchy people on Craigslist. Sounds like you did a great job of that...Way to go trying to share the wealth though. Crazy!!
Your heart was in the right place and it is a big heart!
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