MURFREESBORO, TN – A woman trying to make a quick $60 by selling two tables on Facebook Marketplace found herself short-changed—and tabled—when the buyer pulled a fast one, leaving only half the money and twice the drama.
The tables, priced at $30 each, were placed on the seller’s porch for pickup after she struck a deal through the social media platform. But when she checked her porch later that evening, the tables were gone… and money was actually left behind! But, it wasn’t the full price the buyer agreed to. Apparently, that buyer did some one-sided negotiating and only paid 50% of the price, but left with 100% of the goods. You read it correctly, the buyer, whom we’ll nickname “Thief,” left the woman $30 bucks instead of the full $60 he agree to online. After the mystery shopper left behind half the moolah, he pulled a disappearing act.
Doing what any porch-based entrepreneur would do, the woman reached out to the buyer and politely suggested he either: A) Return a table, or B) Pay the remaining $30 like an adult…