Are people weird or what?

Daybreak I am like you. I have a mobile (of sorts) but I don't use it that often, only when I need to. But people, especially young ones, are addicted to them. They sit in their lounge chairs and just scroll.
There may be 3 or 4 of them in the room, all with mobiles out.
I do get bemused by a friend of mine. She used to be what I would call very strict in her ideas. She would say things such as.. people don't need a colour television, they are just after more & more.
Or (about a corner near here where there were petrol stations on 3 of the corners) that it was unnecessary & just making people lazy. Myself, I don't think preferring to drive into a service station from the direction you are driving is lazy but my concern was there might not be enough customers for all 3.

But anyhow, she has an up to the minute mobile and when we are in the car, she will check it. She always does apologise but she always says-'It is very important I take this call at the moment etc etc'

What worries me much more than mobiles is the fact public phones are dying out so if you have a flat mobile, you are on your own, no way to get in emergency contact.

Gee, Joe, you're pretty good if you agree to meet someone at a train station, but I suppose she had paid for it so the odds were good she would turn up.

As you know, on gumtree you usually don't get any money till they arrive or agree to buy.

I had a bedroom suite for sale on gumtree & a man contacted me, offered a lot less, then asked if I would deliver it-to a western suburb location. By the time I paid tolls and petrol I wouldn't have had much left! Plus I bet when I arrived, he would have changed his mind unless I came down in price again!

With the new trends to phone from outside, I understand people are wary of strangers but surely knocking at a front door should be safe. It is the householder who is more at risk.

The person who bid in your driveway-was it a repeat customer? He just assumed you were home? Haha would have been funny if you had said you would be home for pick up in 2 hours.

We (my sister & I) 'sold' a big bundle of CDs on ebay to a dealer, pick up only. My sister messaged a range of times he could pick up & asked if any suited or to let her know when he would like to pick up & they could arrange a mutually agreeable time. He wanted us to post but we said no (he wasn't going to pay extra) then one day he said he was in the area and would pick up right then, but my sister wasn't home and didn't see his message for 30 minutes in any case.
He eventually paid via paypal & told us that meant we had to post but we said no it didn't. So he rang paypal & got his money refunded. I think he told them he 'tried' to pick up but my sister didn't co-operate! The interesting thing is a person can buy that way & then never get a strike for non payment.

Yes, there has to be some trust. I have picked up in the past where the item was left on the porch & they said leave money in letter box. They were home but hosting a kids party so didn't want to be disturbed I guess. I just left the money where they said and went on my way, no problem.
but apparently there are the occasional weirdos out there I guess.

damm it i left it on would of been a great trip with no lid on like these people here  who wanted to take home a can of paint with no lid on   lol