I don’t know if this is generally true or just true in my experience but I’ve found that hanging a story to the object you’re trying to get rid of makes it more attractive.
Like my daughter’s mattress. The first ad I put said: "Free full mattress. Stained on cover only, no urine/deep stains, no odor. Barely a year old. " No takers.
The second ad: “My 5 yr old played make up on my daughter’s bed. Badly stained full mattress but surface only. No urine, no odor. Barely a year old. Can’t use because she’s switching to daybed in her ‘teen lounging room’. Free to good home.” Got multiple inquiries and picked up within an hour & 1/2 of posting.
It’s happened with other crap too. The more verbose & chatty the ad, the more interest in the item.
Anyone who thinks texting is degrading our language does not know the first thing about language and is too stupid to do even cursory research. Someone governed by a knee-jerk reaction like that is a moron.
