As a crocheter I would have blocked that person as soon as they said they expected me to work for even less than under $2 an hour. $400 is a STEAL for a blanket that big, complicated, and using non-acrylic yarn.
Was about to say xD my mom wanted a full family portrait and when i told her it would be 200 dollars she blew a gasket. Like sorry im not doing that for free
Nah that's crazy, he could have got a blanket from Walmart for $15, she should have took $70, bought some wool on sale and hand delivered it to me.... I mean him, she earned a lot of money from her other job so should have really done it for free as she obviously enjoyed making stuff like that, the audacity of that woman! Just in case it's not clear I am joking.
I had a 3rd shift job with a lot of down time.I would crochet to help stay awake. I was crocheting Care Bears that took 2 different kind of yarns plus stuffing. Co-workers would put in orders and paid, boss comes in said she wanted one. I told her the price and she said I have to pay? Co-workers would say they wanted a blanket, I had them pick it out from a book that gave the amount of yarn needed and said you buy the yarn, I make it for $10 on my time line. Most couldn't believe how much yarn cost. Now I sew a lot at home and you wouldn't believe the cost of fabric. If you get a home-made gift you're special, it's cheaper to buy ready-made.
It's amazing how some parents feel random strangers share responsibility for their kids happiness. I have two daughters and I still can't wrap my head around it 😂
@@DeidresStuff Because 99% of the time they ARE lying! They're either lying about having kids or lying about their kids not being able to have a good Christmas/birthday. Those types of people are mostly grifters and they will say/do anything to make you feel bad for them to try and guilt you into selling your expensive items for WAAAAAY less than they are actually worth. Fortunately, it didn't take people long to figure this out. Like, if you're REALLY in that much need, you just thank the person for their time and move on, but not the grifters! They're the ones that'll curse you out and make a big deal out of you "rich and privileged" when most of them are middle class people that saved up to buy these things! Being humble and kind, while also refusing to be taken advantage of, will get a person much further than being a lying jacka$$!
The real problem is that the parents don’t get the concept that it’s THEIR OWN FAULT for lying to their children by making a promise before they were 100% sure they could procure the gift first.
@@XLindsLuvsPinkX yep. There have been plenty of things I've not been able to give my kids; I have never told them that they would get those things. 🤦♀️
My best choosing beggar story happened fairly recently. I got approved for a loan to buy my first home, and my younger sister is essentially couch hopping between friends, as she could not afford rent and all of our family lived too far away from her dental school. So, I offered her a room in my new house and only asked that she help with some of the utilities that would increase with more people in the house. She was ecstatic at first. The place needs a bit of TLC, mostly just a fresh coat of paint and removal of some crappily applied wallpaper, some stain for the wooden ceiling, and other small things, which honestly wasn't bad because it gives me a great excuse to repaint every room whatever colors I desire, as well as the ceilings. And, as someone who's rented apartments that have only had a view of the blank side of another building for half a decade, I'm super excited that the main bedroom had windows overlooking the river that runs behind the house. Well, My younger sister insisted that I didn't have the aesthetic prowess to pick the paint colors or the decorations and that she should pick them all, and on top of that, she said the main bedroom would be her room. Note, She didn't ask about any of this, she just strongly asserted that was how it was going to be. Example: "I'm doing the kitchen in an apple theme, and all the furniture will be rustic, like Mawmaw's barn aesthetic." etc. Obviously, I laughed in her face because how could she be serious? But she was 100% dead serious. When I told her no, she asserted that I would pick crazy paint colors and had no idea what I was doing when it came to picking paint colours that went well together(she is the only one out of all the siblings who isn't an artist, and we work almost exclusively with paint. So the idea that she would somehow know more about color theory than I would is absurd. And then she proceeded to whine about how she always had a small bedroom growing up, and her one apartment only had a view of the hillside, so she should get the biggest room with the best view instead of having her choice between the two other bedrooms that were still twice the size or more of her room growing up. She got mad and told me she didn't want to live with me anymore, to forget the $2k she was going to give me for closing costs. She never said anything about $2k. The only time we discussed money at all, she said she could probably give me $300 for closing costs if I needed it, but I had already negotiated for the seller to pay my closing costs at that point and told her it probably wouldn't be necessary. I was confused and just said "Umm, okay then, well I guess good luck being homeless and all." To which she said "Yeah, well have fun renting for the rest of your life." Then hung up on me. I was completely confused because not only had she been a choosing beggar, but she had made up an alternate reality where she was paying almost half my closing costs and without her, I wouldn't be able to get the loan. Which wasn't true in the slightest, as I didn't need her help at all to get the loan and was getting the house regardless of whether or not she wanted to stay there rent free. Sent me a text too saying "That's the last time I ever do you a favour!" Then blocked me. I'm still completely dumbfounded as to how she thought that she was doing me a favor by living in my house rent free, or how she thought I was going to sign a purchase agreement knowing I was short 2 grand and having no idea where it was going to come from, as she never mentioned giving me anything more than $300, and even then I told her I probably wouldn't need it... and I didn't. Since then, she's randomly texted me to say she's changed her mind, then at the drop of a hat, she's angrily telling me that she's not going to live with me and that she won't help me out, trying desperately to dangle her mooching over my head like I can't live without her in my house, though I've been renting on own for over 5 years and paying over $250 more in rent than I'll be paying in mortgage. So I had to block her because I was sick of her trying to use her imaginary leverage in attempts to, idk, hurt my feelings or something? I still have no idea. I mean, it does hurt my feelings that she's homeless, but I literally can't do anything about that if she won't accept my help, so it's a lost cause. You can bring a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
You can't help someone who doesn't want help. You shouldn't beat yourself up over it. She's lucky to have you and I'm sure it won't take her long being homeless again to realize how wrong she is. But I also wouldn't let her come back and continue to cause problems. Your inner peace is way too important to allow that.
I think you dodged a bullet with this. Imagine if she was living with you. She would probably never leave, and you would still be putting up with her insanity for a really long time.
I don't know your family but it sounds like she needs to see a mental health counselor. Her erratic behavior is probably why she is homeless. Good for you for getting a house that you could afford. Sounds really nice with a river you can see from your back windows.
Unfortunately sounds like drugs/alcohol or a mental issue. You dodged a bullet . Be careful a lot of states would still consider her a tenant after 30 days ( even w no rent) and then you have to evict, costly and messy AND she can mess up your place while she’s riding out the time judges always give people to vacate premises. It’s really awful and law enforcement can’t usually help for landlord dispute . Don’t let her stay for more than 2weeks. Don’t let her get mail there. Do not give her a key or accept any money.
I am a long time crocheter (code for I am old - lol) and have had my fill of friends of friends asking me to make stuff for them on the cheap because "you like to do it". And I say yes I believe there are a lot of doctors and lawyers who "like" their work too but they don't do it for free. After years of looking for the perfect come-back for these entitled people I finally came up with the following: "Sure, I can make that blanket (scarf, sweater etc.) for you - I'm estimating that it will be $70 in yarn and 40 hours to make, so let me know when you would like to start your 40 hours of housework for me and I'll happily thrown in the yarn!". Trust me they go away quickly - and I no longer get upset. Works every time! Just saying. lol.
Wait are you serious about that deal or joking? Because if you are seriously offering friends and family to make stuff for free if they do housework then you are way to nice and those people stupid. Sorry. I'm currently not able to get a job due to health issues, meaning that I'm basically always broke. Aside from the point that I would never even dare to ask someone to make my stuff for free, if someone would notice that I would really like to get something they made but can't pay for and earnestly offered me that deal I would probably start crying out of gratitude. I'd happily do all the dishes, vacuuming, wiping the floors, dusting, take out the trash, clean the litter box, walk the dog, wash the car or whatever else needs doing for them.
i did a costume commission, my friend client paid fabrics and a part oj the job with money, the other part Iam having singing lessons ! I love those deals
Some people have issue with the cost of my cakes. They always say Walmart is cheaper. Well go to Walmart and get a frozen cake. Mine are made fresh with fresh ingredients plus my time.
the weird part was I was thinking when she was reading it was that I might be interested in the $400 hand crocheted blanket if she wasn't. I can even crochet, but I can make more doing my day job for the same time it would take to make that! that was not a small job, and I don't like crocheting that much! in a similar manner, I can make a cake from scratch, I have a good recipe so it comes out pretty good, but I almost never do. I just buy them unless I am in the mood to make a cake for fun. I think if more people actually understood the work it took to make some things, they would be more than happy to pay someone else to make them for them. I am. :)
The same people who complain about how much people charge for labor are also the same people that claim companies are putting jobs overseas and not paying people enough.
@@theoverunderthinker Ah, but there is the rub, some people don't take the time to understand, even on a basic level, how long it takes to make these things. I think there are some people who are so used to convenience when it comes to just going to a store and buying whatever mass-produced thing they need that they don't realise that making something by hand takes a lot of time, and in some cases money.
@@19Prometheus89 agreed. "Handmade" = a lot of work! you can program machines to spin yarn 24/7, but it will never have the small imperfections that give it character (I guess you can program those in too at this point, but anyway..) but to get an actual person to do it is another thing altogether. Maybe people have things so convenient that they have lost appreciation for things that actually take effort and time! good insight!
I make double sided dog collars, $60 for a large dog $45 for a small dog. These are nice collars(double sided full grain high end leather) and people still balk at that price. I get it, its a dog collar. i do rivet their tags on and will stamp personal info.. if someone balks, I immediately back out. I dont have time for whiners.
I had a similar instance when covid started, i started sewing my own masks and people were trying to get me to make them masks for free, I told them no because it took me 3 hours to make one and people were getting pissy so I started handing out instructions for making your own mask Everytime someone asked me for one.
I received an afghan as a gift one year from a friend. She was going to give it to her brother however he died before she could give it to him. Some people thought it was horrible that I would take something that was supposed to be given to someone else like I was merely a second choice. CRAP MAN !!! I love the colors, it is so toasty warm on a cold winter's eve and if you were to buy one in a local store it would be a ton of money. Thank you from the bottom of my heart to this dear, dear friend for even thinking of me. Heck, third, fourth, tenth choice - - I couldn't afford to buy one and it is so warm and comfy. Thank you thank you thank you!!
When that lady said 400 for the custom blanket I already started laughing because of how good a deal that was and I knew the beggar was going to be a b****
OMG I felt that blanket saga. My mom quilts and it takes weeks to finish one between cutting, washing and sewing. Then people still look at her In the EYE and say well I can get a blanket at Walmart for 20$ 🤡💚
I honestly DO NOT understand why the person making the blanket allowed that conversation to go on as long as it did. Literally after the second msg from her, she would've been BLOCKED!! 🥴🥴
That's exactly why I don't sell my quilts! I make aprons for customers, and quilts for family. I can't imagine putting a price on one. They truly are a labor of love.
💚 My favorite reaction to a CB I've ever read was a person "giving in" and saying "oh yeah, you know what, you can have it for free; meet me at X address in 20 min" CB shows up and is all "I'm here, but - the comedy club???" And seller is "Yeah, now go inside and tell your jokes to someone else." 😂😂😂 Best thing is that they actually got them out of their house lol
Same hun same. I take great pride in being able to provide those things to my kiddos on my own, without having to expect others to give me an exception just because I was a single mom. Single moms have the unique opportunity to teach their kids the value of hard work, not the value of guilt tripping people into giving them things.
I would have just said "sorry, but I can't do business with you." Then refused to reply to any of that person's comments. You just know that they are going to find a reason not to pay.
As a crocheter I felt for the blanket maker. I had someone who I thought was a friend tell me my stuff wasn’t worth it too. We’re not friends any longer. 😸 On the other hand most anyone else I made something for was happy to pay what I quoted.
I can't imagine telling someone who takes time to hand make something out of a quality material that they charge too much. Materials are expensive, and it takes forever. You deserve better friends haha Good luck!
I've discovered that virtually all people who don't art/craft don't appreciate how much time, skill and thought goes into it. So now I just make for myself, fellow crafters, and sometimes for children, if the parents are not too attitude-y about what the child will wear, and don't have a long list of "allergies".
I once knit an irish knit blanket. I was going to use it in my family room, which was a bit chilly. It was queen size, it took me a year. When I cut the last thread, my dog pulled it away from me and pushed it into a pile and fell asleep on it. He slept on it the rest of his life. I still have it in a closet. I can't bear to use it because it was his.
I hate it when people try to underpay for things like crocheting, sewing, or knitting. I used to crochet all the time, I loved it, but eventually it fucked my arm and shoulder. And if someone had been doing it longer than I had (I had done it for about 6 years), I could only imagine the amount of damage it has done to their arms and shoulders and backs. So hearing someone say “it doesn’t even take that much effort” makes me wanna slug em a bit, cause you wouldn’t say to a roofer who had damaged his shoulder girdle over time, or to a runner who twisted the hell out of their ankle. That shit can do damage, and it’s not a quick thing, it’s slow and over time.
I've been a jewelry designer, doing custom orders for 8 years. Most of my clients are amazing, but some of the weird ass, entitled customers I have gotten over the years, would blow your mind. 🤯 Also, I would get at least 1-2 emails every day from 'influencers' wanting free items for exposure. I'd tell them that i didn't need their exposure, but thanks - and laugh when they inevitably got angry and desperate. Literally nothing shocks me anymore. I have so many bonkers stories. 😂
I really like the "special influencers" who try to blackmail you into complying. "Give it to me - or else!" "I'll _ruin_ you!" My friend does hand-knit items and this happens to her all the time. Lots of a-holes out there.
@@gillybean5672 Never. I have more followers than most of the people who contact me, so there is literally no point. And I only collab with brands that want to make art, and aren't just in it for the insta-fame. I do periodic give aways for my followers because I love them, I'd never give an entitled influencer a dime. Lol.
I was selling a very nice scentsy warmer, limited edition and some lady tried to lowball me for less than half of what I was selling it for. Of course I said no. So then she comes back to me a day later and says it's for a friend who lost everything in a house fire. I told her "if my house burned down, the LAST thing on my list of needs/wants would be a scentsy warmer. #justsaying." Savage? Maybe, but a friend who was ALSO selling a scentsy warmer said she lowballed her too with a totally different story. Yeah. No.
What is Scentsy warmer tho? Btw as far as i know MLM not necessary all bad, the bad ones usually called pyramid scheme wich is like 90%of mlms was. There however few real good mlm with healthier regulations.
@@alfialfian2097 in this case it was a ceramic gingerbread house but there’s a lightbulb inside and a tray on the top where you put scented wax and the bulb inside melts it.
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I had a friend like that(shes an ex friend now), complained about not having a job but then didnt want to work in like fast food or retail; i was like "bitch! you dont have a job so therefore you dont have the privilege's to be picky af."
I was laid off this past January, and the job hunt was a frantic one. I looked at everything from office work, to retail (which I swore I'd never do again), and even manual labor. About the only thing off the table was stripping lmao
I hated working in fast food and retail, but the work experience I got from those jobs helped get me my current job at an amusement park until I’m old enough to get a more decent job. Fast food and retail suck, but they do benefit you in the long run. Plus, money 🤑
I used to get resumes like that all the time too. As it turns out it was a requirement to apply for jobs to continue receiving government assistance. They had to drop off a certain number of resumes a month to show they were “trying” while clearly knowing they wouldn’t get a call back.
I do proper resumes and still haven't gotten a job. I am also disabled and have an assistance dog but no will hire me. I have been trying to find work on and off since 2012. I have been with 3 job consulting firms and only ever got 1 interview. Its now even harder for me due to covid shutting everything down again in Australia
Many years back an acquaintance of mine worked in a HR department in our town. She would get resumes like this - yeah, so they wouldn't get the job or shall we say, any job. This person in HR got a hold of other companies in the area and what they did was send all theses useless resumes to the local unemployment insurance agency. They were made to attend workshops to learn how to make a good resume. If they didn't shop up for the resume workshop or made more I-don't-want-a-job-resumes. they were cut off of there unemployment benefits. Kinda neat, huh?
@@katherine_on_the_spectrum : okay, in that instance $75 shouldn't be a ton of money to you or your social circle anymore, so don't worry about someone dropping that much on you.
With the blanket situation, they should've bought a cheap walmart blanket, took the $70 and sent them that. And then tell them, "well you said you were fine with Walmart blankets" 😂😂😂
That by itself makes her an asshole, but her doing it without knowing if that person was selling because they really needed the money makes it worse. Like, what if they were selling to buy Christmas gifts?
Omg I never thought of this. And it literally happened to me recently. I gave a window AC unit to my friend when I mentioned I wasn’t using it. It was a powerful and expensive unit capable of cooling a large space. She said she needed it because she couldn’t sleep in her bedroom it was so hot. To be fair, it’s very hot and humid and gross here in the summers. I even brought it to her house. She sold it to one of our mutual friends…like not even a stranger on market place. I don’t have socials, so I literally would have never known. I was like 😃..oh..cool 😶. I mean, I guess I gave it to her, so it’s hers to do with what she will. But I could have sold it too…
At our local Home Depot stores, they had some really great 12-foot light-up skeletons for $300. They were all snapped off overnight by people who then put them on eBay for up to $1700. These people are scum.
@@tomkellycartoons why is that bad? If the store sells it for one price, and the person buys it, and then chooses to resell it at a profit that's called business. Home depot didn't manufacture the product. They bought it from the manufacturer at an agreed apon price and then choose to resell it at another price which likely made a profit at the price they sold it for, the company that manufactured them for home depot made a profit, and now the person who took a chance to buy it and resell it on another platform made a profit. What is wrong is when someone lies & uses a pity story to get something for free or discount. It's the lying that's wrong. And, now because a few dishonest people lied, a lot of good people will be less likely to give in the future. If a friend did that to me, I'd unfriend them because they used my good nature for a profit.
💚 As a crochet addict who have a special love for wool, that hit me so hard. The amount of money and time put in is insane. And that ring... damn! He paid more than we paid for my engagement ring, wedding ring and my husband's wedding ring together!
I knit, and that’s TIME also. $400 was fair. 4200 yards of wool. **the moment you can see the end of the yarn, and it’s June even though you started in December and you are under a mountain of alpaca 😁**
My hubby and I got a matching ring set from Amazon for around $60 and we still wear them to this day!!! I can't believe how spoiled, rotten and bitcy these females out here are. I'll bet the ring he chose was gorgeous.
As a single mom, being able to pay $800 for one gift is hard to imagine. All of my daughter's Christmas gifts combined didn't even come close to $800. That's more like my entire budget for all the gifts I bought for my child and all of my family members when my daughter was growing up.
💚 The one about the woolen blanket annoyed me so much. That’s exactly why I don’t have a knitting store any more. Also, I injured my arms by working 4+ hours every day. The amount of entitlement from certain customers was ridiculous. The nice ones didn’t balance everything out, unfortunately.
That's a shame. Honestly..I want to tell these people to immediately block them. They're clearly going to be a pain to work with. If they do end up agreeing to the price..they'll probably try to get out of paying the rest ...
💚 The end of the part about the blanket reminds me of what I do when I have something for sale on Poshmark at a certain price, and someone offers me half of the price. To be petty, I reject their offer and then increase the price 😂
The guy that’s like “yeah I need an iPhone for £30 so my son can call me”. Does he not know you can buy phones (not iPhones) for £30 just to make calls with or was he just being greedy 🤔🤔
@@Tiger89Lilly You would be doing awesome work in supporting this woman’s small business! (She doesn’t consider this a business but honestly it is still deserving of that).
I believe that the best birth control is not catering to the “single mom “ crap. My mother was a single mom and she worked her ass off. We had very little and having little made us all want to do better. It is the responsibility of the individuals who made the child to do what is necessary for the child. If you are a single parent it is on you and your family to provide for the kid- Christmas and birthdays are a luxury -if need be I will beg for food but I would never beg for luxury.
probably the best $70 her ever spent. when she no longer had the ring (she said she was returning it), he no longer had a promise to keep! He was playing the long game. FREEDOM!
My coworker does so amazing knitted socks and mittens, I'll ask her to make custom made socks, she buys all the material and makes socks on her freetime. I'll always pay her whatever she asks, I don't care If she buys her material from sale, she can charge her freetime however she wants and I'll pay her, because I'll her custom made socks and mittens (and I live in Nordics, so I do need those too 😅)
That violin one was too much. I seriously can't believe they're still asking for another one on top of getting one for free. When I was younger, my parents had me take flute lessons at school. They rented a flute from a local music store. When I hated it, they returned the flute. Nobody owes you a thing. Be creative problem solve. Oh, and follow the don't be a dick rule. It'll help 💚
I knit, crochet and quilt. Conversations like this aren't too common, thankfully, but it's super difficult when you have to explain to grown adults that supplies cost things, and your time, efforts and experience are, in fact, worth money. 💚
I swear, some of those individuals never worked a single hour in their whole life... The blanket one is the reason I no longer take commissions that way for my work. Only referenced clients. I refuse to deal with that sort of "people"
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Complaining about free beer takes me back to when I’d offer samples at a bakery and they’d complain about the pickings while continuing to eat all of them hahah
The girl complaining bout the $70 ring...Damn, that guy that gave her that ring should Run...Run as fast as he can and as far away from her as he can...Save himself!... if it was truly true love she'd be happy with a piece of string around her finger.😂💚
exactly! On top of that it was in a Tiffany bag he just bought her! She wasn't even expecting anything extra at all, and complained. He would have been better off just giving her the bag, and keeping that $70 bucks! My ex fiance made me an engagement ring out of one of his guitar strings, and it wasnot only the coolest thing ever, but I loved that he made it for me. It shows so much more love for someone to make something, than to spend money on it. I loved that ring. Wish it wouldn't have gotten lost down the drain 😢
"You don't realize how difficult it is to be a single mother around Christmas. My kids have been begging for this all year...." Here's a thought: ask the FATHER or FATHERS of your kids to buy it for them for Christmas.
The first Christmas that I was a single mother with 4 kids...I was terrified. The one thing that their Dad did was Christmas, and he was unavailable.. Santa was still real, and they were full of hope, I was so poor...I actually worried myself down to 82 lbs...I didn’t tell anyone how I was feeling, I was scared. A man I’d never met turned up at the door with a Christmas Tree. Another lady arrived late one evening with her mother, and clothes baskets of gifts that people had donated..some were pre-loved, but in great condition...people had even given things that matched my children’s separate interests..I was so grateful, and in some disbelief. There was one thing tho that I knew Santa couldn’t bring, and that was the bike that my daughter kept talking about. We attended a children’s Christmas Party at my Father’s work and there was a raffle, and Dad brought a ticket for each of the children. I didn’t know until driving home, ( and neither did my daughter) that she had won 2nd prize....and it was a bike. So, Santa delivered. And I cried. For all the awful people in the world, there are such good ones...and, for these reasons, despite all the hardships and setbacks that have been handed me in this life, I’ve never lost my faith. Peace to you.
💚 I really liked the way the crocheter girl handled that "client". Look at all the f***s I don't give, I'm an f***ing flight instructor (great job, btw) - that was hilarious!
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@@dtulip1 lol thank you!! I'm from the south so I've literally heard this my entire life. I will slap the taste out of your mouth lol obviously my parents were never ever abusive and I'm blessed to have had a good childhood. But mama had this look, she didn't have to say anything, we knew she meant business just by the look on her face. And we instantly stopped whatever shenanigans we happened to be into.
@@Supergirl-rz8yi Nope...not happening. They get stuff the want but its not all the time. Both of my kids understand and appreciate that my husband is the sole provider and their child support only goes so far. But they have everything the need. The extras are surprises or rewards for a job well done or good grades
This is from never hearing the word no, and never being taught how to earn what you want. Some people just give their kids whatever they want and when they mess up it's always someone else's fault never their own.
My 90yo mother still does quilting. Neighbor of mine saw one of her quilts in my home. Asked me if my mother could " whip one out" by the weekend for her to bring as a gift for a friend. Told her it takes about 6 months( hand stitched) and cost about $300 just in fabric, batting etc. Neighbor stormed out. Thought I was lieing to her. No loss lol.
If my significant other gets something from Tiffany’s for 70 bucks , I would love him so much more! He is a good smart man ! Quality at that price??!! Very hard to find😉
I’m a knitter, and I never could get behind the idea of selling because the price of labor and yarn and … Walmart. I make things for people because I love them and it’s a gift of time and money and love.
That blanket situation, I have had almost the same conversation with someone locally online, only I crochet toys, the entitled person eventually called me a scammer and blocked me...
As a crocheter, I only do things for my friends and family and take all money upfront. Not after all that entitled people don't understand how much time and work it really takes
Can relate to the commission one. People really be out here asking me to draw a realistic portrait of their entire family and go ferral when I tell them it'll be 300 bucks.
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I agree. I have a handmade tatted lace blanket from my grandmother that's queen size. I was offered $5000 for it. I'd snap that $400 wool blanket right up.
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As a crocheter I would have blocked that person as soon as they said they expected me to work for even less than under $2 an hour. $400 is a STEAL for a blanket that big, complicated, and using non-acrylic yarn.
I was looking for her info because for $400 I would buy 2!!!
I know right? The patience of some of these people is impressive. I think I got more mad than they did lol
Was about to say xD my mom wanted a full family portrait and when i told her it would be 200 dollars she blew a gasket. Like sorry im not doing that for free
Nah that's crazy, he could have got a blanket from Walmart for $15, she should have took $70, bought some wool on sale and hand delivered it to me.... I mean him, she earned a lot of money from her other job so should have really done it for free as she obviously enjoyed making stuff like that, the audacity of that woman!
Just in case it's not clear I am joking.
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💚 the one about the wool blanket is hilarious. Anything made by hand is worth a higher price because it is MADE BY HAND!
Then my homemade mustard is worth more....
@@jennifermoriarty2188 it is!
@@jennifermoriarty2188 Yeah, that's literally how things work lmao.
I had a 3rd shift job with a lot of down time.I would crochet to help stay awake. I was crocheting Care Bears that took 2 different kind of yarns plus stuffing. Co-workers would put in orders and paid, boss comes in said she wanted one. I told her the price and she said I have to pay? Co-workers would say they wanted a blanket, I had them pick it out from a book that gave the amount of yarn needed and said you buy the yarn, I make it for $10 on my time line. Most couldn't believe how much yarn cost. Now I sew a lot at home and you wouldn't believe the cost of fabric. If you get a home-made gift you're special, it's cheaper to buy ready-made.
@@flowrpowrera fabric and yarn can get crazy expensive! Homemade is truly underrated.
It's amazing how some parents feel random strangers share responsibility for their kids happiness. I have two daughters and I still can't wrap my head around it 😂
I always figure they're lying.
@@DeidresStuff Because 99% of the time they ARE lying! They're either lying about having kids or lying about their kids not being able to have a good Christmas/birthday. Those types of people are mostly grifters and they will say/do anything to make you feel bad for them to try and guilt you into selling your expensive items for WAAAAAY less than they are actually worth. Fortunately, it didn't take people long to figure this out. Like, if you're REALLY in that much need, you just thank the person for their time and move on, but not the grifters! They're the ones that'll curse you out and make a big deal out of you "rich and privileged" when most of them are middle class people that saved up to buy these things! Being humble and kind, while also refusing to be taken advantage of, will get a person much further than being a lying jacka$$!
Agreed!!! A "their" problem becomes a "you" problem even though you don't know this person
The real problem is that the parents don’t get the concept that it’s THEIR OWN FAULT for lying to their children by making a promise before they were 100% sure they could procure the gift first.
@@XLindsLuvsPinkX yep. There have been plenty of things I've not been able to give my kids; I have never told them that they would get those things. 🤦♀️
My best choosing beggar story happened fairly recently. I got approved for a loan to buy my first home, and my younger sister is essentially couch hopping between friends, as she could not afford rent and all of our family lived too far away from her dental school. So, I offered her a room in my new house and only asked that she help with some of the utilities that would increase with more people in the house. She was ecstatic at first.
The place needs a bit of TLC, mostly just a fresh coat of paint and removal of some crappily applied wallpaper, some stain for the wooden ceiling, and other small things, which honestly wasn't bad because it gives me a great excuse to repaint every room whatever colors I desire, as well as the ceilings. And, as someone who's rented apartments that have only had a view of the blank side of another building for half a decade, I'm super excited that the main bedroom had windows overlooking the river that runs behind the house.
Well, My younger sister insisted that I didn't have the aesthetic prowess to pick the paint colors or the decorations and that she should pick them all, and on top of that, she said the main bedroom would be her room. Note, She didn't ask about any of this, she just strongly asserted that was how it was going to be. Example: "I'm doing the kitchen in an apple theme, and all the furniture will be rustic, like Mawmaw's barn aesthetic." etc.
Obviously, I laughed in her face because how could she be serious? But she was 100% dead serious.
When I told her no, she asserted that I would pick crazy paint colors and had no idea what I was doing when it came to picking paint colours that went well together(she is the only one out of all the siblings who isn't an artist, and we work almost exclusively with paint. So the idea that she would somehow know more about color theory than I would is absurd.
And then she proceeded to whine about how she always had a small bedroom growing up, and her one apartment only had a view of the hillside, so she should get the biggest room with the best view instead of having her choice between the two other bedrooms that were still twice the size or more of her room growing up.
She got mad and told me she didn't want to live with me anymore, to forget the $2k she was going to give me for closing costs. She never said anything about $2k. The only time we discussed money at all, she said she could probably give me $300 for closing costs if I needed it, but I had already negotiated for the seller to pay my closing costs at that point and told her it probably wouldn't be necessary.
I was confused and just said "Umm, okay then, well I guess good luck being homeless and all." To which she said "Yeah, well have fun renting for the rest of your life." Then hung up on me.
I was completely confused because not only had she been a choosing beggar, but she had made up an alternate reality where she was paying almost half my closing costs and without her, I wouldn't be able to get the loan. Which wasn't true in the slightest, as I didn't need her help at all to get the loan and was getting the house regardless of whether or not she wanted to stay there rent free.
Sent me a text too saying "That's the last time I ever do you a favour!" Then blocked me. I'm still completely dumbfounded as to how she thought that she was doing me a favor by living in my house rent free, or how she thought I was going to sign a purchase agreement knowing I was short 2 grand and having no idea where it was going to come from, as she never mentioned giving me anything more than $300, and even then I told her I probably wouldn't need it... and I didn't.
Since then, she's randomly texted me to say she's changed her mind, then at the drop of a hat, she's angrily telling me that she's not going to live with me and that she won't help me out, trying desperately to dangle her mooching over my head like I can't live without her in my house, though I've been renting on own for over 5 years and paying over $250 more in rent than I'll be paying in mortgage. So I had to block her because I was sick of her trying to use her imaginary leverage in attempts to, idk, hurt my feelings or something? I still have no idea. I mean, it does hurt my feelings that she's homeless, but I literally can't do anything about that if she won't accept my help, so it's a lost cause. You can bring a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
You can't help someone who doesn't want help. You shouldn't beat yourself up over it. She's lucky to have you and I'm sure it won't take her long being homeless again to realize how wrong she is. But I also wouldn't let her come back and continue to cause problems. Your inner peace is way too important to allow that.
I think you dodged a bullet with this. Imagine if she was living with you. She would probably never leave, and you would still be putting up with her insanity for a really long time.
I don't know your family but it sounds like she needs to see a mental health counselor. Her erratic behavior is probably why she is homeless. Good for you for getting a house that you could afford. Sounds really nice with a river you can see from your back windows.
@@PawleyGirl ..🎯🎯
Unfortunately sounds like drugs/alcohol or a mental issue. You dodged a bullet . Be careful a lot of states would still consider her a tenant after 30 days ( even w no rent) and then you have to evict, costly and messy AND she can mess up your place while she’s riding out the time judges always give people to vacate premises. It’s really awful and law enforcement can’t usually help for landlord dispute .
Don’t let her stay for more than 2weeks. Don’t let her get mail there. Do not give her a key or accept any money.
I am a long time crocheter (code for I am old - lol) and have had my fill of friends of friends asking me to make stuff for them on the cheap because "you like to do it". And I say yes I believe there are a lot of doctors and lawyers who "like" their work too but they don't do it for free. After years of looking for the perfect come-back for these entitled people I finally came up with the following: "Sure, I can make that blanket (scarf, sweater etc.) for you - I'm estimating that it will be $70 in yarn and 40 hours to make, so let me know when you would like to start your 40 hours of housework for me and I'll happily thrown in the yarn!". Trust me they go away quickly - and I no longer get upset. Works every time! Just saying. lol.
Wait are you serious about that deal or joking? Because if you are seriously offering friends and family to make stuff for free if they do housework then you are way to nice and those people stupid. Sorry.
I'm currently not able to get a job due to health issues, meaning that I'm basically always broke. Aside from the point that I would never even dare to ask someone to make my stuff for free, if someone would notice that I would really like to get something they made but can't pay for and earnestly offered me that deal I would probably start crying out of gratitude. I'd happily do all the dishes, vacuuming, wiping the floors, dusting, take out the trash, clean the litter box, walk the dog, wash the car or whatever else needs doing for them.
@@demiguise6208 You need to find a crafter who really hates housework.
Judy Denham, Brilliant idea! 🌹🌹
i did a costume commission, my friend client paid fabrics and a part oj the job with money, the other part Iam having singing lessons ! I love those deals
@@mathilde1212
Excellent trade! Those ARE always the best! Enjoy!
Some people have issue with the cost of my cakes. They always say Walmart is cheaper. Well go to Walmart and get a frozen cake. Mine are made fresh with fresh ingredients plus my time.
the weird part was I was thinking when she was reading it was that I might be interested in the $400 hand crocheted blanket if she wasn't. I can even crochet, but I can make more doing my day job for the same time it would take to make that! that was not a small job, and I don't like crocheting that much!
in a similar manner, I can make a cake from scratch, I have a good recipe so it comes out pretty good, but I almost never do. I just buy them unless I am in the mood to make a cake for fun.
I think if more people actually understood the work it took to make some things, they would be more than happy to pay someone else to make them for them. I am.
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The same people who complain about how much people charge for labor are also the same people that claim companies are putting jobs overseas and not paying people enough.
@@MannyBrum So true!!
@@theoverunderthinker Ah, but there is the rub, some people don't take the time to understand, even on a basic level, how long it takes to make these things. I think there are some people who are so used to convenience when it comes to just going to a store and buying whatever mass-produced thing they need that they don't realise that making something by hand takes a lot of time, and in some cases money.
@@19Prometheus89 agreed. "Handmade" = a lot of work!
you can program machines to spin yarn 24/7, but it will never have the small imperfections that give it character (I guess you can program those in too at this point, but anyway..) but to get an actual person to do it is another thing altogether.
Maybe people have things so convenient that they have lost appreciation for things that actually take effort and time!
good insight!
$400 for a handmade Catherine stitch, queen size, natural wool blanket is insanely cheap. I would happily pay that.
For the work she offers, I know a woman who does it for a living that would charge a f^ck ton more than that so I concur. $400 is insanely cheap.
Bruh, if you had to buy a mass produced one in a nice retail store it would be $400. I would say at least $600 for a hand made one 😶
I make double sided dog collars, $60 for a large dog $45 for a small dog. These are nice collars(double sided full grain high end leather) and people still balk at that price. I get it, its a dog collar. i do rivet their tags on and will stamp personal info.. if someone balks, I immediately back out. I dont have time for whiners.
Exactly, I crochet and that is soooo cheap, I would never.
I had a similar instance when covid started, i started sewing my own masks and people were trying to get me to make them masks for free, I told them no because it took me 3 hours to make one and people were getting pissy so I started handing out instructions for making your own mask Everytime someone asked me for one.
I received an afghan as a gift one year from a friend. She was going to give it to her brother however he died before she could give it to him. Some people thought it was horrible that I would take something that was supposed to be given to someone else like I was merely a second choice. CRAP MAN !!! I love the colors, it is so toasty warm on a cold winter's eve and if you were to buy one in a local store it would be a ton of money. Thank you from the bottom of my heart to this dear, dear friend for even thinking of me. Heck, third, fourth, tenth choice - - I couldn't afford to buy one and it is so warm and comfy. Thank you thank you thank you!!
When that lady said 400 for the custom blanket I already started laughing because of how good a deal that was and I knew the beggar was going to be a b****
OMG I felt that blanket saga. My mom quilts and it takes weeks to finish one between cutting, washing and sewing. Then people still look at her In the EYE and say well I can get a blanket at Walmart for 20$ 🤡💚
It's the crafter's curse... lol. It's why I say "No" everytime anyone starts this convo...
I honestly DO NOT understand why the person making the blanket allowed that conversation to go on as long as it did. Literally after the second msg from her, she would've been BLOCKED!! 🥴🥴
That's exactly why I don't sell my quilts! I make aprons for customers, and quilts for family. I can't imagine putting a price on one. They truly are a labor of love.
That type of thing put me off of sewing for others.
She should tell them, "Then do that instead of harassing me."
💚 My favorite reaction to a CB I've ever read was a person "giving in" and saying "oh yeah, you know what, you can have it for free; meet me at X address in 20 min"
CB shows up and is all "I'm here, but - the comedy club???"
And seller is "Yeah, now go inside and tell your jokes to someone else."
😂😂😂
Best thing is that they actually got them out of their house lol
I hate the guilt trip from single mothers into others. I’m one myself and seem to manage without manipulating others.
Same hun same. I take great pride in being able to provide those things to my kiddos on my own, without having to expect others to give me an exception just because I was a single mom. Single moms have the unique opportunity to teach their kids the value of hard work, not the value of guilt tripping people into giving them things.
For the wool blanket one, I'd send them a link to a catherine wheel stitch tutorial, so they can do it themselves.
I would have just said "sorry, but I can't do business with you." Then refused to reply to any of that person's comments. You just know that they are going to find a reason not to pay.
Entitled people, choosy beggars, petty people are my favourite topics!
Same here.
and anti-maskers.
11:23 to watch the video and 3minutes looking for the freakin’ 💚
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Totally
Petty people are the best... makes me feel better about the shameful (petty) things I did in my past. Don't look at me like that... we all did it.
As a crocheter I felt for the blanket maker. I had someone who I thought was a friend tell me my stuff wasn’t worth it too.
We’re not friends any longer. 😸
On the other hand most anyone else I made something for was happy to pay what I quoted.
Indeed. There is no machine that can crochet.
I can't imagine telling someone who takes time to hand make something out of a quality material that they charge too much. Materials are expensive, and it takes forever. You deserve better friends haha Good luck!
I am a hobbyist and I don’t sell any of my stuff but why people refuse to pay the price of effort. That’s what regular jobs(my full time) do
That stitch is slow and difficult - I've learnt to crochet because of that post.
I've discovered that virtually all people who don't art/craft don't appreciate how much time, skill and thought goes into it. So now I just make for myself, fellow crafters, and sometimes for children, if the parents are not too attitude-y about what the child will wear, and don't have a long list of "allergies".
I once knit an irish knit blanket. I was going to use it in my family room, which was a bit chilly. It was queen size, it took me a year. When I cut the last thread, my dog pulled it away from me and pushed it into a pile and fell asleep on it. He slept on it the rest of his life. I still have it in a closet. I can't bear to use it because it was his.
As a crocheter, on behalf all of us that crochet or knit, thank you Charlotte!
I also crochet so I know just how good of a price she gave for the blanket. Coincidentally I'm under my 20$ walmart blanket😂
When I first read your comment, my brain told me it said "As a crocodile..." I think I am tired lol.
'I charge my friends and family more' was an excellent response.
400 for that blanket is cheap aF.
My prices go up 10 bucks with every negotiation attempt.
Exactly, when Charlotte read the text I was like WOW, that seems so reasonable! And I love that idea of raising the price. 😂
My dad called that "paying the A-hole fee" lol
@@thetardyowlvg9155 I am requesting the rights to use this tax in upcoming art commission pricing 😂😂😂
@@ancastanescu4190 Absolutely! 😂
Man right! I was hoping her info was on the video because I'd get 2 for that price!!
I hate it when people try to underpay for things like crocheting, sewing, or knitting. I used to crochet all the time, I loved it, but eventually it fucked my arm and shoulder. And if someone had been doing it longer than I had (I had done it for about 6 years), I could only imagine the amount of damage it has done to their arms and shoulders and backs. So hearing someone say “it doesn’t even take that much effort” makes me wanna slug em a bit, cause you wouldn’t say to a roofer who had damaged his shoulder girdle over time, or to a runner who twisted the hell out of their ankle. That shit can do damage, and it’s not a quick thing, it’s slow and over time.
I've been a jewelry designer, doing custom orders for 8 years. Most of my clients are amazing, but some of the weird ass, entitled customers I have gotten over the years, would blow your mind. 🤯 Also, I would get at least 1-2 emails every day from 'influencers' wanting free items for exposure. I'd tell them that i didn't need their exposure, but thanks - and laugh when they inevitably got angry and desperate. Literally nothing shocks me anymore. I have so many bonkers stories. 😂
Right there with ya. 😉
I really like the "special influencers" who try to blackmail you into complying.
"Give it to me - or else!" "I'll _ruin_ you!" My friend does hand-knit items and this happens to her all the time. Lots of a-holes out there.
I’m glad you don’t do free for “influencers”. They’re entitled.
@@gillybean5672 Never. I have more followers than most of the people who contact me, so there is literally no point. And I only collab with brands that want to make art, and aren't just in it for the insta-fame. I do periodic give aways for my followers because I love them, I'd never give an entitled influencer a dime. Lol.
Given my low tolerance for such BS and my lack of motivation to deal with it, I'd probably just block n' blacklist on sight. 😅
"You have a girlfriend?? Surprising" roflmao. 💚
"takes one to know one".
The girlfriend is probably as big of an asshole as the person asking for the blanket 🤦
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I needed this dose of Charlotte today! 💚
I was selling a very nice scentsy warmer, limited edition and some lady tried to lowball me for less than half of what I was selling it for. Of course I said no. So then she comes back to me a day later and says it's for a friend who lost everything in a house fire. I told her "if my house burned down, the LAST thing on my list of needs/wants would be a scentsy warmer. #justsaying." Savage? Maybe, but a friend who was ALSO selling a scentsy warmer said she lowballed her too with a totally different story. Yeah. No.
Isn't scentsy an mlm? Charlotte mentioned it in one of her anti mlm videos, right? Or is it a different thing but the same name?
@@hollischeblume6393 yes it is.
What is Scentsy warmer tho?
Btw as far as i know MLM not necessary all bad, the bad ones usually called pyramid scheme wich is like 90%of mlms was.
There however few real good mlm with healthier regulations.
@@alfialfian2097 in this case it was a ceramic gingerbread house but there’s a lightbulb inside and a tray on the top where you put scented wax and the bulb inside melts it.
Your content makes me happy. 1) good laughs 2) I feel better about myself 3) my middle schoolers can enjoy with me. 💚 [ps: legit, no joke, I have a neurological disorder that's slowly taking away my independence and I hate needing to ask for help. Your videos help me feel less like a greedy, needy, a hole. THANK YOU!] 💚💚💚 SUBSCRIBED!!! 😁
Thats really good for you💚
I had a friend like that(shes an ex friend now), complained about not having a job but then didnt want to work in like fast food or retail; i was like "bitch! you dont have a job so therefore you dont have the privilege's to be picky af."
I had a friend how relax her job is, and how her pay is high so she feel bad. N I’m like lower pay n struggling with scheduling 🔥
I dunno why people shit on fast food, where I live after 3 months they give you medical, dental and vision benefits. Ain't bad for $13hr.
I can't work retail or fast food after my neurosurgery so I personally can only look for office work. :(
I was laid off this past January, and the job hunt was a frantic one. I looked at everything from office work, to retail (which I swore I'd never do again), and even manual labor. About the only thing off the table was stripping lmao
I hated working in fast food and retail, but the work experience I got from those jobs helped get me my current job at an amusement park until I’m old enough to get a more decent job. Fast food and retail suck, but they do benefit you in the long run. Plus, money 🤑
I used to get resumes like that all the time too. As it turns out it was a requirement to apply for jobs to continue receiving government assistance. They had to drop off a certain number of resumes a month to show they were “trying” while clearly knowing they wouldn’t get a call back.
I do proper resumes and still haven't gotten a job. I am also disabled and have an assistance dog but no will hire me. I have been trying to find work on and off since 2012. I have been with 3 job consulting firms and only ever got 1 interview. Its now even harder for me due to covid shutting everything down again in Australia
@@SapphirasMama I wish you the best.
Many years back an acquaintance of mine worked in a HR department in our town. She would get resumes like this - yeah, so they wouldn't get the job or shall we say, any job. This person in HR got a hold of other companies in the area and what they did was send all theses useless resumes to the local unemployment insurance agency. They were made to attend workshops to learn how to make a good resume. If they didn't shop up for the resume workshop or made more I-don't-want-a-job-resumes. they were cut off of there unemployment benefits. Kinda neat, huh?
Meanwhile If my partner bought me something that cost 70$ I would feel bad because i would feel like they spent too much lmao
You look like a teen or college age person, TBF.
@@PoochieCollins I’m 25 and btw age don’t matter my mom is the same and she’s 57 so...
@@katherine_on_the_spectrum : okay, in that instance $75 shouldn't be a ton of money to you or your social circle anymore, so don't worry about someone dropping that much on you.
@@PoochieCollins are you the ungrateful witch that posted about the Tiffany ring?? 🤣 sounds like it could be you!
@@KDu400 : lol no.
With the blanket situation, they should've bought a cheap walmart blanket, took the $70 and sent them that. And then tell them, "well you said you were fine with Walmart blankets" 😂😂😂
Still shaking my head about how many people want something for nothing. 💚
Gotta say I think that blanket conversation might be my favorite entitled person of all time 🤣 that was EXTREME
Oh no, kids I’ve never met before are going to hate me because I ruined their Christmas by not letting their mom fleece me 🤨💚
Even as a mom I still wouldn't give a damn about her kids not getting christmas presents, and I don't make promises to my children that I can't keep
so it was YOU ... NIIIKKKIIIIIII !!! HOW DAAARE YOOOUUU !!!
Yeah, fake kids. You know there are no kids.
That by itself makes her an asshole, but her doing it without knowing if that person was selling because they really needed the money makes it worse. Like, what if they were selling to buy Christmas gifts?
Yeah, for her own kids.
10:23...what the heck Charlotte?? I dunno what that was but I'm laughing hysterically!💚
"Friends and family discount.." "I charge them more!" Priceless, so do I. 🥔👑💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚
Most of these people asking for free stuff are the resellers, they took the stuff like that violin woman and then sell it ...these are evil people
Omg I never thought of this. And it literally happened to me recently. I gave a window AC unit to my friend when I mentioned I wasn’t using it. It was a powerful and expensive unit capable of cooling a large space. She said she needed it because she couldn’t sleep in her bedroom it was so hot. To be fair, it’s very hot and humid and gross here in the summers. I even brought it to her house. She sold it to one of our mutual friends…like not even a stranger on market place. I don’t have socials, so I literally would have never known. I was like 😃..oh..cool 😶. I mean, I guess I gave it to her, so it’s hers to do with what she will. But I could have sold it too…
At our local Home Depot stores, they had some really great 12-foot light-up skeletons for $300.
They were all snapped off overnight by people who then put them on eBay for up to $1700.
These people are scum.
@@tomkellycartoons why is that bad? If the store sells it for one price, and the person buys it, and then chooses to resell it at a profit that's called business. Home depot didn't manufacture the product. They bought it from the manufacturer at an agreed apon price and then choose to resell it at another price which likely made a profit at the price they sold it for, the company that manufactured them for home depot made a profit, and now the person who took a chance to buy it and resell it on another platform made a profit.
What is wrong is when someone lies & uses a pity story to get something for free or discount. It's the lying that's wrong. And, now because a few dishonest people lied, a lot of good people will be less likely to give in the future.
If a friend did that to me, I'd unfriend them because they used my good nature for a profit.
💚 As a crochet addict who have a special love for wool, that hit me so hard. The amount of money and time put in is insane. And that ring... damn! He paid more than we paid for my engagement ring, wedding ring and my husband's wedding ring together!
I knit, and that’s TIME also. $400 was fair. 4200 yards of wool.
**the moment you can see the end of the yarn, and it’s June even though you started in December and you are under a mountain of alpaca 😁**
My hubby and I got a matching ring set from Amazon for around $60 and we still wear them to this day!!! I can't believe how spoiled, rotten and bitcy these females out here are. I'll bet the ring he chose was gorgeous.
As a single mom, being able to pay $800 for one gift is hard to imagine. All of my daughter's Christmas gifts combined didn't even come close to $800. That's more like my entire budget for all the gifts I bought for my child and all of my family members when my daughter was growing up.
Why do I get sad when she says, “we have time for one more”? Lol.
Me, too :-D I could watch her for hours :-D
💚 I love it at the end when Charlotte yells 'SUBSCRIBE!' the best part 👍
💚 The one about the woolen blanket annoyed me so much. That’s exactly why I don’t have a knitting store any more. Also, I injured my arms by working 4+ hours every day. The amount of entitlement from certain customers was ridiculous. The nice ones didn’t balance everything out, unfortunately.
That's a shame.
Honestly..I want to tell these people to immediately block them. They're clearly going to be a pain to work with. If they do end up agreeing to the price..they'll probably try to get out of paying the rest ...
💚 The end of the part about the blanket reminds me of what I do when I have something for sale on Poshmark at a certain price, and someone offers me half of the price. To be petty, I reject their offer and then increase the price 😂
The guy that’s like “yeah I need an iPhone for £30 so my son can call me”. Does he not know you can buy phones (not iPhones) for £30 just to make calls with or was he just being greedy 🤔🤔
For sure greedy. Entitled as well.
"People judge everything you do when you put it on the internet." Dobre, 2021. Words of wisdom right there.
LOL I like how Charlotte adds the "dot dot dot" LOL
The blanket one is *literally* why I stopped doing blanket commissions. XD If you actually asked what it's worth, no one would ever buy one.
400 for a hand stitched wool queen sized blanket is an amazing price! Woooow!
Ikr I wanna know who this is so I can buy a queen size pure wool hand crochet quilt for £400
@@Tiger89Lilly You would be doing awesome work in supporting this woman’s small business! (She doesn’t consider this a business but honestly it is still deserving of that).
Right??? Such a beautiful handmade blanket, 400 dollars is a steal.
I know it is hard to be a single parent, but it’s no excuse for entitlement. Also, asking for any kind of work for free is ridiculous.💚
I believe that the best birth control is not catering to the “single mom “ crap. My mother was a single mom and she worked her ass off. We had very little and having little made us all want to do better. It is the responsibility of the individuals who made the child to do what is necessary for the child. If you are a single parent it is on you and your family to provide for the kid- Christmas and birthdays are a luxury -if need be I will beg for food but I would never beg for luxury.
And then abusing someone on top of it.
I’d say those kids’ Christmas is already ruined by having a horrible mother.
💚 He got her a 70 dollar promise ring 💍 and left the receipt in the bag on “accident” 🥳🤣 That a boy 🤙
probably the best $70 her ever spent. when she no longer had the ring (she said she was returning it), he no longer had a promise to keep! He was playing the long game.
FREEDOM!
My coworker does so amazing knitted socks and mittens, I'll ask her to make custom made socks, she buys all the material and makes socks on her freetime. I'll always pay her whatever she asks, I don't care If she buys her material from sale, she can charge her freetime however she wants and I'll pay her, because I'll her custom made socks and mittens (and I live in Nordics, so I do need those too 😅)
That violin one was too much. I seriously can't believe they're still asking for another one on top of getting one for free.
When I was younger, my parents had me take flute lessons at school. They rented a flute from a local music store. When I hated it, they returned the flute. Nobody owes you a thing. Be creative problem solve. Oh, and follow the don't be a dick rule. It'll help 💚
" Unfortunately that's way out of my price range, thank you for your time though! Have a good day". There. That's... so easy.
"YOU'LL TAKE WHAT I GIVE YOU & YOU'LL LIKE IT."
YES!!! 🤣💚
yes miss Murphy... spoken in a childlike voice
me2ontube I see on today's video you wrote Charlotte's the "hot chic you'd like to be with"? Was that you?
@@missmurphy420 most definitely - do you have a love potion for sale ! 🤓
I’m so invested in your stories, thank you for the daily dose of entertainment 💚
I knit, crochet and quilt. Conversations like this aren't too common, thankfully, but it's super difficult when you have to explain to grown adults that supplies cost things, and your time, efforts and experience are, in fact, worth money. 💚
I swear, some of those individuals never worked a single hour in their whole life...
The blanket one is the reason I no longer take commissions that way for my work.
Only referenced clients.
I refuse to deal with that sort of "people"
Our QUEEN of style! Charlotte we love you, our majesty!
LOVE YOU!!
@@CharlotteDobre Everytime I see that hoodie, I desperately want one! Love your style! 💜💚
@@CharlotteDobre By posting new videos you are showing us your love. And thank you for the honour, but I am just a humble servant. I am channelling my inner Nathan Lane for you, my queen. And as requested💚💚 already watched it twice, your majesty
The beer one was immediately followed by a Miller lite ad I laughed so much
Love you Charlotte! You make this quarantine shit so much better and easier to live in! 🖤
When someone tells me I ruined their christmas I respond with 'I'm the Grinch's little helper, he sends his regards'
I love that lol hahahahaha
No, that would be Max..
Or... could it be?...
My hero! I usually say, "Christmas? What is this you speak of?"
Charlotte: *makes some weird noise*
Me: "Girl, same!"
"schhhhstuff".
And here I get happy my my guy brings me a purple pen or marker. My self worth must be low!!!!!!!!💚
Complaining about free beer takes me back to when I’d offer samples at a bakery and they’d complain about the pickings while continuing to eat all of them hahah
That handmade blanket price was actually really good.
No kidding, it should be at least 3X that price. But only rich people can afford heirloom prices.
No kidding, it should be at least 3X that price. But only rich people can afford heirloom prices.
The girl complaining bout the $70 ring...Damn, that guy that gave her that ring should Run...Run as fast as he can and as far away from her as he can...Save himself!... if it was truly true love she'd be happy with a piece of string around her finger.😂💚
exactly! On top of that it was in a Tiffany bag he just bought her! She wasn't even expecting anything extra at all, and complained. He would have been better off just giving her the bag, and keeping that $70 bucks! My ex fiance made me an engagement ring out of one of his guitar strings, and it wasnot only the coolest thing ever, but I loved that he made it for me. It shows so much more love for someone to make something, than to spend money on it. I loved that ring. Wish it wouldn't have gotten lost down the drain 😢
She's going to end up on one of Charlotte's videos as a BRIDEZILLA 🤣🤣🤣
"You don't realize how difficult it is to be a single mother around Christmas. My kids have been begging for this all year...."
Here's a thought: ask the FATHER or FATHERS of your kids to buy it for them for Christmas.
The first Christmas that I was a single mother with 4 kids...I was terrified. The one thing that their Dad did was Christmas, and he was unavailable.. Santa was still real, and they were full of hope, I was so poor...I actually worried myself down to 82 lbs...I didn’t tell anyone how I was feeling, I was scared. A man I’d never met turned up at the door with a Christmas Tree. Another lady arrived late one evening with her mother, and clothes baskets of gifts that people had donated..some were pre-loved, but in great condition...people had even given things that matched my children’s separate interests..I was so grateful, and in some disbelief. There was one thing tho that I knew Santa couldn’t bring, and that was the bike that my daughter kept talking about. We attended a children’s Christmas Party at my Father’s work and there was a raffle, and Dad brought a ticket for each of the children. I didn’t know until driving home, ( and neither did my daughter) that she had won 2nd prize....and it was a bike. So, Santa delivered. And I cried. For all the awful people in the world, there are such good ones...and, for these reasons, despite all the hardships and setbacks that have been handed me in this life, I’ve never lost my faith. Peace to you.
That last computer...it's 600 SEK, so like less than 60 dollars. lol
💚 I really liked the way the crocheter girl handled that "client". Look at all the f***s I don't give, I'm an f***ing flight instructor (great job, btw) - that was hilarious!
Green hearts for the Potato Queen's RUclips algorithm! 💚 💚 💚 💚 (just trying to keep Charlotte in business, because I feel so entitled to more free entertainment!) 💚 💚 💚 💚
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Excellent timing, I needed something to make me laugh and lift my spirits ♡
Thanks again, your royal Potatoness!
💚These people are something else.
I just love the voices she makes when she is reading the texts from the people
Smh I seriously can't believe that people like this actually exist 💚
💚A heart for the Potato Queen, the Princess of Petty, and the Duchess of Entitled.💚
I like that
💚 The wool blanket 😅 as a person who sells handmade goods I sadly can relate to this on so many levels...
How do people even get like this? My mother would literally slap the taste out of my mouth if i demanded stuff the way these people do it 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚
That expression is perfect :D
@@dtulip1 lol thank you!! I'm from the south so I've literally heard this my entire life. I will slap the taste out of your mouth lol obviously my parents were never ever abusive and I'm blessed to have had a good childhood. But mama had this look, she didn't have to say anything, we knew she meant business just by the look on her face. And we instantly stopped whatever shenanigans we happened to be into.
This is what happens when you give your child everything they scream for.
@@Supergirl-rz8yi Nope...not happening. They get stuff the want but its not all the time. Both of my kids understand and appreciate that my husband is the sole provider and their child support only goes so far. But they have everything the need. The extras are surprises or rewards for a job well done or good grades
This is from never hearing the word no, and never being taught how to earn what you want. Some people just give their kids whatever they want and when they mess up it's always someone else's fault never their own.
My 90yo mother still does quilting. Neighbor of mine saw one of her quilts in my home. Asked me if my mother could " whip one out" by the weekend for her to bring as a gift for a friend. Told her it takes about 6 months( hand stitched) and cost about $300 just in fabric, batting etc. Neighbor stormed out. Thought I was lieing to her. No loss lol.
When Charlotte said, "Choosy beggars being beggy choosers"!! ☠🤣
Choosing beggars are definitely entertaining. Great job, Charlotte!
OMG the one about the $70 ring are you serious! If my boyfriend came home and gave me a ring from a gumball machine I would be so happy LOL
“I love that for you” embroidered script on that hoodie as one of your merch
A drinking game. Every time Charlotte says “I love it for...” we take a shot.
😂😂😂
@@CharlotteDobre YES! I LOVE THAT TIE-DYED HOODIE SO MUCH!!!💚 Just add "I Love That For You" on the back...
^underrated comment. Charlotte, I would 'love that for you'!
I love that for us.
If my significant other gets something from Tiffany’s for 70 bucks , I would love him so much more! He is a good smart man ! Quality at that price??!! Very hard to find😉
I’m a knitter, and I never could get behind the idea of selling because the price of labor and yarn and … Walmart. I make things for people because I love them and it’s a gift of time and money and love.
That blanket situation, I have had almost the same conversation with someone locally online, only I crochet toys, the entitled person eventually called me a scammer and blocked me...
Consider that a blessing!
Those who block you need not be blocked, for they have done it themselves.lol now give me freebies! 😂
As a crocheter, I only do things for my friends and family and take all money upfront. Not after all that entitled people don't understand how much time and work it really takes
I've crocheted a few blankets & they take a long time, sometimes people really suck. 💚
I was only listening and thought the blanket was priced around $1000 initially… but the fact that it was only $400 surprised me
Patrick: "Is Mayonnaise a co-worker?"
$400 for a crocheted blanket, in a difficult stitch, in a queen sized is incredibly fair. Should be more.
first guy should have gone on a long rant about how she will ruin HIS KIDS Christmas just to see how long it takes for her to block him xD
That flight instructor responded about 90% longer than I would have.
💚 The choosing beggars videos are hilarious. These people are insane 😹 💚
My mom is a quilter and sometimes people think she charges too much. I know the feeling. *green heart* for our Potatoe Queen :)
Exactly, quilting is a specific skill. It's gonna look, wash & wear, like crap if not done right.
💚You ended up in my algorithm the other day. Watched a few and you are quite funny. That little touch of sarcasm just makes my day.
Thanks for making me laugh when I have anxiety in the middle of the nite 🩵
My mans worked two jobs before we were married. 80+ hours a week.
If he got me something 70€ I’d be mad for different reasons...
Ahh, the single mother argument. Never gets old.
Why do I enjoy these so much even though my blood BOILS at the entitlement. 😂
Can relate to the commission one. People really be out here asking me to draw a realistic portrait of their entire family and go ferral when I tell them it'll be 300 bucks.
💚 Charlotte, I recently found your channel and have been watching back to back episodes and love every single one of them.
Thank you so much for the laughs. My family and I are still recovering from Hurricane Harvey. We lost a lot. Your channel makes my day so much brighter. Thank you again for the laughs and I don’t know who is adding the inserts in your videos, but that person is doing a wonderful job.
Thank you 💚
That Tiffany bag one would have made me drop her so quick lol I don’t get gifts but if I did I’d be over the moon 💚 shows they think about you
$400 for that blanket was a bargain 💚
I agree. I have a handmade tatted lace blanket from my grandmother that's queen size. I was offered $5000 for it. I'd snap that $400 wool blanket right up.
Charlotte's reactions are priceless 🤣💚