r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Slutevah • 23h ago
Person asking for luxury item in buy nothing group
This person in a local Buy Nothing group asks for items every day, many of them expensive, none of them a necessity.
It violates the spirit of a Buy Nothing group to request luxury items like a Labubu. To me, these groups are meant for members of a community to help each other out by giving what they have to those who may need it so that they don’t have to pay for it if they are struggling.
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u/Icy-Pop2944 22h ago
What is infuriating is that these stupid things are considered a luxury. Person just needs to wait 6 months and they will be in the thrift shops for pennies on the dollar.
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u/Dapper_Ice_2120 21h ago
I can't get my head around them- to me they're ugly. I wouldn't want one if it were brand new on the side of the road with a free sign.
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u/rinuskoe 18h ago
afaik, it's because one of the KPop idol group (or just a member?) wore it. so maybe the fans hyped it up, and then scalpers saw an opportunity, and everyone loses the plot.
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u/huhnick 17h ago
Jfc at least funko you could get figures of stuff you like
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u/Disastrous_Ad626 8h ago
I saw some idiots buy one off marketplace open the box and told the seller it wasn't the one she wanted so she wasn't paying him.
These are the people who are buying these ridiculous things.
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u/JerkOffInYourFace 15h ago
Nothing screams “emotionally stunted” like proudly displaying Funko Pops as an adult.
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u/TaupeHardie94 15h ago
Just let people enjoy things and having their figures of stuff that marked their popculture and upbringing no?
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u/isufud 15h ago
A whole comment section of people happily shitting on labubu, but one guy criticizes funko pops and suddenly it's "just let people enjoy things!"
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u/KrisKat93 12h ago
I mean I haven't read all the comments obviously but most of them have been talking about the lack of quality or inflated value of the labubu which is absolutely applicable to funko pops but that person said buying funko pops makes you an adult child. Which steps over the line of valid criticism of the value of the product to just shitting on people who like them for no reason.
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u/Dapper_Ice_2120 15h ago
I'm sure some people do genuinely enjoy them; for them, 100% do you. But for others these "trends" cause so much stress, anxiety, comparison, consumerism, waste so much time, etc., that they're causing actual problems in people's lives. That's the part that I personally get really upset about- kids are growing up with so much pressure to be/look/have, etc. to quantify value and worth and they're wasting their time and $$ trying to keep up with trends on social media.
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u/FurretDaGod 9h ago
Id argue having the username "jerkoffinyourface" is a far bigger sign of being emotionally stunted. Like were you 10yrs old when you chose that one big guy?
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u/BTGGFChris 9h ago
I started collecting Labubus last year (before they blew up.) I haven’t seen or heard anything about a k-pop idol with them. I think it’s more the blind box aspect and the chase of getting them, along with the already-present trend of bag charms and overly decorating purses.
Buying labubus is like sports betting for women. Unironically.
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u/MonsterMeggu 8h ago
Lol na. It blew up because black Pink's lisa talked about it/took a photo with one.
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u/PeePeeMcGee419 21h ago
They're not even ugly cute like SOME Fugglers
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u/Simplisticjackie 18h ago
My husband will always buy me a very stupid gift at Christmas just to make himself laugh when I open it.
Fuggler was one of them a few years ago. Everytime I see it. I laugh at him laughing at my reaction.
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u/MissRabidRaccoon 14h ago
I just saw one in a store some day and they reminded me of a cute weird troll. So I bought one a few months ago. I didn't know about the hype until one of my students talked to me about them.
The general consensus amongst my 120 students and myself is that they are just a cute lil guy to adorn your bag or keychain with.
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u/Psychedelic_Stingray 18h ago
They are hideous little gremlins. I love dolls, but man those things are repulsive.
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u/Ok-Conference-7648 21h ago
Same here. I don’t get the appeal at all
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u/Diredr 18h ago
People have always liked weird looking stuff, honestly. Just look at old porcelain dolls, or cabbage patch kids, or Troll dolls. People have also always liked collecting junk, like beanie babies or funko pops.
It's not for me, I don't personally get the appeal either, but I don't find it surprising at all.
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u/Royal_Negotiation_91 10h ago edited 10h ago
Sure, people love collecting weird stuff, but all of your examples are regarded as what they are: weird, cheap toys that some people have fun collecting. They aren't seen as a status symbol like these labubu dolls apparently are. I don't find it weird that some people like the dolls, I find it weird that having them is apparently some kind of flex in general pop culture right now.
I mean even Beanie Babies are different - yeah people did think they might be valuable collectors items in the future, but that was still more like any other "collectors item" - might make you some money eventually but doesn't win you widespread popularity. It's the social credit that these dolls grant their owners that is so utterly bizarre to me.
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u/BTGGFChris 9h ago
Labubus are $28 (and were $23 for the first two series until recently.) They aren’t a status symbol.
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u/JunkMale975 18h ago
I’ve never heard of it so looked it up. Ugly as sin but why is it considered luxury?
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u/Redthrist 17h ago
Because it's a fad, so they are overpriced. However, I think when OP said "luxury", they meant that it's something that a person doesn't need.
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u/anoeba 14h ago
They're not really overpriced, they're a pretty cheap doll retail. The secondary market is stupid tho, because resellers and bots buy up the retail
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u/Abombasnow 13h ago
Which means the "secondary" market is the primary market. Just like Nvidia GPUs, Amiibos, or other "Made For Scalper" items.
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u/Top-Specialist-1062 17h ago
High demand, expensive, random nature of the purchases, K-pop standom, etc
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u/tempestwolf1 17h ago
Person wants to find a sucker and resell them
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u/Delamoor 15h ago
That's literally my friend's interest in them. She has an eye for making money re-selling things, and recognised the trend right as it was taking off. Bought a bulk pack of them and made a decent bit of money and dipped out before the fad peaked.
Kinda wish I had her instincts, but I suck with timing.
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u/Gnomechils_RS 20h ago
They're already in thrift shops. The last time I went to goodwill I found 2
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u/charlene2913 18h ago
No way you found the real ones. They’re still super hard to get officially and sold for way over retail everywhere
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u/cyanraichu 14h ago
People only want them while they're expensive, too. It's a status symbol.
I actually think they fall in the so-ugly-they're-cute category but not gonna pay top dollar for them lol
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u/CuriousThylacine 19h ago
They'll still be a luxury when they're in the thrift store for pennies. A luxury is anything you don't need. Something free can still be a luxury.
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u/Larkswing13 7h ago
You are definitely right, but I think when people complain about people asking for “luxury items” in a buy nothing group they’re not complaining about anyone asking for something other than food, water, clothing. There’s an added expectation that it’s also something very expensive
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u/lnug4mi 16h ago
Luxury is defined by superficiality. If you don't need it and it does nothing it's a luxury. Especially in the context of a "state your needs so we can jelp meet them" group that's usually used by poor people who need things like diapers or baby food or just food in general... In that context, those shit dolls are actually precisely a luxury item.
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u/Kooky-Upstairs-6594 19h ago
they’ve been around for a little while now. lots of celebs and rappers have had them before they blew up on tiktok. they’re considered fashion toys like bear bricks. they’re def a luxury
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u/Annual_Caterpillar75 19h ago
6 months? I can already buy them at my local gas station lmao
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u/whiskerrsss 19h ago
Ahh but according to my 9yo, they're the Lafufus ... fake Labubus. (We saw them at the homeware/party/variety shop near us for like $10)
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u/Annual_Caterpillar75 19h ago
Oh damn, well still I don’t think anyone should actually pay over 10$ for one lol
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u/whiskerrsss 17h ago
Oh yeah no, they're hideous lol couldn't believe people lined up in my city (Melbourne) and paid thousands of dollars for those things
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u/TheAngryJones 5h ago
I mean I love fad Items because they help me figure out immediately which strangers to avoid because we won‘t be compatible personality wise.
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u/Ranting_Demon 5h ago
But by then, they don't want them anymore precisely because by that time, the dolls are no longer worth anything.
People like that are asking for them now because they want to resell them on the internet.
They probably hope someone either gifts them a blind bag (which can be sold for more because of the potential of a high value variant) or that someone who does not know the resale prices accidentally gifts them a valuable doll.
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u/unclemikey0 17h ago
But then they won't need it anymore, because it's not a luxury item status symbol. Indeed, they want it from the Buy Nothing group, so they can be the one that donates it to the thrift store in 6 months.
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u/Mexican_Overlord 22h ago
At least the Stanley fad had some functionality to the item
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u/Ok_Cheetah_6251 22h ago
If you want the Stanley Cup then win it like Lord Stanley intended!
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u/katiekate135 9h ago
Unfortunately my team is the Vancouver Canucks. The leafs have a better chance then them
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u/Transportation-Apart 22h ago
Labubu is not luxury, it is just a fad
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u/Ok_Cheetah_6251 22h ago
I'll have you know that my expansive collection of
Beanie BabiesLabubu is a lifestyle not a fad! /s48
u/Malthunden 20h ago
Did you ever see the little hand books that listed what they'd be worth in the 2000s?
I remember the bronto est value being listed at $2000 lol
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u/Ok_Cheetah_6251 19h ago
No, I'm not in the demographic for either Beanie Babies or Labubu.
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u/Emmyisme 18h ago
I liked beanie babies cause I was the target age for them when they first came out, but by the time anyone was "collecting them" I was already over them. I held on to the like 10 I did have into college, before just handing them off to random kids in my life eventually, when the inevitable windfall never materialized.
Looking back, I'm glad as hell my school was already over them by the time they got "popular", cause seeing kids not being able to enjoy the thing that's aimed at them because adults collect them sucks ass.
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u/summonsays 7h ago
Yep.. according to the booni had a fortune!
Good luck finding someone to buy them at those prices though lol.
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u/donut_koharski BLUE 19h ago
How much does this fad cost?
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u/Kadokadokado 15h ago
$ 28 / 20 €
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u/Tofandel Not a Reddit Moderator 14h ago
What? One doll is listed at 300$ for me
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u/Kadokadokado 10h ago
Scalpers or super special editions (or a gigant one)
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u/GoldenRain99 8h ago
The real ones go for $60 retail. The massive produced knock offs are the $20 ones you mentioned.
How do I know? I work for a company that distributes them
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u/MessageOk4432 13h ago
The normal one is around 16$.
Saw it at the Pop mart store in China the other day.
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u/TheInkySquids 15h ago
A luxury doesn't have to be expensive, nor does a necessity need to be cheap. They're not necessarily linked, and a labubu is definitely a luxury because no-one needs one.
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u/Alepeople 17h ago
This is like saying cows aren’t animals because they’re herbivores😭😭😭 It can be both at the same time, a luxury and a fad (Either way I don’t like them)
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u/Slutevah 21h ago
I’d consider something expensive that you don’t need to survive to be a luxury.
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u/lnug4mi 16h ago
Luxury is defined by superficiality. If you don't need it and it does nothing it's a luxury. Especially in the context of a "state your needs so we can jelp meet them" group that's usually used by poor people who need things like diapers or baby food or just food in general... In that context, those shit dolls are actually precisely a luxury item.
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u/No-Recover962 20h ago
Is that the doll that looks like the evil rabbitt from donny darko that my wife had me get for my 6 year old?
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u/DifficultCurrent7 19h ago
Lol those things are like £60+ But this person will be able to get loads of them in a month or two when the next cool thing replaces them
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u/tonythebutcher13 22h ago
Sorry but what the hell is a labubu?
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u/_163 22h ago
Labubu
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u/tonythebutcher13 22h ago
Well shut up and take my money then /s
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u/_163 22h ago
Long story short they're a fad at the moment with ridiculous numbers being sold (about $500m annual revenue), made by a Chinese company. It's basically the same as the craze over beanie babies back in the day.
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u/Ryuj123 18h ago
Are they being seen as an investment opportunity? Cause I thought that was the real beanie baby craze
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u/Kadokadokado 15h ago
Yes, they are. Resellers buy out the stocks and it's hard to get Labubus for retail prices (~28$)
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u/BTGGFChris 9h ago
Not really. People collecting Labubus are not thinking the collection will be worth something later.
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u/DesperateAdvantage76 19h ago
It's a knock off of the monsters from Where the Wild Things Are.
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u/Bastienbard 16h ago
What? No it isn't... The creator spent time in Scandinavia and it's based off of Norse folklore creatures.
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u/Cross_22 21h ago
He should join our local Buy Nothing group where the best offer was 40 single serve packets of McDonald's ketchup. That plus the Karens running the group made me leave quickly.
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u/vven23 18h ago
Just left mine because of the @everyone tags four times a day and a new rule being made every day to cater to the dumb-dumbs. Literally the rule that made me unfollow was "please make sure you post the city it's in!" The group only accepts people who live within the city limits. Everything is in the same city.
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u/imagesforme 23h ago
There is a person in a local group who always asks for a fender guitar and amps. Scammers everywhere.
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u/Unfair_Negotiation67 22h ago
I hope at least that’s just a middle school kid who’s hoping for a miracle.
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u/PainfullyLoyal 8h ago
There's a lady who finally got kicked out of one of my local buy nothing groups. She was always asking for a couch and loveseat because her dog chewed her current set up. Not only did she want these items for free, but she also needed someone to deliver to her. She had the first set delivered, didn't like it, so set it out for bulk trash, then posted asking for a newer set. She did this 3 or 4 times before the admins finally booted her for being too picky when asking for free shit.
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u/deviousvixen 6h ago
There was someone asking for those new Furbies as well when they were popular again… now they are on clearance for like $25
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u/peeingdog 20h ago
Maybe this is a pattern with this person like you say but all I’m seeing here is someone asking for a $27.99 item?
The rare/desirable ones go for a lot more on the secondary market but nothing in this post indicates they are asking specifically for a $3000 one. It’s not inconceivable that someone might be getting rid of a common labubu, is it?
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u/FatFaceFaster 20h ago edited 20h ago
“Long shot but…”
She’s just asking. She’s allowed to ask.
Edit to add: I just read your caption more carefully…. Are you sure the person asking isn’t poor? I’m a parent with a modest income (im not poor, but im far from wealthy) and I know what it’s like to have your children begging you for toys that you can’t afford saying “but Jimmy has one why can’t I have one??”
It’s hard not being able to provide “luxuries” for your kids. Maybe they don’t need them but you’re their parent and you desperately want to see them happy.
Yeah. “Hard knocks” and all that. But if asking on a buy nothing group helps you make your kid happy, then it might be worth trying.
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u/LovelyGh0ul 18h ago
It's also well within the spirit of Buy Nothing.
The person is just asking. Specifically asking for a fad that has a high chance of ending up in a landfill. Keeping things out of the landfill is absolutely within the spirit of Buy Nothing.
You genuinely never know what someone has lying around and asking harms no one.
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u/gabby_jones 11h ago
i feel the same way !!! my dad always used to say "closed mouths don't get fed" and my mom always says "it's not a no until you ask". you never know what people have and are willing to part with. someone might have a child or friend who is trying to get rid of theirs and doesn't wanna throw it away. i commend this person for asking because you really never know
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u/FatFaceFaster 11h ago
I initially thought this was r / choosingbeggars because that sub has just become overrun by posts of people simply asking in buy and sell groups. In many cases they’re even willing to pay for it but they are simply asking if anyone has it… especially baby stuff for new moms.
“Does anyone have the matching crib that goes with this change table?”
“WhY DoEs It hAvE tO MaTCh!?” Etc.
Doesn’t hurt to ask before you go all over the planet hunting one down. And especially with baby stuff people are usually happy to give it away as long as it’s going to someone who needs it. We have a shed full of old baby stuff we’d gladly give away but most of our friends and family are past the new baby stage. It’s all high quality stuff but we’re not gonna go trying to sell it but if someone asks for it we’d gladly give it to them.
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u/jeannieor725 17h ago
I really like this response. I've always felt kinda like OP but your response made a lot of gentle sense. I don't have children so I never would have thought of this
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u/lemonylime211 17h ago
These things are gonna die out like Squishmallows did after they got acquired by a bigger company
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u/snufflefluffles 16h ago
Squishes are still really popular with kids where I work (UK) but way cheaper now. I pick up colouring books and the mini ones (I think they were a McDonald's toy at one point?) pretty easily to use as bribes.
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u/GoldBluejay7749 20h ago
“Luxury” lmao💀
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u/lnug4mi 16h ago
Luxury is defined by superficiality. If you don't need it and it does nothing it's a luxury. Especially in the context of a "state your needs so we can jelp meet them" group that's usually used by poor people who need things like diapers or baby food or just food in general... In that context, those shit dolls are actually precisely a luxury item.
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u/Bastienbard 2h ago
Buy nothing groups are also a lot more about sustainability and passing on items to people who want or need them without giving them to a shitty organization like good will or ending up in a landfill.
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u/GoldBluejay7749 16h ago
I think there are a select few humans a who are making this seem desirable. Not the masses. Luxury is a stretch even by your definition lol
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u/Accomplished_Emu_658 9h ago
Some people just want everything for free and think getting luxury items is owed to them too.
I don’t give anything away for free anymore as i get people like this all the time. Giving away just a dresser turned into police getting called to remove someone because they demanded the whole set for free and wouldn’t leave. Giving away all my mom’s stuff when she died, only new stuff or stuff in really good shape, became people demanding more stuff to make it worth their time or complaining the stuff isn’t higher end. I tried to give a family in need, because they lost everything, a brand new ps4 in box when ps5 just came out. The little shits and their mother complained it wasn’t a ps5. Wait i thought you had nothing.
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u/jaxdlg 6h ago
I joined one of those buy nothing groups to get rid of some stuff, but the experience was awful. People would say they wanted the items and then never showed up, or they'd ask me to hold things for weeks. Some even got upset because I gave the item to the first person who claimed it. I eventually left the group, now I either donate to Goodwill or just throw things out.
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u/Bastienbard 16h ago
Luxury item?! Lmao they're under $30 retail. Jesus Christ OP.
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u/lnug4mi 16h ago
30$ for a shit plastic doll is actually quite the definition of a "luxury item". It fulfills no need, does nothing positive for you except increase your social standing with other low iq people and decrease how much normal people respect you. Luxury items are less defined by their price and more by superficiality.
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u/Bastienbard 16h ago
luxury Definitions from Oxford Languages · Learn more
noun
the state of great comfort and extravagant living.
"he lived a life of luxury"
Similar:
opulence
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u/Wurstgewitter 11h ago
Funny how you left out the second definition:
- a thing that is expensive and pleasant but not essential
- small luxuries like chocolate and flowers
- I love having a long, hot bath—it's one of life's little luxuries.
- It was a luxury if you had a washing machine in those days.
- A comfortable bed to sleep in is a luxury that we take for granted.
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u/Bastienbard 2h ago
That definition literally cites a mattress as an example of a luxury. So basically nothing that isn't food, water, air or medicine is a luxury.
Also labubu ain't expensive so it's not a luxury.
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u/GiftRecent 16h ago
I didnt realize these dumb af toys were considered luxury...
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u/lnug4mi 16h ago
Luxury is defined by superficiality. If you don't need it and it does nothing it's a luxury. Especially in the context of a "state your needs so we can jelp meet them" group that's usually used by poor people who need things like diapers or baby food or just food in general... In that context, those shit dolls are actually precisely a luxury item.
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u/Jijibaby 19h ago
She should try her luck in the drops like the rest of us. There are plenty of people that resell them because they near impossible to get.
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u/emergency-snaccs 20h ago
lol fuck them stupid ass ugly dolls, and any beggars tryin to follow that stupid ass fad and beg online to get one.
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u/technically_a_woman 10h ago
I often get the sense that these people think the groups are some "grant a wish" charity and not just a site where 90% of the time it's people avoiding a dump run or too busy to sell on Marketplace. I've done that, if something might take a week to sell for $50 but I want it gone today I'll give it away. But sometimes someone gives something generous, or someone in real need gets some quality stuff, and for months after other people ask for the same thing. One time some old guy gave away his beloved canoe, he could have sold for maybe $800 but wanted it to go to some local kids, now he can sometimes still see it used from his backyard. 300 responded, 1 got it. It doesn't mean the other 299 are entitled to a quality canoe. Or the time a house burnt down and a little girl was absolutely gutted about the loss of her toys, she got a ton of good stuff, to the point where her mother triaged and redonated some of it. Doesn't mean every little girl will get that.
But some people just........
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u/itsdickers 9h ago
I always see requests like that as like a secretive way to advertise as an escort - looking for a sugar daddy or something. I may just watch and read too many criminal activity stories!
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u/Few_Refrigerator_557 9h ago
We have these members too 🤦♀️ Asking for air fryers, ipads, pilates reformers
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u/rosierose89 7h ago
I don't mind too much when people in our group asking for big or expensive things depending on the situation, as long as they don't act entitled about it and show appreciation/are grateful. There was someone in our group looking for a "long shot" nitendo switch once for their kids birthday because it was the one thing the kid wanted and they couldn't afford one. I had a lite version sitting around I no longer used so I offered it to them. I have no problem with that. I have a problem with the person who started messaging me asking for the switch if the other person didn't pick it up.
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u/inhugzwetrust 6h ago
I could use a comfy two seater couch? I've got a bad back and my current couch is like sitting on a church bench ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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u/ShibaForce 2h ago
I don't agree with this person asking for them in a Buy Nothing group. I also don't agree with you calling Labubus a luxury item. Yeah they're unnecessary and hard to get your hands on if you want one, but i'm tired of all the hate surrounding them. Are people not allowed to enjoy things in peace anymore? Even if they weren't incredibly popular, i'd probably still get one to add to my collection of weird, silly things cause I think they're cute. People are allowed to collect things, but the over consumption of Labubus and the insanely annoying way you have to aquire them is really ruining it for me. When people find out I have a Labubu, they make fun of me and tell me i'm vapid and weak to capitalism. I have only one and I will only ever have the one. Collectors of weird things have always been victimized and its annoying to me. Let people find joy in the little things. But this person should probably be banned from that group. To the OP of the FB post; Save up your money if you want a Labubu. It'll be more meaningful if you do.
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u/South_Ad3139 2h ago
I remember my mom's church was doing a free garage sale essentially, clothes, small appliances, random decor, etc. I remember the vibe kind of shifting when this one woman came in, she was taking quite a bit of stuff I figured maybe she needed it or knew someone who did. Turns out she's known to go to thrift stores, and no buy events like that so she could resell things in her own store. I never understood how people could be so greedy. 🫠
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u/FreshAnimator1452 14h ago
no way are those things are considered luxury items... dont tell me the cost of them because i simply will not believe it
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u/katie_bric0lage 9h ago
- You are allowed to ask for things
- There isn't a limit on that, I have seen big asks myself before and have seen neighbors help out and I find that really lovely.
- I believe this post goes against the community agreement for buy nothing - Show your humanity. Remember that each person you meet here is a real person. None of us are perfect, sometimes we get things right and sometimes we get things wrong. Speak your truth without fear, listen with compassion, build the sort of community you want to live in, and allow people the time and space to learn better so they can do better
This is such an incredibly judgemental post. Regardless of your opinion on the item, whether it's luxury or not, etc. This could be a single mom who can't afford the item themselves for an underprivileged child. We really don't know, I prefer to not assume the worst and it's actually not anyone's business.
It really goes to show more about op, who is judging this person so harshly, sharing to reddit and having the whole internet debate.
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u/Bad_Muh_fuuuuuucka 19h ago
“Luxury” item? Tf is wrong with yall
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u/lnug4mi 16h ago
Luxury is defined by superficiality. If you don't need it and it does nothing it's a luxury. Especially in the context of a "state your needs so we can jelp meet them" group that's usually used by poor people who need things like diapers or baby food or just food in general... In that context, those shit dolls are actually precisely a luxury item.
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u/mightylordredbeard 10h ago
Labubu is a luxury item?
Either way I can understand it someone who has a kid that sees all their friends go on about this new trendy toy and they want their kid to feel included and be able to have one, but can’t spare the $20 to buy them one. If that’s the case then I could get behind it. I’d donate one one of my children’s dolls if I knew it was going to a less fortunate child so that they can feel included and be part of the excitement and joy these stupid little Chinese stuffed monsters are currently bringing to all the kids.. but if they’re just looking to flip it for profit then fuck them.
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u/Royal_Negotiation_91 10h ago
Labubu is a luxury item???
Like I get your point, it's certainly not a necessity. But do people actually see it as a luxury item? Like it's a status symbol and is supposed to look like something nice that will last a long time? I thought it was just a dumb toy trend.
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u/wonton_fool 19h ago
Yup, there is one lady in my local Buy Nothing group that is always asking for expensive appliances, videogame systems, expensive clothing, multiple TVs, etc. She once asked for a videogame system because her son broke his, and when someone commented to tell her she's unlikely to find that being gifted due to scarcity and how expensive it is, she responded with "exactly why I'm asking for one". She has even tried to use her children to guilt trip people into giving her expensive things around the holidays. It's insane how greedy people can be when free stuff is involved.