“I jumped on this community Facebook page and offered to give away our old trampoline. Quite a few people were keen. And by the end I wasn’t sure if people were expecting some mass extinction event or something in our area. Maybe they’re just extremely optimistic.”
Cindy Barnes has been doing a huge clean out of her home, which has included the decision to part with the trampoline that had sat on their lawn for a decade.
It wasn’t in amazing condition, so she didn’t think she could get any real money for it. But it still did the job, and she decided she would give it away to a happy home.
She posted an offer on their local community Facebook page. Almost instantaneously, someone made an offer. Then someone wrote “NIL”, meaning that they were next in line should the first person not take the trampoline for whatever reason.
Then another “NIL” showed up. And another. And another.
Cindy explains that she was a little confused when the eighth “NIL” person showed up, in the form of a lady by the name of Judith Lee.
“I’d love to ask what she’s anticipating. I mean, I know one person could fall through for whatever reason. Maybe even a couple of people. But she seems to be dreaming of some sort of Stephen Bradbury situation. Like a mass extinction event within our suburb that she somehow survives.”
She went on to explain that she would perhaps understand Judith’s logic if the stakes were higher.
“Yeah if someone had said they were giving away some gold bullion, a mansion or a winning lottery ticket. Sure. I’d be that eighth NIL just to
give myself some outside shot. But we’re talking here about the opportunity to come around and pick up a rusty crappy old trampoline. It’s just madness to me.”
Judith was unavailable for comment.