And it's not the loss of sentimental value. It's a feeling called the Facebook Marketplace blues. Some levity (at my expense) on a wonderful Sunday. Enjoy.
Given the people that we have encountered trying to sell things via FB Marketplace or Craigslist, etc, I would worry about giving any dog away for free - ending up as bait for dog fighting "training" is a real risk, from what I have read. That's one reason why the humane society here charges a fee calibrated to signal some level of commitment on the part of the adopters. Would you consider contacting the "Idaho German Shepherd Rescue"?
My husband was trying to find a new (used) motorcycle, and he got so far in communication with a guy in CA, but the guy wanted him to fly down with cash (~15K!), or if he agreed to take a certified bank check, he wanted to hold the bike for three days until his bank lifted their hold on the money in his account, but on the other hand he offered to pick my husband up at the airport and drive him to his house to complete the exchange; except then he wouldn't give my husband his name to put on the bank check... we decided he may just be old but all his conditions and cautions were getting a little weird, so no deal. Then he got hostile about my husband backing out of the deal, but later he tried to see if my husband wanted to talk again about buying the bike. (No!)
Then there was the guy who came to buy a pop-up camper from us, and when he arrived (after dark) he was in such a rush he had no time to look it over, had to hurry, hurry, upset we had to close it down (hand cranking, nothing automatic on that one), no time for this, rushed the paperwork and upset we insisted on taking time to count the cash he brought (all $100's but it felt genuine...) with us and him present, and then he didn't have the right adapter to connect to the lights (for braking!) from his vehicle so my husband followed him in our car to the auto parts store for safety, and the guy rushed in, grabbed the part, rushed out past the astonished clerk "have to see if it works!", my husband stood by and conversed with the clerk to see if he came back to pay, or he would have paid, but the guy did rush in to pay... We started spending the $100's the next morning to make sure we had been given real money. It was, so he was honest but rushed. The follow-on weird thing was that when we sold my civic a few years later, it was also some guy in the most amazing hurry.
On the other hand, when we bought the camper that replaced the pop-up, my husband and the seller of that, being both engineers in related organizations, went over it from top to bottom, inside and out, in mutual excruciating detail, the other guy wanted to explain everything about the camper and my husband wanted to hear and see it all; I could see them in the "lemon lot" at the air base from the ed center where I taught an evening lab+lecture class, and on our breaks I would walk over to look out the 4th floor window, and they were still at it each time, took hours, totally hilarious contrast to the "hurry hurry" guys.
I was helping out my mom's elderly neighbor a couple of years ago. She had a 2006 Plymouth vibe with 40k on it. It had no rust but a did have a small dent in the front fender. I attached a lot of pictures of it including several of the dent. I priced it at $5000 firm not negotiable.
I got many of the same responses that you got. But here is my favorite
My daughter is getting her license and this would be the perfect car for her. We have a budget of $2300 we would really appreciate it if you could meet our offer as it would help her out.
I was not having a a great day when I responded it was something like " what part of 5k was not clear"
Given the people that we have encountered trying to sell things via FB Marketplace or Craigslist, etc, I would worry about giving any dog away for free - ending up as bait for dog fighting "training" is a real risk, from what I have read. That's one reason why the humane society here charges a fee calibrated to signal some level of commitment on the part of the adopters. Would you consider contacting the "Idaho German Shepherd Rescue"?
My husband was trying to find a new (used) motorcycle, and he got so far in communication with a guy in CA, but the guy wanted him to fly down with cash (~15K!), or if he agreed to take a certified bank check, he wanted to hold the bike for three days until his bank lifted their hold on the money in his account, but on the other hand he offered to pick my husband up at the airport and drive him to his house to complete the exchange; except then he wouldn't give my husband his name to put on the bank check... we decided he may just be old but all his conditions and cautions were getting a little weird, so no deal. Then he got hostile about my husband backing out of the deal, but later he tried to see if my husband wanted to talk again about buying the bike. (No!)
Then there was the guy who came to buy a pop-up camper from us, and when he arrived (after dark) he was in such a rush he had no time to look it over, had to hurry, hurry, upset we had to close it down (hand cranking, nothing automatic on that one), no time for this, rushed the paperwork and upset we insisted on taking time to count the cash he brought (all $100's but it felt genuine...) with us and him present, and then he didn't have the right adapter to connect to the lights (for braking!) from his vehicle so my husband followed him in our car to the auto parts store for safety, and the guy rushed in, grabbed the part, rushed out past the astonished clerk "have to see if it works!", my husband stood by and conversed with the clerk to see if he came back to pay, or he would have paid, but the guy did rush in to pay... We started spending the $100's the next morning to make sure we had been given real money. It was, so he was honest but rushed. The follow-on weird thing was that when we sold my civic a few years later, it was also some guy in the most amazing hurry.
On the other hand, when we bought the camper that replaced the pop-up, my husband and the seller of that, being both engineers in related organizations, went over it from top to bottom, inside and out, in mutual excruciating detail, the other guy wanted to explain everything about the camper and my husband wanted to hear and see it all; I could see them in the "lemon lot" at the air base from the ed center where I taught an evening lab+lecture class, and on our breaks I would walk over to look out the 4th floor window, and they were still at it each time, took hours, totally hilarious contrast to the "hurry hurry" guys.
I was helping out my mom's elderly neighbor a couple of years ago. She had a 2006 Plymouth vibe with 40k on it. It had no rust but a did have a small dent in the front fender. I attached a lot of pictures of it including several of the dent. I priced it at $5000 firm not negotiable.
I got many of the same responses that you got. But here is my favorite
My daughter is getting her license and this would be the perfect car for her. We have a budget of $2300 we would really appreciate it if you could meet our offer as it would help her out.
I was not having a a great day when I responded it was something like " what part of 5k was not clear"
That's why he's still here after a year of looking.
I just was concerned, but no doubt you have no illusions about human nature and if it has been a year you must be being choosy.
This gave me a few good chuckles. 😀