[Closed] Is it just me that has suspicions...

I've given loads of stuff away over the years but mostly via local groups and sometimes at jumbles I bundle stuff in in deals or give small parts away.

Have given a few bits away on here too, sometimes had postage covered, sometimes not, often just asked the recipient to make a donation to charity or to the forum, but I tend to only do it in response to WTD ads, mostly because it avoids the issue of classifieds-only-forum-hoovers, and also because if someone has gone to the bother of asking then normally means they have a genuine need.

What's the hive minds opinion on this

Work buy in a load of Spesh hotrock 20 inch kids mtbs for
teams to build in a team building exersize. Of the 10 of them, 9 get given direct to charity (I forget which) and the other is auctioned off in the office with the proceeds to charity. Sells for £80 to my housemate (and colleague At the time) with him saying he'll give it to whichever of his 2 kids it fits (hmmm, one is 4, the other a tall 11, ain't no way that bike is fitting either of them now, maybe the 4 year old in 2 or 3 years...) surprisingly the bike doesn't fit so he lists it on eBay, and it sells for £200. None of which goes to charity.

Fair game or morally reprehensible? I fall into the latter camp

Morally dubious depending on the initial thought process. If he only bid so he could sell on ebay at a profit then yes, I'd say a bit morally dodgy. If it was a genuine mistake then I think it would be "right" to pass on the favour and sell it for £80 or put the difference to charity.

But then I frequently get into arguments with people at work who seem to assume that just because something is legal it is therefore right. 😕