So I got a request on Ravelry for some yarn I had in my stash. I ignored the request because the message was extremely casual and presumed that because I had the yarn I'd be willing to sell it. The gist of the message was "hey, you've got x yarn, i've got a customer who wants to purchase it, get back to me because she's really excited that she can get the yarn."


Um, hello? The yarn is not listed in trade/sell. Just because you can do a yarn search on Ravelry and found it in my stash does not mean that I'm just going to sell it. I would have been more receptive if the message was more like "Hi, I'm so and so. I own a yarn shop and a customer is in search of a particular colorway that I don't have in stock. When I searched on Ravelry, I noticed you had several skeins. Would you be willing to trade or sell them? The customer is willing to pay $X for skeins plus any shipping. Thanks!"


How hard would that be? If I got that message, I would consider selling what I have. But I didn't get that message and so I just ignored the request. Message me in a rude and presumptive way and I will ignore you (because otherwise I would respond rudely and that wouldn't be nice).


That message was on Wednesday. I just received another message today. This one just said "do you have any xxx color ### lot#####?" Well, yes, it is in my stash that's how you knew to message me, moron!! Ugh! No reference to the prior message. No "hey, I messaged you before about this yarn and didn't hear back..."


So instead of ignoring the messages, I'm ranting about them here. And I should mention that I checked out this person's profile on Rav. While she's filled in her profile info, she has no projects, no stash, and hasn't posted in any forums in over 5 months. It seems that she might just be using Ravelry as a resource for searching yarns she doesn't have in stock and ordering them for customers. I wonder if she charges for her services...


My stash, my yarn... if you don't want to be polite, go away!!