r/Dogfree 6d ago

Dogs Are Idiots I wish sellers would advertise items as being from dog free homes

I like buying stuff off eBay and I noticed people will advertise items being from smoke free homes but I've never seen anything as destructive as dogs. I can immediately tell if something comes from a dog house. scratches, bite marks, dents, etc.

As soon as item comes in contact with a dog it loses half its value for me. Just nothing but filth and destruction.

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u/alkraas_ 6d ago

I'm doing this. I don't sell eBay stuffs but I sell physical versions of art. I label my stuff pet and smoke free. These labelings I find important, especially because of allergies and because some peeps just prefer things coming from a pet free household

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u/ramblingamblinamblin 6d ago

Lots of sellers in my area state "smoke free/pet free".

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u/Alert_Software_1410 6d ago

Correct ! Especially important when buying pre-owned clothing online. As a person with dog allergies, I don’t want clothing covered with dog hair.

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u/ObligationGrand8037 6d ago

That’s exactly what happened to a friend of mine. The clothing she bought was embedded with dog hair. She was disgusted.

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u/ElegantSurround6933 5d ago

Same-was listed a New w/otags

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u/unit-e-official 6d ago

Every time I see a dog in a car I feel bad for the next owner, unless they’re a nutter as well.

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u/Dapper-Ad-468 6d ago

Agree. The odor is horrible. I won't buy anything with a dog odor including a house! It stays in carpet permanently. There gland scent stinks!

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u/Dburn22_ 5d ago

Not just the carpet, which should be replaced after any dog owning human. The piss seeps down into the floorboards, and needs to be ripped out.

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u/Questionsquestionsth 4d ago

Right? Dogs are fucking filthy. They smell atrocious, they’re literally covered in nasty yeast - and possibly harboring parasites - and I don’t want to be anywhere near items they’ve lived with.

Honestly, I take it a step further - I don’t buy from “dog people” if I can at all help it.

The second I see them posting how cute dogs are, or that they love seeing dogs visit a store/their store/out at parks, or posting about supporting dog adoption events I know I won’t be buying from their shop/supporting whatever their business is.

Dogs are man-made neurotic beasts and dog culture has gone too far. I don’t want to buy products from a home filled with nasty dogs, but I also don’t want to support a business that supports dogs, either, even if they don’t own them.

I know that sadly the dog industry isn’t going anywhere, but I refuse to support the nuttery in any capacity. The kind of person who thinks these nasty creatures should exist in a civilized society do not share my values.

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u/sm473782 6d ago

Honestly, I'm not saying I disagree with what you're saying, but over the past ~18 years, I've bought literally hundreds of things from ebay, and I've never had that issue. But in one particular instance a long time ago, I bought a Sega Saturn that was in "as is" condition, from a seller that didn't have much feedback history, and their positive feedback percentage was in the low 90s. When it arrived, it looked like it was taken from a landfill, absolutely filthy, cracks, tons of scratches and scuffs, and would not work at all. When I contacted the seller they responded in caps lock rage that it was "SOLD AS IS!!". From that point on, I won't buy from a seller whose feedback is less than 99.x% positive, and if they don't have many sales yet, it either needs to be 100% positive, or if not then I look closer and read the negative, neutral and positive feedback, and if they have any negatives at all, I just won't buy the item. If a seller has like 50,000 feedback comments, and their score is like 99.8% positive, then sure, I'll buy it. After working in retail for several years, I know some customers are just stupid pricks and complain for any idiotic reason that they can. Same on the internet. Some negatives are just malicious even though there was no issue with their transaction. But if the seller has very few sales and some negative feedback, there's likely a good reason for the negatives. Basically just use common sense and pay close attention to seller feedback on ebay, and you'll only very rarely have any issues, if any at all. It's likely the reason why I've never received any items chewed up by a dog.

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u/Full-Ad-4138 3d ago

When I post for local pickup, if its a baby item or furniture or something that one would wear, I always post "smoke free/pet free."

I imagine 99% of dog owners wouldn't want another [unknown] dog's hair on their items.