A MAN trying to flog a kids’ white desk on Facebook Marketplace was stunned when he became the thing people wanted to buy.
Daz Gracie had a legion of thirsty women swooning over him when he posted the image of the desk on the site, along with his ripped six-pack.
Daz decided to help his mum out and shift some of the furniture in her new house[/caption]
The single man was shocked by what happened next[/caption]
The image soon caught people’s attention, but not for the reason Daz expected[/caption]
The single man posted photos of the pink and white children’s desk on a Facebook Freecycle page in a bid to free up space and inadvertently captured his toned tum in one of the mirrors.
The 37-year-old says he didn’t plan for his abs to make a guest appearance in the mirrored lid but when he realised, posted it anyway.
The loft insulation installer said ‘within 20 seconds’ the desk had been claimed and his phone ‘went wild’ with messages from women desperate to claim him and leave the desk.
The viral post, which racked up almost 4,000 likes, shares and comments, left Daz ‘laughing his head off’ and claiming that Facebook ads might be the future of dating.
Daz, from Barnsley, South Yorkshire, said: “My mum’s recently moved and whoever lived in the house before had left that desk.
“I’d gone to hers on Sunday morning and put an Ikea desk together for her and she asked ‘will you bang it [the kid’s desk] on Facebook?’.
“I took some pictures, then I noticed my torso was in it. Don’t get me wrong I love a topless selfie but I could get a lot better one than that.
“All the lads were like ‘Daz I know what you’re like’ but honestly if I was meant to be in it I would have put my face in it as well.
“I took it and was like ‘I’m posting it anyway’ and then all of a sudden my phone was just going wild. I was laughing my head off at some of the comments.
“Someone said ‘I’m not interested in the desk but I’d definitely take the man’, I was like ‘oh my God, here we go’.
“I had people messaging me from Canada and America too, it went worldwide and it’s still going.
“The desk went in about 20 seconds, a woman from over the road took it.”
Single Daz admits that despite being a ‘good-looking chap’ the situation has been ‘good for the ego’.
Daz said: “I’m not on the dating apps. I think I’m a good-looking chap anyway, I get plenty of messages.
“I’ve only been single about seven months and I was with my partner for a while.
“Having a lot of thirsty women after me on Facebook is definitely good for the ego.
“I’m not tempted to take any of them up on the offer just yet, I’m going on holiday so I’ll see what happens after.
“My advice to any single blokes struggling to get messages on dating apps – get a picture on ‘items for sale’ and see what happens. Your luck could change.”
Daz’s Facebook post reads: “Child’s desk free to collect near Barnsley town centre. Thank you.”
One woman wrote: “Can I be considered, please, but not for the desk? X”
Another commented: “Is the man still available with delivery. Erm I mean the item.”
One wrote: “Mmmm very nice, whoever gets it is a very lucky girl.”
Another commented: “Free cycle the future of dating.”
