Comment by silisili

I think I've said this before, but 'free' seems to attract the worst of humanity.

When I want to give something away, I list it for some nominal fee like $10, then just tell them to keep it. Because when I used to list things for free, I got the dredges of society bothering me. Asking for delivery, asking me to hold it for 3 months til they can find a truck, cussing at me for saying no to both of these, cussing me because I sold it to someone else already, telling me long sob stories to guilt me. I've never had any of that happen when asking for money(except one guy wanted me to deliver it for $20, which was a fair-ish offer).

I wonder if that same 'pay but you'll get it back under the table' model could work for software? At least until the word got out, I guess.