Sounds like a great summary of the reddit experience.

I sent a nice package, and I received one. It was a wooden puzzle box. I'm pretty good at puzzles but it's stumped me; I can't open it. That was years ago. It's still sitting on my bookshelf. I can hear there's something inside, but I can't get in and I refuse to force it. My daughter looked up instructions but still couldn't do it - says maybe it was sabotaged. So unsatisfying but wonderful.

I'd get you a really nice can of beans.

Did the same, but got nothing in return. First and last time.

I had the same type of experience. On a whole people are shit and try to take advantage of each other at every opportunity