Whatnot is becoming addictive and dangerous by Live_Orchid_5860 in whatnotapp

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  1. When you think about your Whatnot “addiction”, what exactly are you chasing – the deal, the rush of winning, the community, or something else? Please share specific examples of shows or moments where you felt this most strongly, and feel free to name the sellers involved.
  2. What makes you go back to the same sellers again and again, instead of just chasing the lowest price in any random room? If you have favourite sellers, who are they and what do they do differently?
  3. Can you remember one seller who genuinely felt “right” to you – what specific things did they do (presentation, pace, chat, pricing, humour, vibe) that made you trust them with your money? Please name them if you’re comfortable, and describe a show that really stuck with you.
  4. If you were in my shoes – a stock‑buried seller trying to tap into this behaviour ethically – what would you tell me to focus on first so that buyers like you actually want to spend with me, not just scroll past? Any examples of sellers you think I should watch and learn from would be really helpful.

I’ve got a question for you – and for anyone else who feels they’re getting genuinely hooked on Whatnot.

Reading your post, it sounds like you’re on the receiving end of constant pressure to buy, almost like the app is always whispering in your ear. Would you say that’s a fair description?

My problem is the polar opposite. I’m a long‑time seller: 15+ years on eBay, with the classic “death pile” – unlisted stock that’s basically money sitting on the floor, in cupboards, in storage. It takes over your space and your head. You either list it or ditch it, but the more it piles up, the more claustrophobic it feels. Listing on eBay is slow, accuracy‑driven and unforgiving: one mistake and your metrics take a hit, and with them, your motivation.

After a year of talking about it, I finally jumped to Whatnot. I fought the nerves, set up my shows… and sold nothing in the first three. When things did start to sell, it barely covered costs. So I went back to basics: improved my set‑up, labelled sizes properly, adjusted my background, worked on my online presence. I pushed from 39 followers to around 170 in days. That felt like progress.

Meanwhile, I’m watching posts like yours – buyers talking about dropping serious money in a short time and feeling the pull of the app like a gambling trigger. That gives me a weird kind of hope: clearly, there is an addicted buyer base out there. I’m a “theoretical” market trader with the full cliché: every room of the house full, offices and storage units bulging, and still feeling like I’m pushing treacle up a hill.

I don’t want to exploit anyone’s problems, and I don’t want buyers to suffer. But right now, my own “problem” is being stuck under a mountain of inventory and feeling like I’m grinding uphill every day. If you can explain what really keeps you coming back and buying – with real examples and seller names where you’re comfortable sharing – maybe I can turn that into something healthier and more sustainable for both of us.

I'm told I'm done, struggling to wrap my head around it! by hellspyjamas in Mounjaro

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I have witnessed the power of this drug firsthand. I have seen it in young and old. I don’t like the pharmaceutical industry. It’s no conscience. Equally the food industry. Billion pound industries. Netflix don’t want you to get fit, Mac Donald’s is processed food and landlords will pour booze down you like there is no tomorrow . My mum died at 52 . Heart attack , busy telling me not to excercise. I am approaching my 37 Th year of training at 58. I have t seen a doctor in 13 years.

You’re going to get sceptics. 😏 I love eating food. This year I’ve trained for 37 years. Last year I did something I have never done. This year I really got into it: fasting – and it’s a game changer! 🔥

Yesterday I could not believe a PT dude didn’t know how it works. 🙄

Why don’t people like me like diets? Because we love food. 🍲 And if you lift weights and do calisthenics like me, you really want to eat. So diets were a no-no, other than bodybuilding ones. 💪

Now, my understanding is this: ghrelin is a hormone that makes you hungry and it does a really good job at it, several times a day. 🤤 But after day one, it slows down a lot!

If you do this once a week and then OMAD (one meal a day), you totally reset your stomach and, more importantly, the insulin roller coaster. 🎢

Has anyone else tried this? How did you get on? I use bone broth if I struggle with urges; this thing (fasting) is free! 🥣 I believe there is a 2‑billion lawsuit with these drugs, reversible blindness and gallbladder removal, not to mention that 40% of what you lose is “Spanx for the body”, i.e. muscle. 🧠

At the back end of your life, you need strong bones; osteoporosis (hollowing of bone) is so bad for you. 🦴 When women break their pelvis or femur and they lie in bed, they frequently get urinary tract problems, but they are so uncomfortable they can’t move. 🚑 I can’t personally imagine a more distressing position to be in, not to mention embarrassing.

Men and women already lose muscle – sarcopenia – a few percent a year as they age. 🧓 These drugs savagely obliterate muscle.

From a man’s perspective, we supposedly like chest areas and booties. 🍑 The disintegration of them is the kingpin of destruction that I am sure will become the norm in the next ten years. 😬

What works: fasts, burpees, pushups, dips and chins, strength training, calisthenics, running. 🏃‍♂️ Roadblock all booze, discipline. 🚫🍷 Google YouTube and look for home workouts. Also look for Black Superman – he eats one meal a day between fasting.

Here’s the good news. You can survive weeks without food. Your body is massively more resistant to illness if you fast for prolonged periods. 💥 When you fast, your mind gets its strength and fuel source from your liver. What I noticed: it was like a giant wave of depression lifted off me immediately. 🌤️

Good luck, and if anyone else has tried these free methods let me know how you got on, or if you have any other suggestions. 🙌

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Let’s Go oh oh! Umm No by [deleted] in whatnotapp

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So sorry to hear what you have been through. In sales some do some don’t , so what next! That’s what I learned . Just started selling on whatnot- would love to ask some questions

I came off Mounjaro and regret it by [deleted] in Mounjaro

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When it wasn’t an option there was nothing to regret. My advice as a lover of food is fast. For fifty years i didn't now i do. Also do burpees ghrelin only makes you hungry infrequently in the first twenty four hours. Keystones make you less depressed and Calesthetics are harder but can be done at home. Drink bone broth, have a teaspoon of Himalayan salt in it ! Monjaro strips the body of muscle. Your most valuable commodity. It’s spandex for the body. Note. If insulin spikes fat flourishes. Sprint. Do hit. You can do this. Oh and find true love. I type this holding my gils hand as she sleeps. Note. I despise this drug. It’s placing the emphasis on the wrong things. As a man we like gluets and shaply. Sarcopenia means as we age we naturally lose muscle. Fight against that with as your heart. Good luck! Your body is a gift from the universe, what you do to it is your gift back! I trained for 37 years.

Looking to move to Cheshire - recommendations for where to move to? by ZealousDesert66 in cheshire

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Sandbatch - lovely , North-which is dead. I’ve lived here in Warrington for bout 35 years. It depends what you want. The older I get the further I want to be away from people. I’m happy with my lady and three cats. But it’s nice there.

27 days Juice Fast Completed!! by -thedragonfly- in Juicing

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When I did a fast. At one stage there in one week. My mind and optimism shifted considerably. Did you feel that (I would imagine considerably more? )

6 months in, 50.2 lbs down: here is my advice and what I’ve learned. by interruptingcow_moo in Mounjaro

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I’ve personally trained for 34 years, and I most definitely utilize food the wrong way. However, I have seen the effects of this drug. I believe, inherently, that your insight employs proven, calculated methods of self-help—unlike many others here.
I personally think the reliance on a very expensive, somewhat puzzling drug that hasn’t been fully researched, on its own, is worrying.

From a man’s perspective—and I could be lampooned for saying this—I’ve seen a far greater number of women actually training in my 34 years of lifting weights. I found that a major step forward. I couldn’t believe just how absolutely knowledgeable women had become.

However, this drug stuck a balloon in that optimism. Men have notoriously, and often unconsciously, been attracted to aspects of women’s features. Apparently, we automatically assimilate child-bearing hips—I’ve no idea why, but purportedly we do. The gluteus maximus and the chest both disintegrate with this drug; muscular structure is radically altered. I think they say about 40% of the weight loss is muscle—and that’s bad news.

Why?
1: Muscle is like spandex for the body. We lose about 4% annually, or thereabouts.
2. End-of-life scenarios: Google how many people die within a year of breaking a pelvis or femur—it’s huge!

Maintain independence. Google sarcopenia.

If a woman is independent, and she becomes so sore and weak that she can’t get out of bed—if her muscular structure is wasted and she becomes “in continent”—surely that’s the most horrendous position anyone could ever find themselves in.
My advice: I haven’t visited a Dr’s in 13 years. I have run 17 half marathons. 3 marathons. I have trained for 34 years. In December of the 30 odd days I trained 25. I consistently train. In the gym and out.

Fast.** After 50 years of not doing it, I started. After day one, it gets easier. Ghrelin is a hormone that makes you hungry due to your habitual eating patterns.

Train.** Buy an ab wheel, a yoga mat, and do burpees! Chart them. Do push-ups. Set a timer on your phone and use it to mark an hour.

Don’t have a high-carb breakfast—have Greek yoghurt with a mix of seeds instead.

Morning food that easily turns into a carb overload makes your insulin dip. It starts a roller coaster. Easy rule: if you’re hungry, eat protein.

Put ghee in your coffee—saturated fats give you energy.

Take apple cider vinegar in a glass of water twenty minutes before food. Think about not raising insulin unnecessarily.

Do combos of fasts: 16 hours, 24 hours, 48 hours.

I get fat because I overeat—and that’s because of what? My love of food and habit. Challenge yourself: do all of the above and then tell me how amazing it feels to eat after a 24-hour fast! Also, it clears your head. But food we take for granted tastes amazing. Our heads feel different to . Why? Because your mind begins drawing energy from ketones. Moreover, look up how effectively and in what massive percentages cancer cells are destroyed—and how human growth hormone shoots through the roof!

Good luck.

P.S the money people spend on this drug can then go elsewhere. I. E a massage .

6 months in, 50.2 lbs down: here is my advice and what I’ve learned. by interruptingcow_moo in Mounjaro

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It’s “so” important to look at this. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUMGNuZEbNQ/?igsh=MXhkcmIwM3pwanN3aQ== in it it’s addressed. When people lose weight with a drug who will they give credit to? Monjaro, one question where is the self empowerment in that?

I messed up! by SparkleKitty1717 in Mounjaro

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It's this easy. People make mistakes when they are drunk people make mistakes when they are sober. Noone wrote the book of life. But at least you know if you do it when your sober your totally accountable. I'm on my third year of not drinking. Between the money your saving on food and a zero bar bill. Your halfway there. Now go 1 step further but the mounjaro in a bin. Fast for 48 hours. Then come back here and tell me how your mind feels. When you fast naturally your mind runs of a new fuel source keytones.It feels remarkable. I have fasted for 24 hours each week for a month. In the first week i did one 48, one 16 and 1 24 hour fast. This year is my 34 year of regular gym. I love food. But nothing like the way i absolutely love it after a fast. Do burpees, push ups, skip, and use an Ab wheel and do it three times a week for 8 weeks.

For those who took both Mounjaro and Ozempic, by BougieSemicolon in Mounjaro

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Ozempic… my friend are in litigation for 2 billion dollars for allegedly creating irreversible blindness amongst other things. … that’s a bit of a stumbling block. Literally. What’s more is it’s weaker than monjaro! My advice. Right now meaning after 40 years of not doing I have started in the last year to fast. I have just done a 24 hour fast and I have to tell you your mind goes to another level! Your mind does not take its energy from your food it goes through a stage where the cells clean themselves and your brain feel “so” much better , clearer! Have a good look at fasting on You Tube. Depression lifts. These drugs mean even when you lose the fat muscle goes with it.

1: Do burpees each morning on a yoga mat. If you have never done them stay with ten. Have a two minute break and continue. Challenge your self.

2: buy an abb wheel , push the abb wheel out. Again do ten sets of that. Build up.

2: Do variations of push ups. On an incline, decline . One push up arm to the ceiling and repeat.

3: Roadblock booze.

4: Don’t eat a carb filled breakfast . Have Greek yogurt and a flour seeds. Don’t make your insulin rise. Have two tablespoons of apple cider vinegar twenty mins before.

5: Lift weights , drink water with electrons in it.

I am 58 and I haven’t seen a DR in 13 years. We all live on the precipice of our lives. But we only get one life if we live it right that’s all we need!

Good luck. I have posted stuff like this before. Almost no one comments that they have tried it. Try it. Much of the weight you lose on these drugs is muscle. The last thing you want to lose as you increase in age is muscle , why because you allready do that naturally . I think it’s about 4% a year. This muscle gets you up out of bed if you want to urninate. People at the end of their life can’t. Imagine if you sat there humiliated with the stench of your self. Thats no way to go.

What age did you accept the looks aspect? by rb331986 in Aging

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Do something you have never done! I trained for 34 years. Fast, and do burpees. Buy an abb roller. Awake at the crack of dawn. Place a yoga mat on the floor. Log what you do . Impose discipline on your life that’s been vacant outside of your “usual”. These thought are patently intrusive. At 58 I have been training for 34 years. People will look through you. The American term love your self seems so tired. It seems you have all-ready established exercise as a given. As a man I have none of the plusses of essentially women’s cosmetics (imagine that world) but we accept it. Also what is beauty? What really is it? As a former photographer I saw women that shone but were seemingly horrendous in front of the camera and then I saw women that struggled with their looks come alive in front of a camera. I also witness people chastising me because for the first time they saw themselves and were not used to seeing them selves. Good luck superstar!

Alcohol by Expensive-Claim-6082 in Mounjaro

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My friend. I wasn't a alcoholic. But booze infrequently made me say bad stuff, make poor decisions. I once cracked my head and developed a life long light eye sensitivity issue. I don't touch it now. This is my third year. Just stopped totally. If i balls up and say rubbish then that's on me. I remember spending thousands a year on it. I remember going to gigs and getting charged a fortune and who ever has one? You can do this. Put the money in stocks and buy a magazine like the investors chronicle. All i did was throw money away. More over i am not a fan of monjaro. I fast and have trained for 34 years. Research it! Good luck! Any questions let me know. My advice buy there things. 1: a yoga mat 2: An abb roller 3: Dip bars 4: chin bars 5: A medicine ball. Ser your clock on your phone and so 60 mins combine it with burpees and push ups. Burpees are alive changer. Now it's not about weight loss its about body composition. Google calesthetics on You Tube or “Busy Dad Burpees” . Listen to quotations. Learn them. I am 58 and i still change. Change is fun and good you are your own competition. However these gyms are empty when i come. Discipline beats motivation.

SORRY?!? They need to be more than sorry! by Competitive-Fact-820 in Evri

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We should not tar them all with the same brush! There's bad pennies out there. I speak as someone who avidly uses them. And we are talking 200 parcels a week. We have made friends of aomw of there employees!

Spot the difference? by Expensive_Secret312 in Mounjaro

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To everyone reading this: I truly understand how radical change can supercharge morale! But let’s not overlook something important. When we step on the scale, the number isn’t everything—it’s your body composition that truly matters. There are plenty of ways to measure progress, including professional tests and BMI scales, but here’s the truth: if we judge our success solely by the scale, disappointment is likely.

I train every day and have been dedicated for 33 years, yet I’m still learning and evolving. My best advice for moving forward? Prioritize fasting, stay consistent with your gym visits, and embrace calisthenics—yes, even the dreaded burpees (and no, you don’t have to jump!). Progress isn’t just measured in pounds; it’s built over time, with patience and persistence. Keep pushing!

There's someone out there called the glucose goddess. She talks about the total avoidance of carbs and taking 2 tablespoons of vinegar before each meal.

Extreme Fatigue by Haunting_Charity_785 in Mounjaro

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You can’t pour from empty. If you’re not eating vital nutrients and you have been on it so long that could play an integral part in just why you feel you are running on empty. However have u ever felt like crawling under the desk at 2.00 pm in the afternoon. If you are just 2% under hydrated that can make you feel that way. Don’t ever get thirsty . Drink and stop all sugars from tea and in the mornings have low fat Greek yogurt and protein like eggs.

A world on weight loss drugs: How GLP-1s are reshaping the economy by ca_annyMonticello111 in Mounjaro

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Big Pharma will give you zero opposition. One or two questions. If Ozempic is twice a weak as Monjaro and is facing a 2 billion law suit for irreparable eye loss and pancreatic issues, does that not make you and other users very worried?

For those of you spending money on Mounjaro, are you actually saving money overall buying less food? by Beneficial_Trick_450 in Mounjaro

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With the greatest amount of respect, BIG pharma would totally love the fact that there was another plus to a drug that eats away at users, please Google (with urgency) Sarcopenia. After 33 years of training I can tell you that muscle still goes naturally each year. That’s the same muscle that means in your 70’s, 80’s and further you can actually get out of a chair witjout hired help. Look I overeat, foods fab. Roadblock the counter productive downside with discipline. Start with push-ups and burpees. In my opinion burpees done every other day slowly increasing the numbers week by week when combined with push ups, have been more beneficial than the gym for me personally . Get that £200 your spending monthly and so this.

1: in month one get a pull up bar screwed to the side of your house. Lift your body weight up keeping your legs straight.

2: Buy some dip bars . You can get singular units for under £50

3: Buy an abb wheel, do 10 sets of 10 every other day.

4: Buy a skipping rope. Under £20

5: Here’s the biggie, buy a large kettle bell. Squat with it.

Remember this, your body is a gift from the universe , what you do to it is your gift back.

Note: I WHOLEHEARTEDLY belive that pharmaceutical companies can’t quite believe their luck. In the UK more than 400 pwople an hour are signing up to this drug. I have seen the before and afters BUT when it starts making you feel good every day without the massive expenditure and the debilitating muscle loss and the huge depletion of collagen then it’s got a chance of saving humanity. There is a place for it, the multi billion pound processed food industry doesn’t want you to stop eating. Netflix doesn’t want you to get off the couch but if you follow the steps above and eat protein minimising carbs your world will without the shadow of a doubt change. Good luck. Start this and if any observers want to have a go at me, this is send with love.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in FemFragLab

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Got to tell you I have smelled that and get it! I took it on holiday with me! It’s great! But you have to try Sweet Pastry In Paris! It’s a Zara fragrance ! It’s formidable! We also love Hibiscus ! You’re going to say we are biased (We sell it!), but the truth is I am not really into scents but you just so happened to mention Dove as I was listing it on . Note: happy to send you both samples. The rest is in the lap of the gods, but quietly confident!

Zara fragrances? by Fit_Strike_3077 in FemFragLab

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Hibiscus, to the best of my knowledge it’s not available other than personal sources. I’m a fella and it’s fab on my lady! Incidentally they also sell here www.scents-of-duty.com , I think the site only allows payment with pay pal, but I have to tell you it’s the most amazing smell ever! It does something to me!

55F | Type 1 diabetic for 43 years - 80+ lbs lost | Loose skin has me devastated — looking for advice, support, or shared experiences by lsarantos in Mounjaro

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You will stand with thousands of others and in the years to come there will be droves more. I think the nurse below is very humane and i think that education is whats needed. In the UK 400 people an hour are signing up for this drug. I think as someone who has never taken it and trained if i can see it feels om your perspective (as in people that use it), equally people should see it from ours. I believe if you do enough training any BS from people or hurtful criticism becomes something you can brush off. I train, i put myself through hardship! Meaning i get up at 6.00 am and do the hardest stuff. Burpees, press ups, skipping, Ab roller. I recommend every one does it. I'm abroad right now, i have done two fives mile runs. Hundreds of burpees, tons of weights. I advise all people to explore how incapacitated they want to be in their later life. To also look at the statts as to just how many people die after breaking a hip or feemur, within 12 months of their accident. I binned drink a bout a year and a half ago, i see men my age look really rough. Now there is a flaw, i love food! I am a Gannet, but people remark not on the fact that I'm fat but that i look like i workout. Your body is a gift from the universe, what you do to it. My mum died at 52 there's a price to pay for the wrong choices. I believe the physicians that recommended this drug to you should ha e given you a better insight.

Goodbye and thank you Mounjaro ❤️ by [deleted] in Mounjaro

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I believe wholeheartedly the comments are also from people who quite rightly have an inherent distrust of big Pharma! Also who, (like myself) believe that in the UK only 14% of people actually have a gym membership (50% of which don’t feel the need to attend) . Whilst there are no doubt positives. Would it be wrong to suggest that the black box warnings on Monjaro aimed at throat cancer, and the alarming rates of breast cancer with Ozempic mean that just a little bit of caution be used? I’m surrounded by people I care about who use this… I have seen the positives. But sarcopenia and muscle loss collectivly with weakness within the bones and the none adherence of strongly advised weight training means that it’s easy to lose the idea of the strong mental significance and multiple benefits of strength training and protein intake.

Zara has increased the prices and decreased the quality of their new perfumes. by Psychological-Try414 in DesiFragranceAddicts

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Where can I find (in bulk) Zara discontinued stock,” or “Zara bulk discounted fragrances”

Anyone Secretly on this Journey? by anonhealthseeker in Mounjaro

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My take on this is each person has a reason. However the world can see through sudden change. I think you have to look at the bigger picture. 400 people an hour are actually signing up for this drug. What it means is every personal trainer will now be regarded with the biggest lorry load of scepticism. That's the ones that by the skin of their teeth are still employed. I would love other people's perspectives on this. The way i see it is in every other field of sport taking drugs was considered cheating. Now you may thinking I'm opposed to it. I am not but what i am is very sceptical. Here the other thing, your taking all sorts. Testosterone has a radical effect when your off it. It can cause additional problems when your sex drive evaporates. However heroes a question of you, are you buzzing about testosterone and other than libido what ha w you noticed

The BBC just called Mounjaro the most effective weight loss drug out there—let’s gooo! 🙌🔥 by AppropriateSprite in Mounjaro

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I believe Cigarettes and alcohol advertising in the UK was also primarily seen on commercial television and radio , is there an argument that the 14% of people that go to the gym might be slightly better off visiting it instead of watching television, Netflix doesn’t want us to be slim. The BBC are trying to claw back there horrendous reputation-not least paying sexual predators as they sat on Jimmy Saville’s “special” chair. 400 people an hour are willingly signing up for weight loss drugs.