Hm, maybe there aren't enough rules yet after all, what with all the misunderstandings? The way I understood it, plain and simple, is someone leaves a gift here, and another can grab it if they leave a gift here, too. I understand cmdr_flashheart's concerns about exploitation, but doesn't it get too complicated if the one who leaves a gift in exchange for another then also gets to decide who gets it or not, who makes a worthy offer "for it" or not? And if so, shouldn't all of this happen in the open, as opposed to "oh, the gift might have seemed up for grabs here, but in secret I already had other plans for it"?

I mention this not just because of Redfern's case, but also because of my own experience with a user withdrawing his offer again. Since this is not Classifieds, not about trading but a giveaway, I think an important rule should be what's posted as an offer here is final, unless noone reacts to it for 5 days or so.