Woman Buys From Man on Facebook, in Shock at Video He Later Sends Her

A hilarious surprise message to a shopper introduces her to the sheep her wool came from...and informs her the animal is "shepherd's pie."

In a post shared on TikTok, under the username just.meryl, the young textile artist explains that after making her purchase on Facebook Marketplace, the seller updated her with a video of her fleece's newly-shorn source.

She says: "I'm getting texts from the guy that I bought a sheep fleece from on Facebook Marketplace introducing me to his sheep. I wouldn't want it any other way."

The poster then goes ahead to show the video message that the seller sent her, where he points to the sheep, while moving some goats out of the way, saying: "This white sheep, excuse me goaties, excuse me, this white sheep here is shepherd's pie, that's whose wool you got."

It's not clear whether the sheep in question is simply named shepherd's pie, or has been turned into a shepherd's pie, ready to eat.

A caption shared along with the clip says: "I'm just trying to live a life where I giggle everyday and this... this is it."

E-commerce is becoming more and more popular in every day life. According to Statista, over the past few years the revenue from channels in the United States has surpassed $925 billion, and it is forecast to raise to more than $1.4 trillion by 2027.

The most successful category is that of apparel and accessories, with a sales share of over 18 percent as of February 2023.

The video quickly went viral on social media, getting viewers from across Instagram. It has so far received over 687,400 views and 183,600 likes on the platform.

One user, PrincessJiminie, commented: "He said excuse me to a goat. if that's not a green flag I've never seen one." And Entrail said: "I would feel so much more incentive to buy a wool product if I got a personal introduction to the sheep I want to tell them they're doing great."

The wobbly witch3 wrote: "This is the level of customer service I love. My favorite yarn brands are any that include the name or a pic of who's wool I have."

And Firepheonix added: "This reminds me of when I got fabrics off Facebook marketplace and she ended up showing me all her horses, goats and barn cats."

Newsweek reached out to just.meryl for comment via TikTok comments, and to Meta via email. We could not verify the details of the case.

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