give something away every time i get something new

I’ve started doing this and let me tell you, you cannot have a low self-esteem if you want to give things away. I just recently bought a new Macbook and decided I should give away my old Dell notebook. I didn’t know who to give it to so I put out and ad on Craigslist that I needed the karma and would give my laptop away to a needy high school student who was going to college. All they had to do was right an essay of their dreams and aspirations. Sounded nice, right? I have never received so much hate-mail! From kids, from their parents… I didn’t know what I did wrong. Here I am giving away a $400 laptop and people want to call me names! So my advice is to give your stuff away to someone you know or to an organization (school, community center) that will know who needs it. I did get some praise and very good essays from kids so I am grateful for that. But I can’t understand why people will be so mean. I guess I’ll never understand.