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cobra kid said:
Spare tyre said:
I’ve never used marketplace before last week.
Used my wife’s account to list a load of baby stuff that wife wants to hang onto for ever
50% of folk seem normal, the others are just mad
I say “from a smoke and pet free home, cash on collection only - POSTCODE, no exceptions”
The amount of people who then ask how much it is, where is collection, can I deceiver etc, baffling
I want to be short with them, but then you realise it’s facebook and they could hunt your down and put baked beans up your bum
I think a fake account for selling stuff could work well
That said, I needed to borrow a bike rack, but I try not to borrow stuff in case I break it, nearly new bike rack collected off facebook this weekend for £45 as the light plug had been pulled off and a lense was missing. £6 and 20 mins effort will have it sorted
I only need to for an upcoming holiday, I shall try and sell it on when done
Used my wife’s account to list a load of baby stuff that wife wants to hang onto for ever
50% of folk seem normal, the others are just mad
I say “from a smoke and pet free home, cash on collection only - POSTCODE, no exceptions”
The amount of people who then ask how much it is, where is collection, can I deceiver etc, baffling
I want to be short with them, but then you realise it’s facebook and they could hunt your down and put baked beans up your bum
I think a fake account for selling stuff could work well
That said, I needed to borrow a bike rack, but I try not to borrow stuff in case I break it, nearly new bike rack collected off facebook this weekend for £45 as the light plug had been pulled off and a lense was missing. £6 and 20 mins effort will have it sorted
I only need to for an upcoming holiday, I shall try and sell it on when done
Edited by Spare tyre on Monday 18th March 11:16
I find that the fake account puts me off looking further than the front page to be honest.
cobra kid said:
Spare tyre said:
I’ve never used marketplace before last week.
Used my wife’s account to list a load of baby stuff that wife wants to hang onto for ever
50% of folk seem normal, the others are just mad
I say “from a smoke and pet free home, cash on collection only - POSTCODE, no exceptions”
The amount of people who then ask how much it is, where is collection, can I deceiver etc, baffling
I want to be short with them, but then you realise it’s facebook and they could hunt your down and put baked beans up your bum
I think a fake account for selling stuff could work well
That said, I needed to borrow a bike rack, but I try not to borrow stuff in case I break it, nearly new bike rack collected off facebook this weekend for £45 as the light plug had been pulled off and a lense was missing. £6 and 20 mins effort will have it sorted
I only need to for an upcoming holiday, I shall try and sell it on when done
Used my wife’s account to list a load of baby stuff that wife wants to hang onto for ever
50% of folk seem normal, the others are just mad
I say “from a smoke and pet free home, cash on collection only - POSTCODE, no exceptions”
The amount of people who then ask how much it is, where is collection, can I deceiver etc, baffling
I want to be short with them, but then you realise it’s facebook and they could hunt your down and put baked beans up your bum
I think a fake account for selling stuff could work well
That said, I needed to borrow a bike rack, but I try not to borrow stuff in case I break it, nearly new bike rack collected off facebook this weekend for £45 as the light plug had been pulled off and a lense was missing. £6 and 20 mins effort will have it sorted
I only need to for an upcoming holiday, I shall try and sell it on when done
Edited by Spare tyre on Monday 18th March 11:16
I find that the fake account puts me off looking further than the front page to be honest.
I also advertised my son's car but when you viewed the profiles of those people messaging, I knew they were mouth breathing window licking, in breed councilista, looking to knock the price down and sell it on the week after.
Auto trader does 3 weeks free at the price point we wanted, and it sold for the bargain price which the asking price was, to someone who just needed a car to get to work. No haggling. Real cash. Gave him a receipt with the words SOLD AS SEEN. No warranty implied or given.
Tom _M said:
cobra kid said:
I've been looking for a cheap mountain bike this weekend.
I have seen every possible spelling of the word "Carrera"
Ah, you also need to be searching for a mounting bike too. Probably one that needs 'looking at' too as has a puncher. I have seen every possible spelling of the word "Carrera"
I also find people who call reflectors “lights” are ideal vendors
Edited by Spare tyre on Tuesday 19th March 13:37
Tom _M said:
cobra kid said:
I've been looking for a cheap mountain bike this weekend.
I have seen every possible spelling of the word "Carrera"
Ah, you also need to be searching for a mounting bike too. Probably one that needs 'looking at' too as has a puncher. I have seen every possible spelling of the word "Carrera"
Spare tyre said:
I’ve never used marketplace before last week.
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I want to be short with them, but then you realise it’s facebook and they could hunt your down and put baked beans up your bum
I think a fake account for selling stuff could work well
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Well, that's a whole new fear unlocked! Up there with the 2 dogs tied together ...
I want to be short with them, but then you realise it’s facebook and they could hunt your down and put baked beans up your bum
I think a fake account for selling stuff could work well
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Another one that made me question my life choices...
I'm turning 50 this year so I decided to pick up on my boyhood dream and learn to fly. I did a bit with Air Cadets and then a bit more 20 odd years ago but never got my license. So I got my medical (taking heed of the fact that as soon as I turn 50 I need to get it revalidated very regularly because I'm officially old, and taking heed of the fact I'm now only allowed to fly wearing glasses, because I'm old and blind) and hit FBM for the stuff I'd need (headset, navigation tools, flight bag etc).
Did a deal with a guy on FBM for the lot, so I turned up at his house, young guy, very nice fella, got chatting, and I said "so presumably you've given up flying hence not needing this any more?"
"Oh no," says the young chap, "I fly A320s for BA now so I don't need all these bits".
"F*** my life", thought I, as I shuffled back to my car, put my glasses on, and contemplated tomorrow's diary of conference calls in the exciting glamorous world of telecoms. Should have tried harder at school.
I'm turning 50 this year so I decided to pick up on my boyhood dream and learn to fly. I did a bit with Air Cadets and then a bit more 20 odd years ago but never got my license. So I got my medical (taking heed of the fact that as soon as I turn 50 I need to get it revalidated very regularly because I'm officially old, and taking heed of the fact I'm now only allowed to fly wearing glasses, because I'm old and blind) and hit FBM for the stuff I'd need (headset, navigation tools, flight bag etc).
Did a deal with a guy on FBM for the lot, so I turned up at his house, young guy, very nice fella, got chatting, and I said "so presumably you've given up flying hence not needing this any more?"
"Oh no," says the young chap, "I fly A320s for BA now so I don't need all these bits".
"F*** my life", thought I, as I shuffled back to my car, put my glasses on, and contemplated tomorrow's diary of conference calls in the exciting glamorous world of telecoms. Should have tried harder at school.
Tom _M said:
Ah, you also need to be searching for a mounting bike too. Probably one that needs 'looking at' too as has a puncher.
I noticed on the invoice that I had a 'punture' repair carried out on the family Civic a few weeks back. Did wonder about flagging it up, but that sort of thing can be taken the wrong way sometimes. Don't want to irritate a decent tyre place!
Much as I loathe FBM (all the people coming to the house) my wife loves it. She can't get enough of the wheeling and dealing, like a female Del Boy!
We've recently decided that since our (modest sized) kitchen refit we do not have enough freezer space in our new integrated appliances, and are consequently chucking out a lot of otherwise freeze-able food. Mrs PT thus decreed that we need a chest freezer in the garage which would involve me making a massive space near the door where my tool chest is, and having to move a car every time we want to access it for a bag of peas or half a loaf of bread - a total and utter ballache.
What we actually need is one of those small table top freezers that sits in the perfectly table top freezer sized space on top of the washing machine in our understairs cupboard. So off she tottered to FBM and 2hs later came back with one: immaculate, as new condition, 6 months old, 40 quid! It's currently doing its thing and everyone is happy, my tools remain in their logical place in the garage and if we need some extra fishfingers they are at hand indoors rather than at the bottom of the garden.
I've chosen to ignore the fact that the Grenfell fire was caused by a dodgy second hand fridge and counting on it being next to a working fire alarm and extinguisher!
We've recently decided that since our (modest sized) kitchen refit we do not have enough freezer space in our new integrated appliances, and are consequently chucking out a lot of otherwise freeze-able food. Mrs PT thus decreed that we need a chest freezer in the garage which would involve me making a massive space near the door where my tool chest is, and having to move a car every time we want to access it for a bag of peas or half a loaf of bread - a total and utter ballache.
What we actually need is one of those small table top freezers that sits in the perfectly table top freezer sized space on top of the washing machine in our understairs cupboard. So off she tottered to FBM and 2hs later came back with one: immaculate, as new condition, 6 months old, 40 quid! It's currently doing its thing and everyone is happy, my tools remain in their logical place in the garage and if we need some extra fishfingers they are at hand indoors rather than at the bottom of the garden.
I've chosen to ignore the fact that the Grenfell fire was caused by a dodgy second hand fridge and counting on it being next to a working fire alarm and extinguisher!
Marketplace seems to have become much worse when it comes to scam ads on hijacked accounts
I must have blocked 50 people this past week, even the legitimate looking adverts i messaged about at the weekend turned out to be scams.
You'd think it wouldn't be too difficult for Meta to filter them out, especially if someone suddenly lists 50 cars for sale
I must have blocked 50 people this past week, even the legitimate looking adverts i messaged about at the weekend turned out to be scams.
You'd think it wouldn't be too difficult for Meta to filter them out, especially if someone suddenly lists 50 cars for sale
littlebasher said:
Marketplace seems to have become much worse when it comes to scam ads on hijacked accounts
I must have blocked 50 people this past week, even the legitimate looking adverts i messaged about at the weekend turned out to be scams.
You'd think it wouldn't be too difficult for Meta to filter them out, especially if someone suddenly lists 50 cars for sale
The 50 cars thing is crazy, 68 year old Wendy from Winchester must have got bored and decided to sell cars for a massive loss. Hownit continues is baffling I must have blocked 50 people this past week, even the legitimate looking adverts i messaged about at the weekend turned out to be scams.
You'd think it wouldn't be too difficult for Meta to filter them out, especially if someone suddenly lists 50 cars for sale
Edited by Spare tyre on Thursday 25th April 09:29
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