Facebook marketplace

[Spare tyre]

anonymoususer said:

I use it regularly now. I have found:
Selling on Facebook market place is grim]
Buying on Facebook market place can be excellent so long as you adjust your ability to communicate with folk that may not be that good at communicating

My wife has finally cottoned on to second hand toys

A baby play set might cost 35 in Sainsbury’s

Got exactly the same for £5

Kid doesn’t know or care, marvellous times

I find buying easier than selling as it pins you down waiting in etc

[loskie]

"second hand toys" "wife"


buy some dettol!

[anonymoususer]

Spare tyre said:

My wife has finally cottoned on to second hand toys

A baby play set might cost 35 in Sainsbury’s

Got exactly the same for £5

Kid doesn’t know or care, marvellous times

I find buying easier than selling as it pins you down waiting in etc

Yes
Got a big box of lego and seeing the youngests face when she opened the "new" lego container that was twice the size of the old one was a delight.
When I bought it the stuff went into the sink with soapy water and disinfectant (not Dettol !)
A bit of scrubbing and rinsing then into some net bags and through the wash.

Recent purchases included a load of Disney DVDs, radio for a bathroom,

Edited by anonymoususer on Friday 26th April 08:08

[vikingaero]

loskie said:

"second hand toys" "wife"


buy some dettol!

Not for connoisseurs of used second hand toys. Search for worn shoes, tights and underwear. I'm making a fortune with my fake female profile and wearing stringy thongs for resale, although the chafage is high.

[Sycamore]

Selling is awful.

I buy lots from there however. Usually furniture or plants.

My brother is selling an xbox and monitor.
He has ended up with 100+ messages, all similarly worded, and the few he has replied to all ask for his email, full name, bank details, then send a link for him to login so they can send the money from their "business account".

One 'buyer' he was absolutely sure was genuine, when you look at their actual FB profile, appears to have transitioned over the tail end of last year from a young black girl in Nigeria, to a friendly looking old white guy living in Shropshire

Absolute waste of time selling anything like that.

[Jazzy Jag]

Spare tyre said:

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

Edited by Spare tyre on Thursday 25th April 09:29

Yep.
I have been looking for a cheap car for my youngest son.
Every time I see something half decent it turns out that the seller has 90 cars listed, the car I am looking at is listed as being in Bristol yet the seller lists their location as Aberdeen and I can find exactly the same car, with exactly the same pictures being sold by 2 other sellers in totally different locations.

Somehow Meta has no interest in stopping this and no method of reporting it.

[Hugo Stiglitz]

I've bought plenty from FB. Those that are looking for that hard to beleive bargain are being conned by their own inbuilt malice.

[98elise]

Jazzy Jag said:

Spare tyre said:

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

Edited by Spare tyre on Thursday 25th April 09:29

Yep.
I have been looking for a cheap car for my youngest son.
Every time I see something half decent it turns out that the seller has 90 cars listed, the car I am looking at is listed as being in Bristol yet the seller lists their location as Aberdeen and I can find exactly the same car, with exactly the same pictures being sold by 2 other sellers in totally different locations.

Somehow Meta has no interest in stopping this and no method of reporting it.

Cars are a real problem on Marketplace. I had exactly the same experience trying to find a car for my son.

On the flip side I'm trying to sell a really cheap car and I get lots of "is it still available?" messages, and then nothing. Those that do come back and arrange a viewing never turn up. I'm currently waiting to see if the guy that was coming at 4pm will eventually arrive!

I have got some non car bargains though. We got a dehumidifier for £15, and about a week ago we got a lawn rake/scarifier for £25. I've also got rid of load of bulky items that would have otherwise gone to the tip.

[loskie]

I bought my current car from FB Marketplace. Drove 80+ miles to Cockermouth and did the deal with a very decent chap. £12.5k private sale not sure how that fits the demographic.

[tuffer]

Managed to pick up a few more quarry tiles so had enough. to do the greenhouse floor:

[Zetec-S]

tuffer said:

Managed to pick up a few more quarry tiles so had enough. to do the greenhouse floor:

If you're not doing a (mini) build thread on that greenhouse then I think you should - that looks awesome!

[Hard-Drive]

Just picked up a 6 speed Brompton C Line for my wife (to match mine, she was "well jel" as hers was an older 3 speed). Absolutely immaculate, flame lacquer, incredibly keen pricing at £600.00.

Messaged the guy, asked for phone conversation, all seemed legit, genuine reason for sale (inheritance/bereavement), pukka FB profile, only one or two totally unrelated items for sale, frame number all good. I immediately re-arranged the diary, went to his home address in a respectable area, was offered a cuppa, paid cash and went on my way.

He said he'd had people offering him more than asking (I'm not surprised) but we'd agreed the deal and I was on my way and he just wanted a genuine buyer.

I cleaned the dust off and blew the tyres up, the bike is absolutely stunning and my wife is delighted with it. My turn to be "well jel" as I think I prefer the colour scheme to my Black Lacquer. And honestly, looking at the state of the tyres/chain/brake blocks/drivetrain, I'd be staggered if the bike has done any more than 50 miles in it's life, it's basically new.

[KAgantua]

tuffer said:

Managed to pick up a few more quarry tiles so had enough. to do the greenhouse floor:

Did you do this long ago? In a greenhouse far, far away??

[POIDH]

Do NOT, repeat, Do NOT try to sell a second hand phone on FB marketplce.

For years I have sold bits of old sporting kit, things the kids have outgrown, some furniture etc etc. Even a car. Not really had any issues.

This week though has been a barrage of messages about the phone, all from folk with minimal profiles, profiles clearly not in the UK etc. Some have been brazen enough that in first message to be lining up the complex scam...Just chaos.

I have removed the phone from sale...

[Bluevanman]

I was in the market for a treadmill.
Looking on marketplace I see the same photos on multiple seller profiles,all having joined Facebook this month .Clearly scammers .
Fortunately there are genuine sellers and I managed to source one at a good price.

[trickywoo]

On the topic of buying secondhand kids stuff be prepared for it to be filthy and you won’t be disappointed.

I always sell spotless stuff but people price it in their minds as needing a really good clean so there isn’t any benefit. It’s lowest common denominator.

[Challo]

POIDH said:

Do NOT, repeat, Do NOT try to sell a second hand phone on FB marketplce.

For years I have sold bits of old sporting kit, things the kids have outgrown, some furniture etc etc. Even a car. Not really had any issues.

This week though has been a barrage of messages about the phone, all from folk with minimal profiles, profiles clearly not in the UK etc. Some have been brazen enough that in first message to be lining up the complex scam...Just chaos.

I have removed the phone from sale...

Things like that I just use mazuma mobile or similar. Avoids the dregs of society via FB