re: Selling on FB Marketplace: Observations

My favorite is “I know what I have.”

Classic trash line.

And I don’t believe in inviting people to my house to buy 20 bucks worth of landfill fodder. The liability exposure is unacceptable.

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spying FB is doing makes it think I really want a hot tub from the SC coast

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Sounds like you REALLY want a hot tub.

I sold my boat and my truck in the last month on Facebook marketplace. Sold very fast and had some very good reputable buyers. Very pleased with the outcomes. If you price it right it will sell. May have to weed through some responses but pretty easy to tell who is serious. Both buyers came from Hattiesburg, MS area and drove to BR with cash in hand.

hope you are making money but there is no amount of profit on any item I have and don’t want that would make having to deal with genpop in any way, especially having them come to my house, worth it

If you need to buy baby stuff FB marketplace is a goldmine.

Target higher end neighborhoods and you can find like new items all day that people are trying to get rid of.

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Sounds like you REALLY want a hot tub.

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I do! But I’ve never searched for one on FB. Just texted with my friends and my dad re: advice. That’s one thing I’m not screwing with used. Local authorized service and warranty. Delivered. Not sure why it’s so focused on SC Lowcountry. Weird.

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I don't think I've sold anything on marketplace since before COVID. The last couple of times I tried selling something, I'd get so many scam messages it wasn't worth the effort. Now I just burn every thing.

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I've had almost all good experiences on FB marketplace. I've bought/sold a lot of tools and furniture. I've sold cell phones and other electronics. I bought my daughter a car from marketplace for $12k and sold a truck for $31k. I never did Craigslist so I can't comment on that but I used eBay a lot in the past and I quit using eBay because it became mostly scammers and the fees were high. But not FB marketplace. Sure I get a lot of "is this still available" messages but I haven't seen much scamming. And the ones I do see are obvious to spot. Just look at their other listings and their reviews.

Black guys are masters at jewing you down on price for vehicles. They finally get you to your lowest price where you say that’s it. No more reductions. They still ask if you can do better. Come on dude. I’ve already lowered it 3 times before I said that’s it. Doesn’t matter what you say or how much you reduce it from the original price, they will always ask for more. Even if they counter and you say OK, they will say “Well can you do it for $100 less?” Dude we just had a handshake agreement! Wtf!!

Pro-tip: Check out their FB profile before engaging. I’m not conducting business with people whose FB profile pic is flexing with a firearm, a wad of alleged $100 bills (you know what that’s called), and pants that don’t fit well. Just don’t feel comfortable. Yeah I’m just weird that way.

In general, my Facebook transactions have went well, until the last year or so.

- Had a "deal" with a guy on a vehicle a couple of states away, he was on vacation when we started messaging so we made plans to meet up when he got back. He was originally asking like $23k for a car and I offered $21k, he agreed and I got a cashier's check. Day before he got back, he backed out because of a higher offer.

- Was selling a guitar, a guy asked me to hold it for 4 days until he got paid. I normally don't do holds however he insisted up and down that he wouldn't back out and that he was buying the guitar as a gift for his son. And of course, he ended up backing out.

- Had a guitar up for trade and a guy gave me a bad review because I wouldn't accept his trade offer

- Have been looking for a truck lately, found one I liked and asked the guy if he'd take $1k less, he asked when I could come, I said tomorrow, then he ghosted me. I assumed he found someone to give his full asking price but it's still listed.