To despise Facebook marketplace

[KiaraN83]

I’ve started using Facebook Marketplace for my DD baby stuff, selling it really cheap too eg £5 for a £50 walker so people are getting a good offer and my stuff is from smoke free home, all clean etc

People just seem to lose their brains when they’re on it! For example I had 15 + messages about the jumperoo, half were asking if it was available, I replied yes but no response. Fair enough not too annoying.
I had one conversation like this

Buyer: is this still available
Me: Yes it is
Buyer: Great. What’s your address?
Me: Gives address
Buyer: Thanks
4 hours pass
Me: Are you coming for it today
Buyer: No sorry
Me: okay, are you coming for it at all?
Buyer: I’m still thinking about whether I want it

Another conversation
Buyer: hey I can collect tomorrow!
Me: Great here’s my address
Buyer: thanks, I’ll message you in the morning with a time
one week passes with no message
i decide to drop the price
Buyer: Can I have this? Sorry I can’t get a lift up to you
five mins later
Buyer: I can’t get up to you but could you meet me at my work and drop it off to me?
Please note this is a huge jumperoo also selling for £5

Buyer: (8:07) is this still available?
Me: Yes it is (8:15)
Buyer: sorry you were too slow I’ve bought another now (8:17)

I’ve had loads more too like saying they’ll pick up today and then never showing.

I guess I’m just having a rant here but AIBU to feel irritated by people?

I’m also taking the stuff to the charity shop today as I just can’t be bothered with market place anymore! Haha

It's better than eBay. Not sure that means much though!

Yep I feel your pain. It's a joke.

what's the lowest you'll go

“Well, I’m talking to you, aren’t I?”

I don't reply to messages haggling about the price. It's the price in the listing, take it or leave it. Any availability messages are met by a simple, 'currently available but it's first come first served.' I don't hold things until people can be bothered to turn up.

I found giving a rough idea of the area, getting them to commit to if they a) still want the item and b) exactly which day and what time they’re picking it up within the first couple of messages helps. And I never give my address until they’ve committed to picking it up. I have had a couple of time wasters though.

What really pisses me off is the total lack of manners. Oh, and making me an offer that’s a lot lower than what I’m asking (I price fairly and realistically) like they’re doing me some kind of favour

When I was moving house a couple of years ago, I did a massive declutter and many of the things charity stores wouldn’t accept (think sofa with no fire retardant label), I tried to give away for free via Gumtree/FB marketplace/Freecycle.

The abiding memory is of fuckers just not turning up at arranged times. But I also ran the gauntlet of people who just don’t read the description and try to haggle even though item was listed as free; a lot of “I want it. What else have you got for me?” ; “can you deliver the free wardrobe to me 200 miles away?”, etc, etc.

And then there was the person who didn’t want the item being listed, but wanted my new, widescreen TV (not for sale) for free instead. 🙄

You lose all hope for humanity using these sites. I seemed to attract rude, cheeky, grubby, illiterate wee chancers.

God bless the nice lady who brought me a bunch of flowers as a thank you.

Wow didn’t know there were so many others like me!

Another funny story I just remembered, OH sold a lava lamp last year, had one guy asking if we could meet him halfway from Liverpool (we are in Nottingham) funnily enough we said no!

I feel your pain.

Currently attempting to sell our DTs cots.

My favourite this time has to be will I reduce the price.
Agree to reducing by £5 if they can collect that day.
They Reply stating that she was disappointed as she thought I would deliver it and reassemble it for them at their house.
I responded that she needed to visit John Lewis if she wanted that level of service and she certainly wouldn't find it for £25.

Actually I’ve just been reminded by my dad, last year when I was pregnant with DD we found a really nice cot on FB marketplace and the lady lived 40 miles away. My dad has a van so we arranged to collect.

We get there and discover it’s in a really cluttered room right at the back, it’s also still assembled. The woman said “we thought you would take it down yourself or just take it out like that”
Luckily my dad has his toolkit in his van but it took him ages

OMG Kiara I can beat you, we bought a fish tank for our pet axolotls. Turned up, the thing was still full of water and warm water fish!!!

We spent two hours at this person's house emptying their tank and then ringing round fish shops to see if anyone would take these fish that were now apparently ours. The guy said oh it comes with the fish, NO, that is definitely NOT what the advert said! It's a nice tank though, but we overpaid considering we had to rehome his bloody fish

This is why I haven't even tried it. I'm considering it for a designer handbag as I reckon I could get about £80 for it so would be worth it. I wouldn't even consider selling anything on it under £50. I can't be bothered with folk coming to my house all the time to make 5 or 10 here and there. They always want to come when ur working or when it's just not convenient.

Is there a baby sale near you. There is one held near me but it's about £27 for a stall worth it if u have loads to sell though and u wld def get more than a fiver for a jumperoo! I plan to EBay some of my baby stuff, maybe designer clothes if I can get more money there for it. Maybe a little bit of Facebook marketplace for the bigger items and then baby sale for the rest.

Yeah it’s an absolute pain in the arse. I’ve given up.
I was trying to sell something I paid £100 for, it had never been used (still on box) and I was selling it for £20.
Someone said ‘I live a long way from you so fuel will cost a lot, will you take £5?’.
Err... no.

“What’s your best price”

Well my best price is one million pounds, but that’s probably not yours

I feel your pain! We are moving house soon so having a major clear out. I've put stuff on for free & people still ask me if I can deliver it to them (20+ miles away!!).

I had one yesterday for an item that is on for £70 (very cheap for what it is, think huge job lot of popular children's toy)
Them: I'd like this for £35
Me: Sorry I am currently asking for £70
Them: Well £35 is all I can afford
Me: I've based my price on what these items sell for on ebay & taken into account fees, convenience etc so I think £70 is fair. I'll keep you in mind if I get no further interest
Them: Ok thanks, would you be able to deliver it to me?
Me: Where do you live?
Them: location 40 miles away from where I live & completely out of my way
Me: I wouldn't be able to deliver it to there as it's a bit far out from where I live & not on my way to work or school
Them: Ok well see if you get any interest and if not we can discuss delivery again then

Aaaaarrrrgggghhhh!!

One thing I would say, maybe me just being a bit paranoid, don't give out your address unless you have confirmation they are coming. In fact I don't give them my address until about an hour before they are due to collect the item. I just get paranoid because sometimes when I am arranging collection somebody will suggest a day & time, I say sorry I'm in work then, can you come later in the day, they say yes. Then they know my house is empty all day. Just food for thought.

Another thing I will say though is that when you start counting up the money you make from these little sales, it does all add up. We have made over £1000 in just a few weeks from all the stuff round our house. It's also a good feeling knowing things are being reused rather than just throwing things away, I've even given things away for free rather than chucking them.

This is why I don't bother selling anything now, I can't be arsed with the messing around, it's ridiculous!
It all either goes to family, friends or charity now.

i have recently been looking for a nice chest of drawers, and the amount of folks that do not put measurements on, then moan they have had loads of timewasters asking for sizes

one woman just put on a "small chair and footstool", it was in good nick, very cheap, nice photo in the middle of the room.... I message her about it to say it'd be ideal for my eldest who is just setting up home, THEN she says "oh it's a child's chair" maybe, just maybe it might have been an idea to title the listing as that. She still hasn't edited it. and presumably still has it as she is bumping it up. Although maybe my cat might like it....

I don't put much up for sale, but you do have to filter out the eejits I think, I only had one fail to attend and she came racing around the next day after lots of apologetic messages.

I've actually had good experiences on there, I'd heard you get less time wasters if you price on the expensive side so I go at the higher end and then reduce slightly.

I did have an item I put on for free the other week though - it was a well used pram that wed bought second hand and I didn't want to charge for because it is now obsolete and had a couple if niggles unfolding and folding it (annoying but still worked).

I put it on with free in the title and free in the price with a fairly long and detailed explanation about why it was free. First message 'how much is this please' which I ignored. Second message was a lady asking to come pick it up the next day, I said fine, then a sob story about how she couldn't afford petrol (i guess may have been genuine but it seemed like angling for delivery and she lived an hour away) so it went to someone else.

I stick to a local mums selling page pn Facebook which is much better. A lot of people on marketplace seem to think its a place you get get quality stuff for pennies with free delivery 😂

I've recently deleted my entire Facebook account as I have concerns with their overall ethics and them employing Nick Clegg as a Spin Doctor hasn't helped.

I used to peruse FB marketplace and around here it seemed to be full of worn out and broken items priced at more than new prices. But that might just have been around here.

I have sold a few things on FB but have been careful with regard to giving out my address and when I have given it out I have made sure there is someone here with me.
One woman turned up to collect some really good Fisher Price stuff I was asking £15 for and turned up and said sorry I only have this £10 note with me !!! the bleedin cheek of her she must have done it before and expected me to cave in and take the tenner but I told her no chance and sold them to the next lady on the list later that day.

I give a general idea of the location first then address only when they confirm a time.

I had a great experience with selling a sleepyhead and breast pump (loads of interest, no haggling and collecting same day) but a crap experience trying to sell my slow cooker for £5!

I was selling something over the summer. It was cheap and hugely popular so I'd sold it in minutes.
Unfortunately the lady who was originally having it messaged to say it wouldn't fit. Fair enough, she was really apologetic, so I messaged the second person on the 'waiting list'.
He basically said he'd have it, but it would be half the price now as clearly I couldn't sell it. I said no thanks, I was doing him the courtesy not the other way round.
Third person was on my doorstep an hour later over the moon with it.

I marked my item sold and within an hour a wanted appeared on marketplace from guy number two for my item as he was desperate. Had to chuckle. had he not been a greedy twat he could have had it.

He basically said he'd have it, but it would be half the price now as clearly I couldn't sell it.

Cheeky cunt. Hope you blocked him.

Hope you blocked him

I didn't as I wanted the satisfaction of him seeing me mark it sold. I'm glad I didn't anyway as I wouldn't have seen his 'desperately wanted' post 😂

me too!

I am trying to sell a clock (big one) and a pram.

Clock is on for £20 which isn't unreasonable. Ive been asked to deliver to the arse end of nowhere, asked if its heavy and then got a disappointed response when I said no, not really. Asked if you can hang it on the wall? Well, yes its a fucking wall clock.

Asked if id take a tenner for it. No. No I wont. Asked how much I bought it for originally! FFS!

The pram I got offered £15 and they asked for delivery to miles away.

Give me strength!!