Facebook Marketplace “PM me for prices”

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It drives be slightly bananas when some one put some stuff on fb marketplace (often multiple items) and say “PM me for prices”... just makes me not bother

AIBU to find that

1. fucking annoying ( too much effort)
2. Dodgy AF (they could be telling different people different prices, and there’s no “evidence” of an agreed price)

Argh this winds me up so much! People do it on Depop too. I often find they want way more than the item's worth as well.

I don’t bother with any shop (whether real or online) that doesn’t display prices.

Jewellery-type places seem to be particularly prone to this. I think they are trying to make it seem exclusive but I just can’t be arsed with game playing of this type.

YANBU OP. If you tell me the price and it’s too high and not for me, it’s going to be too high and not for me whether you post it immediately or confirm to me via PM. But now you’ve just wasted both of our time by making me message and you having to reply. 🙄

I'm in two minds. I'm doing this at the moment

I'm selling 100 things, say ornaments, from my grandparent's house clearance. I have no idea what people will pay for them, they could be worth £50 each or £10 for the lot .

Putting them up to gauge interest is giving me info. I've got a fairly steady stream of enquiries, people asking about one or two, or wanting a set of 8.
I gauge the tone and suggest prices based on hot the mood feels. If the person is happy with the price then I know it's not too high, and I might raise it for a futures person. If people seem horrified and stop talking to me then they're clearly too high.
This Intel gathering exercise is allowing me to get a decent amount of money together for my grandparents. If I put my best guess out there for all to see then I'd either be inundated or ignored, and people would know I was desperate / clueless when I realise lower av few days later.
Plus I am liklly to give good discounts to people buying multiple / who I like

I think these are fair enough reasons in my situation

Yes, just tell me the price.
Open to offers, ditto.