Facebook Marketplace Annoyances. They are BU!

[naechunce]

I like selling stuff on marketplace, it's great to make spare cash.

But. The most annoying things are:

'Bundle of girls clothes. Don't have time to take pics. Alongside pic of black rubbish bag'. Who would buy this?

'Don't want the money, just looking for penny's for daughters piggy bank'. Sure.

'No time wasters' as if someone is going to think, 'oh I would like to comment but better not as I'm a time waster'!

Also when someone is selling something for £3 and people post asking if she’ll accept £2. FFS, it’s £3! You either want it or you don’t.
Also when things are offered free of charge to whomever can collect and people still ask for it to be delivered.

Yeah @NellyJames totally cheeky!!!

I too love FB Marketplace and I’ve sold absolutely loads of stuff I didn’t want or need anymore (all in very good condition etc.). I’m always amazed when I see things for sale that are absolutely filthy and the seller says ‘Needs a clean/wipe’. FFS, clean it then! 🙄😩 Just, why wouldn’t you?! 🥴 I always make sure everything I offer for sale is pristine as I would be utterly embarrassed to sell it in any other condition!

It also annoys me when people ask ‘is this still available?’ and then never reply again once you’ve said ‘yes’. Also, people who message me to ask where I am based when the ad always says my location and the first part of my postcode...

Also, the downright rude people who just try and haggle the price down when it’s already dirt cheap.

Needs gone sets my teeth on edge- terrible grammar.
I sold some stuff on FB during the first lockdown- but would never again. It was some collectors items with no real value other than to collectors, but I thought rather to go to people who would get some joy from them. One message I got:
"I can only pay by cheque so send me your bank details and address and I'll post when it arrives. Please post by tomorrow so I get it by end of week " (I'd not agreed the sale to her and specified PayPal only as I was donating the money to charity). I ignored and she just kept messaging.

Also, not marketplace but I’ve seen a couple of posts on my localFB page where a poster will say her son/daughter has just got their own flat and has no money to furnish it so can anyone help. Or someone will ask for help themselves. People kindly offer stuff and then poster says stuff like, thanks but they were hoping for a more modern sofa or they wanted a coffee table like this etc. I always see it and think how bloody ungrateful. If you’re being given stuff for free, suck it up. Someone once offered an older tv and it was declined as it was too small. Invariably, they want everything delivered too.

The final message from her before I eventually blocked because she was annoying me was "Are you going to post this to me or not?!"

DP and I run a business and any excess stock we can't shift online or at car boots/market stall gets put on Marketplace.

We regularly get messages saying things like 'We could get similar for the same price with free delivery online!' (All of our stock is new). I just reply well do that then 😂

@NellyJames

Also, not marketplace but I’ve seen a couple of posts on my localFB page where a poster will say her son/daughter has just got their own flat and has no money to furnish it so can anyone help. Or someone will ask for help themselves. People kindly offer stuff and then poster says stuff like, thanks but they were hoping for a more modern sofa or they wanted a coffee table like this etc. I always see it and think how bloody ungrateful. If you’re being given stuff for free, suck it up. Someone once offered an older tv and it was declined as it was too small. Invariably, they want everything delivered too.

CF! My cousin moved into a new flat with no money. They didn't ask on FB, but they did scour it for things being given away and took what they needed. Had a very mismatched flat for about 4 years as they gradually replaced it and passed the older but still good stuff on via FB for free.

I hate the whole, 'friend of mine has a flat but has nothing'

Then
'Here's a sofa'

'No don't like it......

People asking for ridiculous prices for things. e.g. old xbox that now sells for about £60 on ebay, just looking for what I paid 5 years ago.....err yeah right!

Or the people who reply to a popular under priced item with a ridiculous low ball offer then get offended when they comes back 2 days later and it's already been sold to someone else.

Urgh. I put a cot on the other week for free - it was like new as my child would never go in it.

First message - I'll have it

Then - can you deliver it to -place two hours away-

Erm. No. Fuck off.

@naechunce

I hate the whole, 'friend of mine has a flat but has nothing'

Then
'Here's a sofa'

'No don't like it......

Oh god yes. Or my friend desperately needs a buggy for her baby as she can't afford one. Must be bugaboo, excellent quality only and needs to be delivered.

Some kind person: Well I don't have that brand but your welcome to my old one which still has plenty of life!

OP: errrr as I said she only wants bugaboo.

My personal favourites are the ones who are selling an item before they take it to the tip, why not just give it away?

'Payed £40' or 'Worth £100'. Worth is irrelevant if nobody will pay, just like the amount you 'payed'.

As for 'don't have time to take pics', it makes me think they didn't have time to wash them either.

Don't want the money, just looking for penny's for daughters piggy bank

Ugh. That gives me the rage!

When selling something too large to post or that needs to be seen first so post says local only . Some idiot that lives way too far pipes up. Then says it's too far.

Offers. Price is say £500. They message to say they can't afford that but Really want/need this item . Will you take £150 as that is their budget?

Fuck off! 

And yes! @NellyJames that drives me mad! Ungrateful twats. They have no shame.

Drives me mad when they put a screenshot of the item brand new from a website rather than a recent photo of the actual item and it’s condition Usually with the line “can post photos if needed” Just post the photo in the first place ffs. You can guarantee it’s in terrible condition and ready for the skip!

I buy a lot of second hand items for my horse in Facebook market place.

Someone would advertise an filthy muddy rug covered with horse shit with the immortal words 'needs a wash'.

Wash it then you You lazy bint !

lol @ViceVersa this!!!!

Or they put up a website photo and say “looks like this but red not blue and slightly smaller without the attachment” So not the same item then

DH and I were clearing out our attic and gave away a load of stuff for free just to get rid. One CF inquired about one of the (free) items with the immortal phrase "can u bring it to me". That's now become a household catchphrase to represent entitled laziness.

‘No time wasters’ drives me crazy. Do people who post this think the time wasters will have a sudden attack of conscience and decide not to troll the listing after all when they read that? I can just imagine - ‘Oh, well if they don’t want me to waste their time, I’ll just be good and stay quiet’.

The other ones that make me laugh are those who try to head off every potential negative scenario before they’ve even had a response, to the point that it’s not so much as offer for sale as a tirade of anger. ‘No stupid offers. This is brand new, I’m not going to just give it away. Don’t bother asking size, I don’t know - either you want it or you don’t’. There’s one who crops up regularly on our local group who gets apoplectic at the very idea of anyone making an offer... he still hasn’t spotted that there’s a correlation between this and the number of people posting ‘Will you take 27p for it?’ when he’s asking for £450

@jelly79

I sold a wardrobe and the buyer didn't want to dismantle so they took it out whole. Scratched all down the walls in my hall and then blocked me am they left 😩

You are one of those annoying people "needs dismantling" no I don't want to spend an hour at your house trying to dismantle your wardrobe or trampoline

I've found my people. I've bought and sold a fair on marketplace too and people can be completely batshit.

My favourites are people who agree to buy, confirm a time and THEN ask if you'll take less money. No ffs!

I've seen a few GHD hair items (oracles, straightening brushes etc) and the people who sell them are always saying that they've barely been used or only purchased 2 weeks ago. Why aren't they returning it? And how could you come to the conclusion after using something once that you don't want it?

My pet hate though is listing something and the person will message 'yes please!' WTF does that mean???

God yes! I gave up selling on there but I've now got some decent stuff to get rid of that I could make a few quid on but the sheer idiocy of people is putting me off.

I had someone turn up for a children's game I was selling, very cheap, few quid, and she looked crestfallen and tild me she thought it was a giant garden sized game (no where did I state this) then told me should would give me half the money and was already getting it out like I will accept her tightarse amazing offer and also told me that she had come from over the bridge, where you have a pay a toll. Clearly this would seal the deal. I just looked at her and said no to her 50% discount. She looked incredulous and left. So bloody tight!

The shocking grammar gets me and the begging sob stories when they offer a lot less and you say no and they still come back and keep on. I always stand firm. Bloody chancers.

It's the descriptions that get me. 'Stunning cuddly toy'. It's a Jellycat. It's nice and everything, but it's hardly stunning. And wanting £14 for the one your child has carried round by the leg and chewed the paw of for five years hardly seems realistic when a brand new one is £15.