Trying to sell anything is impossible

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I am doing a big clear out that includes clothes, furniture, all in great condition. Clothes and trainers barely worn, asking very little (around £1 per item) on Facebook marketplace and local pages, no one is interested....piece of furniture, a few years old but absolutely solid, no rips , tears or stains. It would be around £2k new, asking for a little over £100 , no one is interested and only person commenting is saying she knows of a place that MIGHT take it if I don't find a buyer, they'd want it delivered too as I know for a fact they don't collect because I have donated stuff to them before. I've seen other people doing this to countless other sellers, trying to get some money for their items but instead they get asked to donate to this or that. We KNOW that there are tons of places asking stuff for free. There are also tons of people asking things for free and even those waste your time as no shows. Is it too hard to understand that if I am listing for sale is because I want some.mo eye for it? Rant over 😂 at this point I would honestly rather taking it to the skip than suffer more time wasters.

As above! I am looking on fb for a sofa but it’s not easy to collect. If you put in a delivery option you’ll get more interest

I’ve sold a lot of furniture, garden furniture, books, TV’s and phones on Facebook Marketplace very easily.

I do state very clearly the buyer needs big enough transport to collect and not to other trying to buy it they can’t collect it promptly.

Well I bought something online, paid what she asked (didn’t barter or anything) as I liked the look of it and a week later heard nothing about delivery etc…

…so I text to ask if she’d sent item, for her to reply saying she was away but back tomorrow and never heard another peep. WTF is the point in that! 😳

My money wasn’t released so I didn’t lose out financially but time wasters also come as sellers too 😂

Tbh the money couldn't hurt at the moment. We have our mortgage rate expiring this year and trying to save as much as possible to do a big payment before our interest rate more than doubles. We donate to some causes regularly though church and the kids school.

Agree that for the furniture it will be about delivery. I'm in the market for a chest of drawers and would love a good condition second hand piece, but have no way to collect it. So am saving up for one that will be delivered.

For getting rid of furniture, we use the British Heart Foundation, who collect. For clothes, we fill the charity shop bags that get posted through the door or the big bins outside Tesco. Like others, I consider it a donation to charity and haven't the time to go through selling on vinted etc

Lots of options other than the tip.

We have a big car and my husband definitely strong to lift pretty much anything 😂

See that makes zero sense to me. A new one delivered will still be a lot more expensive than a used one delivered (you can easily arrange a van to deliver second hand items for £30-£40)

It's not easy, or that price where I live.

YABU to expect that Marketplace would be a good platform to sell clothes.

Try Vinted or eBay.

YABU too to consider dumping decent quality items. Donate to a charity shop if you have no luck selling, or find your local women's shelter and see if they would be willing to accept clean and nice quality items.

I never had any issues with selling stuff online. If you put a reasonable price, people will oblige.

Why don't you ring your local auction house and take furniture there for them to sell, some don't take everything beds don't sell and won't take upholstered furniture without fire certificates. They might want photos obviously they deduct commission but it's better than nothing

Oh I agree! And the amount that can’t read or simply don’t understand the words COLLECTION ONLY.

Had 3 this week!

Some people don't drive, or they do t have the sort of driving record or credit score to allow them to hire a van. Some people would be trying to move a heavy piece of furniture on their own, or they might have a bad back or they are pregnant or they have some other physical problem that would make schlepping a chest of drawers extremely difficult, even if getting their hands on a van wouldn't be an issue.

I contacted BHF about my parents furniture ( including a new TD and a large drum WM that was under 3 yo) the literature stated theg wouldn't take the TD - fire risk - but they never replied to my email . So a bit of a no stater there.

I took electricals to Curry's to recycle - mainly used but working
Any decent clothes to Charity Shop
Anything less so to recycling fabrics

I haven't sold on eBay but I have bought some clothes ( mainly eveningwear)

Any kids clothes I put on Vinted sell within 1 -2 days. And baby equipment

Vinted for the win.

I absolutely agree with u! Whilst I've listed clothes on vinted this week I cannot believe the hassle tbh. It's absolutely crazy and people try and haggle for 50p off! For example just listed a top bnwt and im selling for £2 (despite it being £14 new) and lots people are watching it...but someone wanted it for £1.50? I could not haggle 50p?? Anyway...Then the packing and taking it down town...everyone wants stuff for £1.......I'm thinking king of giving all the clothes to charity if they don't go by Fri it's just not worth the hassle!

If It’s a sofa then I find they often sell for £50 or free.

Totally agree. People just give stuff away where I live.
People have such stuff they just want rid.

I don’t think the market for second hand furniture is great. We couldn’t give away my parents sofas recently and they weren’t that old and had all the correct fire ratings.
In the past I’ve had a sofa and a dining table for free. I find often people are happy for someone to take things away for them, as a bulky waste collection costs money, so they are just glad to have it off their hands.

Totally agree. People just give stuff away where I live.
People have such stuff they just want rid.

Not helpful, OP, but have you seen the Lou Wall sketch about FB Marketplace? It’s soooo good 😂

For me it would be a lot of faffing around to organise a man with a van who would collect, deliver and unload at a time suitable for me and for the seller. What I'm looking for is probably £450 new delivered, and would be around £250 secondhand delivered, but with a lot of extra hassle. If the seller would arrange delivery I'd consider it! The money is neither here nor there for me, I'd just rather buy secondhand than deplete the earth's resources further.

I don't have any issues selling furniture on FB marketplace, just moved into my new house and listed a good few items including Ikea items and all gone within a few days, yes they must be collected but i list measurements etc but most fit into back of car. My husband does have a van and if people privately message me asking for courier then we agree a cost but i dont advertise it as you will be plagued. I sell smaller items aswell as clothes on vinted. If its not really worth selling but still usefull we do have a free page or their are charities that will collect

I’ve listed some almost brand new furniture for sale and I’ve had no interest whatsoever. I’ve listed them at really good prices and even reduced them slightly but still nothing…

Even a couple of years ago anything I advertised would be snapped up within 24 hours.

I think unless it’s free or maybe £5 people won’t pay.