To buy a sofa from Facebook

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Has anyone bought a sofa off Facebook marketplace? I need a new sofa but dont want to spend thousands but dont want second hand either. Is it a scam or are any actually genuine?

They sell them on market place thats how they advertise them

Not everything on market place is second hand?

When you buy from marketplace, you don’t hand the money over until after you’ve looked at it. She can refuse delivery and not pay. It isn’t any more risky than anything else.

But if it looks fine and then falls apart after a week/month/year she'll have no protection if she's paid by cash. If she pays by credit card she'll have Section 75 Protection

I didn’t either. It was cash on delivery. I’d already seen up close photos of the stitching, the fire and manufacturers label in photographs, had they turn up with a different sofa, I’d have refused to pay the cash.
Ask for detailed photos.

My brother bought one from facebook. New home and wanted a new one. From one of those companies. Brand new. He was adamant that he wouldn’t pay until he had seen it. It come well wrapped up and they made some excuse- it was late and dark so he paid! It looked nothing like the photos!! He was hugely disappointed and ended up getting a new one. I wouldn’t waste your money OP!

I’d rather buy pre loved well built, than cheaper and badly built.
I bought a divan bed for a 10 year old, brand new, it fell apart.

Ask yourself, why would they sell a brand new sofa on Facebook for less money than they could get otherwise?

Our sofa is second hand from a small company that cleans and sells 2nd hand sofas on Facebook, they also deliver them. I got a really nice sturdy feather filled corner sofa from sofa.com for £400 and that included delivery. It’s still being sold online for £3,000.

Most of the scams on our local marketplace seem to be sofas. Usually grainy photos, often clearly not the UK (identifiable by US plug sockets etc in the background) and always the same kind of description, offering delivery. The seller usually joined Facebook very recently too. I’ve been in the market for a second hand sofa but only bothered with the ‘bought from X [local shop] in 2024’ and profiles that had been on Facebook for years.

I wouldn't buy anything from a FB Link. Go to the company's actual page and then do some Google research.

Partner bought a bed with mattress without my knowledge for 299 thus it lasted 6 months matress springs went delivery man with a van I wasn't impressed lol

They’re so scammy. Don’t buy from them

I could have written this exact post. I made this huge mistake myself. They hurried in with it after dark, well wrapped, barely spoke English and vanished. I was promised refund etc if unhappy but all I got was abuse on line n couldn’t get my money back. It was a poor imitation of the photos of what I thought I was buying. It even snapped internally in the arm rest. I was heartbroken as spent nearly £800. I even reported as a scam to the police but nothing came of it.
don’t do it. Please. I spent not much more to get one made to order from furniture village, and could have had a much nicer one if I’d not wasted all that on being scammed

There are lots of fake things for sale on FB. Im not sure what the scam is but you'll see the same photos of sofas for sale- often very cheap with a dodgy profile. I have bought a second hand ikea one for 30 quid and it's in good condition. But we collected it. I think the scam is that they ask you to pay up front probably and then it doesnt get delivered. Just keep your wits about you. And if something seems to good to be true, then it probably is.