Wbut with the price of life hitting the roof, what better way to prepare for Christmas than to sell unwanted items for extra cash? You decide to dip your toe in the dark waters Facebook Market What could go wrong?
I have only experienced this platform for the buyer, which is exactly what it is: you see an item you like, contact the seller, arrange a time to go to the person’s place and collect, cash in hand. If the item is large, you get a large vehicle. (To anyone who has a ute, I feel sorry for the rest of us).
I did a little other part of the novel. For sellers, Facebook Marketplace is crawling with cars, vandals and (of course) 12-year-olds who are joking so did Bart Simpson Moe shop calling on the landline.
Let’s take the king size bed that I had to get rid of after moving house. They advise people not to post anything on the market for free, so I put a nominal number, $25. I listed my suburb. I can list the dimensions. I’m just saying they’re welcome. Cash only.
My messenger starts going away like a call center. I’m fine with two hundred “Is it still available” messages (yes, that’s why it’s actually still listed). But it is so cheap that I am tired of people who want to know if I can separate it. and a million other questions.
What is the place? (One that is set, my friend.) Shall I rescue? Can I give them the internal measurements of the mattress? How much does it cost new? 10 dollars off? Five? Can I hold it until two holidays from now when my uncle is back from his holiday so he can pick it up in his ute? Can I hold it while I book Airtasker to download and upload?
There are bots that flood you with questions about revenue and affiliate marketing.
And then there are those who want to come and look at the item and spend hours arranging the best time only to run out of time for you. Or they come and talk to you for 30 minutes and then decide not to buy.
A friend was selling a used school dress for $30. A woman came to collect them, handing him a tenner and a twenty, which was torn in the middle and back.
“This contract is not legal,” said the friend.
The woman said, “I had no problems using it.”
“If you were used to it, you wouldn’t have it anymore,” replied my friend. It ended up giving the woman a dress anyway.
Another friend is selling the furniture of his deceased parents last year. It is full of stories like people who were dealing with a small car to a 2 meter high cupboard that was listed in dimensions. “It happens so often that I started to say in the ads: The vehicle will need a suitable item. See measurements. “
I guess not everyone is friends with a ute?
Or people who bought a cabinet for $20 only to report it later and wonder if a small note on it caused termite damage. “I said: “This item belonged to my parents who are now deceased and therefore I am not able to provide you with the details you require”. No message again.”
There are buyers who ask a hundred questions then say, they never know, and meanwhile you sent them more messages than you sent your mother last year.
And those who are desperate close it and then say, airily, “I’ll pick it sometime this week.”
O glorious one. I will wait at home for your call.
In fact, he needs a car that wants to drive cars or cars. I have no thanks to you, because I will not take your old teachers into the trade. I don’t discount the fact that you had to drive further to pick this up. It now costs only $25. O thin ones. Take it.
I will continue. I listed the basketball hoop and I stand. Dimensions only, cash only. “Are you going to eat?” “Can you stop?” “It doesn’t work?” “Can I just buy a backboard?” “Is it suitable for 16 years?” “Do you pay by electronic transfer?”
It is also available.