Facebook Marketplace - Let’s hear your stories

[smellyfootballboots]

Boils my piss when you advertise something, get lots of responses, but no-one has actually checked your location. You then get 'Sorry, it's too far for me', or 'Can you deliver?' (No, it's not Amazon love). People then just stop communicating at all when it comes to collection.

Boils my piss
Quote of the day!

 

[Titntat]

Not in FB marketplace, I advertised two new unworn sports bra, with tags. I’d bought them online and left it too late to return. I sold one to a local woman, but a guy kept messaging me and asked if they’d been worn. I said no, so he asked if I could wear it and take a picture and send it. He didn’t give up for ages. Foot and chest fetishists abound

Someone asked me the same about a dress I was selling. Makes it worse it was a maternity dress! Looking back I should have exploited the loop hole in the market for the few months I had a bump. Cash then pics.

 

[Lynseyp]

I was selling our car on fb marketplace as we had upgraded and didnt want 2 vehicles. A man asked if he could view the car, i said yes then he said would i meet him half way (2 hour journey) as he didn't want to have a wasted trip.
I knew he was a timewaster, what happened if he wanted the car we would've had no transport to get us back home. Told him he needed to see the car at its location, luckily a woman bought it from us next day

 

[Mustard]

I sell stuff on Gumtree. Have had very similar experiences to the above. Someone once offered me a bunch of suspect unwanted booze for something I was selling. And many, many people turn up without the correct money. I don’t like people coming to my house and prefer to meet them somewhere, even if it’s just down the road. There are many odd bods out there. I have delivered locally for people, but I usually ask for a couple of extra pounds for petrol money.

 

[Irrch]

I put some stuff for free a while back in the hope to help out new parents or what not.
Nothing could have prepared me for the ‘any more free stuff’ ‘I need more baby clothes’ ‘is there a jacket to match this top’ messages I received after they took them