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Spill the beans... on your Facebook MARKETPLACE tips
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Facebook's Marketplace now gives eBay & Gumtree a run for their money. It works like a classified site — you can post ads or choose to browse goods posted by friends or the public. What tips do you have for buying and selling there?
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Facebook's Marketplace now gives eBay & Gumtree a run for their money. It works like a classified site — you can post ads or choose to browse goods posted by friends or the public. What tips do you have for buying and selling there?
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I never even knew it existed, and I thought I had my "finger on the pulse"!Lightbulb moment March 2004 (Debt £55,000) & debt-free as of May 2007 (thanks to CCCS, and a remortgage to clear last £20,000).
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I didn't know about it either. I don't quite see the point. If you want to buy from or sell to your friends, surely you would just put a suitable entry on your own wall? If you want to buy/sell to the public more generally, perhaps this app would help, although it is currently showing me offers from places that are about an hour's drive away. For now, eBay would seem a much better bet. But perhaps other people have some tips that would help me see why Facebook would be better?koru0
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The problem with eBay, appears to be the ever increasing fees being applied to sales.C'mon you Canaries!!0
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I think Facebook Marketplace's are fantastic!! Don't knock it, until you've tried it
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I am a member of 3 different groups on facebook, covering areas local to me. The groups are becoming more and more popular, so you are obviously not just selling to your friends, but targeting loads of people in your area.
People post all the time, so you have to keep on top of your own posts and bump them to the top frequently (within groups regulations). And there are so many bargains to be had. Clothes and childrens items are really popular.
So far I have made just under £50 selling old toys. I also bought my daughter 2 new pairs of shoes the other day for £4!! And an unused PS3 game for my son for £5! :T0 -
our local one appears to be mainly young mums selling baby stuff and other young women offering nail/hair/facial type treatments - there's been nothing on there I've been interested in. However, when my cat went missing I mentioned it on there and had a few helpful responses so it's better than Ebay for that!:jThat's 2 stone 9 lbs gone forever:j
thank you Slimming World!
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I just had a look at it and it says if you "connect" it will automatically update you to timeline, which I do not want. So it's not for me......0
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Everyone will be on timeline soon.“A budget is telling your money where to go instead of wondering where it went.” - Dave Ramsey0
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I've been selling on facebook for over a year now, it's been good. I had a pushchair up for sale for £100, which was a great price for the pushchair but no-one was interested. I put the same ad on preloved and was offered £150.
I've found selling on facebook to be a cross between a car boot fair and ebay.
People will expect to haggle. I always price my items a few pounds dearer so I can come down to what I want for it. Some buyers won't buy unless you are seen to reduce the price in this way.
Beware buyers who want to to hold items for them until they get paid etc. I held an item in good faith for a woman for over 4 days, she was desperate to buy it and I never heard off her again. Unless the person is a friend then it's a first come first served basis. As with freecycle, you get buyers who ask for your address, say they are coming around and never turn up.
In my town there are a few families who seem to work together to start arguments in an attempt to get items cheaper to sell on, especially with cars. The block function is very useful for such people and other timewasters.
Make sure you check the "other" message inbox regularly, sometimes someone will send you a message that won't go into the normal inbox. I found 20 in there the other day. Notifications aren't always reliable either.
Lastly, I have set up a profile just for selling. Partly so I haven't got strangers on my personal profile and also so I don't clog up my friends newsfeeds.
In terms of buying the same principles apply as they would if you buy anywhere else. Buyer beware, check the goods before you hand over cash and make sure you are aware of personal safety for buying and selling.
ETA: Some sellers prefer paypal, don't pay via gift as you won't have any buyer protection. One woman sold a few expensive pushchair 20 times over and made away with thousands of pounds, the buyers lost their money as she had insisted they gift the payment. I would cover the paypal fees or walk away.0 -
Each time I try to access the FB page either by the link at the top or search via my FB page, I get told its a suspected phishing site.0
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Its just another version of the many freeads type sites out there, like Gumtree. Its unlikely to give ebay a run for its money!!0
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