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I've sold hundreds of euros worth of furniture on Facebook Marketplace. 1. Buyers will nickel-and-dime you - just ignore them. 2. Ask for free delivery - suck
by oblio 4y ago
I've sold hundreds of euros worth of furniture on Facebook Marketplace.
1. Buyers will nickel-and-dime you - just ignore them.
2. Ask for free delivery - sucks to be them.
3. Flake on scheduled meetings - schedule them when you're working from home or during weekends, make it clear that if they're late the deal is off.
4. Show up without enough cash - sucks to be them.
5. Maybe even try to rob you - small furniture - don't meet in your home. Bigger items - have other people at home when they come.
- ozim 4y agoIt is still my time and attention that is far more valuable for me than whatever I would get back for reselling Billy bookshelves and the likes. It works for you, you have headspace and you are mentally well composed to deal with that crap. I’m not, so much rather dump furniture on the curb/trash of course after checking with family and friends in case they would need or want to take it for free. If they take it and sell it off good for them.
- Aeolun 4y agoIt’s not that I don’t understand the impulse, but I generally make the effort to pass stuff on to others simply so I don’t have to dump it. That’s extra effort for me, but it makes me feel a lot better.
- wintogreen74 4y agoMy wife sells a lot of stuff used and has good luck dealing with the flakey-nickel-dimers (the same people are typically both) by giving them a price concession of $N if they show up in M hours, where N is typically 5-10 and M is 1-3
- realworldperson 4y ago[dead]