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In my kids’ generation (college aged) they all use Facebook Marketplace.
by kgilpin 2y ago
In my kids’ generation (college aged) they all use Facebook Marketplace.
- rcpt 2y agoLocal classifieds are great if you live in a dense area. But I've tried using them when visiting rural family and there's absolutely nothing for sale.
- segmondy 2y agoebay is still useful for obscure stuff. if you want to buy used servers, GPU, electronics, car parts, etc. I don't think ebay and FB MP really overlapped, MP ate craigslist. The closest thing to eating ebay is Aliexpress.
- Beijinger 2y agoI found ebay more reliable, interesting and smoother than Amazon. Amazon screwed me over for 40 USD now they are nagging that I should sign up for "Prime" (I ordered a bunch of stuff, maybe 800 USD. They decided the order is fraudulent, and canceled it, without ever telling me. When I moved into my new place, there was nothing. No sheets, no nothing from Amazon. That this order was "canceled" without any email seemed to puzzle Amazon support. They told me in the chat to reorder with fasted shipping, and that they would reimburse the shipping. Of course, they did not. And the chat protocols clearly stating Amazon would reimburse the express shipping were a "misunderstanding".
- nosioptar 2y agoLast time I ordered from amazon, I repeatedly declined prime. My bank called me the next day about a suspicious charge for a year of prime. I had to cancel my card and get a new one. The banker told me they'd had dozens of similar problems where amazon was charging people for stuff they never ordered. When I got the package a few days later, the $150+ set of cello strings I ordered, sold and shipped by amazon, were counterfeits (and damaged due to improper packing, not that it mattered). I had to do a charge back to get my money back.
- Beijinger 2y agoPlease be understanding. Bezos needs the money!
- nosioptar 2y agoIf there was ever someone worthy of getting a bag of glittery dicks, it's Bezos.
- Cthulhu_ 2y agoThe Amazon HQ address is public knowledge, but I doubt he opens his own mail: Mr. Jeff Bezos, CEO Amazon dot com, Inc. 410 Terry Avenue North Seattle, Washington 98109-5210 (206) 266-1000
- lotsofpulp 2y agoBezos has not been the CEO for 3+ years, and he moved to Miami a while ago.
- asddubs 2y agoamazon is so bad about counterfeits and people listing products from different brands as the same article
- Cthulhu_ 2y agoAmazon is the American version of Temu, Aliexpress, etc nowadays; I wouldn't use it for anything but their own products (Kindle). For specialist items like the cello strings you mentioned, music shops are thankfully still a thing, both online/webshops as irl ones. I'd go there instead. Same with books.
- okasaki 2y agoIt's much worse than aliexpress. Ali won't send you used items or returned bricks.
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- bratwurst3000 2y agoyeah amazon is rly weird. did had prime and cancelled it but the cancellation was retracted 3 times in the background and i had to pay 3 months more prime… never ever.. now its only expensive aliexpress and some netflix
- ANewFormation 2y agoBtw, 'informal' agreements, even oral only, are legally binding, though it may (?) vary by state. For example an email is legally binding. In a case like this,there's not even the need for small claims - if you just contacted the better business bureau, you'd have gotten reimbursed the shipping and then something reasonable on top as 'an apology for the misunderstanding.'
- lotsofpulp 2y agoThe Better Business Bureau is a private organization with zero power to enforce any agreements or judgments. At most, it was Yelp before the internet.
- ANewFormation 2y agoBBB accreditation is a big deal for most major companies, and it includes an obligation to resolve issues (exactly like this one) with their arbitration. I've used them 3 times, with 3 positive (and rapid) outcomes. Next time you have a straightforward 'they're wrong' issue with a company where you're getting outsourced flowcharts for support, try out the bbb. They're great. Small claims would obviously also work, but that's a major investment in time/bureaucrazy, while a bbb complaint can be completed online in 10 minutes with maybe one or two brief follow-ups, but usually all it is, is them getting in contact with a human who can do things - and for cases like this, they obviously try to make it right.
- Beijinger 2y agoI would have to file in small claims court. And for 40 USD I am not willing to do this. I think you don't need even an oral agreement for a contract to be valid. Conclusive action is enough. Take a newspaper, but 2 USD on the table, leave. No words exchanged but valid sales contract established.
- yellow_postit 2y agoIt’s quite good for jewelry and fashion items — their certification program is legitimate from all the digging I’ve done.
- snowwrestler 2y agoIt’s astounding how bad FB Marketplace search is, though. For very popular things, it’s fine. For browsing and “huh, that’s interesting,” it’s fine. But if I am looking for something specific, it is an incredible failure. It’s so bad I suspect they intentionally don’t want it to work well. That is, I think they only want to optimize for low-effort social buying, not picky people who know exactly what they want. For this reason I have bought way more stuff off eBay than FB Marketplace recently.
- bpye 2y agoIt seems to just ignore filters like “date listed” sometimes too. And people will list items at nominal prices and give the actual price in the description. Generally a poor experience.
- jrmg 2y agoIt also doesn’t seem to respect the distance filter. I’m not one for conspiracy theories usually, but I’m pretty sure the state of Marketplace search is, if not ‘deliberate’, at least a result of metrics-driven development. The search results are _just_ useful enough to keep you scrolling and tapping, so the vagueness increases engagement :-(
- Beijinger 2y agoYou must be kidding. No kid uses facebook anymore.
- sampullman 2y agoDepends on the country.
- m463 2y ago"ewww, facebook is for moms" - every kid born after the first gen of facebook
- mega_dingus 2y ago"old-person tiktok" is what my kids call instagram
- jrmg 2y agoLots of people have a Facebook account just to use Marketplace, at least in my area.
- red-iron-pine 2y agoor adults for that matter. outside of Marketplace.
- harrall 2y agoeBay and Facebook Marketplace don’t really compete. FB is better for normal fungible items. eBay is better for specialty stuff. Don’t forget that you have to pay to list and usually have to ship on eBay. It’s two totally different vibes. If I wanted to sell a Dewalt angle grinder, I would go to Facebook first. If I wanted to sell a Sony E-mount camera lens, I would go to eBay first. Most used things I buy make more sense on Facebook. Most people I know use Facebook because they are usually looking for regular things.
- firesteelrain 2y agoFB marketplace is full of people wasting your time. "Is this still available?" Yes it is - never heard from again. I stopped giving out my address. I will give a general area where we can meet so they can gauge how far it is for them. When they are on their way, I give them the public location to meet. Only serious people will meet me. On some occasions, I still get ghosted. But ghosting has become more and more common. I don't recall it being this bad when Craigslist was huge. Rather go back to yard sales.
- officeplant 2y agoI miss the olden craigslist days sometimes. Even responses that sounded like scams were somehow real people at times. I once sold a PSP Vita hours after listing it on Craigslist. The response had superbroken english and was insistent they had to buy it in the next two hours at X location. That location happened to be about a mile down the road from my job so I humored them. Turned out it was just a guy from out of country that was only there one more day for oil field training. Paid me in cash and didn't even hassle the price.
- nfriedly 2y agoYeah, FB marketplace is the worst for that. I end up putting up with it, though, because it also has a lot of legitimate buyers and no fees. I usually just give folks my home address and a time I'm going to be home anyways, and ask them to send me a message once they're on their way. Then I generally forget about it until I get a message from them. If they ghost me, oh well. I don't take the ad down, and if anyone else asks, I just tell them to ask me again after the scheduled time.