Maybe it’s because I’ve only ever bought stuff on FB marketplace instead of selling most of my stuff there, but I’ve never really had much of a problem with it. Everyone’s super accommodating, and super nice every time. Especially when their stuff is free, I’ve gotten like 3-4 CRT monitors from there, a sick huge bean bag with the memory foam, an old IKEA tv stand from like the 90’s or early 2000’s. I dunno. If you’re really that nervous, just meet up in a public location, and make sure you’re packing heat, it’s not too bad.
It’s an infernal machine. My wife bought it secondhand for pennies and is making smoothies for kids with it. But damn at full throttle it sounds like a jet engine. Whenever it stands on the kitchen counter I carefully tiptoe around it scared it will suck me in and pulverize me into fine tomato paste.
I never understood why people sell things like that. Why not give them to people in need. It might be $9, but to someone who needs it, could be life changing. Maybe they will make a delicious milkshake, who knows.
Donating shit online marketplaces is just plain shit. You get either people flipping it for profit, or some assholes asking to deliver the item to other side of the continent for free. Either donate to some red cross pawnshop or similar, or sell for lowish price to get rid of it quickly - price that makes no sense for someone to try flip it
Obviously if you know someone who needs it, the sure go ahead and just give it to them
I’ve too have tried giving stuff away for free and I always the worst experience, unappreciative people who want to manipulate any way they can, or no show etc.
But when I post it for a low price it completely removes that group and suddenly I get nice people who have wanting this thing for so long but struggled to afford it and they will go out of their way to meet up. Usually I just giving it to them free after they’ve been so easy to work with and their mind gets blown. They show initiative, they work hard for what they want and get rewarded for it. This is the way.
I’ve started doing that too. List something for a low price to weed out the entitled freelisters, then give it free to whoever shows up without being a pain in my ass.
Unfortunately it doesn’t weed out the scammers or the folks who just ghost after saying “is this still available?”
wait for them to under-buy you. “it’s for my wife’s birthday, she’s terminally ill with cancer and aids and she’s a veteran of all 9 of the wars we’re in! Can’t you give it to me for less?!”
That’s funny and I chuckled, but for real the police station down the street has designated parking spaces specifically for these types of transactions.
I wouldn’t do this, not because I’d be so worried about my life (because I’d pick a meet spot where any number of random people are that haven’t stabbed me so far), but because once the price gets that low it’s just not worth the time and effort to go through all the steps involved with setting up and executing a private sale. I’ll just stick it in the box of things I’ll donate so they hopefully are useful for a bit longer rather than end up in a landfill and someone needing to buy a new one instead.
Had a guy threaten my life after meeting on OfferUp. I’m done w it. Over a bike I was giving away that someone else got to before him btw. If I use any of those marketplaces again it won’t be free just to keep the psychos minimized. I just give to goodwill now
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