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I’ve given up trying to sell on Facebook. You get messages asking if it’s still available so you say yes and they never respond . Another one is if you’ve got something up for say £100 they’ll message you and say £20 cash and I’ll collect tonight , like they’re doing you a favour . I had one clown from Chorley message me within minutes of me putting a reel on saying he definitely wanted it so we did a deal and I arranged to meet him next morning at darwen services . He never showed up and wouldn’t answer any messages . Buying can be as bad on there though , I’ve responded to a fair few ads and had either no response or been messed about . I recently tried to buy some old billhooks off a bloke in Blackburn that I gave up on . I messaged him on a Friday and he replied late on Saturday night so I said I’ll come in the morning and he sent a message back saying it wasn’t possible due to it being the sabbath and he had chores to do . I said no problem I can come on Monday . He never replied again till Monday dinner by which time I was out and about so I said i can come after tea and he again said he had chores to do so it wasn’t possible . I said what about later on Tuesday and he said the afternoon. I messaged back and said that’s fine I’m busy till dinner , how about 1.30 and he replied with that’s a shame that’s when I’ve got to go out and do my chores . I messaged him back and said forget it 

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Just as many if not more of the same sort on here...they drop you PM's begging for something...you offer it to them...and then the excuses start🙄 want a dog...but can't pick it up for 3 months🤣...is one I've heard of here...and some even poorer excuses over the years 👍

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19 minutes ago, Daniel cain said:

Just as many if not more of the same sort on here...they drop you PM's begging for something...you offer it to them...and then the excuses start🙄 want a dog...but can't pick it up for 3 months🤣...is one I've heard of here...and some even poorer excuses over the years 👍

"If only you were closer".....lol

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1 hour ago, terryd said:

Do get some bargains mind one woman sold 2 trangia sets for 15 quid. I was straight on it but some one beat me to it 

I missed out on a expensive bushcraft axe other day 

get the odd gem in cheap 80-90s bikes etc 

lot of the still available and no reply can be down to iPhones accidently sending it if you scroll along to quick I’ve done it and had it done to me as well , only difference is I follow up with a it was a accident message .

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We use Marketplace extensively to sell items,...of course you get Scammers (daily) and time wasters and dreamers abound...🙄

It is so easy for folk to ask, 'Is this item still available,.. I am interested"....to do so, costs them nothing,.. its just pressing a button on their keyboard..

The real trick, is to separate,  the clowns from the genuine buyers,...and obviously, not to take anything too seriously...

We have found that if people are really serious, and want to buy or view your items,...their interest is fairly obvious..

Sometimes you come unstuck, and it is disappointing to see that strange side of human nature, but on the whole,...if you are a Dealer by nature, and enjoy the craic , the bargaining and subsequent catch and kill😂 then there is a definite buzz to making a good, profitable sale....👍

 

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17 hours ago, neil r said:

I’ve given up trying to sell on Facebook. You get messages asking if it’s still available so you say yes and they never respond . Another one is if you’ve got something up for say £100 they’ll message you and say £20 cash and I’ll collect tonight , like they’re doing you a favour . I had one clown from Chorley message me within minutes of me putting a reel on saying he definitely wanted it so we did a deal and I arranged to meet him next morning at darwen services . He never showed up and wouldn’t answer any messages . Buying can be as bad on there though , I’ve responded to a fair few ads and had either no response or been messed about . I recently tried to buy some old billhooks off a bloke in Blackburn that I gave up on . I messaged him on a Friday and he replied late on Saturday night so I said I’ll come in the morning and he sent a message back saying it wasn’t possible due to it being the sabbath and he had chores to do . I said no problem I can come on Monday . He never replied again till Monday dinner by which time I was out and about so I said i can come after tea and he again said he had chores to do so it wasn’t possible . I said what about later on Tuesday and he said the afternoon. I messaged back and said that’s fine I’m busy till dinner , how about 1.30 and he replied with that’s a shame that’s when I’ve got to go out and do my chores . I messaged him back and said forget it 

This is on the cusp of crackers, by the time I read all of this I could have driven down from the Northumbrian back of beyond picked said billhooks up laid a number of hedges and dropped them off at your ranch

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5 hours ago, low plains drifter said:

This is on the cusp of crackers, by the time I read all of this I could have driven down from the Northumbrian back of beyond picked said billhooks up laid a number of hedges and dropped them off at your ranch

I know , I could have done with them at the time though and he was fairly local so I tried more than I normally would . 

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23 hours ago, DIDO.1 said:

Facebook is absolutely toxic and your life will improve the minute you delete it. It represents the worst of humanity. Closely followed by YouTube 

I agree with your comment tbh though that's if you let it be toxic to you. One of the good things about it is seeing folks lost dogs being reunited with their owners. I got some cowardly left wing troll stalking me a few years back after I commented about the Pakistani Rotherham grooming gangs the coward couldn't even use his real name and when he couldn't get a rise out of me started trolling the wife's Facebook profile. Like has been said the worst of humanity is on their aswell as some real sad fekers. 

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