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Sun Apr 13, 2025 2:41 am

EverettB wrote: Abscate wrote: Immediate;y got 3-4 texts saying “ will you take $900’, ignored same.

This makes me wonder how many people who bitch about "Seller never replied" sent them an insulting offer.

Of course no one complaining about that on here has done that. :)

And I agree a bunch of sellers are flaky or don't reply at all.
I've experienced this too.

I couldn’t figure the angle. I guess they thought they could do a flip between 900 amd 3000?

I didn’t feel bad about ghosting them, especially since I said I check messenger once a week, and to text me directly ( all the flippers were messenger texts)

Tue Apr 15, 2025 1:58 pm

Sums it up nicely

Wed Apr 16, 2025 1:07 pm

I love FB marketplace. I only look for stuff generally withing 100 miles. Many deals are nice - on many things. :D

Wed Apr 16, 2025 1:22 pm

Yesterday I bought an aftermarket cruise control setup, new in the box, for about half of new cost. Universal setup that I can install on my recent Chevy project.

Last night, I cooked some smokies on a nearly new $20 gas grill I bought of FB a few weeks back. Then, I listed a cruiser bike I bought for $20 at a yard sale last weekend. This morning, I rode it to the grocery store to meet the guy that was really excited about it. He handed me $75, I walked inside to get some half and half and some discounted meat, and walked home.

Plenty of FB flakes out there, but recently things have been working out great!

Wed Apr 16, 2025 3:18 pm

We were the poor schmuck house in a rich district during Covid and basically Ethan Allen furnished our house at 5 cents on the dollar due to lock up renovation angst. Almost all courtesy of FBM

Probably had 35k of furniture when done for 2k

Wed Apr 16, 2025 3:57 pm

Subject: FB Marketplace is a waste of time

Fixed it for ya.

Thu Apr 17, 2025 5:13 am

nsracing wrote: I love FB marketplace. I only look for stuff generally withing 100 miles. Many deals are nice - on many things. :D

We have a storage unit full of the late parents possessions.
Adding "Tariff Free" in the description really helps 8)

Thu Apr 17, 2025 5:21 am

kingkarmann wrote: Sums it up nicely

That’s worth the watch!!

Thu Apr 17, 2025 7:58 am

Abscate wrote: kingkarmann wrote: Sums it up nicely

That’s worth the watch!!

HAHA that was pretty great. "Where is bed?"

Thu Apr 17, 2025 11:01 am

With E-Pay no longer using Paypal, and demanding either a Bank Account number, or credit/debit card number to get your money, once I get the money, I am changing credit cards, and telling Ebay to kiss my ass. NOBODY gets my Bank Account or Credit card numbers !!!!
I had been a good member of Ebay since the early 90's, but now, they can kiss my ass.

Thu Apr 17, 2025 12:22 pm

Dave wrote: With E-Pay no longer using Paypal, and demanding either a Bank Account number, or credit/debit card number to get your money, once I get the money, I am changing credit cards, and telling Ebay to kiss my ass. NOBODY gets my Bank Account or Credit card numbers !!!!
I had been a good member of Ebay since the early 90's, but now, they can kiss my ass.

I've been done with FeeBay since they came up with the "managed payment" system you're talkiin' about. First it didn't sit right when sellers couldn't leave buyers feedback. Then they went with the full- on "Customer is always right." system.

eBay became a bazaar for imported crap similar to Canal Street in Manhattan. Canal Street was great when they were the electronics surplus district and I don't mean Crazy Eddie's. I never knew what I'd find including crazy recording studio surplus. There was a metal supplier, a plastic supplier...

Now Chinatown extends from The Brooklyn Bridge to The Holland Tunnel. It would be great if I could get lo mein ten blocks closer to Jersey.

Guess I gotta dine on Second Avenue.

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Thu Apr 17, 2025 5:42 pm

cdennisg wrote: Yesterday I bought an aftermarket cruise control setup, new in the box, for about half of new cost. Universal setup that I can install on my recent Chevy project.

Last night, I cooked some smokies on a nearly new $20 gas grill I bought of FB a few weeks back. Then, I listed a cruiser bike I bought for $20 at a yard sale last weekend. This morning, I rode it to the grocery store to meet the guy that was really excited about it. He handed me $75, I walked inside to get some half and half and some discounted meat, and walked home.

Plenty of FB flakes out there, but recently things have been working out great!
Yep. Just like Craigslist used to be. You have to put with dreamers, tire kickers, low ballers and flakes, but eventually someone shows up with cash and buys your stuff. It's just part of the package.

Fri May 02, 2025 4:04 am

For cars , I’ve pretty much take the strategy of driving them to the end, then scrapping the parts for the same $2000 runner value and getting the $300 net on the carcass for metal. Since I can haul myself, I don’t pay the tow fees

Exception is when a friend / family member needs basic wheels , then I just donate.

We are headed back to some severe used car inflation like Covid, thanks to the Orange Cheetoh Recession. I thought it would take until Q3 to hit, but he’s managed to accomplish it in only one quarter, well done there .

Sun May 04, 2025 2:49 am

I just had a weird FB Marketplace transaction. I was in the big city for other reasons and someone was advertising apple wood firewood or wood for turning/hobby projects. I sent a message requesting hours of operation. "8 to 4" was the response. Sent another message that I would be there at 9:00 next morning. "I am very busy this week so can only meet you between 3 and 4 or on Saturday" Sent a message back that Saturday would work.

Saturday comes and I send a message that I will be there at 10:00. "Give me an hour heads up and ask for "Chris" so I gave him an hour and asked for an address. No reply. Meanwhile I had completely given up on the whole issue and gone on to other things.

10:30 I see an address and reply back that I had moved on and could not be there until later in the day. No response.

Turns out his address was only about 3 miles out of our way on the way home so we stopped in unannounced in the afternoon. Wow! A full scale firewood operation with huge buildings, machinery and I counted 4 employees running around and several customers loading firewood. Turns out his "apple wood" was nothing more than branch trimmings but Chris took me over to a pile of awesome cherry wood!

In the end it was a win especially the fact that Chris only charged 1/2 the price I was quoted by the owner!

Fri May 09, 2025 6:11 pm

oprn wrote: Turns out his "apple wood" was nothing more than branch trimmings but Chris took me over to a pile of awesome cherry wood!

Ooh! Apple and cherry. The stuff grows on trees at our place on Maple Avenue.

No, seriously. We have three huge cherries over there, 16' sawlogs by wide enough I'll need a log truck with a grapple to handle them.

After I liquidated my woodworking tools. :roll:

Saw a Parks planer on Marketplace... :roll:

One of the cherries shed a large branch during the winter storms. I blocked it up for our smoker.

Got a couple big dead branches on our apple trees. I'm going to leave those alone for now. One of the apples is a gnarly old thing that looks like it's barely hangin' in there. It will yield bags of pie apples towards the end of August.

None of that is goin' on Marketplace. Marketplace is a waste of time.

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Tue May 13, 2025 4:36 am

Heading out for the Okanogan this morning in search of some decent sized apple wood and and other hardwood suitable for turning. Just too cold here to grow much for hardwood trees. Box Elder and Birch in the coulees where there is a bit of run off is about all we get.

Tue May 13, 2025 8:34 am

You're in the Lethbridge area, correct? Definitely cold and dry in those parts, not prime ground for fruit trees.

Tue May 13, 2025 8:54 am

Lately I'm getting people who don't want to buy the parts but ask for help fixing what they have. I don't mind helping them and I always tell them to check out this website but the last guy replied to my ad for a Weber carb and wanted to know where his PICT 34 idle adjust screw was located.

Tue May 13, 2025 9:28 pm

cdennisg wrote: You're in the Lethbridge area, correct? Definitely cold and dry in those parts, not prime ground for fruit trees.
I’m 4.5 hours further north. No not good fruit growing country for sure.

Thu May 15, 2025 9:53 am

Running cars sell much better than parts or projects. A video of it driving around really helps. Sure , plenty of lowballers and flakes as per usual. Meet up in a public space close to you. I drive em around if wanted, but I never allow test drives. Cash in hand , full price. Seems to work better than handing out addresses at the last minute.