FB Marketplace is a waste of time

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[kingkarmann]

Sums it up nicely

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[nsracing]

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

[cdennisg]

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!
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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
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[KTPhil]

Subject: FB Marketplace is a waste of time

Fixed it for ya.
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[kingkarmann]

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[cdennisg]

[Dave]

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.
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[Zeen]

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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 .
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[oprn]

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!
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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.
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[cdennisg]

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

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.
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[Manfred58sc]

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.
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