FB Marketplace is a waste of time

[Xevin]

[finster]

[iowegian]

[67rustavenger]

[ALLWAGONS]

I don't have social media. THIS is as close as I will ever get. It's all hearsay, I miss out on so many deals on Facebook. The only thing I can say I miss out by not having FB is on all the local gatherings. I always find out on YouTube hours later. Oh well!
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I'd be UNSTOPPABLE if not for Law Enforcement and PHYSICS.

I recycle old cars and parts, other than when I rot, that's as Green as I am going to get.

Thanks to my Tesla driving neighbors, I feel more relaxed driving my SUBURBAN and old VW's.

Everything sounds good on paper!

[far rider]

Just missed a nice looking 61 vert decklid on FB for $125. Whaaaa
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67 zenith blue sunroof

Contentment; when what you have is what you want.

[Abscate]

$400 Exc to pimp out a British car sound like a bargain to me
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[finster]

have just seen this intriguing post on marketplace...

Hello. I am looking to loan my beloved Austin A30 to any genuine enthusiast or mechanic who wishes to “tinker around” with her for the summer. There is no loan charge but I take a £400 deposit which is returned at the end of the term of the loan plus anything spent on improving her! (This includes labour charge). There is a very simple “gentleman’s agreement” between lender and borrower.
Ideal for someone who does not want to commit to buying a classic car but who has the time and desire to play with one for an agreed period of time. If this sounds interesting to you, please get in touch and we will discuss the opportunity.
Thanks for your interest.

wonder what happens at the end of summer and the car is in bits or has had a roof chop and rat rodded...?
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"we're here on Earth to fart around" kurt vonnegut

nothing lasts, nothing is finished, and nothing is perfect...

[Stinky123]

CL is was better to use.

You can search for something between 800-1500 as many times as you want....say, Honda, Toyota, Nissan all at your price range. W.MP, you have to type it in each time....then, half the time you type it in, the numbers change and dance around.

I don't know how MP sorts it's adds, but ain't logically. They are usually all jumbled up. If you do the same search twice, you get 2 different results.

What the heck is it w/people not wanting to give out information? I want to talk to somebody....

If they sound like a BSer, I'll ask, where are you at? They usually can't answer that as they don't have the time to read my add, or they can't find it.

I went to Denver for 2 dif things (250 miles)....the Yamaha Warrior, I talked to the guy on the phone and he sounded good. The night before he said, ya, I can meet....about 3p. I made my 1st meet and then asked the guy, where to I go....nothing. WTF, fake add? Did he already sell it....what BS there is on MP.

[markswagen]

people are the problem, with just about everything.
everything is someone's fault.
some fool begged to be the person chosen to collect a bunch of lego pieces l have no need for.
a bunch of folk asked for them, this first fool begged better than everyone else l guess, 48 hours later those lego pieces are still where he was told to collect them from.
now lets see if the second person who pleaded for them, has the good manors to get off their a$$es and come collect them.
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markswagen {mobile mechanic} san diego area all early VW's cared for.

619 201 0310

[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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Fat chick owner/operator

[oprn]

[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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'69 Beetle (pieces)
Learning the hard way is still learning...

[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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Confusious say it takes it takes two wipes to know you need three, but it takes three wipes to know it only needed two.

[oprn]

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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Our cars get old, we get old but driving an old VW never gets old!

[Dusty1]

[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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Our cars get old, we get old but driving an old VW never gets old!

[Abscate]

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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[Zeen]

[Dusty1]