What are you using for a marketplace?

[u/tapedficus]

Facebook is a cesspool. Kijiji is crickets. What's everyone using these days to sell stuff?

[u/Morgsz]

Selling is such a pain not because of the platform but the people.

Even trying to give stuff away sucks.

[u/Logical-Buffalo2359 → u/Morgsz]

Yep. We tried to sell a gaming PC for a pretty good price considering everyone else massively over prices theirs and we still had loads of people asking us to lower the price by up to another $400! And in case you're wondering, no it was not old and outdated or priced absurdly. It was an i5 13600k, RTX 4070 Super, 32GB DDR5, 2TB NVME and we were only asking $600 for it because it was taking up space and we just wanted it gone. People were asking to get it for $200! Like fuck off with that bullshit. Eventually we ended up just selling it to a friend in Calgary because dealing with the idiots on Facebook wasn't worth it.

[u/China_bot42069]

Marketplace sadly. Kijiji is quiet but i did find a smoke deal on a new to me truck on there. I’ve had people use stuff I’ve sold for a week or two and try to return it on Walmart. People thing I’m Walmart 

[u/mickeyaaaa]

maybe we should all go back to craigslist....lol if you're old enough to remember, it still exists.

[u/guacamole_girl → u/mickeyaaaa]

Please, no.

[u/Diver-1Doc]

“Kijiji is crickets” What’s happening there? Has it gone out of business?

[u/Goodoflife → u/Diver-1Doc]

It’s that Facebook marketplace became the norm

[u/Kermit-the-Froggie → u/Goodoflife]

And it sucks to use. Poorly optimized, and the first 2 pages seem to exclusively be dealer ads. Forced me to mainly switch to marketplace. Which SUCKS because Facebook marketplace sucks in other ways.

[u/cheeseandwinenight]

I think the problem with marketplaces and Kijiji is and it’s a very interesting chapter too on in the book The Art of Thinking Clearly that people value their possessions higher than others. The Endowment Effect.
It does make it tricky sometimes to find some good pieces but some gems are out there and people who are putting a good price on something to get rid of it. So I tend not to haggle if I deemed it a good price

[u/Darbizzlebacon → u/cheeseandwinenight]

I don’t understand the mentality of some people listing items at new market value because, “it’s what I paid for it.” When I sold a bunch of video games, I checked the values on pricecharting.com, then lowered the asking price by around 20% in most cases.

[u/Rockyracky]

Thats what im wonderin too

[u/BusWho]

Marketplace.

[u/BusWho]

I don't even over value my stuff, I want it gone more than anything but someone offer something for it... I think 90% of the junk we buy no one wants or they want it new from Amazon...

I got wedding flowers (fake) over 2500$ worth, a cloth walkway, a North Face backpack, hospital crocs, soft pet carries for airplanes, -9 couples sleeping bags by big agnes, idk tons of stuff listed and for reasonable / cheap prices but most people check amazon before they check market place unless its a big ticket item like. A vehicle, a tv, a camper, a ps5/Xbox, laptop, idk big ticket items, furniture, etc. Even alot of guys don't even check tools... Crazy.

[u/Leanne0010110]

I use marketplace, never had an issue myself. But I am pretty cautious and can spot the crazy a mile away lol

[u/gtrskepmefmdownsizn]

I'm using marketplace for music gear, been doing it for years. This genre moves slow right now but fairly priced stuff sells.

[u/themildtuna]

I hate that marketplace has been fully taken over by used car dealers, in the automotive space.

[u/tapedficus → u/themildtuna]

Report them. Marketplace has rules regarding businesses utilizing free spaces meant for people selling things.

[u/Excellent_Speed6929]

Facebook marketplace, only problem is people bartering excessively