My Experience on Facebook Marketplace

 Good morning friends!

I'm just popping on here to share my experience in something that you might be familiar with or not...Facebook Marketplace. What a nightmare!

This past weekend I decided to list some items on Marketplace. I had a grill, a bed, a toy train table and some enamel top tables for sale. All reasonably priced.

The first day or two I had a few inquiries, but nothing crazy. By Tuesday afternoon, I had some solid interest in the grill, bed and the tables. They each told me they would come the following afternoon to see the items and even though I had plans with my little girls the next day, I allotted the time for each of those pick ups to occur.

Then Wednesday came along and my phone never stopped dinging with notifications from other people asking about these same items. It was chaos! I was having to tell people that I would get back to them if the items didn't sell that night and keep track of who was first, who was a real person and who looked sketchy, etc. 

This is the life of listing something on the Marketplace.

A lady told me she was "for sure" coming to get the bed the next day. She even went so far as to tell me that her daughter was so excited to get it and that she would come after work on Wednesday. In the meantime, the man who wanted the grill was also coming, as was the lady wanting the tables. 

Here's how it all played out:

The lady wanting the tables showed up and that went fine. Great!

The man wanting the grill showed up and decided it wasn't exactly what he was looking for, but he enjoyed meeting us. No problem.

So around 4:30 I sent the "bed" woman a message asking what time she would be here, because I needed to schedule a time to get the girls back home.

It was at this point that she writes back and says, "Oh, we decided not to get it and we bought a new one instead." 

Keep in mind that all day I was putting off other people who were interested in the bed!

I replied to the "bed" lady that I wish she would have had the courtesy to let me know earlier, since other people were interested in it and then she called me rude.  Mind you, if I had not taken the time to message her, she would have never even contacted me to tell me she wasn't coming. 

I had already stripped the bed and thankfully we had not taken it apart. But it's just the principle of the thing.

After that conversation, I was done. I had spent so much time on this, that I was just done and didn't care about selling anything at that point.

I took the girls home and the minute I got back, I had another person text me to ask if they could come see one of the items. It was already 7:00! I said no.

In fact, I ate dinner, fixed me a strong cup of decaf coffee and proceeded to delete every single listing off Marketplace and called it a day.

I don't think I will be doing that again! 

Have you ever experienced selling or buying on Marketplace? Share your experiences, if you dare.

Inquiring minds want to know 😬

Until Next Time...

Blessings!