Anyone else seeing more odd facebook marketplace pricing?

[Jeff.64]

Agree: one more thing Zuck needs to fix

Maybe Elon can knock some sense into him.

 

[C-Bag]

I always find these discussions interesting. The net and all its nooks and crannies is not homogeneous and our approach and use of it is not the same. The trend does seem to be you have to be very discerning. And really when I think about it it’s always been that way because even when I was looking at stuff in want ads(remember those?) there was silly stuff along with gems. And it was very often hard to figure out if it was worth it or not. I do pass on a lot of ads that don’t strike me right. But that is the game for me, the shopping. There is just so much to see and check out. Even when I limit myself to just CL and eBay.

 

[7milesup]

I never typed in Free in the price line, instead of sending me back to a unfilled line FB just posted free

That is your problem right there. If you do not put a price in the box, FBM defaults to "Free."

 

[7milesup]

Maybe Elon can knock some sense into him.

I wouldn't trust Musk to knock any sense into anyone.

 

[great white]

Maybe Elon can knock some sense into him.

billionaires that act like children…..

 

[Just for fun]

It's kind of funny sometimes how people think. There is a radio show here every morning called, 2nd cup of coffee it's a buy, sale and trade show.

We tried to give an old vacuum away, two or three days no response. We asked $5 bucks for it, got three calls within a few minutes.

Any more of we have free stuff, we give it to the veterans warehouse 2nd store.

 

[Gnpenning]

That is your problem right there. If you do not put a price in the box, FBM defaults to "Free."

Must not have read the whole post.

Not there place to set pricing or in this case try give away my items.

 

[ryanj1234]

Here's a major annoyance I just came across on FB marketplace.

I found a listing that had a picture of a pristine milling machine and had a great price below it. Title was generic, like "Milling machine".

When you open it up and read the description the guy is actually trying to buy a milling machine, not sell one. What a POS. At least indicate in the title you are buying not selling...

 

[DavidR8]

Here's a major annoyance I just came across on FB marketplace.

I found a listing that had a picture of a pristine milling machine and had a great price below it. Title was generic, like "Milling machine".

When you open it up and read the description the guy is actually trying to buy a milling machine, not sell one. What a POS. At least indicate in the title you are buying not selling...

FBM does not allow wanted ads.

 

[ryanj1234]

FBM does not allow wanted ads.

Did not realize that. Apparently when you click the report button on a listing, you can just indicate "No intent to sell" as the reason. Easy enough