I’d say out of the 30 things I’ve sold, I’ve only ever had problems 3 times. 1 was a car, 1 was a specific and expensive vehicle part, and another was a phone.
They were an absolute nightmare to sell. So many people agree on price/time/location and just never show up. I refuse to deal with any account that is newer than 3 years and doesn’t have at least some content on it.
I had that issue with Craigslist, people would say they are coming to meet at a certain time then when I message them to confirm. They don’t want to anymore, I’ve had some good sales but all the low ballers and flakes is just annoying so I switched to ebay. It has the problem of having to ship things but getting those free flat rate boxes from usps made it much easier
I’ve heard all of the horror stories from these marketplaces. When I went to buy a mini fridge I had the cash literally in hand when I knocked on the door so they could see I wasn’t trying to mess around with that, took a quick glance to make sure the fridge was on and working and just handed the person the cash, picked ul the fridge and left with a thank you. Easy peasy for us both.
I’d say out of the 30 things I’ve sold, I’ve only ever had problems 3 times. 1 was a car, 1 was a specific and expensive vehicle part, and another was a phone.
They were an absolute nightmare to sell. So many people agree on price/time/location and just never show up. I refuse to deal with any account that is newer than 3 years and doesn’t have at least some content on it.
It’s just not worth the hassle.
I had that issue with Craigslist, people would say they are coming to meet at a certain time then when I message them to confirm. They don’t want to anymore, I’ve had some good sales but all the low ballers and flakes is just annoying so I switched to ebay. It has the problem of having to ship things but getting those free flat rate boxes from usps made it much easier
I’ve heard all of the horror stories from these marketplaces. When I went to buy a mini fridge I had the cash literally in hand when I knocked on the door so they could see I wasn’t trying to mess around with that, took a quick glance to make sure the fridge was on and working and just handed the person the cash, picked ul the fridge and left with a thank you. Easy peasy for us both.