Done with ANY selling online!

[mrbreezeet1]

I just listed my manual Scion on Facebook this afternoon. It's listed at $3000. So far I've had one lengthy messenger conversation about the specifics of the vehicle which resulted in nothing, one "is it available", once halfway legitimate offer who then ghosted me after I made a counter-offer, and one lowballer who posted "accept 1800 cash?"

("accept 1800 cash?") They Kill me with that "cash" bit.
You weren't going to take a check in the first place!

 

[MasterSolenoid]

Even after getting rid of all the scammers, legit buyers are hardly worth it. I haven't sold anything in years - donate it or toss it. Sad but true.

I agree.
I put many items out to the curb.
Usually gone in 15 minutes.
NO money out of my pocket, and it makes me think twice before spending money.

 

[KrisZ]

The “Is it still available?” line is nobody’s fault by facebooks super sloppy implementation. I’ve hit that conversation button many times by just trying to scroll through the add and inadvertently sending that pre-written message.

All the other stuff is easy to spot and you block the user or report them. Easy peasy. Scammers will be on all popular platforms.

 

[Ranger83]

Ive been saying it for awhile but facebook is over run with scammers. They are on a lot of the buy sell trade groups, automotive groups, you name it. They are even creating their own buy sell pages so they can scam people without getting kicked off a legitimate page. Ive reported so many fake and scammer profiles that I have long lost count.

I feel bad for the honest people actually trying to buy or sell something on facebook. Its a crap shoot on there with market place.

Several years ago, a young man sold some expensive ($2,000) Mercedes wheels to a guy who also happened to be on NASIOC. He never got them. The guy offered various excuses, then ghosted him.

NASIOC is a huge Subaru WRX website and they are very tech savvy. He posted his story and they went to work. First they tracked down the kids’ IP address to a local community college. Then they found the kids email address and were able to identify him.

They contacted the Dean, and IIRC the kid was suspended while the police investigated.

That isn’t the best NASIOC story though. Guy was working at home in a basement. He heard footsteps and realized someone broke into his house. He ran around to the front and found a car idling in the driveway. So he took the car!

Drove up the street and called 911. They told him to stop driving as the car might be stolen. When the PD got back to the house, the kids were gone. Don’t remember if it was a stolen car or not.

 

[D60]

NASIOC is a huge Subaru WRX website and they are very tech savvy. He posted his story and they went to work. First they tracked down the kids’ IP address to a local community college. Then they found the kids email address and were able to identify him.

They contacted the Dean, and IIRC the kid was suspended while the police investigated.

That isn’t the best NASIOC story though. Guy was working at home in a basement. He heard footsteps and realized someone broke into his house. He ran around to the front and found a car idling in the driveway. So he took the car!

Drove up the street and called 911. They told him to stop driving as the car might be stolen. When the PD got back to the house, the kids were gone. Don’t remember if it was a stolen car or not.

Wenzel

That is all