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Gumtree or Facebook marketplace?
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I’ve had success on both, but would pick Gumtree over Marketplace. The latter has some proper nutters!"
 Maybe I should stick with Gumtree. I don’t use Facebook. Seems a hassle to download it just to see some unused things. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Okay...getting FB marketplace. No harm in advertising on both. "
I was doing that but I figured out I always sold on FB. Depends on what you're selling of course |
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By *dsmithMan
over a year ago
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I gave some stuff away free on FB marketplace recently - what a bloody chore that was!
People wanting more photos of the items (I’d uploaded about a dozen) then not turning when they agreed.
Maybe you’ll have better luck with paid items but trying to do the decent thing and give something away for free was too much hassle. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I don’t use Facebook. Seems a hassle to download it just to see some unused things.
As an aside. Dont download the app. It is data and battery heavy. I use FB rarely and go in via Google.
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Appreciate this  - yeah this is why I was weary of FB. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I gave some stuff away free on FB marketplace recently - what a bloody chore that was!
People wanting more photos of the items (I’d uploaded about a dozen) then not turning when they agreed.
Maybe you’ll have better luck with paid items but trying to do the decent thing and give something away for free was too much hassle. "
Why didn’t you use Freecycle? |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Well....FB is a bit disappointing. It’s not allowing me to upload more than 4 adverts: “limit reached. As you are new to marketplace, there’s a temporary limit on how much you can list and message.”  |
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By *dsmithMan
over a year ago
Loudwater |
"I gave some stuff away free on FB marketplace recently - what a bloody chore that was!
People wanting more photos of the items (I’d uploaded about a dozen) then not turning when they agreed.
Maybe you’ll have better luck with paid items but trying to do the decent thing and give something away for free was too much hassle.
Why didn’t you use Freecycle?"
Freecycle in my area doesn’t have the same reach as FB so opted for the quick win.
I’ve actually used Freecycle before to give an old sofa away when the council wanted me to wait 6 weeks for a paid collection. |
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