Can I vent about how fucking stupid people are on the facebook marketplace for a second?
I only use FB for this really.
Whenever i list pretty much anything, i either get:
1-2 serious buyers and it sells quick
~or...~
up to a few DOZEN people who say:
* Is this still available? * (stock message meaning they don't even take the time to type anything)
me: *yes
them* ______________________________________
WTF IS THIS? Do people have some random sick fetish of either just knowing that a random artifact on the marketplace is, indeed, still for sale? Or do they get off on knowing that they gave someone's meat one stroke and then left them with blue balls?? It is absolutely infuriating.
Even worse, this also happens:
* Is this still available? * (again, stock message meaning they don't even take the time to type anything)
me: *yes
them* will you accept $1/2 the price you listed for
me: counter offer to something that isn't as humiliating to accept
them: _____________________________
Or, EVEN This:
* Is this still available? * (again, stock message meaning they don't even take the time to type anything)
me: *yes
them* will you accept a mediocre offer like 75% asking price?
me: YES I WILL ACCEPT! How would you like to proceed?
them: _____________________________
That right there is the absolute worst garbage. Why would you literally go through the hassle of lowballing someone an offer, then walk away if they accept it?? Are they like, marketing students who are doing research for a paper, who need data that 65% of sellers will accept a bogus offer? Are these facebook marketing spambots who just spam the sellers to make them feel like the marketplace is more active than it is?
Fucking done. Thank god that atleast when i'm selling car parts, people on the forums tend to be much better to deal with - actually responding, actually going through with it once they message me, shit like that. It's not as good as it was in the old days but fuck is it better than marketplace.
The sellers on marketplace suck donkey balls too. I will message them a literal message just so they know i'm not one of the afformentioned ^^ FUCKTARDS and the fucking SELLER will leave me on read, than maybe 2 days later let me know it just sold. I'm sorry, why the fuck even reply? Did you just want to let me know someone else was willing to pay the same amount and come to you for your size 10.5 used Reebok trainers and that specific buyer took precedence over me for no reason?