Facebook Marketplace

[coelacant]

Has anyone tried to sell their bike stuff there? what has been your experience so far? I'm thinking about it before listing some bikes on the bay.

[XXtwindad]

I bought a bike off Facebook. It's the first time I logged on in two years. I am curious about selling as well. Personally, I can't stand the site, but if it works to sell stuff...

[avalonracing]

Has anyone tried to sell their bike stuff there? what has been your experience so far? I'm thinking about it before listing some bikes on the bay.

It's not the same of the FB marketplace but I sold two bikes on the local Facebook MTB page last week. Perhaps you want to see if there is a local group page first.

[coelacant]

Ok, I'll look for that. thnx.

[unterhausen]

they really seem to want to make it a local market, at least that is my recent experience. Someone remote from me sent me a link to a marketplace listing of a bike and FB wouldn't show it to me.

[BryanE]

Better than Craigslist

[duff_duffy]

Ive had more luck on Craigslist myself than the marketplace.

[zmalwo]

Not much stuff on there in small towns. Big Cities you have lots of people who don't speak English low ball you 9/10 messages. If something goes for $500 on eBay you are lucky if you can sell them for $300 on FB Marketplace.

[Veloo]

Never sold but bought a couple of items.
I'd agree with some some friends of mine that have said they feel a bit more comfortable with that outlet because you can see a bit of the seller's background via their profile vs an unknown on Craigslist (or Kijiji).

For those that are anti-Facebook, this is actually a good place to snag some deals.

I got my BNIB Tacx tablet mount for $50 and a few days ago found a Kurt Kinetic Road Machine for $180. Both sellers very nice people. May even hook up for a ride in the future.

[rnhood]

The "On-line Swap Meet for Cycling and Triathlon" is a sub site on Facebook, perhaps a subsite on the "Marketplace", and is a very good. The site is moderated well. They have taken a good bit of the risk out of buying and selling on-line - which is a good thing. You can't hide behind some weird moniker, and correspondence is painless. It doesn't offer the market breadth of Craigslist or Ebay, but on the other hand it's very unlikely you will get ripped off. It is certainly worth checking out when you are in the market for something, or trying to sell something that is good. Its really not meant to be an antique swap shop though. For old stuff ebay or craigslist will probably be better.

[tbike4]

I have sold a couple of frames on FB that were shipped in groups like vintage bikes or something similar. Sold 1 complete bike which was a Colnago Master for $1500 and was a local sale. Super smooth transaction. I sold some skewers today in the Facebook marketplace that were listed last night. Easy peezy.

I have another bike on the FB MP now which brings a bunch of low ball offers like CL so I just block those people and you will get folks that do not speak English. Use the translator. I think the bike listed will sell tomorrow. Some things like a cassette or similar seem to sell quicker for more $$ than on the PL.

I think I have given up on CL for selling, buying as well. It's mostly dudes working out of a warehouse with 200 bikes to sell. Where I live anyway.

[bikinchris]

I have had a mixture of results. Sold a Klein MTB on the Klein page. Sold a single speed Cannondale pretty quickly.
Other postings not so great. But they didn't sell here either.

[pdonk]

I've bought and sold some vintage mtb parts on a few area specific groups. All transactions went well.

[colker]

I bought a bike off Facebook. It's the first time I logged on in two years. I am curious about selling as well. Personally, I can't stand the site, but if it works to sell stuff...

I´ve had bad experiences w/ facebook; it´s sinister. The classic "wolf in shepperd´s cloth" deal. The victim ends up being the good guys.

[trener1]

I am sure you can have bad experiences anywhere, but I sold a TT bike this summer on FB, I just didn't want to deal with boxing/shipping etc... so I wanted to sell it local, yes I had to sift through a bunch of low ball offers, but I knew what it was worth and I it had listed for a good price, took about a month but I sold it for my asking price and the transaction was smooth.

[bikinchris]

And yes, you WILL get insulting lowball offers.

[commonguy001]

Minneapolis area has a pretty solid page on FB called twin cities bike trader. Only joined FB to sell and I got asking for a whole bunch of stuff from wheelsets to complete bikes. If your area has something similar, you’re probably good to go.

[paredown]

I'm 1 for 4 on FB Marketplace, buying stuff.

All the same stupid problems of Craigslist, except the pictures are better. People unwilling to confirm a pickup time, people unable to answer their messages, ads left up after the item is sold etc.

I will say though that things priced aggressively seem to sell pretty fast, so I think it is getting a lot of traffic.

(The search also delivers a lot of random crap that FB thinks is related to what you are looking for.)

[mdeth1313]

The general marketplace has kind of sucked, but I came across this facebook group:

Online Swap Meet for Cycling and Triathlon

You have to request to join and there are some ground rules. I've sold a bunch of stuff there and I've had a bunch of low ball offers as well, but it's one more place to sell.

I've also picked up some nice stuff there.

[one60]

The general marketplace has kind of sucked, but I came across this facebook group:

Online Swap Meet for Cycling and Triathlon

You have to request to join and there are some ground rules. I've sold a bunch of stuff there and I've had a bunch of low ball offers as well, but it's one more place to sell.

I've also picked up some nice stuff there.

Had a frame that got no attention here but sold for asking on this marketplace.

[trener1]

And yes, you WILL get insulting lowball offers.

I don't mind, I just politely tell them no thanks.

[tbike4]

And yes, you WILL get insulting lowball offers.

That is what the BLOCK button is for.

[mulp]

I find the facebook marketplace to command lower priced offers than craigslist, so great for buyers bad for sellers. I think this sentiment was reflected above as well.

[Whit51]

A big advantage of FB MP is that you have the ability to see the buyer or seller’s Facebook profile. On two occasions I lost interest in bikes after seeing that the sellers were major weirdos and possibly dangerous. There are occasional good deals on the Northern Virginia FB of the kind that used to show up at thrift stores, such as the $25 Fuji Club my wife spotted for me.

[kvnptrjhnsn]

I've had good experiences with Facebook market place but I HATE the interface. Hard to search for items, vague categories and all the results are algorithmic which can be annoying.

[tbike4]

I made a sale today with FB MP. It had to be a local sale as it was a cheap complete bike. A Schwinn Loop folder. :eek: I had about 15 messages in 3 days with 3/4 of them either, "is it still available" with no follow up or a low ball offer. 1 guy said he could come on Monday and he did. The usual ask of can I take $10 less. Of course that part was built into the price so the sale was made.

The ad was also on CL and I had 3 meaningless inquiries with no follow up.

I think I have come to the conclusion that whether it's FB, CL what have you I just don't want to do anymore face to face selling. It just takes too much time to deal with time wasters, tire kickers etc. I think I would rather pack up the "thing" and ship it to the stranger on the other end, or maybe a known person here on PL. My 2¢ worth.