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...

[colker]

Originally Posted by 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...

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.

[trener1]

Originally Posted by bikinchris

And yes, you WILL get insulting lowball offers.

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

[tbike4]

Originally Posted by bikinchris

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. 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.

[avalonracing]

Originally Posted by 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.

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.