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Post by badbrad on Jun 3, 2020 11:31:08 GMT -6
Seems to me FB marketplace has basically replaced Craigslist. The last 3 times I listed stuff on both sites I would say the responses to ads are about 10:1 in favor of Facebook. Nice part about FB is you can see who you are dealing with and its much harder to scam. Basically very little activity on craigslist and it also seems easier to find things I want to buy on FB.
Am I wrong that craigslist which basically changed the way classified ads were shared is now a thing of the past in just a few short years?
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Post by Catscratch on Jun 3, 2020 11:36:23 GMT -6
You can still sell animals on craigslist (unlike fascist facebook). So it's got that going for it.
If selling I go to Marketplace for traffic. If buying I go straight to Craigslist. Craigslist has far less views now and lowball offers are sometimes readily accepted as the only offer. Probably won't be around a lot longer though unless it finds a niche.
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Post by badbrad on Jun 3, 2020 12:28:03 GMT -6
You can still sell animals on craigslist (unlike fascist facebook). So it's got that going for it. If selling I go to Marketplace for traffic. If buying I go straight to Craigslist. Craigslist has far less views now and lowball offers are sometimes readily accepted as the only offer. Probably won't be around a lot longer though unless it finds a niche. Why the heck can't you sell animals on FB? That is retarded. Like I can't sell chickens ? |
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Post by Catscratch on Jun 3, 2020 12:33:01 GMT -6
You can still sell animals on craigslist (unlike fascist facebook). So it's got that going for it. If selling I go to Marketplace for traffic. If buying I go straight to Craigslist. Craigslist has far less views now and lowball offers are sometimes readily accepted as the only offer. Probably won't be around a lot longer though unless it finds a niche. Why the heck can't you sell animals on FB? That is retarded. Like I can't sell chickens ? You can't because... well because FB is retarded. Can't sell a chicken, a cat, a cow, a goat, or anything that goes bang. They refuse to take responsibility for any politicians lies and let them be posted, but heaven forbid you try to sell a litter of pups. |
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Post by Reagan on Jun 3, 2020 12:56:20 GMT -6
Fuck Facebook
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Post by Catscratch on Jun 3, 2020 13:03:35 GMT -6
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Post by wiscwhip on Jun 3, 2020 13:31:45 GMT -6
You mean like the thing I hear about on the Tinder dating app? Swipe Up - Super Like! LOL! |
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Post by biglakebass on Jun 3, 2020 13:33:27 GMT -6
I still have great luck on Craigslist, but I have never been on facebook to even know how well it would work to sell stuff.
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Post by chummer16 on Jun 3, 2020 13:57:13 GMT -6
My wife posts stuff when we sell it, she switched to FB a couple years ago. She sells shit at a price to get rid of it but I am always amazed how fast someone shows up for it.
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Post by Tooln on Jun 3, 2020 15:45:32 GMT -6
When I was looking to sell our camper, tractor, ATV, other equipment & the wife had some flower pots she was looking to get rid of I used both. The flower pots the wife listed on FB were sold within 15 minutes, I couldn't believe it. Camper and ATV, trailer and ATV equipment also sold on FB within a few days. Tractor and that eq. was only listed on CL got a lot of bullshit calls and replies. I'll take FB for selling over CL any day. My wife has always had a FB page and I never did anything on it but help her. Since I retired and am starting to make shit to sell I started a FB page.
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Post by MoBuckChaser on Jun 3, 2020 16:42:10 GMT -6
I built more then half my customer base off of CL. But FB is coming on strong as of late. Picking up a lot of customers for small shit. CL for big orders.
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Post by Coda1 on Jun 3, 2020 21:31:30 GMT -6
I'm not on Facebook so its Craigslist for me. I've had fairly good luck both buying and selling. My father is looking for an ATV and on Craigslist it seems like the reasonably priced ones are sold within a few hours. My brother uses both and said that Facebook is more of a pain because you have to join multiple groups. With more and more stuff going to Facebook someday I'll probably join but I'm holding off as long as possible. Twitter seems like an even bigger joke.
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Post by honker on Jun 7, 2020 8:06:56 GMT -6
Wanted to sell a black leather couch, a Mountain Bike, and crock pot. Craigslist was getting me nothing but scam attempts. The “I’ll give you cashiers check for way more” type. I had a FB account from 6 years ago that I never used and I decided to give the market a try. Everything sold within a couple of days. Downside is now it reactivated my account and I’ve got friend requests coming in from people. I don’t need FB friends.
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