topic Re: No more $1.10 weekends. in Selling

No more $1.10 weekends.

max-power-models — Fri, 05 Jul 2019 19:54:54 GMT

Did $700 plus ih sales last weekend through FB. No insertion fees, no PayPal fees.

Only trouble was I forgot to put 140 listings on the back burner! Luckily they waived the insertion fees. It seems Marketplace and dedicated interest based sites are the new thing. Or even start your own FB page. Thanks ebay.

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heihachi_73 — Fri, 05 Jul 2019 21:23:25 GMT

I think I'll stick with eBay until they make it impossible to list second hand items, I wouldn't be seen dead on Facebook.

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pigletflew — Fri, 05 Jul 2019 22:43:39 GMT

getting good prices on facebook and they pick up so no postage mess around

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jellybirddesigns — Fri, 05 Jul 2019 23:31:04 GMT

I'm interested in selling on FB etc, but don't want people coming to the house for privacy and security reasons.

I guess I can include postage, but not sure if price will then seem too high.

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padi*0409 — Fri, 05 Jul 2019 23:36:52 GMT

@jellybirddesigns wrote:

I'm interested in selling on FB etc, but don't want people coming to the house for privacy and security reasons.

Just arrange to meet up with the buyer at a public location in your town - most of the stuff I've bought of FB has sold that way.

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pnc75 — Sat, 06 Jul 2019 00:43:52 GMT

Padi, is it safe to sell on FB? For some reason I have this 'dangerous' impression. I have never been a FB user. is it possible to open anaccount in a false name? (For safety and privacy reasons).

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pnc75 — Sat, 06 Jul 2019 00:45:41 GMT

Why is that hh? Not being argumentative here; am genuiinely interested. I've been considering it for a long time, but daughter seems averse to the idea. Am trying to gather information about it. TIA to you and anyone else who supplies information, either on here or through a pm. TIA again.

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padi*0409 — Sat, 06 Jul 2019 00:55:23 GMT

@pnc75 wrote:
Padi, is it safe to sell on FB? For some reason I have this 'dangerous' impression. I have never been a FB user. is it possible to open anaccount in a false name? (For safety and privacy reasons).

You can open an account in any name you like on FB pnc, and you can set your privacy settings so that only your "friends" can see your details, also the pm system is used when buying/selling so that you don't need to put personal details like phone numbers on a post.

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*tippy*toes* — Sat, 06 Jul 2019 00:55:47 GMT

@pnc75 wrote:
Padi, is it safe to sell on FB? For some reason I have this 'dangerous' impression. I have never been a FB user. is it possible to open anaccount in a false name? (For safety and privacy reasons).

You can use any name you like, providing out *sounds* like a name. For example, your real name might be Trevor Harrison, you could call yourself James Roberts. They wouldn't accept a name like hgjabnfj hskmfb, or even Richard the Sailor. If you wanted to share a page with a spouse, they won't allow John and Jody Dalton, so people get around that by having Johnandjody Dalton.

The only downside you using a fake name is, if they suspect any unusual activity, or the account is a fake name, they may want you to prove who you are by providing some form of ID. I don't use my real name on Facebook. I created a fake ID when they wanted me to prove who I was. If you do go the fake name, use your real date of birth, that way if they do want you to prove who you are, you haven't forgotten what the date of birth was you put in.

If you are concerned about people coming to your house, as mentioned, meet in public. I have had a number of local pick up items from eBay sales. We either meet in the Maccas carpark, Bunnings or one of the local supermarket carparks. Depending on what part of town the buyer is in.

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heihachi_73 — Sat, 06 Jul 2019 01:04:26 GMT

I just don't do the whole social media thing, not my code of footy as such.

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max-power-models — Sat, 06 Jul 2019 01:10:21 GMT

You could meet them somewhere close by. A few people do that.

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pnc75 — Sat, 06 Jul 2019 01:20:50 GMT

I don't really mind people coming to the house, it's just the 'social media / FB' thing. I just have a negative 'thing' about it. But I need to find an alternative to ebay, sadly, as I used to enjoy it.

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*tippy*toes* — Sat, 06 Jul 2019 02:15:38 GMT

@pnc75 wrote:
I don't really mind people coming to the house, it's just the 'social media / FB' thing. I just have a negative 'thing' about it. But I need to find an alternative to ebay, sadly, as I used to enjoy it.

The ones who seem to have the most "negative" experiences are, those who show their entire life on there. They are inviting trouble. If you keep it private and strictly "business" (as in for selling in the marketplace), then you should have no problems at all.

One of my friends was always dead against everything Facebook, despite his wife and kids having accounts. The only reason he has an account now, was to keep up with his Daughter's adventures when she went to the US in January as an exchange student. He has since found a lot of old friends that he'd been trying to find for years.

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bimberiretrosystems — Sat, 06 Jul 2019 02:20:20 GMT

you don't have to do the whole social media "thing" just use it as a tool to sell which is what i have done

Making so many sales there fee free and stress free - no paypal, no feedback rubbish with DSR's, majority of my sales are posted items

Being here on ebay with almost no sales was really discouraging - i actually thought the market was dead - boy was i wrong.

but hey if it's not your 'code of footy' good luck to ya, on ebay - i better go as i have to post $400 worth of sales i made when writing this post

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medalsbadgespatches — Sat, 06 Jul 2019 04:35:09 GMT

I agree. FB shold not be underestimated by any sellers. Special interest groups and marketplace perform well. The fees, rules and regulations are a bonus. It is only Australia tho. Ebay is a worldwide platform.

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miarose03 — Sat, 06 Jul 2019 04:58:38 GMT

I sell 99% of my items on facebook. Honestly i sell way way more on facebook on here. Ive just recently put a few of my items on here and wow its not like the old days. and who in their right mind would pay insertion fees!!! I do alot of pick ups from my home but its mainly mums that come to pick up. I would be lost without facebook, and best thing no fees so i can sell alot cheaper there.

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brerrabbit585 — Sat, 06 Jul 2019 08:24:16 GMT

You don't have to do ANY of the social media stuff on fb. I have my profile set to private and nobody can see anything about me. I post 99.9999% of what I sell and about 80% is paid for with bank deposit. I only joined fb to sell. When something sells the person sends me a private message and I give them my bank account or pp details and they give me their address.

There's at least one group of know of for hand made craft goods - with 50,000 members. Anybody who turns up their nose at that obviously doesn't want to sell their goods.

Someone told me a few months ago that fb are now requiring proof of identity when you open an account so it may not be as easy to join under a false name as it used to be. If you want to sell I'd suggest using your real name so that you inspire trust in your buyers.

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*tippy*toes* — Sat, 06 Jul 2019 13:13:34 GMT

@brerrabbit585 wrote:
You don't have to do ANY of the social media stuff on fb. I have my profile set to private and nobody can see anything about me. I post 99.9999% of what I sell and about 80% is paid for with bank deposit. I only joined fb to sell. When something sells the person sends me a private message and I give them my bank account or pp details and they give me their address.

There's at least one group of know of for hand made craft goods - with 50,000 members. Anybody who turns up their nose at that obviously doesn't want to sell their goods.

Someone told me a few months ago that fb are now requiring proof of identity when you open an account so it may not be as easy to join under a false name as it used to be. If you want to sell I'd suggest using your real name so that you inspire trust in your buyers.

I set up a new account for a friend a few months ago to get around a group ban. I didn't require any proof of ID. If that has come in since then, you'd still be able to create with your real name, then you can change your name once every 30 days I think, so the name could be changed then.

I live in a town with 56,000 people. One of my local buy swap and sell groups and another local what's happening group, that doubles as a selling group, have 50,000+ members. Some of them would be out of towners and from neighbouring towns, but it's still not bad for rural groups.

My type of items aren't really geared for Facebook, but so much other stuff is. There's not just marketplace, but nearly everywhere has several local buy swap and sell groups. General ones, but also specialised ones, e.g cars and car parts or antiques, or collectables, or plants. You name it! If something is specialised, you often don't need to be local. People will join from all over the country, which opens up the audience.

The trouble with social media is, you only ever hear the bad stuff. Cyber bullying, stalking, etc. You don't hear of the thousands or millions of missing people around the world who've been found. Crimes have been solved. People finding long lost relatives, like adopted people finding birth families, or families who have become estranged.

Then there's the support groups. Any type of support you need, you can find groups for it on Facebook. Countless different cancer groups, epilepsy groups, food allergy or intolerance groups, gardening groups, religious groups. Absolutely any thing you can think of. If it wasn't for the Facebook support group that I joined after Mr Tippy got sick and had life altering surgery, I'd have probably committed a murder suicide. I am not joking one bit about that.

There's also the countless special interest groups. Car restorations, cake decorating, recipes, funny and not so funny jokes, pets, kids pulling faces, house renovating. Everything you could think of, someone has started a group for it. My town even has a local school uniform group, where people can sell uniforms that their kids have grown out of. That group has over 20,000 members apparently!

While there is the bad element that I mentioned, there is far more good than bad. As long as you keep your page private, with the strictest privacy settings, all anyone outside can see is your profile picture. You don't even have to have a profile picture, but it looks better if you do. It doesn't have to be a photo of you, it could be a pet, a flower, a rainbow, a car. Anything you want really.

The only way to know if it's going to work is give it a go. If it still turns out not to be for you, close your account, just like you would on eBay.