I have come to almost enjoy listing stuff on FB marketplace. I'm like the soup-nazi on Seinfeld. "No soup for you!"
- only drive to a seller, never to a buyer.
- Unless it's infeasible to move whatever you're selling, meet at the truck stop outside of my neighborhood.
- reject anyone, buyer or seller, who gives a hint of dishonesty... I just hate dishonest people or swindlers & don't want to benefit them in any way
- Only consider delivery after they have actually transferred a non-refundable delivery fee via paypal or venmo, and that's only happened once, because my time is valuable to me and they're going to pay even more than it's worth to me for it. That usually just shuts down the requests for delivery.
- always assume you're getting only what you can see with your own beady eyes & if anything gives you the wrong vibe, bail... I've gotten ripped off on a couple of small buys, but never anything too expensive
- I will only hold something if someone is currently in transit, and only then until the agreed upon time. 1 minute after the agreed upon time, the other guy that's already here with cash gets the sale. I might give them some slack if they're communicating well. None of this, 'can you hold it to the weekend' crap. It's like, 'yeah, unless someone else shows up with the money first'
There's probably some other basic rules of thumb, but the primary one is that if, in your transactions, you generally give any room for someone to screw you, then someone is definitely going to, eventually.
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