What would you do? Sold some items on Facebook in exchange for a $50 donation to a charity of our choice, now buyer has ghosted me after picking up the items.

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#3355481 20-Mar-2025 09:28

richms:

What would I do? Not be so naïve next time on Facebook marketplace to do this.

Yes - have to think the OP set himself up for this - the 'buyer' almost certainly took advantage of the situation and had no intention of making the donation. If OP had tried what I suggested earlier and taken the $50 to donate later, the 'sale' would most likely never have taken place with that 'buyer'.

Sometimes I just sit and think. Other times I just sit.

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#3355539 20-Mar-2025 09:59

eracode:

richms:

What would I do? Not be so naïve next time on Facebook marketplace to do this.

Yes - have to think the OP set himself up for this - the 'buyer' almost certainly took advantage of the situation and had no intention of making the donation. If OP had tried what I suggested earlier and taken the $50 to donate later, the 'sale' would most likely never have taken place with that 'buyer'.

Sure, both of you may be correct, but there are potentially (definitely!) nicer ways of expressing this with at least an element of empathy.

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#3357433 26-Mar-2025 12:11

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqUtJJHeUrY

Just come across this short skit on if Facebook Marketplace was real life market. So accurate lol.

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#3358586 29-Mar-2025 14:19

Yep I've decided Facebook Marketplace is very hit and miss and weird even. When clearing out my parents place, I had a guy who paid upfront via bank deposit for an exceedingly large cabinet with sliding glass doors that I had been concerned about getting rid of. However, despite my hounding him over a couple of weeks and advising that the house needed to be vacant by the following weekend, he never arrived to collect it and told me just to keep the money! Fortunately the Sallies decided they would take it.

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#3376293 24-May-2025 09:00

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/facebook-marketplace-scammers-father-cautions-bargain-hunters-after-being-duped/2DF6PXCKERHANIMO4XIDOMQ5BU/

Some people on Facebook Marketplace are just repeat scammers who can't help themselves. They don't care about taking other people's money and not providing the item, and I bet Meta does next-to-nothing about it - with so many users it's way too hard to police.

This is where Trademe is better, at least if things go south you have some (local) recourse.

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#3376294 24-May-2025 09:02

Why are people still paying for Facebook market place items in advance before they have the item?

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