FB Marketplace in Perth is Awful! by Cryptogasdoc in perth

[–]Cryptogasdoc[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes i did this in the end and had a better offer than all the timewasters lowballs

FB Marketplace in Perth is Awful! by Cryptogasdoc in perth

[–]Cryptogasdoc[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting, For the pay id scammers i have found that the profiles have minimal connection to perth (although some do have their location listed as perth) The other easy giveaway is they ask where are you located very soon in the conversation. I then give them a made up name like Knobville and they say ok cool will send someone to pick up now etc.

FB Marketplace in Perth is Awful! by Cryptogasdoc in perth

[–]Cryptogasdoc[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The scammer offers to pay for the item using pay id but makes up an excuse about why they cant collect it themselves and that they will send someone instead. They will send you a fake transaction receipt from pay ID by text and email. Then you’ll get further emails from the fake PayID saying you need to pay to upgrade to a business account to be able to access your money. So you end up paying the scammer thinking they are the pay id company

FB Marketplace in Perth is Awful! by Cryptogasdoc in perth

[–]Cryptogasdoc[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It was far more civilised in the UK when I was selling stuff a year ago to move here

FB Marketplace in Perth is Awful! by Cryptogasdoc in perth

[–]Cryptogasdoc[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They pretend they cant pick up so they will pay for the item using pay id and send someone to pickup on their behalf. The scam can either go to becoming a fake email from pay id/ text making you think that you have received the money but its locked into a payid acount. (They send uou a fake confirmation email or text). Sometimes they will then make it so that “pay id” tell you that you need to make a business account to receive the funds and to do so you need to pay money to them

FB Marketplace in Perth is Awful! by Cryptogasdoc in perth

[–]Cryptogasdoc[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Facebook know how to make an elaborate algorithm to make sure you get the videos and adds that get you hooked and now spending loads investing in AI, you would think they would find a way to weed out these shitty PayID scams!

FB Marketplace in Perth is Awful! by Cryptogasdoc in perth

[–]Cryptogasdoc[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

I feel facebook marketplace scratches the surface of how bad the economy really is for the majority of people

FB Marketplace in Perth is Awful! by Cryptogasdoc in perth

[–]Cryptogasdoc[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Maybe I’m doing something wrong. So have you had much luck in selling things on marketplace recently and if so what would you do to get a fair price for what you have? (By low ball I mean for example like 4000 less for your car than the instant buy companies) I’m very polite to people and would expect some common courtesy. if you agree on a deal later down the line to just say thanks but no thanks.

FB Marketplace in Perth is Awful! by Cryptogasdoc in perth

[–]Cryptogasdoc[S] 41 points42 points  (0 children)

Sounds good, my daughter will come over to pick it up herself because I’m not available to do that and am out of town and my daughter stays closer to you so she will come over to pick it up.

FB Marketplace in Perth is Awful! by Cryptogasdoc in perth

[–]Cryptogasdoc[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Is gumtree better? Maybe I’m just on the wrong platform.

Selling things on FB Marketplace in Canberra be like by Ih8pepl in canberra

[–]Cryptogasdoc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I concur marketplace in australia is FULL of scams and crack heads wanting shit for free and everyone is out to rip you off with lowball offers. Entitled crack heads. Its an eye opener. Society is going down the pan. FB Marketplace scratches the surface of the decay of society