I have been selling on Craigslist for the better part of 20 years. And I have been selling on Facebook only since 2020. Selling I have seen many more “hits “ on Facebook than Craigslist but only about one percent of those people who contact me are serious about buying. Buying I also have found many bogus postings who never get back to me, in a different location than they say, or they said tell you to go to some email or call them. I will explain to them the issue and depending on their response I will flag and report them. ( like it will really do any good) At least on Facebook, you can look at what they’re selling, their profile and get an idea of what kind of person they are, if they have any information about themselves at all. No info=red flag You must do your duty and report or flag these posts and people that are bogus. I have picked up a few good deals that were cheap because the person just wants to get rid of it. Just like anything else you use your common sense and your “gut feeling” when it comes to people and they’re postings. Just my two pennies worth. Mike Rosen Sent from: My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device.
On Feb 10, 2025, at 11:54 PM, Ethan O'Toole via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
It's been an issue with music instruments for a while. They often use completed listing images from reverb.com. I think they ignore any local pickup attempts and hope for people trying to pay to ship.
Also some fake reel to reel ads as well.
Been trying to sell some stuff on facebook marketplace and it's a draining experience. Not like the old craigslist days.
- Ethan
On Mon, 10 Feb 2025, Douglas Crawford via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
Same photos... :-/
On 2/6/2025 10:38 AM, Christian Liendo via vcf-midatlantic wrote: So I saw this come up and I thought this was kind of an odd price for this. $200 seemed cheap
https://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/vgm/d/brooklyn-commodore-64-silver-label/...
I thought it might be fake so I wanted to do some research
For giggles, I decided to just see what they were going for and found this:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/235921534457
Same pictures
Same serial number
Out of all the things I thought people would scam over, vintage computers was not that one thing
-- Douglas Crawford VCF Mid-Atlantic Museum Mgr InfoAge Science & History Museums 2201 Marconi Road Wall, NJ 07719