Facebook marketplace

[daveydiesel1]

Is it just me or is most of the adverts just scams. Browsing through 7 seaters and fairly new peugeot 5008 for 3-4 k, volvo xc90 for similar money. Do they think were stupid. How is this still alowed to go on

 

[Lewis]

Such a pain in the arse, we're looking for a used vehicle currently and as you say the amount of adverts in the £3-4K bracket that are clearly too good to be true, is astonishing and got to be pretty gullible to fall for it, but makes it hard to pick out a genuine seller when there's hundreds of scammy ones to riffle through.

 

[Dave W]

There's scams on whatever platform you look at. The trouble is there’s very few laws actually being broken
It only becomes an offence when money changes hands and no product arrives.
there’s very little Facebook or whoever can do

 

[farmerm]

Get loads on tech and shipping containers too. Reporting of obvious scams is often ignored by facebook too which really boils my pee!!

 

[Moors Lad]

Is there no where else you can buy something then?? FFS

 

[farmerm]

There's scams on whatever platform you look at. The trouble is there’s very few laws actually being broken
It only becomes an offence when money changes hands and no product arrives.
there’s very little Facebook or whoever can do

Sellers should have to verify their ID, obvious scammer profiles should be closed down much more quickly, faceache can’t stop scams but they could make scammers job a lot more difficult

 

[farmerm]

Is there no where else you can buy something then?? FFS

Some good deals to be had on there but the simple rule is don’t hand over any money until the item is in your hand.

 

[kiwi pom]

Plenty of places to buy a car, no need to scrape the bottom of the barrel.

 

[rob h]

Trying to sell something at the moment had a scammer Trying to get me to email info that's already on the add.his profile says he lives in Falmouth but he recons he lives in Aberdeen so needs info by email.

 

[john432]

On Facebook marketplace, yes the scammers are a pain, wasting time but ,a few easy things to do, look at their other things for sale, look at their Facebook profile, look at their friends etc... anyone genuine selling cheap is usually desperate for money, so they will be more than happy to talk with you face to face, do a live video call showing the said item..so the above rules out about 75% of the stuff on Facebook marketplace

 

[B R C]

Surely Autotrader is a better bet?

 

[Pistonbroke]

Laughably, eBay is probably safer. More genuine dealers sell on there and there's comeback if it's a scam. Facebook, you're on your own. The better the deal looks on Facebook,the more likely it's a scam

 

[Wellytrack]

I hate buying cars, I see them as an unnecessary expense, I’ll only buy another when the current one isn’t road worthy.

It takes work to weed out what is genuine from what is not. Found a nice vehicle in February, on gumtree, one owner from new, full dealer servicing from new, lever arch file full of receipts.
Called the seller, sent him money then arranged it be collected a few days later. Simples.

 

[Lincs Lass]

Usually ,all these scams are advertised through hacked accounts .
Spotted an 18 ford ranger not long ago ,,every extra you could think of .custom paint and alloys ,,priced at £4000 .
Reg checked out ,,its real price should have been £24000.
Reported it ,FB didnt remove it . two later it popped up on another MP ad ,200 miles away from the first one

 

[Still Farming]

There's some wize one's on there.

A blessing to the caravan dwelling wheeler dealers allegedly?

 

[YorkshireAndrew]

I saw a tractor on there recently described as ‘low mileage & always garaged over night’ .

 

[Still Farming]

Often the exact item is advertised being in different locations ALL ROUND THE COUNTRY??

 

[daveydiesel1]

If i could get some1 to give me a fresh xc90 for 5k id snap thier arm off right th

 

[tractorsandcows]

I saw a tractor on there recently described as ‘low mileage & always garaged over night’ .

That's Bald Ricks tractor

 

[Pistonbroke]

I saw a tractor on there recently described as ‘low mileage & always garaged over night’ .

Saw one described as " economical with electricity"