My Facebook Marketplace Horror Stories

it's wild out there but you've got to do what you've got to do for pretty things
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[@biblionomads]

I wanted to go pick up some bluetooth headphones that a guy was selling for $75 (retails for $120). I was negotiating the price with him but then in the morning he messaged me saying that he was craving a Wendy's Baconator burger and that if I brought him one, he would give me the headphones for the price of the burger. I thought it was maybe a prank, so I brought my sister-in-law with me just in case. Got him the burger, he was stoked, and he gave me the headphones 🤷🏾‍♀ People are strange.

[@ArielBissett]

This is incredible 😂

[@bobbigaukel3860]

That’s somebody who is in complete control of marketplace 😂

[@Katie-hh9eu]

Sounds like he had the munchies, haha

[@liz-tastic.]

Definitely sounds like the munchies

[@cozyninos]

he bartered his headphones for a baconator XD

[@erin_neon]

"I am very dedicated to picking up these chairs" 😂 this is hilarious thank you for sharing all these stories omg

[@meganchung69]

This video was so so fun!! I love both buying and selling on marketplace and I have a sweet story to share. My best marketplace story is that I met someone who is now one of my closest friends after buying from her! In January I bought a crib for my baby who was due in May. When she gave me her address it turned out that she only lived 2 blocks away. When I showed up at her place, she looked like she was a similar age to me, and her baby was also due in May. She also had a dog, and I wanted to reach out to her to see if she wanted to go for a walk or something because I just had a feeling like, maybe we have more in common. We ended up crossing paths with her and her partner a few times over the next few months because we live so close, and we even commented like "oh, eventually we'll see each other and have babies!" I ended up chickening out of contacting her, but a few weeks after I had my baby I messaged her something like "hey, I know you were due in May, too, I hope it went okay and you're all doing well". She messaged back asking if I wanted to go for a walk together with our babies. We went for coffee and found out that we both have so much in common, in particular we're both elementary school teachers working in the same district, we even have friends, students and families in common. We also both had traumatic birth experiences and being able to talk to each and grow through it with each other has been really special. We now hang out every week and our sons, who are only 2 weeks apart in age, are growing up together ❤️

[@adriana4animals]

That is such a beautiful story!! 😍

[@emilyb898]

this is so nice oh my god 😭

[@AvecPoesie]

This is so touching to read. It can be SO HARD to make friends, especially GOOD friends, as an adult. It is so lovely that you two found one another. 🖤

[@jordandmx269]

A story of proving there are good people! I was buying something for $35 dollars, and left the money under the mat. I had a newborn at the time so I was extra spacy and frazzled. Instead of leaving $20, $10, and $5 bills, I left a $20, a $10, and a $50. She contacted me right away and I was able to turn around and get the money right away and gave it to me for $33 because I didn't have another five, but did have a few random singles in my car. So grateful that she was honest and kind.

[@Stacy_SJA]

LOVE that she was honest!

[@dorothyburgess1248]

I was in the market for 2 twin beds for what seemed like forever and when I found a pair I loved on Marketplace I was so thrilled. Only issue was the guy was selling them with mattresses which I didn’t need. I reached out and told him I would love to buy the beds (could even come today to scoop them) but would he consider selling them without the mattresses (I would pay full price, he just keeps the mattresses.) His literal first correspondence to me was, “ I DON’T HAVE TO SELL YOU ANYTHING!” And then he BLOCKED me! I was like... WTF just happened? 😅😂 People are so weird. LMAO.

[@ArielBissett]

Hahahaahhahha oh my god what! He freaked out. That’s so silly 🤦🏽‍♀️🙈

[@tikusblue]

Lol im guessing he just wanted them out of the house and doesn't want to figure out how to dispose of them himself.

[@poodlemuffin]

Sounds like someone who’d already dealt with a lot of unreasonable buyers who started out by asking an innocuous question and wasn’t prepared to spend energy to find out if that’s what you were going to turn into 😅

[@echothegoodwolf]

I bought a queen bed with mattress on marketplace and the lady I bought it from told me *repeatedly* that the only person who had slept on it was her elderly mother who was not $mexually actively. She really wanted me to be assured that her mother was celibate 😂

[@Stacy_SJA]

Yeah I see the “must take mattress” A lot… they probably can’t get rid of it but need it gone 😂

[@cjdflkj]

Oh Facebook marketplace is insane. I once sold early 1800s shutters and doors, great price, this woman said she wanted to come to look but for half price. I told her I had multiple people who wanted them full price that day, but she could come look as I was having a yard sale. She got there first but offered me again half. I said “no, this is already a fair price and another guy just called and is minutes out.” She grabbed the shutters and tried to load them and said “You don’t know if they’ll be here and I’ve got cash now, you’ll take my price.” I told her no and please leave. She put them back and blasted off. 😂 lady please

[@ginasmitasin479]

WOW! Who does that?

[@vaderladyl]

Cheapskates that have no patience or manners?@@ginasmitasin479

[@ah5721]

The audacity!

[@meganharper6566]

This reminded me of the time I was "robbed" at a yard sale I was having. After turning a man away earlier in the day for absolutely ludicrous low balling on everything, he rolled up at the end of the day, aggressively driving his car into the driveway, ran around and opened all of his car doors and then just started grabbing and shoving as many items as he possibly could in any available crevice in his already filled-to-the-brim-car. He was talking at me so fast and moving so quickly that I felt unsettled and backed away. Luckily my sister had the wherewithal to run and gather her boyfriend and his friends the second she saw his car, and they came out and stopped him from grabbing anything else. He jumped in his car and tried negotiating on prices from there, but it started getting pretty heated so I just agreed to let the items go. At that point the man turned to me and asked if he could return at 7:00 to take me out for something to eat. Guess he thought I was "so nice" that maybe I would pay for dinner too.😅 Anyway we laugh about it still.

[@vaderladyl]

The nerve of that guy.@@meganharper6566

[@poodlegirl55]

My best Facebook story is we moved into an older stone house that had a huge kitchen that was in rough shape. It only had one small section of cabinets and all the lowers were water damaged. We priced cabinets at builders stores, an Amish cabinet shop etc and it seemed like it would cost a fortune to get more than we had. We got the room all fixed up, new plumbing, electric and appliances but still no cabinets. I took a coffee break while working, looked at marketplace and five minutes before a man had listed an entire huge pile of cabinets he removed from a house. They were dark and ugly but solid oak and Amish made for $400. We raced over and picked them up and there were 17 cabinets, a whole trailer full. I painted them out and we installed them. 7 years later my husband still brags how I saved the budget and the whole home remodel with my amazing find. I wish I could show you the before and after!

[@ArielBissett]

Oh WOW!! I did think after this video that I want to make a sequel that’s “most victorious fb finds” or something because I’ve had a few of these more “construction materials” finds like your cabinets that just completely change the budget game!!!!

[@ginasmitasin479]

Our neighbors were remodeling their kitchen and they’d rented a dumpster for the cabinets. I asked if we could have them and put them in our garage. Floor to ceiling, wall to wall with a large area for working on projects. They were perfect. When we redid a kitchen (several houses later) I called a friend and asked if he wanted our old cabinets for his garage and delivered them to him. I hate throwing things away that someone else could use.

[@empressche333]

I did the same thing at my beach house. Bought solid oak cabinets off marketplace..whole kitchen for $500. Used what fit in my configuration, and sold off the rest!

[@EyeGlassTrainofMind]

Yes! This is exactly why Kitchen cabinets should be saved in demolition if they are still in good shape. So many people just rip and dump them out because they want a different style but they're still in great condition. Your cabinets sound amazing!

[@poodlegirl55]

@@EyeGlassTrainofMind The best thing is they look like they have always been there. I have an older home and I don't think new big box cabinets would look as good.

[@merrimcarthur7198]

The tiny table is a cigarette box. My grandmother had one exactly like that...WITH the music. My mother inherited it. I believe my sister has it now. If she ever doesn't want it I DO! So yeah, you have a lovely cigarette box/table.

[@Inky1313Starlight]

Thank you! I’ve been wondering what it was cause I’m fascinated with it, I love music boxes

[@darenallisonyoung8568]

I thought for sure stand-alone jewelry case. Cigarette box didn't even occur to me!

[@ninirossau2304]

I have one, it had inserts and was used cards (like poker) it actually lives in my bathroom next to the toilet. I love to read.@@darenallisonyoung8568

[@christinec1928]

@@darenallisonyoung8568 I thought it was a jewelry box too.

[@Hillary429]

“We just have to move the organ” is such a great inside joke Me and my friends say “it’s just like getting the mail” everytime our hiker friends recommends a trail cuz it’s always so much longer and harder

[@thevirtualtraveler]

My family's 'in joke" dating back to when my mother was a teenager is, whenever someone suggests doing something that, yeah, you COULD do that; but why WOULD you??? is "Yeah. And I could slit that convertible top."

[@The.meadows]

Not a strange one but I saw my DREAM vintage wood kitchen for £100 on fb marketplace and roped in my fella, father in law and friend to go and dismantle it and then make about 3 trips there and back with everyone’s car full of dirty kitchen pieces! Then roped in my dad to make it fit my kitchen, and now I have the most beautiful charmed/practical magic kitchen

[@maxsun2989]

I would love to see pictures of your kitchen!

[@CheySandra]

One time I bought a rug on Marketplace, and I showed up the house and the lady says "wait in the driveway and I'll open up the garage" and the garage door opened to reveal her full on pumping breast milk. I'm all for a mother doin her thang, but it does quality as my weirdest Marketplace interaction.

[@daphblue]

😂😭

[@kristybowman8731]

Omg FB Marketplace! Our worst story was where I sold a glider and told the buyer it was on the front porch (and the listing photos showed it on the front porch). Guy picks it up and leaves the cash as agreed, but also takes the glider and matching chairs and tables from the back deck! Had to threaten to call the cops. Also had a guy come pick up something and pay with a huge bag of loose coins, another time someone picked up a refrigerator and backed into our mailbox on the way out, kept on driving.

[@ArielBissett]

Oh my god Kristy these are INSANE!!!!!!

[@annprince5218]

I had a HUGE supply of really good yard, needles, crochet hooks and even books of patterns that came from a squatter that had taken over my daughter's house. She just left all this stuff. I wanted to just find a good home for it, FREE! I had SO many rude people contact me! They would ask me all of these insane demands, like wanting a detailed list of every item (it was five HUGE boxes full). Calling me names because I wouldn't drop it off and others just not showing up. I couldn't believe people were behaving like this for FREE items! Thankfully a woman from a local nursing home got hold of me and she took all of it for their knitting/crochet club.

[@linalikesreading]

We bought a painting on Facebook marketplace from a couple living in our neighborhood. They were so sweet that I told my boyfriend afterward I wish they were our friends. Fast forward a couple of months, my boyfriends cousin hosted a party. Shockingly the couple was there! It took us the whole evening to figure out why we recognized each other haha, but ever since then we hang out regularly!🥰

[@empressche333]

Selling furniture and collectibles on marketplace is how I’ve met the bulk of my friends! Somehow, chatting it up over a piece of furniture somehow leads to having coffee together and friendship emerges from there! :). I love Marketplace, even if it’s an alien landscape at times…😂

[@zzflvr]

The musical table is so sweet, I would tell everyone visiting me to open so they'll get a surprise. lol

[@susanladouceur890]

And the morale of the story, not all costs are monetary 😂

[@thebjm1967]

Ain’t that the truth!

[@joannadann2271]

7:10 the little scrunched up paper hiding behind the cushion is so relateable

[@ArielBissett]

Hahahaha pretend you didn’t see that!!!

[@hannahl610]

I often give stuff away for free on marketplace because my apartment is small and for furniture I have to operate a one-in-one-out system like a nightclub lol. It’s wild how demanding people are even when you’re literally giving them something for nothing. However it is a lot easier than hauling it to the thrift or wherever

[@cariiinen]

Oh yes, there's nothing more unreliable than a free pickup! I now generally put things up for a small symbolic sum to weed out the flaky people.

[@empressche333]

I have found it more trouble to give stuff away for free than stick a $20 price tag on it. Then, people actually show up. You may want to try it!

[@shellsisacoolpear]

I have something listed for free currently and the 3 people who said they wanted it either ghosted or bailed. Like I'm ready to throw it on my curb and post the street and let anyone show up for it. 😂 Had another guy that I told to come in the afternoon(stupidly gave address night before) then he messages me at 8am saying he's an hour away and shows up at 9????? Messaged him at 1 saying "I said afternoon cause that's when I was available" 🤔

[@ChannelCreator]

The audacity of people asking for you to drive to drop off something you’re giving away for FREE? Like I’m going to lose time AND money for no profit????

[@hannahl610]

@@ChannelCreator exactly! I don’t even have a car so that’s a non-starter. I consider someone picking up the item as their payment.

[@ashleyrose1840]

I had one recently where a woman was trying to buy a bunch of my jewelry, basically 40+ pairs of earrings, for $10. And then come to find out she lived nearly 2 hours away from me and we weren’t driving all that there and back, so I said I could mail but $10 is too low because it would probably cost around that much just to ship them. She literally became unhinged on me and was talking about how unfair I was, that I just must not want to sell to her for some reason, etc. it ended up with her “apologizing” and me offering for her to pick out around 10 pairs of earrings and I would ship them out to her for $15. We went through all of that for her to start ignoring my messages. At that point I blocked her because the fact that I was still willing to sell anything to her even after all of that, just for her to ghost me in the end, made me so very angry. I wasted so much time on trying to be polite to a very clearly unhinged person. That’s not even all of it, because she was initially talking about me going over to her house and drinking with her and trying on clothes, etc. like WHAT. 💀💀

[@ginasmitasin479]

So weird…giving I want to wear your skin vibes.

[@ashleyrose1840]

@@ginasmitasin479 LMAO. It was very bizarre!

[@mjjae8122]

This is so relatable I have given way too much time to unhinged people and immediately regretted it, you just gotta block and move on 😂😂

[@fishelle80]

I literally couldn’t concentrate on what you were saying while kitty was rolling around looking adorable then you pet her and I instantly relaxed. Every single cat on this planet has me wrapped around its tiny paw.

[@northwoodfalls1403]

Some of those stories were wild lol. I haven’t had too many strange encountered via marketplace, but the one I did have just made me 🤨. They were a couple that refurbished pieces. They had a lovely set that wasn’t an original set. A Queen Ann style table (quite a large one) and a suit of chairs of a different style but lovely and made of solid oak. The table has a pine top so clearly not original to the piece. They had given the entire table a pickled finish. All fine because I was intending to use the table as my work surface in my office/studio and I wanted something lovely but not precious. The price was phenomenal. I think it was like $300 for the table and all the chairs (6 ) and we whittled that down to like $280. Anyhow, the one caveat they had was that we had to promise to never paint it. Henh? Lol. When we met up with them at a point half way between them and us (it was an hours drive for us) they basically vetted us there in the parking lot. It took a good half hour of talking to convince them that we so appreciated the work they had done that we would never in a million years think of painting it. I mean ….. what the what what now? Did they really believe they could hold people to such a promise? You sell it to me, I can hack it into a million pieces and use it for kindling if I want to. How bizarre. Anyhow, it has layers of paint on it now because we are a family of artists and it gets used for a million projects. One day I will strip it and refinish it because it really is a lovely piece, but also it’s just a pine top. It’s not like it’s antique mahogany or some such. People are funny …..

I once sold a little footstool for 4 euros. The guy showed up on time and wanted to negotiate the price to 2 euros. I declined because 4 euros was already a very good price. He said okay, gave me the money and basically ran off. Later I discovered that he didn't give me euros but similiar foreign money which was basically worth 20 cents... at least I could gift my dad the money because he's a coin collector.

[@jennslifeinhuntingtonwv2678]

I bought my stove for $200. In the picture it was nice and clean in a nice clean house. My son picked it up for me, so he just paid for it, no questions asked. It took 2 cans of oven cleaner. One for the inside and one for the outside. The large eye heats on high no matter what the setting. That's my only purchase off Facebook marketplace.

[@toniadkins3854]

You have a bad switch/sensor thing. lol. I don’t know what it’s called, but ours was doing the same. My, not handy at all, husband researched it on KZbin and replaced it himself.

[@jennslifeinhuntingtonwv2678]

@toniadkins3854 Thank you so much. I'm pretty handy. I might youtube that.

[@scrapgirl82]

What a great idea for a video. Who can’t relate to these stories? 😅

[@theautumnreader327]

The speed with which I clicked on this notification. Yes please!

[@cRazYhYPerPenGuin]

THE ‘I AM VERY DEDICATED TO THESE CHAIRS’ HAD ME CRY LAUGHING HELP FACEBOOK MARKETPLACE IS INSANE

[@rhiviews5587]

A chap arranged to come and collect some games my husband had listed. Was very pushy with demanding money off but we weren’t willing to go any lower. He accepted, arranged a collection time with us but then didn’t show up or answer our messages. TWO DAYS later we get a message saying he’s outside our house but there’s no answer. We weren’t home and messaged him back to say you didn’t show up when you’d arranged and you can’t just turn up at peoples homes without notice when you like. He sent a shitty message back about us wasting his time and he’d come all this way for nothing blah blah blah. I was so freaked out we drove all the way home like a bat out of hell just to get rid of him. He then had the nerve to give us the cash for what he originally wanted to pay, not what we’d agreed on! I stood firm and insisted the agreed price. He was not happy. Thankfully we moved not long after but have not sold on marketplace since 😱

[@karenholmes6565]

My only facebook marketplace purchase was awesome. I bought an art deco dresser with bakelite handles for 100 bucks. The guy DELIVERED it to my apartment, which was on the 6th floor in a downtown apartment with nightmare parking. I was worried he'd be some sort of axe murderer being willing to deliver this dresser, but he was my age, handsome, friendly, and a really nice guy. He would be the kind of guy you'd strike up a conversation with at a coffee shop. I have never bought anything else, I got all of the good luck the first time I did facebook marketplace. I am not going to get that lucky again.

[@britt740]

Fb Marketplace was a blessing when I had to furnish a whole house on my own! I actually only had lovely interactions with the people I was purchasing from, it felt like they were all cheering me on 😊 Everyone actually helped with moving the furniture (including a sweet old man) and a family even held on to a couch for me while they were moving (I had to wait a week before my dad could help me go get it)! I definitely also saw some dodgy stuff, but I would only engage if there were multiple pictures in the listing and the communication was clear from the beginning.

[@empressche333]

I moved across the province last year, only taking a vans worth of personal stuff. I had to buy every piece of furniture and I had very little money. But a year later, my place is full of beautiful antiques! Marketplace has been amazing! But yeah..a few head scratching moments but didn’t let it get to me. :)

[@dauriagroux-holt4028]

The chairs lady defintely started trusting you with her address after your use of "fickle" and "garner"

[@HealedandThriving]

I sold a pool table and had a walk out basement. It had four steps down the porch though. I was so so so clear that I would NOT be able to help move it. The guy even came and looked at it and I said again I wasn’t helping lift or load. He was like 60 or older and walking with a limp so it made me nervous. He says yea yea I’ve got people. He shows up with NO ONE and gets mad that I won’t help him load it. I was done selling after that. He was scary and I called my husband who called our neighbor who came over and told him get it out and leave or just leave. I was so glad he came over.

[@SkySpiral8]

Let Us Descend, which I see in your book of the month box, has what I’d call an “iconic” first line: “The first weapon I ever held was my mother’s hand.”

[@mjjae8122]

The mirror story is crazy too bc asking for a phone number on facebook is such a red flag that its a scam, if someone was asking for all the money in advance and wouldn’t give me the address unless I texted them I would’ve just been like well scam ig 😂😂 so glad you got your mirror its so beautiful!!

[@razzuie]

When I was a kid my mum bought a large 60’s/70’s electric organ, forgetting that we lived on the fifth floor walk up. My stepfather carried it up all those stairs by himself

[@angela86753]

I don't mind buying off Marketplace but selling is a nightmare

[@baileypugh]

I didn't think I needed this content but I was hooked from the first story, better than half hour on Netflix.

[@oregonisdead]

This video and the stories in the comments are making my night!😂😂 People are so…people-y.

[@emmathomas2832]

"We only need to move the organ" meaning this is going to be harder than we think it will be is definitely inside joke worthy. My family has a similar one about how many lanes there are on a certain motorway to mean being stubborn (my mum refused to admit she was wrong)

[@joyindrelie6715]

Love it! Our family inside joke is "starfruit DOES exist". ❤

[@mondinsel4235]

Honestly, I probably wouldn't have bought the mirror out of principle after that attitude, even though the mirror is pretty. You are probably correct that most people wouldn't bother reporting or suing over a mirror if you are even taken seriously by the police. Most would probably just cut their losses begrudgingly and I think some small-time scammers rely on that, so I would have been unsure as well.

[@marshawargo7238]

It was the "just so you know" that got me! When handing the money over, Ariel should have told her about what a waste of time & money pursuing her would have been "just so you know!"😂 Just so you know is equal to I told you so! They imply that they are smarter than you but they are too couth to actually say it😢

[@luella2u152]

The police do not have access to her account or records. Someone would have to get a court order to obtain that information. And the police would probably just tell you to chalk it up to experience. Remember buyer beware.

[@craftyrouze]

Im a bit surprised that any money transfers before coming to collect the item are even considered. Not usual in Britain.

[@jaelikesjackalopes]

the eternal question of whether i want the item more than i don't want the interaction

[@okayheykae]

I don't have a Facebook account (and I'm pretty sure you need one to use Marketplace?) so I'm always super interested in hearing the tales of people who buy stuff from there. I'm gonna come back to this video later and read people's comments so I can hear even more stories!

[@nikig2891]

I don’t have Facebook either, but I asked someone and you do have to have it to use the marketplace. Her videos do make me consider getting it just for the cool shopping.

[@okayheykae]

@@nikig2891 That's what I thought, thanks for the confirmation! It does seem like it would be off brand for them to not try to get more people to have or keep their account, so it makes sense haha

[@JasperisCasper]

@@nikig2891 My dad keeps a separate acct for any marketplace buys. make sure to check "local pickup only" that helps a lot! I will only pay cash in person after seeing the item. no transfer apps. I think that has helped a lot. I've gotten a lot of good deals.

[@on1tokyo]

""The memory will fade, but the mirror will live on..." 🤣😆

[@ArielBissett]

Hahahahha

[@joyindrelie6715]

​@@ArielBissettYou're giving the mirror a happier home ❤️

[@jadesunflowercat]

I am all about this!!! I love browsing Facebook marketplace frequently like it's a challenge to find and obtain things I need and want

[@tiachu]

“I feel like I’m not gonna get the mirror. I feel like she might not like that” IM ACTUALLY CRYINNGGG THESE STORIES ARE SO FUNNY

[@charleysheppard4359]

i would put pens and a little notepad in the musical table so if youre on a call and need to jot something down you dont have to run to another room

[@natashakent6046]

I feel like I need to start this all off by prefacing that I really love and enjoy your channel. I know you live in ns somewhere but it never occurred to me that you live in the same area as me until a few weeks ago when I saw you at the pharmacy. Unfortunately, so excited to see you standing there that I'm pretty sure I just stared at you, did not say anything. Sorry about that, I should have said how much I enjoy your videos and appreciate you making them.

[@rosecat5638]

When I moved into my first solo apartment a couple years ago I literally had nothing to sit on but my bed. I thankfully was able to source an antique style couch but from the 80s and a chair and coffee table from the 40s that were all in beautiful condition for less than $200 all together! The guy selling the couch even offered free delivery and then helped my mom and I move it with his father in law he brought with him, he just wanted the space back in his garage that bad lol. The lady I bought the chair from was a sweet older woman who hardly sat in it ever and I had a pleasant conversation with her about her other lovely antiques.

[@maya-gur695]

Stories like these are the reason why I'm afraid to shop on Facebook marketplace.

[@bobbigaukel3860]

This video came on the heels of me LOSING it over Facebook marketplace conversations I had this week. Sigh. It is the Wild West! We just have to move the organ ❤ thanks for the great video 😊

[@buildingadream]

love that your horrorstories are so mundane, and I mean that in the best way possible. I was worried a bit when I saw the title 😅

[@Annj97]

That Mirror Lady...sounded so sketchy, and she may not know, people do the etransfer scams on the daily. I know a few people who got ripped off from those scams of send the money before you get item and then never hear from that "supposed" seller again. Never send money to anyone until you are physically holding your item!

[@sunsets.starlight]

I find this video so interesting! I've not really bought anything on Facebook yet. We sold my piano when marketplace was brand new. We needed it gone quickly and my mum had got it for super cheap so she stuck it on for a penny. A very similar one to the one you have. The guy gave a penny that was blown up in the war and saved his life. We still have the penny 😊

[@MsTinaBinaBallerina]

I can’t believe the sellers in that organ story. That is so manipulative and also if your bf hadn’t come with you what would’ve happened??

[@ArielBissett]

Yeah I literally don’t know… I think I would have had to just drive away because I would just hurt myself trying to move an organ?!

[@anniekate76]

@@ArielBissettand then you would have been the villain in this story to all their friends! “Oh this sketchy girl claimed she was going to buy our rug but then she wouldn’t just because there was a bit of furniture on one corner! Can you believe how fickle people are on Facebook marketplace?!” 😂

[@gooseberries608]

Oh gosh Facebook Marketplace literally saved me earlier this year when I moved across the country to an expensive city. I took a job there for the future earning potential, not necessarily paying well this first year lol so I gotta scrounge around a bit for this short time. I’ve actually ended up getting furniture that I genuinely love and didn’t break the bank for my first apartment! If you can handle the weirdness it’s usually worth it 😂

[@kaitieskates]

I've only used Facebook Marketplace once but it really is the Wild West. I decided to get rid of some exercise equipment. My bench had basically turned into a coffee table and it was bothering me. Time to clear out. So I listed them for free. Obviously lots of interest but people were so aggressive! I had already agreed with one person but left it open in case he didn't show. People were trying to guilt me into giving it to them instead. Like, "I'm a single mom trying to get in shape, I really think you need to give it to me instead." Yeesh! Just kept having to say if this person doesn't show, I'll let you know. So cleaned everything, brought it down from my apartment to the lobby and waited, and waited...lol. He ended up sending a friend who had to pick up his mother from the airport first and finally got there after I had been sitting in the lobby for about an hour. Like I'm doing more than half the work, and cleaning everything to boot, you could at least get there somewhat on time. Definitely one of the craziest evenings of my life but all the same, I got the stuff out of my house, and this person can continue their fitness journey.

[@veronica.theswamphag]

"I am very dedicated to picking up the chairs" is a frankly hilarious sentence I love it so much

[@meadowrae1491]

I wish I could provide a photo of my very large desk in my small SUV. It defied the laws of physics, but I love this desk.

[@booplesnoo9648]

Just what i needed ❤ would also love to see a video on tips for using fb market xx

[@ArielBissett]

Ooooo that’s a fun idea!!!

[@timewithbooks]

I found this AMAZING media center it was gorgeous. Huge solid maple wood. They were only asking $200 - from the pictures it was well worth it for fine furniture. We coordinated and mwt up at a sketchy self storage. It was awkward because she had brought her brother who was very intimidating. Looking back I can see it was for her own protection but at the time I felt like I was going to be kidnapped. They were fine and nothing bad happened. When she opened the storage unit it was clear that I wasnt going to buy because there had been a rain leak and everything in the unit was super moldy. I mean SUPER moldy. 😬 I was disappointed but glad that I hadnt spent money on a moving rental truck.

[@laureljackson9800]

Great idea for a video! Loving your house fix series!! You are doing fantastic! I find it so annoying when people ghost you to pick up something after all the back and forth leading uo to it. If you change your mind just send 1 more message, how is that so hard!!?? I find comfort knowing that others have odd experiences and I am not the only one struggling, hahaha!

[@annapaola]

I have this exactly same wee table. I rarely open it, but it always scares me :)

[@micaela_c]

The only time I've bought something off facebook market place is when my front tires blew and I managed to find a pair from a man named Sunny 5 minutes from my parents house. I show up with my dad and Sunny is in his garage, looking for a ladder because the tires on a tall shelf. Sunny is maybe 5 feet tall and even with the ladder he couldn't reach the tires- if my dad (6 foot tall) hadn't been there I have no idea how we would have gotten them down😂

[@LynsAlteredArts]

I’ve had pretty good luck with marketplace and probably bought or sold 100 items over the years. Luckily I’ve never been ripped off, just the usual flakes who fail to show up. I usually do porch pick up so I don’t have to go sit in a parking lot somewhere waiting for someone who’s not going to show up. Mostly the biggest problem is people not reading. In every single post I put the area name where I live and the two nearest cross streets and inevitably almost everyone will ask what area I’m in. I feel like saying just read the freaking ad I don’t understand and why they can’t read the words that I wrote there.

[@thebjm1967]

Omggg yes!!!! I’m here for this bc it’s so relatable. I sold a refrigerator and this guy started stalking me. He would message me saying he was outside my house (I never gave my address) and at all hours of the night he would message me saying he’s watching me. I would block him and he would pop up under a new name. It’s scary.

[@anniekate76]

That is terrifying

[@monika.mitchell]

The one FB marketplace exchange I’ll never forget is when I reached out to a seller about a table she was selling and we agreed I would pick it up in the morning. I had her address and drove there the next day. I was by myself, so I stayed in the car in front of her house messaging her several times telling her I was there. I stayed for a little bit and still hadn’t heard back from her. I then messaged her saying I would be back later (giving her the benefit of the doubt). I get a message after I leave telling me she sold it to someone else who offered her more money 🙃 so instead of reaching out to me to tell me that before I left my house she let me waste my time and gas…I was a little heated after that one hahah.

[@joyindrelie6715]

Ugh!

[@au_clair_de_la_lune]

Omg the worst!!

[@amara560]

Wait, why didn't you ring the doorbell?

[@monika.mitchell]

@@amara560 I was by myself and it didn’t feel like a very safe area, so I wanted her to respond before standing out there for long!

[@susangladstone357]

Glad to hear about the piano lessons! Good luck with it - keep practicing your wonderfully talented ;)

[@sarahplummer2828]

This is such a great and fun video idea!

[@ArielBissett]

Thanks 🥲

[@1_viewer]

All that comes to mind story wise is I had nicely aged old red bricks to give away and lots of people wanted them. The person who I agreed to come to get them arrived and got an impressive bloody nose while loading them in his vehicle. He was embarrassed. I offered him a kitchen towel to use to stop it and to keep. He got the bricks all loaded, thanked me and handed me a very nice bottle of wine in gratitude. It was a decent bottle.

[@Ad-Infinitum]

In the UK kitchen towels are paper towels, so it was nice he got to keep it 😆 I realised you meant tea towel! It's a lovely story 🙂

[@SaraSmiles29]

The organ story is about the musical instrument ... isn't it? Until like halfway trough I was thinking it was about a human organ. Yikes.

[@MarthasMuWz]

Loved your FB Market Place stories. I gave up on that platform for several years because of all the shenanigans. Now, I use it for myself and clients with fewer blips (people have got more comfortable with the platform?). I also enjoyed reading the comments on the experiences of other viewers. Thanks.

[@nola3963]

I’m sorry but I’m not native speaker of English. When you said “left the organ” I thought you were talking about bodily organs lol 😭😭😭😭😭😭 my heart dropped 🤣🤣

[@Diva380]

I feel like this is exactly why I prefer to avoid Facebook Marketplace and just have things shipped from places like Etsy or Mercari that have unusual, handmade or vintage items. That, or peruse local flea markets or estate sales instead. I wouldn't have the patience for the folk on Facebook Marketplace.

[@Heyjemm]

You just have to move the organ!

[@mapleleaf0]

It's ready to go; we just have to lift the organ off of it. Is there a term like oxymoron when *two sentences* are contradictory? LOL

[@16kaiseama]

I have the exact same big rug as you do in your office! Got it from FB marketplace for almost nothing since I also got a couch from them. I'm in Australia though but I'm comparing the details and it's the same 😂

[@susannaCdonovan23]

I had bought a beautiful Table and Chair Set at a Thrift Store which, according to my Dad, was made of Walnut. It had Ladderback Chairs, and cane bottom seats in very good shape. the Table had zero scratches. It was only $250.00. It was appraised at $1500.00. I was going to sell it to my brother at cost but he didn't evidently want it. So I decided to sell it. I tried Newspaper ads. No bites. I found out about Craigslist, and sold it to a young couple for $750.00. I actually spent too much for worthless newspapers ads. I was very glad that the couple who bought it loved it, and it would have a good home. I decided that selling furniture was not my forte. It would have looked fantastic in your home. Still have the photos.

[@megreads9]

Your classic fauteuil is like my salon exactly the same color and design. Make sure to make this room classic because I think it will be so amazing. I love you Ariel ❤️

[@lilkrissyy]

i was selling 2 pairs of leggings on marketplace last year. the lady who ended up buying them (after sending 4 messages within 5 mins asking if they were available) conveniently lived like 3 minutes up the road from me (small town newfoundland slay) so i said i could drop them off to her. she then started asking me if i could take her bag of clothing donations (???) because i "might find something i like".... then she asked if i could drive her to the mall..... then she asked if i had any purses that i could sell to her..... then when i wouldn't take her bag of clothing donations she asked could i bring them to a drop off spot for donations..... :) once i dropped off the leggings and had my money i blocked her LOL this was a complete stranger to me and she was giving the worst stranger danger vibes

[@justathumb]

haha oh man, ive got some doozies...i think the weirdest one was when we went to get some baby furniture...totally wholesome, right? it was in a really affluent neighbourhood and we were like "ooh, fancy"...but then the street of the actual pickup was more like a ghetto, looked really sketchy. there was this big communal apartment barbeque party for kids going on, which was sweet....but then suddenly everybody starts running into their houses and looking frantic, and i ducked down in my seat thinking there's obviously some threat. meanwhile my partner had just gone inside and im like omg i hope he doesnt get taken hostage....but him and the seller come out a few minutes later, and the seller just scoffs and says "oh yeah, just one of the local kids is missing again, happens all the time".........😳 the cops are driving slowly down the road saying the kids name through a megaphone. then i see the furniture we've come to buy, and it's not even the same as the pictures...at that point i just wanted to get the hell out of there, and it was only $25, so we were like erm, thanks, seeya lol. (btw the kid was found by the time we left) 🎉

[@NatsumeJessi]

Giiirl the old lady that didn't shared her address i have a story. Around 2 years ago i was getting a bed "header"(? I completely forgot the right name for it) the gir announced it, i said i wanted it, and asked the address for pick up, the girl said the name of the avenue she lives in, then was an avenue that cross the entire neighborhood it's like 5km of avenue, so i had no idea when or how i would be able to get it unless she told me the address. She spent A WEEK not telling me the address then i asked "girl if your don't want to sell me this, just tell me" then she said on what part of the avenue she lives in and said "when you're coming to pick up i tell you the address, so i trusted that, and scheduled to pick up my partner spent AN HOUR at the reference point waiting for her to say her address to pick up 💀

[@NatsumeJessi]

Just making clear, i didn't gave up bc i really wanted that thing, i was looking for it for years and it was near my home and a fraction of the price people usually pay for it. It was a nightmare but definitely was worth it

[@marymack4105]

I love this video so much! I buy and sell on marketplace all the time, and thank goodness I’ve had good experiences. But sometimes I read sellers postings, and I think, “Who hurt you?” 😂😂😂

[@jenced80]

People are sooo odd, though, a lot of times! LOL! Their communication styles/skills are really bizarre, and you have to wonder if they realize how strange or weird it comes off and how tough it can be to have a straightforward conversation or conclusion with them.

[@evilqueenliv]

Ariel! I see you have "A Psalm for the Wild Built" on a chair in your office! I am really curious about whether or not you liked it... I really love Becky Chambers' books.

[@mariehall9514]

Always a good day when you post a video ❤

[@tatumbarrett4765]

Once I went to pick up a $50 loveseat with a friend. When we showed up, the girl was sobbing. She had to be moved out of her old apartment into her new apartment that night, but her boyfriend broke up with her. She needed help moving. We ended up moving all of her furniture out of one second story apartment to another second story apartment. We got the loveseat for free… not really a fair trade. She lucked out by having the two most mushy hearted pushovers coming to her house that day.

[@m.maclellan7147]

Re: Piano. Excellent story ! Something to keep in mind as you redesign your room. I grew up in Boston, and MANY of the "3 Deckers" have what are called either parlor or piano windows. They were high enough, so an upright piano would fit under them, were normally stained glass, and let light into the room. Not sure if your design for piano is an exterior wall, but I thought I would mention it. Also, since many people "got rid" of these design elements, you might find an original/antique one !? I have family in Nova Scotia and have seen historic homes with either stained glass or just panes of glass in different colors. The church my father was raised in has gorgeous arched windows with the panes of colored glass. It's very beautiful, though simpler than stained glass. It is St. Margaret's in Grand Mira, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Stunning view over the river, as well.

[@crystaldollhouse]

I love the musical table so much! It’s lovely. I used to allow pick ups on a local selling site I use but ohhh it was so much more stress that it was worth. Some people were great but others were so hard to pin down to a time and day, so I wouldn’t give out my address until they committed! Because some people would just turn up unexpectedly or make you wait around all day! I’m too anxious for that. Plus I’ve had some people get weirdly aggressive and I’d really prefer they don’t know where I live 😅

[@cineselena]

I didn't think about this until now, but I'm just realizing you have all this beautiful furniture with no cat scratches in sight! How did you manage that? My step-kitties are about to move in and I'm just thinking about all the tape I'm going to have to buy for the couches ahaha

[@MartaAngelo98]

Personally I ALWAYS have 2/3 cat scratchers and some cardboard boxes all over the apartment, rubbed with catnip, so that they are more appealing. And I try to place them in problem areas (scratcher where they scratch, cat tree where they want to climb). Also make the wild one always chase me while holding a string, so she gets really tired 😂

[@whiskeysfoxtrot824]

wanted to watch this video, just had to lift the organ first.

[@bekindfox]

I have no FB marketplace story but I find it so nice to see that apparently you also bond with things emotionally as I do. I always say that as soon as I would forget the story of a piece of furniture or decoration in my house, I could also throw it away. If visitors ask me to show them my house, I feel I have to stop myself because every single piece has a story that I love to share but I don't want to bother them. When I clean e.g. a sideboard I think about it's story, how I got it, who gave it, the situation when I bought it, and it makes even the cleaning nicer. ;-)

[@theyxaj]

Aww, while it sounds difficult for you to downsize, it sounds lovely for your every day life! Built-in mindfulness.

[@andreamalik2961]

I do love that mirror though...😅

[@Mel-tw6qv]

The address paranoid people are the worst! I’ve had countless people do this to me. Even when I’m on my way they will give out some vague location like “ I’m on 8th street.” Am I expected to wander around 8th st like a weirdo hoping the item is outside? What are these people thinking? Just meet at a nearby park if its that traumatic to you!

[@slashbat2375]

People are wild. I posted an ISO for dolls on marketplace, I added some example pictures. Someone messaged me, saying they had some dolls. And then proceeded to send me pictures from google, I asked them to send pics of what they have specifically and then they sent me a screenshot of the example picture in my post😅

[@lkkubono]

Great video topic and the comments section is on FIRE. Great reading.

[@alyzzzea1864]

Bro I tried to get some old monster high dolls from this girl on fb and when I tried to haggle she called me a broke bitch and blocked me 😂😂😂

[@moonamoona17]

i would just like to say more cat content please

[@hisomeonetrackingmuch1309]

Crazy mirror lady: Its an IMMEDIATE NO if someone asks for my phone number! I would have not gotten the beautiful mirror. Congratulations on your brave trusting heart & great score😊😊😊😊

[@meaganhull3659]

An E-transfer is NOT a legal binding agreement and police CANNOT find her info through an e-transfer. No bank could easily give out her info to police or anyone. That made me shake my head so hard!!

[@marilyndorn8741]

The short bench on vintage couch is normal. Many good replica’s have bigger benches, but they are modern. People didn’t lounge on them unless it was a chaise explicitly designed for that. Formal furniture was formal. I have an early 1940’s? Salmon colored flex steel couch. And it has a short bench as well. You can’t sit too far back. I can lay down on it though.

[@HollyIsabellasMakeUp]

I check Facebook marketplace everyday! I’m addicted 🤣 I’m guilty of not measuring things properly before I buy but I once had a lady come to pick up a desk and it did not fit in her car AT ALL! I actually ended up dismantling the whole thing for her, I didn’t mind but she was so embarrassed 🙈

[@empressche333]

I have done the same for a buyer! I just laugh about it as I’ve done it too.