Facebook advertising help.

[ianlea73]

I'm not on fb (I'm old) but it seems to be the best place to sell cars & parts etc.
Could someone stick my metro advert on there please on the appropriate retro page?
Haribo & hugs are available.
Much appreciated as forums/ebay & gumtree just aren't working for me.

Link.

forum.retro-rides.org/thread/210359/rover-metro-600ono-bristol-trade

[Ryannn]

Have you got it on the Metro Power forum?

[ianlea73]

I'm registered but there is so little traffic on there it seems pointless.

[Rich]

Problem with Facebook marketplace is there is no way to add a method so people can contact you direct, so whoever lists it will have to deal with everyone messaging, and also all the numpties and time wasters that offer peanuts, press the ‘is this available’ button with no intent of sending any other messages, etc. It’s a great place to buy or sell a garden vac or a cheap TV but I’ve not sold a car via there.

[surprisingskoda]

Oct 9, 2019 7:22:17 GMT Rich said:

Problem with Facebook marketplace is there is no way to add a method so people can contact you direct, so whoever lists it will have to deal with everyone messaging, and also all the numpties and time wasters that offer peanuts, press the ‘is this available’ button with no intent of sending any other messages, etc. It’s a great place to buy or sell a garden vac or a cheap TV but I’ve not sold a car via there.

And, would need to be local also, as it only shows up on the feeds of people in the same area, unless you do a super specific search and then scroll down for 23 seconds, and aint nobody on FB got that kind of time.

[OGDB]

I also don’t use Facebook nor do I intend to.

I Know people slate it but chuck it on eBay, price it a little more than you’re prepared to take (obviously) let a buyer beat you down and let that extra cover the listing costs. Post it in a classified listing and you won’t get helmets clicking “buy it now” or putting a bid in and then pulling out of the transaction. You have to pull the listing yourself.

Yes you get time wasters but they’re usually pretty quick to spot. I’ve had more success selling on eBay than anywhere else. Gumtree does quite well also but I think it depends what you’re selling and at what price point.

To be fair your metro looks cool. There is a 25k purple MPI “Barn Find” on eBay at the moment and the bids seem strong at £300, 14 bidders and over 6 days remaining.

[Dez]

Facebook Marketplace has absolutely hammered eBay.
The ‘good stuff’ or well priced stuff especially parts, never even makes it to eBay now, or certainly not in the circles I’m looking at. It’s sold on Facebook, either directly through marketplace or by crossposting to relevant specialist groups.
My saved searches on eBay only show up overpriced stuff I’ve already seen on Facebook, or rubbish no one wants that just gets perpetually relisted. I buy hardly anything second-hand off eBay anymore.

[slater]

Metropower have a specific selling page so sign up and put it on there.

Facebook is great for selling stuff if you know what it's worth. Not so great if you don't.

[rwdrules]

Use Faceache market much more than ebay,the ebay search is dire now,
was looking for a particular thing the other day on ebay, could not find it at the price i wanted,and the mrs said whats up? told her what i was looking for, she went on and found it 12quid cheaper than anything i could find, put the item number into my search and it then allowed me to see it,
stunned I cleared my cache and re-searched for it, low and behold the cheaper item was not shown again! tried everything i could think of including naming the company,it would not come up,
gave up with searching and bought the one she had found,
so ebay is actively promoting higher priced items??