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There are tips online about buying from FB Marketplace like- https://www.keepersecurity.com/blog/2023/07/21/how-to-buy-and-sell-safely-on-facebook-marketplace/
People get in trouble by agreeing to pay via F&F aka "Friends & Family" or Venmo when selling items via post comments. Itbis interesting because the fee, which is effectively like insuring a package, is only about 3%. When you send money to a complete stranger on Facebook, it's not Friends and Family, Also, Facebook Marketplace has it's own payment system that is protected. I always agree to pay the 3% fee on top of the agreed price. I WILL NOT buy something via F&F, Period.
ALWAYS speak to the seller on the phone, I recently made a purchase from someone who posted here, we spoke on the phone briefly.
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I have a done facebook prurchases and it's a wild west show. I bought three US-1 trailers , used but good for the grandkids set. I get them and the guide pins are cut off the wheel trucks on all three of them, maybe so they would sit flat for display? No pics of the bottoms and he said they were complete with no damage. There are no returns but Facebook is like ebay and if not described or damaged you can return the item no matter what as long as the seller agrees. The seller agreed to a return but Facebook won't for some reason, everything went through them, he wants to send me my money but I would have to pay the shipping both ways and tax. If you do buy something make sure to use Paypal because they cover you if there is a problem, so will the credit card companies if there's fraud but what a PITA, all of it.
They cut the pins off the wheel trucks so they would run on Command Control stuff is my guess. I have seen that before.
Paypal denied my case, Facebook does nothing, their guarantee is worthless. The seller is going to get a review he won't be happy with. I guess I just ate three trailers. I could sell them for what I paid but that isn't the point. A Coke, gray gravel, and Roadway in played with condition, I may blow them up come fourth of July and relieve my frustrations.
Fund your Paypal purchase with a credit card, then you can dispute it with your credit card. I stick to local purchases on FB Marketplace that I can see. Also lesson learned about asking for photos of the underside of any slot car or trailer. Seller likely knew and omitted the photos intentionally.
Also if you got denied, sounds like the seller fought it.
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I've never had good luck on Facebook marketplace. Either the product is too beat up (even for my low standards), they're asking far too much, or both. Also, my area seems to be a bit of a dead zone for US1 stuff. Neighboring cities see way more action with their listings, but I haven't got the time to drive and people on FB are weird about shipping items.
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