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Originally Posted by porsche4life
Honesty crap like this is why I switched to Facebook marketplace. Still have to deal with stupid people, but don’t have the scammer issues.
Also is 100x easier to use than the list.
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In the words of ESPN's Lee Corso: "Not so fast my friend!" I've been perusing Facebook Marketplace for several weeks looking for a sailboat. And I've seen the same boat in different towns/citys/States with different owners. A couple of months ago I "missed" on a deal on one boat in Oklahoma that was at a Marina on a lake in Oklahoma. I called the Harbormaster of the Marina just to see if it was real---it was---and the boat was going absolutely NOWHERE until the Marina got paid their $800 in past due slip fees. I discussed this via text with the sailboat owner and they supposedly took care of it the next day. I then called the Marina and they informed me that the slip fees were paid up AND that they had sold the boat that same afternoon to a local fellow.
2 months later the same sailboat ad is still on Craigslist. Personally, I think the phone solicitation industry/data miners/scammers are using Craigs and Facebook Marketplace to get what they want--YOUR contact info.