r/FacebookMarketplace • u/the-grand-falloon • 1d ago
As a (would-be) buyer, what am I doing wrong?
I haven't used FB Marketplace much. A couple things over the past few years. But in the last couple weeks, I've been looking for some shelves. I've found a number of them, sent a message, no response. I just counted, I have messages out to 10 different people. Some of them are people I messaged two weeks ago, and figured I would give it another shot, because their stuff ain't selling.
Now, if most of my messages got no response, I would just think, "Well, people aren't responsive, I guess." But I mean zero. Not one. Am I being flagged as a bot, or spam? I've had this FB account for a long time, but I haven't posted, responded, or reacted to a single thing in about 10 years. Is it my messages? I usually say something like, "Hey, are these shelves still available? I could come pick them up later today?"