“Humans Of Marketplace”: 30 Times People Spotted Shady Ads On Facebook Marketplace And Shared Them In This Online Group
If you liked our article on "Sad Sales, Stolen Goods, and Sketchy Services", you're going to enjoy this one as well. It's about another Facebook group dedicated to the weird side of the platform's Marketplace, and this one is just as funny.
Aptly titled "Humans Of Marketplace", it might not be the biggest online community but its content perfectly illustrates just how opportunistic and out-of-touch both sellers and buyers can be.
Whether we're talking about someone who is offering a baby yeet machine or a person asking to lower the price by 1,000%, they're all here!
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We managed to get in touch with Donnie Hanzo, the admin of "Humans Of Marketplace" who created it a couple of years ago, and they agreed to tell us more about what goes on in this amusing corner of the internet.
"Our group shares funny, strange, and absurd listings and communications with sellers and things we all see online and deal with day to day on Facebook Marketplace," Hanzo told Bored Panda, adding that from time to time, they also feature pictures from eBay and other online platforms.
"I'd probably say cars are featured most; it's always a laugh seeing threads of people getting roasted by the online community about their car build or outrageous asking prices," the admin said.
However, when we asked Hanzo about the most ridiculous things they've seen in the group, they said there are simply too many to highlight. But if they had to choose, "broken televisions and glass furniture listed in 'great condition'" would be their top picks.
"A Christian mother selling her son's gaming computer after finding him watching Fortnite [adult videos]" was also among them.
When you’ve got a castle to storm at 6, but hittin the clubs by 9…
The group probably won't run out of content anytime soon. According to Meta spokesperson David Troya-Alvarez, more than one billion people around the world visit Facebook Marketplace every month, and even as daily active users for Facebook decline, the Marketplace feature seems to continue going strong.
Even though frustrated sellers say it's prone to ghosting and haggling with an occasional scammer here and there, its proponents sing praises for being an affordable, accessible, and sustainable alternative to buying new.
FOR SALE
Large glass TV stand, Little wear n tear showing, doesn't suit my requirements. Open to offers or trade.
Donnie Hanzo thinks the reasons why online marketplace users get disconnected from reality can be pretty much summed up with what Mike Tyson said, that "social media made [people] way too comfortable with disrespecting others and not getting punched in the face for it."
"A lot of these people making lowball offers or sellers messing people around wouldn't act the same in real life, at least I don't think so," they explained.
How is this shady? Description says the box is empty. $50 for an ampty box seems high to me but you can ask any price you want. Whether or not anyone will pay that price is another story but I don't think this is shady
Interestingly, research conducted by consulting firm Kearney found that sustainable products are, on average, 75 to 85 percent more expensive than conventional goods. Sustainable clothing and beauty products have the highest markups: between 150 and 210 percent.
I don't know about your part of the world, but around here auto parts stores will do that for free.
At the end of the day, "Humans Of Marketplace" is just about people as the things they're selling, and I think that's part of the group's appeal.
"We are an active community, always providing daily laughs," Hanzo said. "We have people all over the globe so it's cool to see a ton of varying content from all around the world."
It rubs the lotion on its skin. It does this whenever it is told
ITS THE SAME F*CKING THING OK
Perhaps upgraded and is selling the old one packed in the new one's box. Not sure why they wouldn't just take a pic of the 3 itself.
Note: this post originally had 47 images. It’s been shortened to the top 30 images based on user votes.
Is the author here huffing paint thinner, or what?
LOL
Many of these are just weird, sometimes overpriced listings but not really shady in any way. Delusional, maybe, but not shady as the thread title suggests
The first half was actually shady stuffs, but then it got to be kind of normal. A little bit of a disappointing ending.
that's because people upvote the actually shady stuff, so it moves to the top of the list while the unrelated/normal stuff moves down
Except that by the time I got here actual shady stuff was mostly at the bottom :/
Is the author here huffing paint thinner, or what?
LOL
Many of these are just weird, sometimes overpriced listings but not really shady in any way. Delusional, maybe, but not shady as the thread title suggests
The first half was actually shady stuffs, but then it got to be kind of normal. A little bit of a disappointing ending.
that's because people upvote the actually shady stuff, so it moves to the top of the list while the unrelated/normal stuff moves down
Except that by the time I got here actual shady stuff was mostly at the bottom :/