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If you've ever been browsing though the wild wild online land known as Facebook marketplace, you know what to expect. Among many items put up on sale here by random people, the chances to come across something bizarre, questionable or funny are pretty high. Check out some illustrative examples in Bored Panda's previous articles here and here.

So of course, many questions come to your mind. From ‘what on Earth this seller is thinking?’ to a simple ‘who are these people?!’, the bizarre Facebook marketplace ads provide entertainment unlike anything else.

There’s even a whole Facebook group dedicated to, in their words, “sharing posts of people making bad decisions with their ads.” Below we selected some of the funniest ones, so scroll down!

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    Kevin Garren
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ikea's new product, puzzle glass tables.

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    In a bid to find out more about shopping on Facebook marketplace as well as some weird things people sell there, we previously spoke with Sean Fowlow, a professional thrift hunter and seller, as well as the creator of "Ridiculous Thrifter".

    If you suspect that online marketplaces have become immensely popular in the past years, we can confirm that. According to Sean, “most people would rather browse through locally available items for sale online from the comfort of their own homes… than driving around their area looking for flea markets and garage sales.” It’s because going to a real flea market takes a whole lot more time and is energy-consuming.

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    Nathaniel
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How do you change the batteries?

    Robert T
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is his perpetual marketing strategy - you have to remove the glue and then call him to come and glue them back together again. LOL

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    Karina Saliba
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Dad, I lost the remote." "YOU MEAN ALL 4 OF THEM?!"

    ThatBiBookLover
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’m sorry, 30 SHOPPERS saved this?!

    Happy_Pandalover
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    probably because they thought it was funny.

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    Cecily Holland
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Definitely from Crackhead Craigslist on Reddit

    lapis lazuli
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    the fact that 30 people are considering this

    Julie
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kept losing the Apple TV remote because it was so small so I rubber-banned it to the bigger one.🧠

    Kevin Garren
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I mean, I get the reasoning... I have my TV and soundbar remotes stuck together with double sided tape because they'd probably get lost otherwise lol

    C C
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But... but the batteries?

    Beverly Hasegawa
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Actually my husband did that with two of ours, side-to-side and much more beautifully. Extremely convenient.

    Heather Talma
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This has been saved by 30 people. THIRTY. Please tell me they just saved it to laugh at it.

    CatsWearingHats
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh yay. Now I get to lose one thing instead of four

    ThisIsNotTheOneYou'reLookinFor
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And 30 people thought it was worth saving? Maybe to come back later and show and laugh with friends.

    Nephophilia
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why would 30 shoppers actually save this😕😕

    Marvin HeartofGold
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love that the listing has been saved by 30 people. I feel like it's 30 dads going "dang I gotta remember that"

    nbHawkeye
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Touch my remotes and I hot glue you to the ceiling

    Natalie H
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So you can lose all of them at the same time :)

    Pascale Pierloot
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In what world does any person think...I need this? 😶

    Helen Downey
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cannot get my head around the bit that says saved by 30 other shoppers. Like.. whut?!

    The Blue Pepper
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And also add a 'tile', just in case you'd lose them! What a service!

    DrGirlfriend
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ahahah there is an apple tag attached to the bottom as well. This is amazing, just thinking how much they lost their minds looking for it. Ahahah

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    Moreover, we are certainly heading in the direction where everything is being done from our smartphones, shopping included. “As a seller of used items myself, it’s much easier to list all of my garage sale items on Facebook Marketplace than it is to set out a table in front of my house or in a public market and wait there for hours,” Sean explained.

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    He said that this way, people can then come get the specific item they want at an arranged time with ease, without “having to rummage through hundreds of items set out on tables.”

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    Couch potato
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ...This will... scare of the magpies i guess?

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    Sean also agreed that it’s true that there are a lot of weird, funny, and fake items for sale on online marketplaces. According to him, “Most of them are people just having fun… and it is indeed funny to see these items. For instance, I remember seeing someone selling a stainless steel toaster on Facebook Marketplace where the reflection in the toaster was the seller in his underwear taking the photo for the listing. It was done totally on purpose and I highly doubt there was an actual toaster for sale.”

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    blobby_grrl
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    where's the public meetup? asking for a friend...

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    On the other hand, the connoisseur of online marketplaces added that even though there are a lot of listings like this, they only make up a very small percentage. “The greater deal are legitimate sale items,” he assured anyone worrying if it’s all bananzas out there.

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    Couch potato
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Extra Rare, Extraordinary, extravagant, ultra mega cheese without burger

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    Eline
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    With some poetry on it? Very delicate.

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    Jeff Whisenhunt
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They Gove these out as collectable. I have some bottles and cans like this with just air in them. Came in the mail for some reason.

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    YourSecretSanta
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This looks like the shades from the Squirtle band

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    G M
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is why the scale banana is so important

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    Bouche Clay
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thanks, but I'm not into vintage veggies. Too often they come in jello.

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    Cecily Holland
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You can keep making them to order as long as none are for me

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    Kevin Garren
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Trading up to a dirt bike, it doesn't say FOR a dirt bike. They're just trying to increase each item they get until it's a dirt bike. Don't think this starting point will get it there though lol

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    Bouche Clay
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or we could just go to/order Dunkin Donuts.

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    Angela B
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have to admit that I was tempted for a few too many seconds.

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    Robert T
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No it isn't. It looks like it is made from animal horn.

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    Ben
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Only the top and bottom bill will be real

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    Madster
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A bitter ex-spouse I presume? The "size-fat" gave it away 😆

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    Kevin Garren
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, that's another NBC idea down the drain.

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    Cashme Outside
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There is a lot of driftwood art that gets made in some of the beach towns Ive lived in. Im sure this will sell at some point.

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    Ember
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How to give your children nightmares 101

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    Ruby
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Idk. I think it's really pretty!! So much work must have gone into the face!

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    Jihana
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's a wasp nest, bee nests don't have a paper envelope, or paper anything, actually.

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    Ember
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah….right…..vegetables…..

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    Andrew Dunford
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's a fair chance that that phone has been up at least one prisoners A-hole in it's time!

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    Lee F.
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Jarvis Leigh lol that's my cat and I, Jarvis and Lee

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    Lee F.
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm p sure that's a toilet at chernobyl...

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    SparklyWench
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "No, afraid not. That just a big ol' frozen chunk of poopy." -Meteor Bert

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    Tiny Dancer
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben have been cancelled, so this is a collectable. Ridiculous price, but there ya go. She's now known as Pearl Milling Company (yawn!) and Uncle Ben's dropped the Uncle and the black man as their mascot and is now simply Ben's Original. From a couple of years back: https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2020/6/17/21294483/aunt-jemima-rebrand-stereotype

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    Lee F.
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks like a 90s album cover. Or like a blind melon music video

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    Ember
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bath? It’s made of material….wouldn’t the water just drain out of it?

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    Bouche Clay
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't need a hippo. I have a kitten with very small murder mittens.

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    I have been summoned
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wait are those green orange and purple starburst- tf did that happen?

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    RoanTheMad
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Veronique... i'mma need you to answer some questions

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    Ansi
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ah, if it only was opened from the bottom it might be worth 10 dollars. 😉😉 (Editing, that's a JOKE! Downvotes bans users from the site.

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    Frothy
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Despite the fact that Holden hasn't made a car since 2017.

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    Barong
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’m sure the landlord said the same thing.

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    Nurichwersonst
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have such a ropeless jump rope. Its great if you want to jump in a small apartment, where a rope would get tangled on every corner. 🤭

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    Bouche Clay
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The person who asked if it were still available is obviously a cat.

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    AP
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm no grammar scholar but the lack of proper punctuation and spelling in the pictures in this thread is killing me 😑

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    Ansi
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't leave us hanging... what part? 😲😲😄😉

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    John Powers
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    People make good crafts, like table tops and such with these. Can save someone else's liver and get yourself another case too lol

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    BasedWang12.2
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    some people might seriously inquire about them older ones though

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    Cashme Outside
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You can get them for under 10k on govplanet if youre interested.

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