I’m a keen cash-saver & give things away on Facebook Marketplace for pennies, there’s a very clever reason for it though
A SAVVY saver has claimed we’re all using Facebook Marketplace wrong.
The homeowner says her perspective will make you feel a lot better about getting the most of your old junk.
Kara, who goes by @whimsyhomes, shared her advice in a TikTok video online.
She said: “Work smarter b/c but nobody wants to pay $150 for your used IKEA bookcase.”
The homeowner claimed we need to be looking at Facebook Marketplace as a free moving service.
She said: “You’re all using Facebook Marketplace wrong, start approaching Facebook Marketplace like a moving service, not a selling service.”
Kara says too many people are trying to get rich on Facebook Marketplace which is really hard to do.
She said: “It is not the place to get rich, it is a place to have someone pay you to move your crap out of your apartment or your house.”
Kara explained she has just bought a new cabin full of furniture she didn’t want and revealed she had been using Facebook Marketplace to clear all the furniture out for free.
She said: “The previous owners of this cabin left pretty much all the furniture online and I have been slowly selling it on Facebook Marketplace.”
Kara argued: “I don’t know if you have looked into U hauls or haul away services lately but they are expensive.”
She explained even dumping or donating furniture will cost you a little bit of money.
She said: “Donating furniture is great except you’re gonna have to pay to get it to that thrift store and actually a lot of them don’t even take furniture anymore.”
“So you left willingly selling furniture or taking it to the dump and the second option still costs you money.”
Kara explained by selling your stuff on Facebook Marketplace for cheap you will still make more money than having to dump or donate it.
She said: “You might as well sell it on Facebook Marketplace, mark it super cheap so people will move it out for you.”
She said: “You will get paid to have the sh*t gone. That’s how you should be approaching Facebook Marketplace as a moving service.”
Kara’s video gained over 120,000 views online and many viewers agreed with her perspective.
One user said: “I deleted my Facebook years ago but kind of want to make one just for getting rid of stuff on marketplace.”
Another said: “I constantly see people price things like they’re trying to get their whole initial purchase price back.”
“People have been getting a little crazy with these prices in FB marketplace lately. Your 30 year old kitchen table is NOT worth 500 dollars people!” claimed a third.