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Croney

(4,646 posts)
Wed Oct 10, 2018, 07:26 PM Oct 2018

Selling bunk beds on Facebook's Marketplace.

Holy shit. 445 views in the first two hours. Private messages by the dozens. Who knew white bunk beds would be in such demand! One appointment set up and they already cancelled. Somebody coming tomorrow but will they show up? This is crazy.

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Selling bunk beds on Facebook's Marketplace. (Original Post) Croney Oct 2018 OP
Hrm. TwistOneUp Oct 2018 #1
I buy and sell a lot of stuff safeinOhio Oct 2018 #2
$300. Cost about $2,000 six years ago. Croney Oct 2018 #3
You be careful. Maybe bring the beds to your garage or lawn so people can see them Squinch Oct 2018 #4
They're set up on the driveway right now. Croney Oct 2018 #5
. Squinch Oct 2018 #6
Ever tried the Buy Nothing pages on FB? nolabear Oct 2018 #7
I've been tempted to join one of those groups. Croney Oct 2018 #8
I give away a lot of stuff on Freecycle. Never tried the FB version. n/t FSogol Oct 2018 #9
I love Freecycle TexasBushwhacker Oct 2018 #10

Croney

(4,646 posts)
3. $300. Cost about $2,000 six years ago.
Wed Oct 10, 2018, 07:36 PM
Oct 2018

Top quality, storage drawers on bottom bunk. Wanna come see them? Haha

Squinch

(50,672 posts)
4. You be careful. Maybe bring the beds to your garage or lawn so people can see them
Wed Oct 10, 2018, 07:43 PM
Oct 2018

rather than having people troop through your home.

Croney

(4,646 posts)
5. They're set up on the driveway right now.
Wed Oct 10, 2018, 07:48 PM
Oct 2018

They had been stored in a garage before. It's supposed to rain tomorrow so we'll have to cover with a tarp. You're right about being careful; I hate giving out my address and will make sure I'm not alone when they come. Another thing women have to think about that men don't.

nolabear

(41,902 posts)
7. Ever tried the Buy Nothing pages on FB?
Wed Oct 10, 2018, 08:03 PM
Oct 2018

They’re by region and you have to join in your region but people give away incredible things, and people actually want really surprising things.

My daughter in law has gotten wonderful baby clothes and items. We once got ten bottles of pretty decent wine from someone who was remodeling and just didn’t have space. I’m about to get rid of several things. I don’t want the trouble of selling them and people have to pick them up.

It’s fun just to watch the interactions too.

Croney

(4,646 posts)
8. I've been tempted to join one of those groups.
Wed Oct 10, 2018, 08:08 PM
Oct 2018

I should! I've been just giving a lot to Goodwill lately.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,010 posts)
10. I love Freecycle
Wed Oct 10, 2018, 11:24 PM
Oct 2018

Personally, I'd rather have my weekend than try to set up a garage sale and make a couple hundred bucks. After my mother died, I freecycled a TON of stuff. I gave all her VHS movies, including lots of classics, to a film student at UT. I freecycled her gas dryer because I knew any apartment I moved into would have only electric connections. Then I requested an electric dryer and someone gave me one!

We have a Furniture Bank in Houston where you can donate gently used furniture. Normally people have to be referred by an agency in order to go "shopping". The provide furniture for a lot of formerly homeless folks, refugees,
women who have escaped abusive relationships and people who've lost everything to a fire or flood. But after Hurricane Harvey anyone could go there. They would only let a certain number of people "shop" per day and they could only get a limited number of items though.

Craigslist has a free section too.

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