this post was submitted on 25 Mar 2025
13 points (93.3% liked)
Melbourne
1998 readers
48 users here now
This community is a place created for the people of Melbourne and Victoria. We are a positive, welcoming and inclusive community. We might not agree about everything, but we always strive to stay civil and respectful.
The focus of our discussions is based around things that affect Victoria, but we are also free to discuss our local perspective on wider issues. Or head to the regular Daily Random Discussion thread to talk about anything.
Ongoing discussions, FAQs & Resources (still under construction)
Adoption Certificate for Nellie, the Daily Thread numbat (with thanks to @Catfish)
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
I'm just tired and don't feel up to the drama of potential scammers. I'm just gonna buy from reliable big stores now or buy on sight.
oh, and I did some image searches, the items I were interested on ebay were not described correctly, they were great items but described ikea etc ๐
For new stuff sure. I've found facebook and marketplace pretty reliable. People are so happy to deal with a genuine seller/buyer.
I dont have fb and am loathe to join.
do you think it's safe, i'd use a new safe email and not give any other personal info
I killed my Facebook account in 2010. Then about 3 years ago, I tried to sign up a new, mostly anonymous account to use for marketplace and got denied.
Weird - but I didn't care enough to pursue it. I just stick with Gumtree.