I was selling a 125cc faired motorcycle on Facebook Marketplace. A week or two ago, this guy contacted me. He stated on multiple occasions that he was extremely interested and wanted to buy it, emphasizing how he wanted to do it quickly.
After some low-ball offers using bullshit excuses, I told him I was completely available, every day.
After the first few messages, he ignored me for three whole days straight. I asked him four times to arrange a time, but he never responded. Today, he texted me asking if he was available to see it, but as luck would have it, he texted me during the half-hour I wasn’t glued to my phone (went out for a brief moment with GF). After less than an hour, he clearly huffed and put it off until the next day.
Please note the that I’ve always answered in less than 10 minutes before this.
I texted him, but he definitely won’t respond for another 12 hours, and if he does, he’ll talk nonsense and completely ignore my request for a time when we can arrange it.
Is this a mistake on my part or his?
NTA, answering within half an hour still counts as being available. Your only mistake is in continuing to negotiate with someone who is being this difficult to work with. He doesn’t want the motorcycle enough to be worth dealing with – block him and sell it to the next guy who comes along.
NAH. This is how FB sales go. Everything is as it should be.
NTA. He sounds like a time-waster.
NTA — this person is jerking you around. Maybe they’re serious. Maybe not. Just be patient with them if you want the sale. But not responding for 30 min is completely normal. Ask if you guys can just chat on a phone call to sort out next steps and give him your #
Definitely a time waster.
He may also be a competitor, or acting on behalf of a competitor. The low-balling, plus the time delays, as well as the general flaky behavior..
I’d block him and look for more serious offers.
NTA
Dude, if a guy is extremely interested, he will make time. He will not ignore you. He will not offer you bullshit excuses. To borrow from the dating world, “he’s not that into you(r motorcycle)”
Block his ass and look elsewhere for your motorcycle buyer. Research other ads and make sure you’re priced fairly. Buff up your add language and add pictures, video, and measurements as needed to make yours sparkle. Repost your glow-up ad and wait for the buyers to come.
Your mistake is to continue to reach out to this guy after he ghosted you for 3 days.
NTA Ah, the classic Facebook Marketplace power move: “I will ghost you for 72 hours, but if you don’t reply to me within 3 nanoseconds, I’m walking.”He’s projecting. He knows he’s been flaky, so he’s trying to make you feel like the difficult one to keep the upper hand (and probably lower the price). Don’t fall for it.
Just block him, NTA
NTA what??
It sounds like he’s trying to string you along long enough to make you accept another lowball offer when you finally do meet. NTA. Block him and go to the next buyer.
This guy isnt serious about buying, I would not waste your time. I would guess he ghosts you or cancels or continues to low ball you. My husband went through this with numerous people trying to sell a classic car for his dad. This is how everyone but the guy who actually bought it behaved. The guy who bought it was serious and communicated accordingly.
🤷♂️… Its hard to judge any interaction on FB Marketplace. Its like the Wild West of transactions. Ive dealt with crazy “buyers” and “sellers.” Both sides have to engage in a level of trust.
NTA, and proceed with caution. This seems like some of the situations where a scammer tries to put the seller on the back foot and feeling like some situation or issue is the sellers fault. They then try and make a big deal of this and other pretend or perceived issues to get the seller to go against logic, bad feelings, common sense or safe practices so they can rob them, pass counterfeit money, renegotiate at the last minute, allowing them to pass bad checks or some other form of financial fraud or scam.
This especially happens with cars, motorbikes, high end goods and jewelry and items that are easy to sell along quickly like electronics.
I had a guy jerk me around like that all last summer. He never made it. Find another buyer.