Marketplace in FB

Have not been a fan of social media and know very little about it but a friend told me to use Marketplace on FaceBook to sell some items I have. How good and safe is Marketplace? As an example I buy and return a lot from Amazon and I find the Amazon return policy excellent. Does Marketplace has something similar?

Thanks

 

FB marketplace is mostly private sales and I doubt there is a return policy. I've only bought one item [table saw] on there and have not sold anything. My grandson routinely buys/sells cars and parts on there.

 

Facebook Marketplace operates a lot like Craigslist, newspaper etc. You post it, and somebody gets interested, y'all meet up & you sell it. I suppose you could ship stuff like Ebay, but for me, its mostly local stuff. It ain't really designed to sell & ship like Ebay & FB does not get involved. You're on your own.

You do need a FB account/profile to post the items. It has to be a private FB page. It can not be a business page. At least that's my understanding.
FYI: car dealers & car salesmen for example, post cars for sale under their private FB page so people will contact them about the vehicle. Technically, they aint supposed to do that.

FYI: The rules say you must use your real name, info etc or else its considered a fake account & thats not allowed. But, many people have fake names/profiles. I actually do. I do not do the social media thing so I created a fake generic name & only included the info necessary & it was fake as well. Just letting you know you can do it, but if they do somehow catch it, they can delete your account & anything connected to it like items for sale in FB Marketplace.

 

I've sold things on there and had no problems. Yes, it's best for local stuff, cash only sales, it's private sellers and buyers and no return policy. . It is like Craigslist but depending on what you're selling, I think it sells faster. I sold my stuff in days.
If you want to ship things or not meet up with people for cash, I'd use Ebay. I've sold everything I listed on there, too, only there's a small fee.

 

Thanks for the education folks, always learning......

 

FB marketplace is a person to person sale. there is no guarantee.

 

It's the new person to person venue. It's not any different than the classified ads when I was a kid or Craigslist of earlier this century.