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Re: Selling on Facebook Groups and how to respond to "Inter
ested"
By: dani321 Date: August 17, 2018, 10:55 am
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I completely disagree that a mere "interested" holds the item
for that person. What is the seller supposed to do, contact each
person who commented "interested", and wait for a firm yes or
no, then if it's a no, move on to the next? And how long do you
wait for the interested person to answer? Meanwhile, the 10th
person who contacted you, who actually wants the item and has
cash in hand, gets tired of waiting and changes their mind or
purchases something else. Nope! First person who is ready to buy
the item gets it. I'm betting whoever told OP that an
"interested" comment holds the item, is one of the annoying
people who says they're interested in an item, waits forever,
then gets mad that the item was sold ;D
I think that an interested party can possibly ask for the item
to be held for a short period of time, if they truly want the
item and just need a short time to make sure they can purchase
it, need to ask a spouse, etc, and that's about as much as they
can expect, just like in a store; you can ask employees to hold
an item for you for a short time, but you can't walk around
pointing at things, saying "interested", then get mad if the
item has sold later. Of course, the seller can also refuse to
hold any items for anyone who's not ready to pay.
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Re: Selling on Facebook Groups and how to respond to "Inter
ested"
By: Bales Date: August 17, 2018, 7:41 pm
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Hmmm - on my local groups, I've seen people use interested to
see if the item is still available and then others write "next."
Especially when something is cross posted in multiple groups -
you can never know if it's taken yet or not. But I would never
presume someone has dibs just by writing interested on the post
- the seller has the right to sell to whomever they'd like, as
long as there are no group rules against it.
#Post#: 12027--------------------------------------------------
Re: Selling on Facebook Groups and how to respond to "Inter
ested"
By: DaDancingPsych Date: August 23, 2018, 9:53 am
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I have never been the seller, but the buyer (and nothing as big
as land.) As I recall, I believe I replied with something like
"I am interested in X and Y" (because there were multiple things
listed.) I did not ask any questions, because I had none. The
seller contacted me so that we could make the transition
privately (and did not contact me if they had found someone
else.)
What actions are you anticipating from a potential buyer? I
would spell those out in the ad. Those who "jump through the
hoop" are the ones who are going to actually buy. Those who just
post "interested" are just admiring your ad at the moment.
#Post#: 27115--------------------------------------------------
Re: Selling on Facebook Groups and how to respond to "Inter
ested"
By: Raintree Date: March 4, 2019, 2:22 am
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I am late to this thread, but I have to say. I just sold a bunch
of household items and furniture on FB Marketplace and it was a
learning experience.
What I learned is, when there are multiple responses, go with
the ones who used their own words rather than simply clicking on
one of the automatic replies such as "Hi, is this available?"
So, somebody who replies with something like, "Hi, I'm
interested in the table. I have a truck and can pick it up today
at 3" will get a response from me well ahead of the 23 people
who tried earlier with nothing but an auto-reply. I learned that
you can spend all day responding to "interested" and never hear
back, and also, that you cannot stare at your phone all day long
waiting for a response and neither can they, so it really will
just fall to whoever you are able to make a proper connection
with.
I had a bad review from a seller once for "response time" after
I'd inquired about an item, and by the time he responded I'd
purchased from someone else, so when I got his message half a
day later, I told him I was no longer interested. What, I'm
supposed to wait staring at the phone for his reply? What if he
is driving or something and I'm staring at it for nothing?
When multiple people are interested, it also works in their
favor if they show some signs of having read the ad. So if I say
it's in XYZ area and they say, "what area is it in?" then I take
them less seriously.
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Re: Selling on Facebook Groups and how to respond to "Inter
ested"
By: VorFemme Date: March 4, 2019, 10:23 am
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I empathize - I'm shopping for something right now, myself, and
getting the measurements I need to narrow down what will or
won't fit is no fun. I don't want to drive two hours to fit my
whatisit into their whatever only to find out that it won't
work. I can find exactly what I want at a higher price, because
everyone is describing their fifty year old whatever as an
antique and asking for several times what it would usually sell
for...because it was Grandma's and must be an antique, right?
I may have too raise my budget or just live with what I have it
sitting on right now.
#Post#: 27141--------------------------------------------------
Re: Selling on Facebook Groups and how to respond to "Inter
ested"
By: LurkingGurl Date: March 4, 2019, 2:16 pm
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[quote author=otterwoman link=topic=606.msg11518#msg11518
date=1534445489]
If they are looking at the post on their phone's FB app, it will
bring up some choices for people to tap to reply to a sale post,
rather than having the person type it all out themselves. One of
those options is Interested. Many people tap that by accident
when they are really just trying to scroll on the screen. Just
reply asking if they have any questions, if the hit Interested
by accident, they'll ignore you. Don't stress about it.
[/quote]
I did that exact thing by accident!
I wanted to send a message and when I clicked "send message" it
just automatically sent them the single word "Interested"
I did follow it up with a message but it was very jarring to
have it do that without me intending it.
So, it's not a thing that people are intending to do. It's
something that FB seems to do on it's own.
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