[nothercastle]

Marketplace… somehow they took over the marketplace for used stuff and killed cl. OfferUp was always crap so it doesn’t count.

[_heimdall]

I haven't used Facebook itself for 7 or 8 years now, but had to break down and make a private account just to access Marketplace. For buying used cars private party today, it seems like Marketplace is the only good option.

[ethagnawl]

Do sellers question the ghost account? I've had that happen to me the few times I've tried using my dev account to make inquiries.

[_heimdall]

I haven't had any issues with it. I honestly don't know how locked down a Facebook account can be these days so "ghost account" may not be the right term.

I have my name and a profile photo on there, but I've never posted anything, don't follow anyone, and all privacy setting are set to block me from search, feeds, etc.

I've only ever had one person block me after messaging about a car for sale, and I couldn't say whether it was because of the account or the questions I sent made them think I'd be an annoying buyer to deal with.

[nothercastle]

No but any account made in the last couple years are questionable

[nothercastle]

Idk how you find anything, it’s almost all spam on fb. There is no way to filter it out either.

[_heimdall]

I haven't run into a problem with spam marketplace listings. I do live in a pretty rural area though, may just not be a problem out here.

[bluGill]

Craigslist is still there. They only way to keep it around is make sure you use it.

[nerdponx]

You can use it, but you're swimming upstream if you do. Fewer buyers, fewer sellers of things you might want to buy.

[bluGill]

Sure, but if you don't use it you just make that worse. Of course if Craigslist had died where you are then there is no choice. However where I live Craigslist is still active enough that I can afford to ignore anyone who isn't there.

[qup]

In some regions (mine) Craigslist never took off, and now is a ghost town.

I would estimate it gets less than 1% of the traffic of FB Marketplace, in terms of number of vehicles posted. And nearly all of them are car lots, not individuals.

[nothercastle]

In Seattle FB marketplace for cars is almost entirely dealer spam and totally useless. It totally depends on location.

Craigslist died for cars because you have to pay to post now

[nothercastle]

As a seller u don’t use it but as a buyer I go where the sellers are