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Originally Posted by you&me
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I think some people overestimate the value of their stuff, or underestimate how much selection there is for some items. There are some baby brands that retain value phenomenally well, but the majority don't.
The mom groups on Facebook seem to be very location-dependent. My wife has joined several and through the process dropped most due to lack of engagement, so you might need to look at alternatives to find the right audience.
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Look at similar advertisements on Kijiji and FB marketplace. You’ll see some really poor ones with a couple bad photos and terrible descriptions. Then you’ll see ones with 4-8 decent photos (not of the same thing at different zooms) that demonstrate cleanliness, major parts, decent lighting, make and model, usage). In your written part basically state make model sizing, color, state nothing is broken and everything works, have a friendly tone, check spelling and grammar. Actually answer and engage people asking (even stupid questions). Those that do the right stuff move their goods fast otherwise if it’s not moving it’s these reasons, your asking price, and availability (both answering quickly and for selling).
I read a few months back of a guy that looks for old adds, particularly tires and rims. They usually have crap photos, dirty as heck, bad write ups. He low balls them, picks up the goods and takes an hour or so to clean and polish and gets good photos and details up. Flips the wheels often at 2-3x what he paid. Says it’s practically free money off lazy people.