{"id":65,"date":"2026-03-17T08:16:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T19:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xpd.co.nz\/?p=65"},"modified":"2026-03-30T21:55:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T08:55:56","slug":"marketplace-buyers-proof-that-reading-is-a-lost-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xpd.co.nz\/index.php\/2026\/03\/17\/marketplace-buyers-proof-that-reading-is-a-lost-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Marketplace Buyers: Proof That Reading Is a Lost Art"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I sell a bit of stuff via TradeMe and Facebook Marketplace to make a few dollars here and there. But some people think that because I’m selling something, that I’ll accept anything for it…. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ll keep adding as they come in…. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gaming PC – Asking Price : $1750<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dude, Hamilton is only 100km away – I know petrol is expensive right now but come on.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I asked for cash sale and this one couldn’t seem to comprehend visiting an ATM to get cash…. with the refund comment, I suspect it was going to be a transfer scam.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Empty your piggy bank….<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Advert says “NOT parting out” – wanted everything except the lowest cost items, the case and PSU.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Obviously just come out of coma and not realized RAM\/GPU pricing…..<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And the usual courier scammers….<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At least you were in the 4 digit range<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bulk Playstations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don’t have screenshots, but had usual courier scam ones, and then this one…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guy messages me, seems interested and legit, bit of back and forth, agree on price (lower than advertised), and he asks if I can get it to him via courier OR Mainfreight, in Waiuku. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fine, but I didnt get time to get quotes. He messages me asking if I had the quotes, told him no, but because he lived in Waiuku, I can meet him 10mins from there as I’m out that way in a few days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His response was “I’m in Auckland”<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“You said you were in Waiuku”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Oh yeah. Can you do a better price, I’m on a budget”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“No sorry, price was already agreed” – are you on drugs or something. And if you’re on a budget, why are you looking at this stuff ?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“$200 then”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Yes. I can meet you at the Glenbrook Caltex on Saturday afternoon”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“That sounds good”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Silence……..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So messaged him again a few hours later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Just confirming you’re 100% still wanting to go ahead with this deal ?”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Silence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fuck it. Blocked. Suspect it was probably gonna either end up being a different variation of a courier scam, OR he’d turn up with only half the money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I sell a bit of stuff via TradeMe and Facebook Marketplace to make a few dollars here and there. But some people think that because I’m selling something, that I’ll accept anything for it…. I’ll keep adding as they come in…. \ud83d\ude42 Gaming PC – Asking Price : $1750 Dude, Hamilton is only 100km away […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":74,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[28,26,30,31,29],"class_list":["post-65","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-social-media","tag-buyers","tag-facebook","tag-marketplace","tag-price","tag-sellers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xpd.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xpd.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xpd.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xpd.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xpd.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/xpd.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77,"href":"https:\/\/xpd.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65\/revisions\/77"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xpd.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xpd.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xpd.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xpd.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}