I usually spend some time on OfferUp looking at things I might be interested in buying used because why not. I am interested in seeing if I can get some Milwaukee Packout cases slightly used for a deal.
Did a search for “Milwaukee” and got more than 14 pages of posts from a single pawn shop. Most of the ads aren’t even selling anything they are just the same text on all of them.
WE ARE LOOKING TO BUY TOOLS DEWALT, MILWAUKEE, MAKITA, SNAP ONE, MAC TOOLS, ALL HIGH END BRANDS - USED IN GOOD CONDITION! MESSAGE WHAT U HAVE OR CALL TO DISCUSS XXX-XXX-XXXX
One of the posts was the same item for sale, but posted like 25 times.
Apparently, caps-lock is where it’s at. Anyway, if this is not cleaned up by the OfferUp spam patrol, is there another Craigslist / OfferUp that doesn’t have this quantity of spam?
Yeah. It’s not like I buy a lot, it’s just another place to do some mindless scrolling. But it’s irritating nonetheless. I have sold stuff before, and it went pretty much how you described it - almost not worth it in the end.