I personally don’t know any women who have ever gone to someone’s house to purchase something.
My wife and I sell things all the time online (Kijiji or FB market), and I’d say that women probably come 75% of the time.
We do meet in the driveway, but they often come to our door when they don’t read our instructions. Never inside, although, I’ve been invited inside homes before when picking stuff up.
High value items often require meeting in a public place, but guys will come to the house for those, too. In those cases, I’ll only do it during the day, and with at least three security cameras rolling and another person with me (wife, son, etc.).
No seller is going to leave their house to meet someone for a $10 item, even though people do ask for free delivery on low value items all the time😂
You do have to be sensible when buying stuff through online local markets. Check reviews on the person, check to see how long they’ve been on the platform, and what kind of items they have sale. I’ll ignore buyers who have new accounts and no previous interactions.
If I’m selling something online I don’t want them coming to my house. I don’t like people to know my address and the stuff that I have.
For example, if I’m selling a graphics card, it doesn’t take a genius to work out I probably have a quite a high spec (and recently upgraded) gaming PC. No point giving them the address as well.
I do agree. It depends on what’s being sold, and who’s asking. My address only gets sent by phone text message and all higher value items ($1000+) have the provision that we meet at a local police station.
The only shady people I’ve ever met are the ones who want me to go their place. 😂
My wife and I sell things all the time online (Kijiji or FB market), and I’d say that women probably come 75% of the time.
We do meet in the driveway, but they often come to our door when they don’t read our instructions. Never inside, although, I’ve been invited inside homes before when picking stuff up.
High value items often require meeting in a public place, but guys will come to the house for those, too. In those cases, I’ll only do it during the day, and with at least three security cameras rolling and another person with me (wife, son, etc.).
No seller is going to leave their house to meet someone for a $10 item, even though people do ask for free delivery on low value items all the time😂
You do have to be sensible when buying stuff through online local markets. Check reviews on the person, check to see how long they’ve been on the platform, and what kind of items they have sale. I’ll ignore buyers who have new accounts and no previous interactions.
If I’m selling something online I don’t want them coming to my house. I don’t like people to know my address and the stuff that I have.
For example, if I’m selling a graphics card, it doesn’t take a genius to work out I probably have a quite a high spec (and recently upgraded) gaming PC. No point giving them the address as well.
I do agree. It depends on what’s being sold, and who’s asking. My address only gets sent by phone text message and all higher value items ($1000+) have the provision that we meet at a local police station.
The only shady people I’ve ever met are the ones who want me to go their place. 😂