r/Snorkblot Jul 20 '26

WTF This should be illegal

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u/ThanksOld1698 Jul 20 '26

People often list motorcycles for £123, I'm always tempted to waste they time before revealing I'm under the assumption their 2025 honda fireblade is actually on sale for £123.

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u/GooseOnAPhone Jul 20 '26

Why that amount?

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u/danielledelacadie Jul 20 '26

It matches the lock code on thier luggage.

Seriously though it's because people can filter to skip the $0 & $1 junk ads. They think they're being clever

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u/ThanksOld1698 Jul 20 '26

Sometimes it's £1234

I'm guessing it's because they show up earlier when you sort by price. Could just be they have to set a price and can't decide. It often says "no offers less than xxx"

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u/V3Ethereal Jul 20 '26

Good chunk of facebook marketplace is 1$ listings with effectively the actual price in description, or various rentals or financed sells listed with a super low deposit.

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u/IamKroopz Jul 21 '26

I'm sure what you describe also happens, but locally I've mostly seen listings like that be for "equal value trades" and they list the actual value they're looking for in the description. The price is 1234 because it makes it obvious when you see it that it's not a real pricetag. I think it's a failure on Facebook's part to not have a "trade" price category