Best Practices for Buying and Selling on Facebook Marketplace

The number one rule: be respectful

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I’m sitting in my car, my dog Tater Tot in the backseat, waiting in the parking lot of a nearby gas station. It’s 5:17p.m., and the person I’m selling my old microscope to is 17 minutes late. I send her a message, hoping she’ll at least give me an ETA. I wait five more minutes, checking my phone…