40 Gems From Facebook Marketplace That Prove Just How Much Garbage People Try To Sell You (New Pics)

Facebook Marketplace was launched in 2016, and today, over one billion people access the platform each month. One single ad on Marketplace can reach up to 562 million people, and items can be purchased and sold from over 200 locations around the globe. So it’s understandable that not everything being sold on this platform can be a gem. For every gorgeous vintage dresser or velvet sofa you find, there’s a “Cheeto that looks like a dragon” or a toilet that looks like fireworks went off in it. For some reason, people will try to sell anything, and no one knows that better than the members of That’s it, I’m FB marketplace shaming. 

This online group was created in November of 2020, and it has amassed an impressive 95.6k members since then. But to anyone who’s spent 10 minutes scrolling through Marketplace, that should come as no surprise. Because there is endless bizarre content available on the site. So to learn more about this hilarious group dedicated to roasting Facebook Marketplace, we reached out to Peighton Kannel, one of the group’s administrators who was kind enough to have a chat with us.    

We asked Peighton if she could share a bit about the community and what it has been like seeing the group’s population increase so rapidly over the course of only a few years. “It's been surreal seeing the group grow so large,” she told Bored Panda. “We're really close to 100k members!”

Peighton also referred to the community as awesome, noting that the members are very active and represent many different places from all over the world. Yet they can all connect and bond over one thing: bizarre Facebook Marketplace listings. As of now, there have been 463 new posts in the group during the last month, and over 300 new members have joined in the past week. It seems like they will be hitting 100k soon! 

When it comes to why people post such strange listings on Marketplace, Peighton says, “I think many of the posts are satire, but many aren't. I think some people are just looking to get rid of their items and don't realize how bad of condition they are in.”

We were also curious about the craziest and most shocking posts Peighton has ever seen in the group. “We get a lot of broken or dirty furniture. My favorite is probably when we get sent in items that are broken, re-gifted, or flat out something that shouldn't be second hand,” she shared. “Mirror pictures are the best just for how people pose while taking pictures with the mirror.” Honestly, I’m guilty of that myself; I’ve sold a mirror on Marketplace before too…