Comment on Hey Lemmy. I hate Facebook. But I miss Marketplace. So I built Garage as a means to reclaim Melb's 2nd hand marketplace from Meta (cause fuck Zuck). It's pretty new but check it out below

GreatBlueHeron@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• pntha@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  uh… mostly my bank account lol

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  • Oka@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The website works globally, theres just not options for 99.9% of people

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    • pntha@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      sure, but every local website works globally. doesn’t mean they’re built to serve globally.

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• Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Because for second hand goods it’s not worth it to ship overseas

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  • GreatBlueHeron@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That’s not what I meant - I’d like be able to list stuff for sale in my community (on the other side of the world from Melbourne) and have people here see it. But the locations in the app are restricted to Australia.

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• Mucki@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Not sure why your comment get downvotes. I had just the same question…

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  • VitoRobles@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m not buying a couch from someone 300 miles away.

    There’s also buy nothing groups. You typically pick it up if it’s within driving/walking distance.

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    • Mucki@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Apart from rare items, the local option is better from most viewpoints. Shipping is expensive, it is much more uneconomical, escrow or buyer protection is needed. And so on…

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  • Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Because it’s obtuse, why doesn’t every app ever made serve the entire globe? It’s the same reason OP didnt make his to do so either.

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• Cherry@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I think it should be local. Thats the point of local pickup and sales. Its an area ebay has moved away from and gum-tree does but with no real moderation.

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