Advice on Facebook auctions?

[ScotchHop]

Hi all,

So, the background to this question is that I am finally getting ready to sell my big pile of G1 doubles (as well as a few other gens that have popped up). They are mostly a result of buying lots to get specific ponies, but I also had a collection in two different countries and managed to buy some silly doubles 

I was just planning on putting them up in here, but since recently joining some facebook groups for G1 collectors, I have seen that FB auctions are very en vogue!

I have never actually managed to join one, because life's busyness has picked back up, so I wanted to ask the forum's honest advice...

Would I be being silly not to consider this as an option?

I'm not sure why, but something feels a little 'off' about fb auctions, but I can't exactly put my finger on what.

Does anyone have experience with them? Pro's / cons? Is it a good way to shift lots of ponies in one night!?

Thanks so much in advance all!

[Kazzellin]

The auctions, no, but the FB sales are done through a site called Mercari. Apparently, Mercari is set up to protect buyers in a way that ebay does not--the seller won't get their money for a sale released to them until the buyer leaves feedback saying they received the item. Not sure if that applies to their auctions or not.

[ScotchHop]

Thanks for the reply! That’s interesting about Marketplace, I never knew that!

Just to clarify, I meant actual people, going live on their webcam and auctioning off their ponies one by one while people bid in the comments. Im not sure if it’s a new phenomenon or not!