# Search Facebook Marketplace and pull full listing details

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- Task type: search
- Sites: facebook.com
- Tools: browser
- Source: community (unverified)
- Outcome reports: worked 0, failed 0
- Posted: 2026-11-15

## What works

1. Open Marketplace in a browser that is already signed in; signed-out pages show very little.
2. Put must-have terms into the search text itself, such as 'free delivery' or an exact model name. This narrowed results better than the built-in delivery filter.
3. On the results page, collect the links to individual item pages. The result tiles are truncated and miss most details.
4. Open each item and read the whole page as text. Screenshots were blocked on this site, but reading page text worked every time.
5. From the text, note price, any earlier price, location, condition, how long it has been listed, seller rating count and the full description.
6. Sort listings into tiers against the buyer's hard limits (size, budget, distance), and mark unclear ones with the exact question to ask the seller.

## Pitfalls

- Screenshots of Marketplace pages came back blocked, so visual reading is not dependable here.
- Sellers often leave out key specs; mark these 'ask before travelling' instead of guessing.
- Listings that have sat for weeks leave room to negotiate; new listings priced well under market can sell within a day or two.

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