I wanted to buy something second-hand. Unfortunately, Facebook Marketplace is the shit where I live. So I thought I could quickly register, contact the seller, and delete my account afterwards.
However, I refuse to participate in this insanity. Video selfie my ass, Facebook.
some areas have active nextdoor.com marketplaces, but you have to prove your residence by receiving a code in the mail.
Doesn’t seem to be in my country yet, but apparently it’s in a few other EU countries so there’s hope yet!
In the meantime I log into Facebook when I need to buy used car parts. There’s other sites but it’s nowhere near as usable as just writing “hey someone wanna sell me a 3.0 tdi (BMK/ASB) turbo pls” into the Audi group on Facebook. Such is the life of driving shitboxes anyway.
or alternatively, if you explicitly want to buy something from woman: girlnextdoor.com