Comment on Age Verification Is A Windfall for Big Tech—And A Death Sentence For Smaller Platforms

• Bennyboybumberchums@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Yes, facebook marketplace is the only way to buy things second hand… Could you be more perpetually online???

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  • null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    We do have “op shops” which are like a charity that sells clothes and toys that have been donated to them.

    We do buy a lot of stuff from these places, and visit almost every week. The thing is, the range of stuff is very limited. For example, they might have a dozen shirts for toddlers, all in different sizes, so at best you get one shirt.

    We dont really have “car boot” markets or flea markets here. We have farmers markets for fresh produce but not second hand items.

    We have a toy library where I volunteer once a month. This is an amazing resource and our kids always have different toys that are really well used by loads of kids. It really is great.

    The thing is, Toddlers grow quick, and they’re pretty gross, so you have to change shirts several times a day. Realistically you need 12 shirts, which they will ruin or outgrown in a few months.

    On fb marketplace, any day of the week, there’s people selling boxes of kids clothes for a few dollars, all the same size. Every few months you box up everything thats too small and pass it on to the next person. From a shop, the only other option, a box of 12 toddlers shirts would be maybe $60. Of course you get pants and undershirts and jackets and whatever. So youre saving several hundred dollars each time.

    If it were just a matter of going to some other place or using some other app then ofc I would do that, but fb market is the place parents sell their toddler clothes in my area.

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  • rothaine@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    So you insult this dude and tell him “you have other options”, but refuse to elaborate on those other options. Got it.

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    • jjlinux@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Get offline and go out. I can’t tell you what your options are in your area. I could give you a whole list of the options in my area, but only you know where everything is in your environment.

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      • rothaine@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        There’s salvation army and Savers, and that’s about it. Usually they don’t have great stuff. Unfortunately, Facebook marketplace is where people in this area go to sell shit.

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    • Bennyboybumberchums@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      No one asked me for other options… Whatever it is you got, you can keep it. Its clearly making you dumb.

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      • rothaine@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        JFC chill out dude

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