Facebook treats bows the same as guns. I've never seen a bow on Marketplace. There are some groups that has a way around that but not Marketplace.

 

I was in a Facebook group that sold all kinds of weapons, however, all they did was post photos of what they wanted to sell. No description, just photos. Anyone who was interested would simply send them a private message for details, questions and price.

 

Did you mention Mathews or MFJJ?

 

Or Athens?

 

Join a specific archery buy/sell/trade group and sell on there, but beware of scammers.

If trying to sell on actual Marketplace just list the brand and "bow case" for sale at your asking price for the bow and put a picture of a bow case on there. People will message you and you can give them details over messenger. It still may be flagged but if you click to appeal it it will likely be approved.

I did that trying to sell a Mathews Traverse. I just listed it as a "Mathews Traverse Bow Case" for $600. People familiar with Marketplace will know what you are doing.

 

This.

"bow" case up for discussion with listed price. Let the buyers read between the lines.

 

Selling them in groups are safer. I've listed in the market place but you have to get crafty. Sold a bow case that included everything pictured. Sold a 'toy' a time or two.

 

It's funny ....... FB and zuckerberg had no problem with fraud posts and scammers like the free Ravin crossbow giveaway.

 

exactly

 

I'm not sure how people get past their algorithm. I had a bow sight taken down once but it worked after I took pictures with it off the bow. I also left out any words I thought they might flag. But like you said I often see bows pictured so I have no idea lol

 

people get around it also by posting nerf with it, or only showing a bow case. Then you PM them for details.

 

Back in 2019 , i listed my cabin at Lake Greenwood SC for sale. In the description, I had put "Great for a hunting Cabin". They shut it down immediately. F them and their BS. lol.

 

I put a bow sight on there and got slammed. I got set up on ebay, and I do my selling on there, now. They take a cut, but it’s better than not being able to sell it period.

 

Join mewe.com. It's a fb alternative that has no issues with guns, bows, ammo, etc.

I have bought and sold on there a lot. I guarantee there are groups specific to your area. I live in rural Wyoming, and we have a bunch of groups dedicated to firearms and bows for our area on that site.

 

You shall not pass!!!

Your tech giant over lords have spoken!!

 

I'd stick to the groups to sell as the Admins are in more control. Marketplace is definitely picky

 

Thanks for all the info! I'm thinking they have some form of AI that picked out the actual picture of the entire bow. Most of the others I saw had closer pics of the riser and other parts but not the whole bow.

 

I would suggest posting it in a group in FB. FB hates anything even close to a "weapon" or if you need accessories you could submit a trade in request on our website.

 

There are many archery buy/sell groups on facebook, some are state specific.

 

As others have suggested, you need to find one of the many archery buy/sell Facebook groups and sell your bow there. Facebook will instantly flag almost anything archery-related because they view it as a "weapon" or "weapon parts." Even if you get around the image sensing technology and try getting "cute" in your title and/or description, they'll catch that too. Try it a few too many times, and they'll permanently ban you from the Marketplace.

Seems like there has to be a much better use for this kind of tech than screwing with people on Facebook, but here we are....

 

So I gave up on FB quite awhile ago but have toyed with idea of opening another account. How’s the scams? My wife says it’s terrible sometimes, she’s on it all the time. I don’t want to fight that if it’s bad

 

Out of control.

I admin 3 groups geared towards a different hobby, and they're all 100k+ members. Between them, I ban at least 100 scam accounts trying to join every day. And no matter how diligent I try to be, at least a few wiggle through every week.

The archery for sale groups are 100x worse. There's 2-3 I can think of off the top of my head that are extremely well managed, and rarely have problems, but that's out of the 30+ I'm a member of.


The good news is that they're usually easy to spot if you know what you're looking for. There's also multiple ways to protect yourself so that if you do get got, you'll get it back.

 

Why do people still feed the monster?

FB, Google/YouTube hate you, your hobbies, and everything you believe or value. If nothing else, the Twitter files (and later FB files) exposed how government bureaucrats used BigTech as agents to violate your first amendment rights. They were "meddling in the election," just as the Russians were accused of, but this was with the full power of the federal government and cooperation of BigTech.

Why continue to empower BigTech? I left FB years ago, and instagram after that. I refuse to use WhatsApp. I left gmail, and I don't use google.

To each their own, but complaining about their mistreatment of you when you continue to allow them to sell your data for their profit doesn't seem logical.

Why not sell the bow here? This site has a excellent classified section, and there is even a feedback mechanism. The limited access also helps cut down on fly-by scammers.

 

This^^^^^^^^^sell here,duh.

 

I tried to " converse " with them and show them how ridiculous their policy was when trying to sell an arrow rest. They said it was a weapon. Well I kept send in messages to them and guess what? Now I'm banned and can't sell anything on there 😁

 

Facebook keeps getting worse and worse. It is a shame because so many of us have accounts on there to keep up with friends/family. It had such great potential, but Zuckerberg won't change (except for the worse). He is fully committed to the far left globalist's disarmament and wacky WOKE social agenda. So, we are all better off to stay off Facebook and stop enriching and empowering him and his cohorts. Or, at least get on Facebook no more than absolutely necessary!

 

The sooner sportsmen ditch FB and FB marketplace the better. I've never used it and never will, but it must be convenient because hunters and fishermen keep going back to it.

I've lost count of the times I was interested in a product or a group, and I was told, "Just check it out on FB". I'll search it long enough to get the contact info, but I am not interacting through FB. And I'm not an old fart either.

 

The sooner sportsmen ditch FB and FB marketplace the better. I've never used it and never will, but it must be convenient because hunters and fishermen keep going back to it.

I've lost count of the times I was interested in a product or a group, and I was told, "Just check it out on FB". I'll search it long enough to get the contact info, but I am not interacting through FB. And I'm not an old fart either.

The big reason is that groups/clubs/competition organizers/etc want to have an online presence but building and maintaining a website is not that easy or cheap anymore. Whole lot easier for them to just have a facebook group.

I am a member of a few FB groups. I stop in every couple months to see whats going on and to find match schedules, etc. I tell people NOT to send me any sort of FB message if they expect me to read it within the next three months. You can text or email me and I still might ignore you, but I keep it as separated as possible from my phone and main computer. I have a Linux laptop that I look at FB on and don’t log into anything else on that laptop…..

 

The only reason I tried to list the bow on there is to do it locally, in person. The buyer can handle/shoot it and make sure they want it, and nobody has to make any leaps of faith with payment or shipping.
The only real reason I even got on F.B. to begin with is to follow everything for I.B.O. Otherwise I could probably dump the whole thing and never miss any of it.

 

Got shot down on FB when I published a pic of a beautifully made wooden US flag with our USA Crossbow logo on it!

exactly

and I unwittingly became one of the hosts of that fraudulent Ravin crossbow giveaway! They had all my contact info. Probably from the USA crossbow web site I manage, Got a call around midnight last Friday, guy left a v mail, email and text! Said he ordered one of those crossbows 2 months ago from me and didn’t get it yet! Had to tell him he got scammed! I see that Blake Shelton is the new unwitting host of those crossbows now! Ha!

 

That's why I don't have a FB account. Put it on Craigslist or your local next page.

 

@#%#$@ those leftwing LIBS....list on Archery Talk...I get all my good stuff here...