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@Dutch_Cheese
Welllll.... it not that friendly.
There are a lot of professional and amateur traders on Marktplaats. That's spoiling a big part of the fun. Just cheap advertisement from them or people buying more or less everything that is available and try to resell with as much as possible profit.
Also a lot of jackasses, both sellers and buyers. A lot of deals simply do not work out (no harm, just frustration).
Every now and then, you can make a good deal and sometimes even a bargain.
Just compare it with a big jumble with a poor digital catalogue.
You can browse without walking and traveling until you see something and have serious interest.
Also on a jumble there are professionals and dicks, not only kids and nice grown ups. And most stuff is rubbish.
But overall: it's very successful and simple.
In such a way that Ebay bought the whole marktplaats stuff.
Business via Ebay in NL is almost zero. That's a sign.