Weird numbers in Facebook marketplace ads

[musthaverust]

Does anyone know why some ads on marketplace have a weird looking number as the car model?



Wondering if its something suspicious 🤔

P.s. this is an example, i am absolutely not interested in this particular car...

[DeadShed]

It’s the mileage.






(I know it’s not before anyone gets upset. It’s a joke about the age of the car and the big number. You can tell it’s a joke because it’s not a Volvo)

[aterribleusername]

A way of getting your phone number in the ad? If you take the 1593 off and move the 0 on the end to the start it makes a mobile number. No idea why you would want to do that though as FB Messenger is fine and you can just ring the person on it anyway.

[KadettE]

When I last sold a car on marketplace it would sometimes change the ad title without me doing anything. Might be the case here. Facebook is crap basically

[Soloman Dodd]

I don't comprehend why anyone would be looking to buy anything on facebook.

[musthaverust]

Thanks so not anything obviously dodgy (other than being on marketplace as noted above). Cheers

[Legacywr]

Soloman Dodd said:

I don't comprehend why anyone would be looking to buy anything on facebook.

Why not? It's the same as Gumtree, Freeads etc.

[944 Man]

KadettE said:

When I last sold a car on marketplace it would sometimes change the ad title without me doing anything. Might be the case here. Facebook is crap basically

Deliberately crap. Just good enough to show some of what you search for, but diluted with lots of rubbish.

The clue is in the results. If I search for Pioneer DJM600 without mentioning that it is a mixer, I get Denon CDJs , Numark rubbish turntables and endless party DJ controllers from Hercules, Numark and similar, with Pioneer CDJs and controllers. And a sprinkle of Pioneer mixers

Just enough of what it knows I am looking for to keep me looking at the b*stard thing for as long as it can. Without a doubt using AI but to fk with us rather than to provide what we are looking for. I used to wonder how it could be so rubbish, but it is actually quite clever, and good, but good for them and not us.

[E-bmw]

musthaverust said:

Does anyone know why some ads on marketplace have a weird looking number as the car model?



Wondering if its something suspicious ?

P.s. this is an example, i am absolutely not interested in this particular car...

Could be an ebay item number.

[KadettE]

Indeed, the thing is optimised for you to spend as much time as possible and click on as many things as possible. Being user friendly or easy to search is not a concern. Unfortunately there are some good deals to be had there

[Dog Biscuit]

It could be a secret instruction code issued from our lizard overlords...?

[Dimebars]

Marketplace is an awful place to browse cars for sale

The filters never work for me