Yes you read correctly. If you are lacking human contact, even through your social media connections, then I’ve discovered a pretty easy way to entice people to get in touch.
Simple go online, search for second hand sofa and download that image.
Log in to Facebook and join your local ‘for sale’ group, which allows the local community to sell second-hand items no longer of use to you, but that could be of use to others.
List that sofa for around £50 or under, depending on the condition of the sofa shown on that image you just downloaded.
Sit back and wait for the message to come through.
To be clear, I didn’t just discover this on an uneventful Tuesday afternoon. In a property I own, the previous occupiers left behind a red corner sofa. It was in pretty good condition so I listed it on a Facebook group for £20 – collection only.
And now, almost daily…..wait scratch that…..not ‘almost….every single day I receive dozens of messages from apparently interested people. I say apparently because most messages simply ask “Hi, is this still available and is it really only £20?” or something of that ilk. I respond within the hour saying “yes”. And then….
Pin drop silence. No further responses from 90+% of people.
So by all means entice messages by posting a random second-hand sofa for sale, but don’t expect to continue much of a conversation beyond that.