After not getting any bites here
on their lawn mower, Bob & Marcia Cochran placed a "free
advertisement" in the Star Banner in Ocala. The mower
was sold on the first day it came out in the newspaper. They
thought you might want to know about this free classified
service for
items under $200. The
ad will appear for
4 days.
You can only submit information to the Star Banner
online or drop your ad off at:
2121 Southwest
19th Avenue Road
Ocala
Call
352-867-4010
and ask for
Nelda.
Thanks, Bob and
Marcia for passing this along.
Thanks, Cindy South for updating this information.
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You can also sell items without cost on
Ocala4sale.com.
I've sold items using this service and have told others
about it, as well.
Ocala4sale.com:
http://www.ocala4sale.com/.
- Click on Place a FREE Classified Ad at the
top of the website screen.
- Click on Place a FREE Classified.
- Select a Primary Category from the list
(Secondary Category appears).
- Select a Secondary Category from the list (Ad
Placement Category appears).
- Select an Ad Placement Category from the list
— the category that you want
your ad to appear under.
- Then fill in your contact information and
information about the item that will help sell it
(e.g., low mileage for a vehicle, like new, etc.).
You also might want to mention that you are located in
The Villages since some people can't or won't travel too
far if in Ocala.
- Select how long you want your ad to run (if you sell
it, you can cancel it online and it will be removed by
the following day).
- Click on the box if you want to include a picture of
the car (a fee is charged) OR add to your
description that "a picture is available upon request"
(that way, you can send interested people a picture
without incurring an additional cost).
- Read about the SCAMs that have been reported and
click on the box that you have read it.
- Click on Finish My Classified.
You may want to place the same ad under more than one
category. If so, you follow the same procedure for each Ad
Placement Category.Caution:
You will get scammers for higher priced items and the
SCAMs information will help you identify them.
When I sold some furniture, I made it quite clear that
even with a cashier's check from a real bank, the
merchandise would not be released, even if a truck showed up
at my door, until the check was cleared by my bank. That
protected me from a phony account number at a real bank and
made sure I was not out my money and my item because
they picked the item up before the check cleared and the
bank received the money. The scammers quickly dropped away.
It is also recommended that you only accept cash and/or
only sell to people locally, where you can get their
address, phone number, driver's license, etc. should a check
bounce.
There is also a Leesburg4sale.com and Orlando4sale.com,
but I never got a single inquiry from those services, so I
don't recommend them.
Barbara Kalmin