After taking home a second-gen Dodge Ram he found for a decent price, Justin Maxwell noticed something odd. The seller had retrofitted extended cab seats into the truck. This was a regular cab. No biggie, Maxwell thought. He found the right seats at a local junkyard and installed them with a bit of his own DIY handiness. Now he had an extra set. Since he regularly buys and sells on Facebook, he decided he might as well list the seats there. That’s where the trouble started…and where his motivation to start a “People of Facebook” bit came from.

And let me tell you, I get it. I’ve sold many cars and other things on Facebook Marketplace, and sure know the, um, “pains,” sellers go through to pass on their wares. In this case, though, Maxwell has a doozie.

Vintage Dodge Ram owner gets $60, plus a far-from “free” headache thrown in

Maxwell covers the typical lowball offers folks tend to throw at a listing. “I’ll give you $20 cash right now, I can come tomorrow…” and so on.

“I don’t understand,” he tells viewers. Why even specify that you’re putting up hard cash? “You’re not gonna say, ‘I’m gonna give ya 20 dollars’ worth of kolaches.” That’s a Czech sweet pastry, by the way. “40 dollars’ worth, I might have considered it…”

Anyway, a buyer approaches on the platform, offering full price. They wait around town until Maxwell gets off work.

Patience is a virtue

When they finally connect in person, Maxwell is sure to reiterate the seats came out of an extended cab.

Yep, the seller acknowledges. Still, the seller asks if they’ll work in his regular cab. Hmm. Slight red flag, here. Maxwell is accommodating enough to tell the buyer how they went in his regular cab.

“Well, I want the factory brackets,” the buyer asserts. Sigh. Maxwell takes a breath. “You should be able to take the factory brackets off the bottom of your seats, put ‘em on, and make them work.” Nice enough. The buyer takes that as a good enough answer and pays the $60.

They load the extended cab seats into the buyer’s truck, then part ways. “This was about three weeks ago,” the Ram owner explains.

Weeks later, the Ram owner’s phone dings at 2 a.m. It’s a Facebook Marketplace message.

Yeah. It’s that buyer.

They rant about how the seats won’t work, no matter what. Odd, considering Maxwell had taken them out of his very own regular cab, second-gen Ram.

It gets worse, though.

Reportedly, the buyer demands Maxwell find him a buyer. Maxwell is stunned.

“What in the heck is wrong with people?”

Maxwell explains that they made a fair trade. The buyer knew about the seat’s factory beginnings, and even got free DIY instruction. They had a fair exchange of cash for goods.

“I don’t own those seats anymore,” the seller rants. In the end, he adamantly opposes “facilitating” another sale for someone who bought something with proven DIY success. “I guess he’s not mechanically inclined.”

“Well you sold them to me…” the buyer responded. “Uh, yeah, I did sell them to you. You bought them. You don’t want them? Sell them.”

“I don’t understand people on Facebook Marketplace,” Maxwell concludes. I’m right there with ya, bud. Onward and upward.