Guides to buying and selling secondhand

Practical, well-grounded guides on bills of sale, receipts, safety and scams — for anyone buying or selling on Facebook Marketplace, Craigslist and OfferUp.

Bills of sale & receipts

Bill of sale vs. receipt: what do you actually need for a private sale?
When a private sale needs a bill of sale, when a receipt is enough, what UCC §2-201 means for sales of $500 or more, and how to co-sign one digitally in two minutes.
7 min read

Safe transactions

Selling safely on Facebook Marketplace: how to avoid the common scams
The scams US sellers and buyers actually run into on Facebook Marketplace — fake Venmo and Zelle screenshots, overpayment tricks, shipping bait — and the habits that stop them.
8 min read