The week I tried selling a cursed doll on Facebook Marketplace

I posted this old porcelain doll I found in my grandma's attic for $20. First guy who messaged said his girlfriend collects them and asked for my address to pick it up that night. He showed up at 11 PM, didn't say a word, just grabbed the doll and handed me a crumpled $50 bill. Next morning I woke up to three more messages all asking if the doll was still available. Weirdest part is my TV turned on by itself around 3 AM that night. Has anyone else had a random transaction like that where the buyer acted totally strange?

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spencerw723d ago

Dude EXACTLY this. I had almost the same thing happen with a vintage lamp I listed a few months back. Guy showed up at 10:45 at night, no small talk, just handed me cash and left. Next day my garage door opener stopped working and I found a weird scrape mark near the lock on my back door. @beth_hunt I get that some marketplace pickups are just odd but the late night thing combined with the extra cash is a MAJOR red flag. I bet that guy was either scoping out security cameras or testing how long it takes you to answer the door. My garage thing turned out to be nothing but it freaked me out enough that I started hiding inside until people leave before turning lights back on. You should absolutely double check every window and door lock in your house and maybe get a camera pointed at your driveway too.

beth_hunt3d ago

nah honestly this just sounds like a normal facebook marketplace interaction to me. people show up at weird hours all the time when they really want something, and the $50 was probably just him being nice for the late pickup. the TV turning on is creepy but thats more likely just bad wiring in an old house, not some haunted doll curse situation.

anderson.spencer3d ago

ok but has nobody thought about the possibility that the guy was casing the place? like showing up late, being overly nice, leaving extra cash, that's classic social engineering to get a look inside someone's home and see what else they have worth stealing. the tv turning on could have been him messing with something through a window or a remote app on his phone to distract you while he was scoping things out. i've heard of people doing this exact thing on marketplace to find targets for break-ins later. the doll story is way less scary than the idea that some dude you just met is now mapping out your house layout in his head.