VarageSale: Buy & Sell

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Last verified 4 Sep 2026

4.6 70822 ratings · App Store

1. 4/5Pros and Cons

   I have been with garage sale prior to its beginning here, on FB Exchange. I like how you can upload up to 5 pictures, but often find that sellers do not post that many. Usually just one. Then we all ask for them to post more. Sometimes the quality of pics aren’t that great either, or the pictures lack descriptions which include measurements, age of item and condition. I try to include all these things in my descriptions so I dont have to answer a ton of questions. I also post pics I know are pleasing to make it an easy sell. I work hard to earn praises! But I agree with others, the CON would be that there are some not so nice sellers, who fail to communicate in a timely manner. We should be able to rate for bad transactions too! Like a thumbs up and thumbs down, and allow the person to provide a feedback. Other than that, please update the system so we dont get multiple notifications!!

   swills14490 · 4 Sep 2026

2. 1/5Too many listings that either aren’t available or the seller doesn’t bother to check

   I’ve been searching for a recliner and sofa for a few months now, and I’ve come to VarageSale many times, searching thru the various communities I’m a member of. However, there a so many listings that have inquiries on them for weeks, months and years, that have never been answered yet the items are still listed as available. And when you message the sellers they don’t reply either. It would be different if it was one or two listings, but there are a lot. And it’s frustrating to think you’ve found something over and over again, only to scroll down and see people have been asking about it for up to two years or more with no reply. Or to message the seller and never hear back, over and over again. It seems like sellers ought to be required to update or bump or do something to their listings to keep them active, so they don’t sit there forever with people continually thinking they’ve actually found something for sale and not yet another dead-end. I finally just closed my account because I’ve not been able to find a single piece of either furniture item that was actually available or could get a seller to respond. I’ll just have to try Facebook marketplace. I hate Facebook and would much rather deal with a small-town type app, but this is just too frustrating to happen continually.

   sammi jo waxler · 4 Sep 2026

3. 1/5LOTS of issues and scammers!

   Years ago this site was amazing! A great place to find good deals, make a little money and meet wonderful new people along the way. In the last 2 years or so, this site has transformed into absolute garbage. Now it’s riddled with ads, seriously can’t scroll the feed for 5 seconds without getting an ad, literally half of the people that message are blatant scammers, administrators (oddly enough, ALL old women) do not actually do anything to protect buyers/sellers but rather ignore your concerns and have a “we don’t get paid to do this” kind of attitude…uuuh, why are you here then? To be nosey?!! The app itself is so infested with bugs I have to continuously delete and redownload the app just to get it to open. It glitches, freezes, makes corrupt listings you can’t change or even have access to, kicks you out right as you submit a listing so then you have to do it all over again, it’s just a mess now. Facebook Marketplace is superior. You will actually sell items through marketplace whereas with Varagesale, you’ll be lowballed, ignored, scammed and frequently have your time utterly wasted. I used to exclusively use Varagesale due to it’s safety, lack of ads and ease of use. As with most things decent, that’s a thing of the past. Unfortunately, I can no longer recommend this site.

   Kittie667 · 4 Sep 2026

4. 1/5Worst managed app I’ve ever used

   I only use the app because it is what everyone over here uses to sell their stuff in the military. You cannot copy addresses or phone numbers out of the messages almost ever. You have to pick single pictures to post in Messages and cannot pick albums or multiple pictures at a time. The application crashes constantly. Half the time you don’t even get notifications properly if at all. It is the same on iPads and iPhones alike. The app used to notify you when your items would get removed or we’re about to get removed and no longer does. Active conversations continually don’t show up or in active conversations get sorted back into the active conversations at random. And for some reason every time they get new admin’s they seem to be power-hungry military spouses who have no authority in the military but seem to want to dictate to everybody whatever they choose. They continually make up new rules since I’ve been on this program based on their emotional experiences and their frustration with customers they are supposed to support. They seem to constantly post rules that existed no other yard sale type site. Overall the site needs complete overhaul and they need to hire or have admin‘s that are there to help people with issues not be mafia dictators.

   starryrg · 4 Sep 2026

5. 1/5Absolutely useless

   This app is horrible in every way. Unlike every other app, this app doesn’t allow you to search within a location radius or anything like that. You have to join a ‘community’ and you can only buy and sell and search for stuff within that community. The problem with that: There’s like 30 communities in my town. So in order to see all the offers in my town I would have to join all 30 communities. Here’s issue two: you can’t just ‘join’. You have to apply. I was waiting TWO WEEKS for my application to be reviewed. In the end, I got denied because I didn’t want to use a public profile picture of myself. Fun fact: The community manager who denied me doesn’t have one either. I really wanted to buy something on that app, but couldn’t. No idea why this app is a thing and managed like that. Even if I had a profile picture, the whole community thing is ridiculous. Imagine you wanna look in another area for items because you travel there, guess what, you have to apply to a community there first. And unless you wanna do it 30 times it’s basically a gamble. Terrible concept, big waste of time. By the way: Changing your community deletes all your listings.. use offerup instead, they’re amazing.

   burgergril69 · 4 Sep 2026

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