How Risky is Facebook Marketplace for Bedbugs?
How risky is it to buy there? How would I prevent it? Is there any ways I can tell?
Are other sites such as Poshmark, Ebay, etc also risky? If somebody has a bed bug infestation in their house, is there a chance that they would sell their clothing?
Sorry, I am very anxious about possible bed bugs.
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For clothing
It's possible. If you are super anxious I might recommend not buying. Alternatively, just move things into a bag when you pick it up, then right into wash and high heat dry. If you're afraid of shrinking and super anxious of bedbugs you don't have a great solution I can think of.
Grailed and Ebay are nice because users have reviews and a record. If you're anxious about this kind of thing I'd stick to buying from users who have a positive review history
I'm very wary of this type of stuff, and moths as well, so I always wash or dry clean before adding to my closet.
Its as risky as any other situation where you might encounter bedbugs, that is to say unlikely but not impossible. Ive bought a tons of used clothing online and the only bedbug encounter I've ever had was in a hotel. As Bond said if youre nervous about it its perfectly reasonable to quarantine anything youve brought in and clean it thoroughly before wearing.