How do I post on the community market and is it possible to post a part wanted request?

Hey guys, I am new to Framework and the community so apologies if this is not the right place to make this post.

I bought a Framework laptop 13 AMD 7640U and am very happy with it. However, I thought that this would come with the 2nd gen keyboard. I also ordered with the gray bezel however it looks more like white and therefore I would like to switch it to a black bezel.

I wanted to first make a post on the marketplace see if anyone has either of these and is willing to sell them before I go and buy them brand new, but it seems as of 9 days ago that posting in the community has been restricted and requires increased trust level but it is not specified how to increase your trust level.

Any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

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Currently, the community market only allows listings for selling things. Want to buy posts are not allowed but we’re allowing trades for now. As for trust level, you can increase that by interacting with the community. This includes reading posts, posting comments, and liking comments.

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Understood, I guess I will make a post whenever I am allowed asking if anyone wants a gray bezel in exchange of a black bezel.

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I’m a bona-fide purchaser of a Framework 13. I haven’t had a need to use the community forum before, other than that I’d like to sell my Framework 13. It would certainly be a lot more useful to allow people to post ā€œFor Saleā€ items if they have actually purchased a Framework from the company in the past, rather than a vague ā€œyou have to read / post / interact on the forumā€ to use this benefit.

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Hi Michael. You can find the reasoning behind the ā€˜Trust level’ here: Update on Community Market Access

I second this. I’m in a similar situation and it feels kinda weird to now have to post or reply to be able to use the community market. It would be cool, if there was another way to certify yourself as a framework customer.

Other options for selling laptops, parts or other items:

Ebay, quite a few frameworks are there at any given time now. As well as parts and currently even items like keyboard switch components and replacement SMD mainboard connectors.
A search for laptops, attempting to filter out parts:

The Reddit FrameworkMarket subreddit has good activty
reddit.com/r/FrameworkMarket

Not many on craigslist at the moment, but some
searchcraigslist.net/results?q=Framework%20Laptop

Perhaps somone knows of more good options?

Use a safe payment method if buying or selling outside of places like ebay. PayPal ā€œGoods and servicesā€ option, (not ā€œSending to a friend") is what I’ve used. With the PayPal funds coming from a credit card, if you have one that adds an additional level of protection.

There may be other safe options, I don’t happen to know of any. startpage.com/do/dsearch?q=safe+payment+methods+for+online+personal+sales.

Zelle is not safe. Venmo and Apple Pay are not safe either, last I heard. Unless they’ve changed, their user agreements say they are not for commercial use or personal sales. They will not help you if someone mails you a box of rocks.

I have a RX 7700S GPU module I would like to sell so I was wondering why I could not make a post since I made a 5070 GPU module pre-order.

Your trust level is not sufficiently highly to make a post in the community market.