How it works

Selling

Sign in with your email, add photos, a title and a price, and choose a set price or an auction (1, 3, 5 or 7 days).
Connect your own Square account once. Buyers pay you through Square's checkout, and the money goes to your Square account, not to us.
Thames Coast takes a small percentage of each sale. Square takes it out automatically at checkout. Square also charges its normal card fee. Listing is free.
You can list up to 15 items a day.

Buying now

Tap Buy now and you go straight to the seller's Square checkout.
The item is held for you for 2 hours. Don't pay in that time and it goes back up for sale. You can also release it yourself.

Auctions

Enter the most you'd pay. We bid for you one step at a time, only as much as it takes to stay ahead, up to your max. Nobody sees your max.
A bid is a promise to buy at that price if you win.
A bid in the last 2 minutes adds 2 minutes to the clock, so nobody wins by sniping.
When it ends, the winner gets an email with a pay link and 48 hours to pay the seller through Square.
Miss the 48 hours and the item goes to the next highest bidder, and you get a strike. 2 strikes and bidding is switched off on your account.
If you're offered an item as the next bidder and you don't want it, just ignore the email. That's never a strike.

After you pay

Buyer and seller each get the other's email to set up pickup or shipping.
Meet somewhere public and busy, in daylight. A police station parking lot is ideal: see the meetup spots below.
Never pay outside this site's Square checkout, and never pay for something you'll only get later from someone you haven't met.
Returns and refunds are between you and the seller. Sellers refund from their own Square dashboard.
Once you're paid up, rate the seller from your order page.

Meetup spots

The parking lot outside each police station around here. Pick one when you set up a pickup. Groton Town is the one we know marked exchange spots; the others are a public lot outside the station, so meet in daylight either way.

Groton: Groton Town Police68 Groton Long Point Rd, Groton, CT 06340In 2018 the department marked exchange spots in the southwest corner of the lot. Also the closest for Mystic west of the river.Google Maps Apple Maps
Groton (City): City of Groton Police295 Meridian St, Groton, CT 06340Google Maps Apple Maps
New London: New London Police5 Governor Winthrop Blvd, New London, CT 06320Google Maps Apple Maps
Norwich: Norwich Police70 Thames St, Norwich, CT 06360Google Maps Apple Maps
Waterford: Waterford Police41 Avery Ln, Waterford, CT 06385Google Maps Apple Maps
Stonington / Mystic east: Stonington Police173 South Broad St, Pawcatuck, CT 06379Google Maps Apple Maps

What you can't sell

Weapons. Knives sold as weapons, tasers, brass knuckles, explosives, fireworks.
Firearms and ammo. Guns, gun parts, magazines, ammunition, kits to build any of them.
Drugs. Illegal drugs, prescription medicine, cannabis and THC products, paraphernalia.
Alcohol. Beer, wine, spirits and anything that contains them.
Tobacco and vapes. Cigarettes, cigars, vapes, e-liquid, pouches.
Counterfeit goods. Fakes, replicas or anything sold as a brand it is not.
Stolen goods. Anything you don't own or can't prove you have the right to sell.
Adult content. Sexual products, services or images.
Animals. Live animals of any kind, including pets and livestock.
Recalled items. Anything under a safety recall (check cpsc.gov/Recalls).
Gift cards. Gift cards, prepaid cards and store credit.

Listings that break these rules come down, and the account can be banned. Spot one? Use Report this listing on the item page. A person reads every report.

The full rules are in the terms. What we store about you is in the privacy notice.