Hello Norwegian brothers and sisters,

Recently I've been on the hunt on second hand sites looking for different things for an upcoming trip – having scoured all the different Danish sites without luck, I figured I'd try my luck with Finn.

Very quickly I came across multiple of the various items I had zero luck finding on 'DBA' (the Danish version) – which of course is great!

Now comes the problem, just like the Swedish site, I have to own an actual citizenship (or person nummer) to be able to communicate with the seller listing the items – creating an account is pretty much useless without an actual personnummer.

I'm well aware I wouldn't be able to order through the site either way – but why can't I just interact with said seller in a chat, to then maybe reach an agreement, without giving up full identification??

I know this is all in an effort to reduce the possibility of scammers taking advantage or people – but in the end, doesn't it just limit the outreach to only Norwegian people?

Is there any hope in this situation, or do I really have to cave in, and buy brand new?

by HerpFerpDerp

5 comments

  1. Platforms like Finn have had a lot of problems with scammers. This is one of the actions they have taken to reduce this

  2. I don’t know if they still do, but Finn.no used to allow other means of identification if you contacted them.

  3. Any Norwegian friends? Perhaps you can have them help you out?

  4. It’s a Norwegian used market, why would it be open to people not in Norway? It’s not Amazon. People need to feel safe while using it and measures are taken in order for that to be achieved. I’m sorry you can’t use Finn but it’s just not something that is made by design to be used internationally.

  5. Like others already answered: safety. But as far as I know, the Dutch marktplaats.nl doesn’t require this. If you’re going to the Netherlands, perhaps you can try that one

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