Gumtree

TimmyO

Gumtree - Cunttree more like

That is all 

boogieman

Do tell. 

TimmyO

Imagine  it's a tree. And it's autumn. And leaves are falling all over you, and piling up in front of you and making it hard to get anywhere. Except those leaves are cunts that have a thousand questions and timeslot demands over the £30 thing (that's worth many times more) 

That 

TimmyO

Also.i shouldn't have tried to list stuff the week I move - I'm too busy to deal with it - my bad ha 

Dominic

Ah but ,the last time I tried to sell a guitar on gumtree somebody did try and offer me their Auntie's bequeathed Cuckoo Clock ("A genuine Swiss one " ) in a straight swap so you could be missing out on all kinds of home furnishing opportunities.

WiresDreamDisasters

I've generally stopped using it, coz there are too many time wasting cunts on there.

TimmyO

The evidence of the last hour suggests I should also add "cuntbook marketplace" to this assessment 

lovestrat74

Simple solution: Sell here  

dbphoto

I have a watch on there for sale at £950

Message received this morning:

‘Hi, would you take £200 as it’s a very old model but I’m also cash limited’

As for the constant scam messages wanting to pay via PayPal...

IntoTheRough

No matter what platform it is, the people who ask tedious questions get ignored. Unless it’s a high value item don’t entertain the cretins who are usually after something for nothing 

Snags

Hey at least people are making offers. My stuff's so undesirable no-one ever messages until about 4 months later when I get a raft of "Is this still available?" messages which then go dead when I say "Yes."

equalsql

dbphoto said:

I have a watch on there for sale at £950

Message received this morning:

‘Hi, would you take £200 as it’s a very old model but I’m also cash limited’

As for the constant scam messages wanting to pay via PayPal...

Josh Sneed's view on low-ballers at his garage sale is really funny. Shows the sort of punters you have to deal with.

tony99

sold 2 guitars on there in the last couple of weeks, no probs at all
a cheapish acoustic and a fairly expensive gibbo

I've had plenty of scammers and want to traders over the years like but those last 2 sales were fine, I guess your mileage does indeed vary

CeeJay

I was selling the wifes old golf clubs on gumtree. The package was, clubs,bag,head covers, tees, towel, 20 or so balls, and couple of gloves. Message came through off dick number 1. Would I be prepared to sell the gloves separately...For Christs Sake!!

rogd

I bought my Larrivee Parlour off Gumtree. The seller was a good bloke, 25 miles away. Painless.
I must have been lucky.

TheOtherDennis

I once tried to sell a camera on there for £500. It was worth probably £550-600, but I wanted rid.

"Would you take £200 cash and a Kindle? I really need a camera by next weekend."

No.

"No look, you don't understand, I really need a camera and this would be perfect."

No.

"Fucking dick."

Headphones

TheOtherDennis said:

I once tried to sell a camera on there for £500. It was worth probably £550-600, but I wanted rid.

"Would you take £200 cash and a Kindle? I really need a camera by next weekend."

No.

"No look, you don't understand, I really need a camera and this would be perfect."

No.

"Fucking dick."

Do give him some credit.

A dick has two purposes and he's shown that he knows one of them.

GoldenEraGuitars

I don’t use it, full of useless tat from what I’ve seen.

The last time i was on, a woman had listed her engagement ring, wedding ring and eternity ring for sale. When I saw the name, I realised I had provided her with her wedding suits in 2017. Rather amusing if slightly sad at the same time. 

gringopig

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Adam_MD

There's plenty of decent buyers on there just loads of scammers and dealers too.  You just have to wade through them.  I've usually been offered more on gumtree for things I've been selling than the forum.

It's not hard to spot the scammers and I ignore the lowballs from dealers. 

steveledzep

I've had very good experience on Gumtree.  Describe your item well, with lots of good pics.  Ignore the dickhead approaches but respond very quickly and positively to the serious approaches.  Great for selling eBay unfriendly items that are too large or heavy to courier.