Gumtree selling wtf!
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Gumtree selling wtf!
Decided to sell the wagon and thought I would try
gumtree. All I am getting is emails with just a offer
or phone calls from people in Birmingham and Bradford.
I am assuming they are all scammers/time wasters?
For reference I live on the west coast of Scotland so hardly
think anyone is going to drive 500 miles round trip to buy it especially
when I have searched for cars nearer to their location and found
loads for sale.
gumtree. All I am getting is emails with just a offer
or phone calls from people in Birmingham and Bradford.
I am assuming they are all scammers/time wasters?
For reference I live on the west coast of Scotland so hardly
think anyone is going to drive 500 miles round trip to buy it especially
when I have searched for cars nearer to their location and found
loads for sale.
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same, I had nothing but time wasters when I put my clio 172 up on there..
U.S air force officer stationed overseas wanting to buy it for his disabled grandma who lives in Uganda.. that kind of crap..
U.S air force officer stationed overseas wanting to buy it for his disabled grandma who lives in Uganda.. that kind of crap..
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So one guy is asking the same questions over and over but
all the answers are in the advert and he says he will buy it
and is happy to travel over 4 hours each way to buy it sight unseen!
I am assuming that when it comes to the day he is supposed
to "pick it up" there will be some sort of problem and can I wait
until he can arrange another day to collect.
all the answers are in the advert and he says he will buy it
and is happy to travel over 4 hours each way to buy it sight unseen!
I am assuming that when it comes to the day he is supposed
to "pick it up" there will be some sort of problem and can I wait
until he can arrange another day to collect.
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Gumtree is terrible for scammers, mate of mine was advertising his Mondeo on there and someone claiming to live in the Canaries wanted to have it shipped there, he needed my mate to arrange a courier for it so sent my mate a fake PayPal receipt of the asking price plus 400 quid for the courier that was meant to have been sent to his account and asked that he would send the 400 to an account that belonged to the courier via some sort of bank transfer, so he sent it and no further contact was made lol 400 down...
He phoned the police and the woman was sniggering on the other end hahah what a donut. I think it turned out to be someone from Nigeria or somewhere like that
He phoned the police and the woman was sniggering on the other end hahah what a donut. I think it turned out to be someone from Nigeria or somewhere like that
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I've had decent luck selling on Gumtree but of course there will always be a handful of time wasters unfortunately.
One tip I would recommend which helps is that I only include the telephone number as a form of contact and click 'no' for email. That stops people emailing stupid questions. Good luck
One tip I would recommend which helps is that I only include the telephone number as a form of contact and click 'no' for email. That stops people emailing stupid questions. Good luck
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Full of chancers, waste of time. You would have less hassle going down to the local travellers caravan site and trying to sell there. Any time I tried Gumtree I had an army of texters trying to force the price down in text speak.
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Any selling site is hard work these days, but it`s generally down to the "Buyers", not the site. There`s alot of dreamers about, who like the retail therapy of pretending to buy, following the style of tv programs where it`s all down to getting a bargain, beating the price down.
Most viewers of stuff up for sale dont even consider that you have changed your plans for them, spent hours tidying the item up, and hung around for them.
I sold my wagon 2 weeks ago, advertised on ebay classified and pistonheads; no replies at all on Pistonheads, first to view bought it.
Most viewers of stuff up for sale dont even consider that you have changed your plans for them, spent hours tidying the item up, and hung around for them.
I sold my wagon 2 weeks ago, advertised on ebay classified and pistonheads; no replies at all on Pistonheads, first to view bought it.
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They all started crowding round me when we were talking price thinking i was going to crumble. Cheeky ****ers!
Diddnt like it when i raised the price
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You get the chancers and scammers looking at all the sites,trying their luck,last 2 cars I sold I put on a classified ad on ebay...sold both within a couple of days for near enough asking price
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