Gumtree Anmeldelser 7.488

99.8% time wasters

Basically you list stuff, even for free and you get a flood of enquiries.
You agree price and pick up time. You set your day around that AND THEY NEVER TURN UP.

TIME AND TIME AGAIN!

Not Gumtree's fault but I advertised a TV for free and had several responses mostly of the 'It is still available?' type? I thought it was going to be easy to get rid of the TV but not one of these idiots ever collected it. I'm perplexed about why people do this.

I put an advert on. It’s been on 3 weeks.
I updated the advert today with new pictures & it was deleted saying it goes against the rules.
Nothing changed apart from updated pictures
No refund or exclamation why

Used to love using Gumtree, but now it's all too messy and they also starts to charge for posting ad such as letting a room. Only found out today, never received any notification. No wonder, I had no notification when someone messaged me in July to an ad I posted back in Jun 25.
Years ago, there used to be ads from people wanted to rent but none now. Don't think it is useful anymore and too many scams on this website making it not trust worthy. Sad, as it was a good website for posting simple ads.

Be very carful posting your phone number on the advert.
I was texted this morning by someone pretending to be a potential buyer.
They text first then ask you to email them back.
They  say they want the goods and they will pay with PayPal account.
After a while they will come back and tell you that they have a problem paying the courier but they will put the cost of the courier as an extra payment into your account and you are to pay the courier fee for them!
All a total scam and an attempt to steal money from you.
Gumtree’s attitude when I complained was very blaze.They more or less blamed me.
I have reported the incident to Action Fraud.
Denise Waddell.

Stop allowing people to sell animals on here. They are often sent to home where they are not safe. Do something about it, you never take an interest and it’s very unsympathetic. These poor animals are left defenceless because you can’t control this problem!

They took my payment then removed my advert saying I had multiple accounts
I most certainly have not !
I just joined to post an advert.
How many people are they actually scamming !!

I've been getting a posting ads too frequently error and it's really annoying. It's frustrating trying to relist stuff. Let alone the amount of people wasting your time I'm not even sure why I bother with it anymore.

I purchased a drill from a guy in bamberbridge, john,I paid my bank transfer money Sunday 27 July, he strung me alone all week saying he will post now he is off line I contacted Gumtree ,they said they can do nothing.
DONT USE GUMTREE..

The idea of Gumtree is good, but they have never incorporated strategies to combat the amount of sellers who waste your time. For example, yesterday I made two enquiries about pianos. I checked right up to this morning, but I received no answer and now I have to begin again, but not with Gumtree. I'm finished with them.

MUST SORT OUT THE OPTION TO LEAVE A NEGATIVE REVIEW AS A BUYER CAN JUST LEAVE A BAD REVIEW SIMPLY AFTER A COUPLE OF MESSAGES FOR INSTANCE IF BUYER ASKS IF AVAILABLE YOU SAY YES THEN THEY ASK IF YOULL ACCEPT A LOW OFFER YOU SAY NO , AND BOOM NEGATIVE REVIEW LEFT ILL BE DELETING MY ACCOUNT

A scam,paid for repost and haven't been done,tried to contact no answer very disappointed

They randomly removed my ad listing. Completely gone. They ask me to re-make it but they don't tell me why it is removed. Also, they don't give me the original listing so I can't even copy and paste the old information I took so long to write out. What a waste of time. They owe me money for wasting my time!

The app does not work. I think Gumtree should fold... Or be folded! Totally 'Mickey Mouse' and irresponsible online platform.

Had it's day. Now, cannot compete.

DO NOT USE THIS APP- it is full of scammers and the app does nothing to support/protect their users. They don’t verify who join the app nor help you when you ended up scammed. They only tell you to go to the police, which will do absolutely nothing as well as scammers can register with fake details and there is no way to find them back.
Many other apps use protection for users and control payment methods only allowing it through the app.
Gumtree is around since decades and still is a out-to-date app.

Please retire

Every time I advertise my car that I'm selling, the advert is removed for no reason. What I'm I selling, contraband??? To make matters worse there isn't any customer service you can talk or chat to they've now put chats are unavailable!! Sweet!!!! Absolutely waste of my time I'm getting off it and advising people not to ever use it. I'd rather use other platforms. I used to love gumtree however this has changed completely. What a shame.

A potential buyer (Yeah Right) accepted my offer price with no quibble or haggle. We swapped contact details agreed the time and place. At my old age, why am I so naive?

Next time I have something to dispose of it goes to charity or waste recycling.

Absolutely rubbish and shit place to sale your item or stuffs, or in the other words pay there fee for selling your stuff put the add and just forgot it ,trust me you will never get any kind of call or message about your selling stuff,
Strongly not recommend Gumtree, and advise to others don't waste your time and money,

At one time - a long time ago - you could post an ad on this platform with relative ease. Then Gumtree started dictating how much you could charge for what you wanted to sell. The final straw came when, presumably, because I did not follow their pricing dictates, my current ad was refused because, "we believe that this ad is offering something that we do not accept on Gumtree".

Well, that's it folks, Gumtree has become another Trump and will dictate what you sell and at what price you sell it at. I did check, by the way, and, guess what, they did list a similar product. Fortunately, there are a wealth of ethical sites out there and perhaps I will avoid the amount of scammers which Gumtree now seem to have attracted.