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To think gumtree is now as bad as freecycle for loons

164 replies

AGrandUsername · 02/02/2016 22:25

Advertising a very fairly priced double buggy at 75 quid should have gone higher to be knocked down

No issue with those that say 'Can I offer xxx' but I keep getting reasons for why I must give it for less:

'I only plan to use in the park so I will pay 50'
'It's only for a holiday so I can collect and pay 30'
'My toddler walks a lot so I might not need it long so I think 40 is fair'
'I'm just up the road so will pay 40 and be there soon'
'I plan to spend 20'

um, I don't give a shit if you're planning to use as a sacrifice to appease the tantrum gods frankly!
Get one of the shitty cheap dirty ones also listed!

OP posts:
iMogster · 05/02/2016 19:48

*I forgot to say she was out.

StrangerThanMe · 05/02/2016 19:48

"Selling for £10 or taking it up the skip!"

mrsc118 · 05/02/2016 19:57

Sold a peppa pig toy on e bay including postage. Woman said she would collect! As I wasn't busy I said OK. I get a message asking me to post as she can't collect!!!!! I never bloody offered free collection you time wasting arse!

greatbigwho · 05/02/2016 20:27

I gave away two laptops on freecycle. The experience still haunts me. I had over 300 responses!

I'd wiped the hard drives and so specified that these laptops would not work unless you were able to supply and install an operating system. I very clearly said this, said they were old laptops so not wireless etc and would probably only be good for people who knew what they were doing.

One went to a lovely guy who wanted to teach his daughter to code and came armed with a bottle of wine as a thank you.

The other went to a woman who said that her son was really good with computers. I'd clarified the particulars and she came back and said yes, she knew it was effectively not working but he could sort it.

A week later I got a furious email from her, with receipts totally £500 attached. She'd taken this laptop off me in good faith and it was broken so she had had to go and buy him a new one, and as I'd promised her son a laptop, I needed to provide on. She'd gone and bought it, so here were her bank details to transfer the money I owed her.Hmm

Cladder · 05/02/2016 20:37

You are not being unreasonable. Just what is it with some people??

Sold a really nice Maclaren techno buggy on ebay. There was a bidding frenzy at the end and it went for a good price. Didn't hear from the winning bidder for a few days so I sent a message asking how she was going to pay and when she was coming to pick up.

Got some 'sorry hun' sort telling me a right sob story about how her husband had been made redundant and she couldn't afford it now etc. Yeah, 'whatever'.

Re-listed with buy it now price and it sold to a normal person who paid and collected promptly.

3 weeks later I get a message from the 'sorry hun' sort. Hubz has got a new job and money no longer a problem. She will be in my town in the next hour and would like to come and collect her buggy please.

I didn't bother to respond.

And don't get me started on the 'can you post to Timbuktu' ones when it clearly states 'local pick up'. It's a 42inch tv. I will not be posting it.

Lord give me strength.

anyoldname76 · 05/02/2016 20:48

on the other side, im looking to buy a new sofa and came across this tonight, i think the seller may have mixed her ads up Grin

To think gumtree is now as bad as freecycle for loons
IAmAPaleontologist · 05/02/2016 20:50

We have a "play it forwards" FB group. Started out for passing on kids stuff but now seems to be whatever junk people find down the back of the sofa. there are a handful of people who just ask for anything that gets posted and always want it delivered and also post huge lists of things they "need" and have copious quantities of relatives who are just getting started in their own place and therefore need a TV, fridge, freezer, cooker, sofa, bed, mattress, Iron, microwave........

Really pisses me off. There is one woman who lives in the next village to me who always asks for my stuff and wants me to deliver. No. I hardly ever take the car to go to her village (which is where my dc's school and the shops are). It take 15 min to walk and if you time it right around the rural bus you could walk here and get the bus back so you don't have to carry the stuff all the way. My 3 year old can walk it no problem so why the hell can't you?And yes, she is able bodied.

On a local selling site I had a load of snowsuits for sale. Some girl wanted them but wanted a discount. We agreed a discounted price. She asked me to deliver, I said no. She then asked me to post them free of charge. Erm. No.

On the other hand I have also had some great deals on local selling sites with lovely, honest people who leave stuff in a bag round the back if they will be out and trust you to pop the money through the door.

StillYummy · 05/02/2016 20:53

Lol!

TamaraLamara · 05/02/2016 21:23

A week later I got a furious email from her, with receipts totally £500 attached. She'd taken this laptop off me in good faith and it was broken so she had had to go and buy him a new one, and as I'd promised her son a laptop, I needed to provide on. She'd gone and bought it, so here were her bank details to transfer the money I owed her.hmm

What the actual fuck?! Shock

TamaraLamara · 05/02/2016 21:23

Ha ha ha ha ha at the sofa/online chat fun one Grin

Amberdiamond · 05/02/2016 21:43

I had a wetsuit I needed to sell so I put it on eBay, I'd never sold anything online before, this was an experience! I had listed the price, history, full description and uk only but got daft questions on all those and more. Then it was 'bought' by a man in UAE who was only interested and never actually wanted it! The fun and games I had with eBay getting it all sorted have put me off selling online for life. I still have the wetsuit!

Seeyounearertime · 05/02/2016 21:51

Hi Amberdiamond,

do still to have the wetsuit yes? is it black i trust in colors? i need very it for my severly ill wife who is dying dream is to scuba diving with shark. i live in Dubai, is possible you agree to post wetsuit? i willing to pay at least £3.50 Uk Dollar for suit. if you are agree please to reply?

Meeny thanks.
See U Nearer Time

goodnightdarthvader1 · 05/02/2016 21:54

Do not give wetsuite to NeererTehTime, I would prefer to have it. I have dying cat who wishes to pretend to be human for one day, he is very beautiful and we will both pray for you. You take £3, please deliver with a brass band fanfare to my house. Is difficult to find but I can draw you a map.

Seeyounearertime · 05/02/2016 22:03

goodnightdarthvader1

gazumped on a wetsuit ffs
Grin

Amberdiamond · 05/02/2016 22:04

😀 very good xx

GloGirl · 05/02/2016 22:08

I hav cash,I can cum now for a fiver, cash waitin

GloGirl · 05/02/2016 22:10

Sorree my mumz got siphalys ans haz just died. U can just deliver wetsuit 2me? I live in Devon

GloGirl · 05/02/2016 22:11

Oh, it waz'nt a fiver it was just a receet from the bookies. I probbly find sum money by the time u get here

jinxdragon · 05/02/2016 22:25

It's a black wetsuit you say? Black is my favourite. Would you say it feels like silk on your skin, or velvet? Do you have any photos of yourself wearing it? With red lipstick on also?I may be willing to pay more for especially nice photos.

(God I made myself feel a bit sick writing that)

Seeyounearertime · 05/02/2016 22:27

(God I made myself feel a bit sick writing that)

do you have any photos of that? Grin

MsVestibule · 05/02/2016 22:47

On Freecycle:
A bloke says he'll collect a small table, can he come this evening. I say fine, see you later. He doesn't arrive, we go to bed at 11pm. Half an hour later, he bangs on the door Shock.

I offer a Mamas and Papas complete travel system. A woman from a town 10 miles away says 'Can you deliver to xxx hun'. No I can't - do you really not know a single person with a car?

Somebody offered an Insanity exercise DVD set. I politely said I would collect it if it was still available. She replied saying 'yes it is, it's £40.' You posted it on Freecycle, WTF are you asking for money???

abeltasman · 06/02/2016 00:20

I hate FB selling in our town, I get my husband to do it for me now. People I've known for years turn up to collect with no money. Cos they're a 'friend' you hand them the item and never see the money ever. Awkward!!!!

Cleebope · 06/02/2016 00:28

Yep, responded to u2 tickets recently, was then hassled all day by loon asking what colour panties I was wearing and how low he would go for more underwear info... Finally got a genuine seller but got my gumtree eyes opened!

Littlefluffyclouds81 · 06/02/2016 01:08

My most knobberish eBay buyer was last year when I sold some Alton towers tickets for a specific date (that was about 10 days away). Buyer paid, I sent the tickets 1st class recorded delivery the next day.

She was a right Hun, and three days after posting I got a message saying 'wers my tikkets their not hear' or something. So I duly tracked the item and informed her delivery had been attempted and she needed to go to her local post office to get it.

Fast forward to the day before the tickets were supposed to be used (which was a bank holiday). I get another irate message saying her tickets still hadn't come. I pointed out that I had told her they were waiting for her at her local post office (I'd even given her the address), but she would have no way of getting them now as it would not be open until after the bank holiday.

A couple of days later I get the PayPal money taken back as she had claimed that her card had been used fraudulently! Took a few weeks to investigate but the decision went in my favour and I got the money back.

I couldn't resist writing her a smug message on eBay. Silly cow. Why are people so thick?

nattyknitter · 06/02/2016 01:41

I bought a dress on ebay and got sent a pair of trainers. I agreed to post them back and did a mail forward so it wouldn't cost me anything. She then didn't get them and held my dress hostage until I returned the trainers. This went on for weeks with a ohone call every effing day. She'd written the wrong return address on the parcel and were delivered to her local chippy down the road. FFS.