by Delmont St Xavier » Tue Aug 23, 2016 7:56 am
Stopped using Gumtree for the very reasons you mentioned plus more....
"Is the item still for sale?"
"Would you give me it for free?"
"You've stated it is 'free', how much do you want for it?"
"Does it come in a different colour?"
"Would it fit into the back of my car?"
"Is it still for sale?"
These are the questions that I received when selling an IKEA Sofa Bed, the same questions were repeated when I was trying to sell a tent, a display cabinet and dining table and chairs. The amount of time wasters and conversationalists who contacted me was quite startling and I gave up the ghost with most of the stuff, it either went to charity, the tent and sofa bed were sold but other items went to the dump. (To the charity recycle part at Shieldhall).
"Listen, it's too big a world to be in competition with everyone. The only person who I have to be better than is myself. And in your case, that's enough."