Gum Tree

[Suzie-Q]

Has anyone used the Gum Tree website? Hubby has a cheap car to get rid of and listed it on there. He's had nothing but scammers reply to the ad. He checked it out, and they are scamming PayPal by purchasing items from Gum Tree, getting a 3rd party to collect them, and then disputing the transaction through PayPal. :imp: He's removed the car from there now, and has it on eBay, but it was just so annoying to have that happen when all he wants to do is offload a cheapy car to pay off some credit card debt!

 

[underdog]

ebay is the way to go however you may get rid of it too cheap… or you could advertise it on drive.com.au or carsales.com.au - both are reputable and decent.

 

[alex]

I've used Gumtree in the past to sell a whole furniture suite. Had the same issues. Haven't trusted it since.

For cars I'd definitely recommend some of those more reputable sites.

 

[alexaki]

Suzie-Q nothing beats the old Trading post for selling cheap cars!…It's still a trusted place to sell cars!...and you will get loads of interest...see. http://www.tradingpost.com.au/Automotive/Browse

 

[tigerdad11]

sold a cheap car on ebay recently .only salvage guys where bidding low..you can list for 30 days in the ebay clasiffieds and link it to other sites…

.but after my time spent selling this would next time try gumtree or the trading post..did sell it in the end ......

depends on what you call cheap Suzie

 

[Suzie-Q]

Thanks for the replies. So you had the same thing Alex … hmmm...

Hubby bought the car off eBay - I really don't know why he didn't just use them again first up.

tigerdad11, I mean less than $2K cheap. It served its purpose for us and now it needs a new home. Wish we were financial enough to give it to our son-in-law to get to and from work in ...

 

[Demps]

I'd use car sales or park it on a busy road with a for sale sign on it.
We did that with a Hilux of ours and it sold the first day.

 

[steven_tiger]

You get scammers on carsales too. I had 3 text messages from scammers when I had my Lancer on carsales.

I also listed it on Ebay (which is where the buyer found it) but we ended up selling without the website help.