The standard one-off email to any ad you post. Had 5 of these so far on a karcher I'm selling.
Where do these people come from?
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Gumtree : "Is this still for sale?"
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I had someone ask if they could borrow the tent i was trying to sell.
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I was selling a kids car seat for £12 to just get rid and I kept getting offered stupid things like "I'll give you £8 if you deliver it" why are you buying a car seat if you don't have a car?
Pick it up and give me £10 and it's a deal and it never sold...
Posted 1 hour ago # -
I was selling a kids car seat for £12 to just get rid and I kept getting offered stupid things like "I'll give you £8 if you deliver it" why are you buying a car seat if you don't have a car?
To sell on eBay for £25 obvs.
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I buy a fair amount of stuff off gumtree and at least half the time, when I contact a seller it's already gone. So "do you still have this" is a pretty reasonable opener I think
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Is this still for sale?
Seems like a perfectly legitimate question - on ebay if an item sells the listing reflects that. Nothing about a gumtree ad reflects whether an item is still available or not and in some instances gumtree listings can sell in minutes.
However I asked 'is this still for sale?" recently about something that was listed nearly a month ago... and it was... and now its mine.
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Yeah failing to see the issue asking if something is still for sale.
Plenty of times I've gone in with an offer and a time I can pick up that evening eager beaver only to be told it sold last week.
Maybe if OP replied to one of them he might sell the item!
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They're probably scammers or foreign, better safe than sorry.
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I think the op is having the same thing I did. Loads is it still for sale?
Fair enough but you reply "yes £10 and it's yours" and then nothing they never reply so why ask?
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Try selling an inflatable boat and engine. Someone turned up who had no money to pay for it and no means of getting it home! He looked genuinely shocked that I wanted the money before he could have the boat. He had to go away to the cash machine and then round a lot of supermarkets to get cash-back. 20 minutes after the transaction was completed the doorbell went again. He couldn't get the thing in his car! (A small two seater with an electric roof that stows into the boot) I managed to get the outboard into the boot but was skeptical that it could ever be removed again. The boat which was rolled up in a valise I spent 20 min physically kicking the thing through the door into the passenger seat for which the new owner was eternally gratefull
That was better than the bloke from Newcastle who wanted it delivered from East Lothian for half of the asking price.
Gumtree is top for entertainment!
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But is it still for sale, you’ve not mentioned that.
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yeah i think that's a reasonable question - i often start with that if the ad is over a week old.
placed my first ever listing this week. An air purifier. So far:
Random: Is it still for sale?
Me: Yes it is.
Random: Is it a dehumidifier?
Me: No, it's an air purifier.
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I think if you find that perfectly reasonable question tiring, then Gumtree is not for you ....
Both the sellers and buyers seem to be populated by people you spend the rest of your life trying to avoid ....
Posted 52 minutes ago # -
I sold a drill for £15. Guy turns up with a twenty, asks if I have change. I don't, but offer to hold on to it for him. Guy say's "Oh well, nevermind" and walks off...
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I sold a drill for £15. Guy turns up with a twenty, asks if I have change. I don't, but offer to hold on to it for him. Guy say's "Oh well, nevermind" and walks off...
Fake £20.
I’m on a roll in this quick fire round
Posted 47 minutes ago # -
I would've accepted the fake twenty!
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I had someone ask to hire a bike I was selling... They did offer £50 deposit to be fair...
Posted 32 minutes ago # -
It's because as a buyer on gumtree 75% of the time when you ask about it it's already sold. If you don't want people to ask if something is on sale maybe don't sell anything :p
Posted 29 minutes ago # -
I get those questions on the same day it was listed.
yeah, it is still for sale cos it was listed at 8am and I'm at work so can't really have flogged it in the last 90 mins.I put up a drumkit this morning for £200. Two hours later I get an offer of £75. My response was "this seems unlikely", then got a torrent of abuse for not understanding haggling.
I emailed back saying it was £250. Then that I only wanted £50. Then that I'd give him £35 to take it away. Then that the price was £250.We'll see what I get back.
Posted 27 minutes ago #
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