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Gumtree freebies

  • 23-03-2010 10:24PM
    #1
    christy02
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 656 ✭✭✭


    Hi, does anyone know if gumtree is fake. I responded to an advert by text, in their freebies section and my reply said gumtree is fake!!


Comments

  • #2
    delllat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,388 ✭✭✭delllat


    christy02 wrote: »
    Hi, does anyone know if gumtree is fake. I responded to an advert by text, in their freebies section and my reply said gumtree is fake!!

    gumtree is real,ive bought n sold loads on it


  • #3
    jor el
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,713 ✭✭✭✭jor el


    Gumtree is real, but there are a lot of scams on it.


  • #4
    weeder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,469 ✭✭✭weeder


    ignore the freebie section basically, far too many fakes on it and the real stuff goes very fast so you have to be sitting on it to get anything good


  • #5
    mru
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 193 ✭✭mru


    Whats the story with gumtree - how does it work, is it the same as ebay?


  • #6
    delllat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,388 ✭✭✭delllat


    it wouuld be better than ebay if it had the same traffic
    big advantage is its free


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  • #7
    mru
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 193 ✭✭mru


    delllat wrote: »
    it wouuld be better than ebay if it had the same traffic
    big advantage is its free
    oh coolio, i might give it a gander so. i've a rake of old cds that i don't want anymore cos I've digitised all my music, so i'm looking to flog them all. same with my dvd collection - digitised now, so no need to hold onto the originals.


  • #8
    nitromaster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,507 ✭✭✭nitromaster


    mru wrote: »
    oh coolio, i might give it a gander so. i've a rake of old cds that i don't want anymore cos I've digitised all my music, so i'm looking to flog them all. same with my dvd collection - digitised now, so no need to hold onto the originals.

    That would be illegal.

    You must delete any digital copies if you dipose of the original media.


  • #9
    mru
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 193 ✭✭mru


    nitromaster wrote: »
    That would be illegal.

    You must delete any digital copies if you dipose of the original media.
    Huh? Not sure if that was a p1sstake or was serious. :confused:


  • #10
    jor el
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,713 ✭✭✭✭jor el


    It was serious. You're keeping illegal copies of the DVDs you sell, which you can't do. Either keep the DVDs, or delete the copies. Anything else is a breech of copyright, so don't talk about it here.


  • #11
    mru
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 193 ✭✭mru


    jor el wrote: »
    It was serious. You're keeping illegal copies of the DVDs you sell, which you can't do. Either keep the DVDs, or delete the copies. Anything else is a breech of copyright, so don't talk about it here.
    Erm....? But it's for private usage, so isn't that legal? I'm not propsing the mass production of dvds and selling on, simply stating that i will digitise my own dvd collection (all of which I've paid full price for) and sell the original copy. Is that illegal?


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  • #12
    nitromaster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,507 ✭✭✭nitromaster


    mru wrote: »
    Erm....? But it's for private usage, so isn't that legal? I'm not propsing the mass production of dvds and selling on, simply stating that i will digitise my own dvd collection (all of which I've paid full price for) and sell the original copy. Is that illegal?

    Yup it is.

    When you buy a DVD you basically have a lincense to it.
    When you no longerhave posession of the physical object, you give up your license.
    Selling the physical disc, but keeping a digital copy is no different to making a copy and selling that, or making a copy and keeping it while selling the original.


  • #13
    mru
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 193 ✭✭mru


    nitromaster wrote: »
    Yup it is.

    When you buy a DVD you basically have a lincense to it.
    When you no longerhave posession of the physical object, you give up your license.
    Selling the physical disc, but keeping a digital copy is no different to making a copy and selling that, or making a copy and keeping it while selling the original.
    $hit. Thanks for the heads up mate - didn't realise that at all. :o


  • #14
    Spocker
    Moderators Posts: 6,951 ✭✭✭Spocker


    Of course, Adverts.ie is much better than Gumtree... ;)


  • #15
    madmoe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,403 ✭✭✭madmoe


    I am using Gumtree.ie here in Dublin. All was OK until today and I could bump my adverts up by directly clicking the link in the e-mail that was sent to me.

    Now when I do the same thing it keeps asking me to log in?? It has the advert reference number and I put my password in but no matter what I do I keep getting the error message below? Has anyone else has this issue?

    This webpage is not available
    The webpage at https://secure.gumtree.ie/account/login might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address.
    Error 102 (net::ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED): Unknown error.


    It makes no difference if I use Google Chrome or IE??


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