Is selling on adverts.ie a joke?

Not a lot of logic to how it works.

You'd assume leaving up old ads is to make it look busier.

Been using adverts.ie for years, both as a seller & a buyer.

Personally I find it great, apart from the odd few idiots who list an item only to disappear & never be heard from again (which I think I have already mentioned further back in this thread).

One recent experience took the biscuit though. Basically, I put up an ad stating clearly in the text "cash sale only, no swaps or trades please".

So someone offers the asking price which I accept. Before I could write a message asking where & when we could arrange to meet, he sends me a message - "Hey, I'll trade you X, Y & Z". I responded asking "did you read the text of the ad". He replies "Yeh, but I thought you'd ignore me if I offered swaps, so I made an offer instead so I could message you privately". I replied back "sorry, like I said I'm not interested in swaps or trades".

About a week goes by & he starts the same cr@p again via private messaging. So I left negative feedback & then swiftly blocked the moron.

Back in the day with phones and consoles for me, nowadays its rarely done.

Adverts got really busy and everyone was genuine during lockdown I found. People were in need of stuff or doing DIY projects.

Its a good site but I've found it's back to the same old messers again and some of them are really really weird

Been selling for years - as others do, I keep the money aside and get something else with it. Will be getting the kitchen done next week with the money raised over the past few months.

BUT,

I have become much more fond of the negative feedback. I used to just ignore people that didn't reply or show up, now, i leave negative feedback very quickly. I've heard enough 'my daughter had to go to hospital' stories!

SD, CC or Tarot?

Was there ever a reason given why sold ads were removed?

He's willing to sell it for €800, it would cost you a whopping €5 to get it from AIB, a no brainer really 😂

An easy loop hole to close in terms and conditions

Just wanted to comment and warn about the sheer number of organised scammers/account hackers now prowling on Adverts.ie. Over the last few months there appears to be an organised strategy of either making new accounts or hacking into older accounts which have been dormant for a few years. Then they

1) List item at attractive price just below expected market value for that item.

2) List location of item in remote location. eg far off reaches of Kerry, Donegal, Mayo etc which would be difficult for the vast majority of prospective buyers to get to. If its an older account check on the app (because they won't let you check sold/withdrawn ads on the web browser for some reason) where all the previously sold items were listed. It will be different and be a more populated area than the current location. eg one item from a scam account is today selling in Belmullet in Mayo. Her previously sold items were all in Clondalkin Dublin.

3) State item is available for postage, delivery, collection but in PM say they can only post.

4) List payment options as cash, bank transfer, PayPal. If the buyer tries to pay with PayPal (regular not F+F) the seller/scammer/account hacker refunds immediately and demands PayPal F+F.

Its 100% clear from the sheer volume of these scams this isn't some one off thing. Its highly organised. One person, multiple, a gang. Who knows. In the last month I've reported multiple Thrustmaster items on multiple accounts all with the same pics. One of the account holders stated he had been hacked. Also multiple PC processor scams. Right now there are a load of VR headsets (Quest 3 usually) all from either 0 rep accounts or old dormant accounts with good rep which are hacked and listing multiple items in the same day to week in remote locations different from their previous sales.

So if buying on Adverts please check all of the above using the app and report the ad if you see these traits. Cheers.