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Is selling on adverts.ie a joke?

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,204 ✭✭✭dodderangler


    My biggest problem is why there's so many who don't read the add itself. Selling a car that is automatic and petrol and I'm getting too many private messages about it. Hi there is the car still available. Is it auto or manual? Petrol or diesel?
    Read the add ffs


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,252 ✭✭✭Dia1988


    The mods could be better on adverts.ie too, on 2 separate occasions I rightfully left negative feedback for 2 users that I accepted an offer on but they never replied, only for the negatives to be later removed. I contacted the mods and they said they removed them because the user said I should have messaged them again to remind them. lol They already had neg feedback for the same thing!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,454 ✭✭✭mloc123


    That fella will only give you free stuff if you buy something from him I think. The worst of it, real good free items in Cork are drowning in the sea of sh1te that he puts up. I wonder where he gets the energy to list all those items

    https://touch.adverts.ie/crazy-random-stuff/prayer-to-saint-clare-for-the-sick/10990399

    WTF


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,813 ✭✭✭One More Toy




  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    More absolute crap from the man with the free doorstop.
    https://www.adverts.ie/crazy-random-stuff/paul-pogba-face-mask/16694813


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,992 ✭✭✭Korvanica


    https://www.adverts.ie/nintendo/nintendo-switch-black-grey/17130550
    Shut up you absolutely ****in ignorant **** I hope you smashed your ****ty ****in game arsehole

    Yup. People on adverts.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,928 ✭✭✭✭_Kaiser_


    Korvanica wrote: »

    And someone offers half the asking price :rolleyes:

    I haven't bought/sold much on it lately but the thread above is a perfect example of why sellers should be able to remove replies.. not just abuse, but the low-ball offers and situations where you might accept a lower offer to sell quickly, only for the buyer to cancel and then everyone else starts at that price.


  • Site Banned Posts: 512 ✭✭✭Dakotabigone


    Just a few kids arguing over a computer game.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,787 ✭✭✭9935452


    _Kaiser_ wrote: »
    Korvanica wrote: »

    And someone offers half the asking price :rolleyes:

    I haven't bought/sold much on it lately but the thread above is a perfect example of why sellers should be able to remove replies.. not just abuse, but the low-ball offers and situations where you might accept a lower offer to sell quickly, only for the buyer to cancel and then everyone else starts at that price.

    I have a varied opinion about adverts.
    Its good as you can leave up ads as long as you want but the lowballing is annoying . I normally set up a minimum price on my stuff to stop this.
    I have a set of alloys up for 110 with bald tyres which is stated in the ad.
    Got an offer of 80 which i accepted.
    Buyer came to look at the alloys . Stated that he thought the tyres might have had something left on them and proceeded to offer 60 for them .
    If he offered 60 on adverts id have probably accepted but i declined his offer as he had wasted my time and annoyed me


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,934 ✭✭✭Renegade Mechanic


    Selling on Adverts will never be like selling on DD. Trying to make it so will ruin it.
    It's adverts, there's comments, so there's piss taking, there's banter etc etc and I love it tbh.
    Just don't take it seriously. If getting serious and only serious attention towards that car you're selling is the be all and end all, then you have more pressing issues than some sub-par inquiries made by "Make a ewe turn?".

    I also love the piss being ripped out of gob****es who get caught selling dodgy ****e...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,787 ✭✭✭9935452


    Selling on Adverts will never be like selling on DD. Trying to make it so will ruin it.
    It's adverts, there's comments, so there's piss taking, there's banter etc etc and I love it tbh.
    Just don't take it seriously. If getting serious and only serious attention towards that car you're selling is the be all and end all, then you have more pressing issues than some sub-par inquiries made by "Make a ewe turn?".

    I also love the piss being ripped out of gob****es who get caught selling dodgy ****e...

    It can be quare funny how some people react on it .
    I bought a tractor off it a year or 2 ago well worth the money. The app wasnt working correctly for the seller. I found him on fb. And bought the tractor off him.
    The ad was still up on adverts.
    One lad who buys a lot of stuff off adverts cheap was fuming. He put the first offer on it. Why wasnt the seller responding. He was wasting everyones time . He should get first refusal. .etc


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 691 ✭✭✭DS86DS


    €290 for an item that can be bought brand new in packaging at Smyths for €330?

    Get real. Seller should be realistic and stay at €200.

    There is a snowballs chance in hell I'd be paying €290 for a second hand electronic item when a mere extra €40 will get me a brand new one from the shop, in packaging and unopened since it arrived from the factory.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,925 ✭✭✭Reati


    ** WARNING ** Do not let your kids bid or act on this item, I don't want anything to do with them, if I have to deal with somebody this has to be an adult.

    Least they know what they want.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,506 ✭✭✭✭retalivity


    http://www.adverts.ie/14875806

    Wtf is this and why is it worth 5 grand???


  • Posts: 13,712 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    retalivity wrote: »
    http://www.adverts.ie/14875806

    Wtf is this and why is it worth 5 grand???

    "I accept Part Trade Of Silver bullion or Gold Coin or Jewelries and cash"

    LOL, okay. He'll be lucky to get a battered DVD and a sitting room lamp that 'only needs a lampshade'


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,992 ✭✭✭Korvanica


    retalivity wrote: »
    http://www.adverts.ie/14875806

    Wtf is this and why is it worth 5 grand???

    Look at the rest of his ads. Its a Sunday car boot sale table.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 809 ✭✭✭filbert the fox


    retalivity wrote: »
    http://www.adverts.ie/14875806

    Wtf is this and why is it worth 5 grand???

    Sure isn't the price of lamb shockin' ?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,766 ✭✭✭RossieMan


    Korvanica wrote: »
    Look at the rest of his ads. Its a Sunday car boot sale table.

    hes completely ****ing deluded.

    *calling him deluded just wasn't enough.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,460 ✭✭✭Ishmael


    Adverts is fine as long as you're not messing around with your selling prices or offers.

    I've never had any messing about but then i don't engage in Adverts where the asking price is too high or engage with people making stupidly low offers (at most, they will get a no thanks). If you price the stuff you are selling reasonably and it's not something obscure then you'll probably sell it fairly quickly. Only takes about 5-10 mins to look around at what similar ads are listed for / selling for to get an idea of what price it should be when offering or selling.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,256 ✭✭✭Ubbquittious


    DS86DS wrote: »
    €290 for an item that can be bought brand new in packaging at Smyths for €330?

    Get real. Seller should be realistic and stay at €200.

    There is a snowballs chance in hell I'd be paying €290 for a second hand electronic item when a mere extra €40 will get me a brand new one from the shop, in packaging and unopened since it arrived from the factory.

    If it has seen almost no use and yer man is not too far id prefer to shove the 40 quid in my pocket


  • Registered Users Posts: 61 ✭✭wezzopalooza


    Adverts is grand if you just use common sense, have had 200+ positive transactions and most people have been sound out, mainly selling dvd's and books. I sell on Ebay too but now focus more attention on adverts as it's more straightforward and a lot less legal mumbo jumbo and rules to deal with.

    Ebay is really geared in favour of buyers now and not being able to leave negative feedback for time-wasting buyers is ridiculous imho. Plus they can just claim an item never arrived and Ebay will find in their favour and force a refund. You do get a few timewasters on adverts, but at least the feedback system on Adverts is fair and works both ways and gives you an instant impression of who you are dealing with.

    I never hesitate to leave bad feedback for someone who has wasted my time, more out of consideration for people dealing with them in the future than anything else. It's definitely saved me a lot of time and bother when I see a person with an inordinate amount of negatives, they won't even get a reply. No platform is perfect, but Adverts is a great resource until something better comes along.


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,434 ✭✭✭Robsweezie


    the feedback system is fantastic to know what you're dealing with,for sure.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,423 ✭✭✭✭Outlaw Pete


    Sold a paperback there yesterday and had €2 as P&P....... it was fcuking €9 to send it!

    When did it become so expensive to send stuff under 1kg with AnPost?

    Last time I sold a charger or something weighing a few hundred grams or thereabouts, it was only around €2.40 or so.

    Will be saying Parcel Motel only from now on.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,243 ✭✭✭discobeaker


    Prices all went out at the start of the month. I used to be able to post vinyl records for 6 euro but now cos of the size and weight it's more like 9 euros to post. They have a booklet in the post office about the new post prices


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,423 ✭✭✭✭Outlaw Pete


    Lots were complaining in the queue I was in the GPO (people sendimg mother's day gifts I expect).

    I often use their Sameday Courier Service and it's only €9.50 so I'm not normally knocking them, but €9 to send stuff by normal post which weighs just a 100g or so is madness.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,363 ✭✭✭✭Del.Monte


    Lots were complaining in the queue I was in the GPO (people sendimg mother's day gifts I expect).

    I often use their Sameday Courier Service and it's only €9.50 so I'm not normally knocking them, but €9 to send stuff by normal post which weighs just a 100g or so is madness.

    It has got very expensive but you need to get yourself the postal rates booklet and, if possible, the handy cardboard "Mail Check" gadget which you can use to check if your item is the ordinary envelope rate or large envelope...but anyway, it's little to do with the subject of the thread. :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,876 ✭✭✭ozmo


    Sold a paperback there yesterday and had €2 as P&P....... it was fcuking €9 to send it!

    When did it become so expensive to send stuff under 1kg with AnPost?

    Its all over the place - i got a quote for a 4.5kg package to Uk from the post office for 45 euros...
    Some googling- through internet brokers and I got linked to anposts site from them where i prepaid and printed label - same parcel- this time with full insurance for 15 euros.
    Post office person was surprised at the rate.

    “Roll it back”



  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,891 ✭✭✭prinzeugen


    I think its size not weight they charge for now. I sold a pair of runners, boxed from Dublin to Galway. €8 odds tracked.

    If you use a standard size box or envelope it will be cheaper and sorted quicker.

    Putting a first class stamp on a bubble envelope with a phone charger inside is not going to anywhere. Its not a letter!

    Same to the US (eBay sale) Runners, boxed, €19.90, tracked.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,876 ✭✭✭ozmo


    Site i used was www.parcel2go.com
    got my parcel delivered at considerably less than half by same AnPost.
    Your milage may vary.

    Also ParcelMotel is cheap for fairly big stuff at 6:50 to the door delivery tracked. Quite slowly though.

    “Roll it back”



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,497 ✭✭✭✭Esel


    There used to be a 'newspaper' rate, not sure if it is still available - probably not...
    Basically, you wrapped the paper but left the ends exposed. You could do the same with books, AFAIR.

    Not your ornery onager



  • Registered Users Posts: 2,331 ✭✭✭jeremyj1968


    Always had good success, most buying, on Adverts.ie


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,813 ✭✭✭One More Toy


    Back on adverts.ie to sell some stuff we don't need and can confirm it's as trash as ever


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,116 ✭✭✭Mech1


    Back on adverts.ie to sell some stuff we don't need and can confirm it's as trash as ever

    if we knew your adverts name we could maybe buy something?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,116 ✭✭✭Mech1


    Adverts works really well for me, just go by the feedback scores if feedback is bad dont even reply .


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,813 ✭✭✭One More Toy


    Mech1 wrote: »
    Adverts works really well for me, just go by the feedback scores if feedback is bad dont even reply .

    That's where I went wrong, dealing with a guy with 0 feedback who wanted the goods posted to him before paying


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 18,958 ✭✭✭✭Shefwedfan


    Back on adverts.ie to sell some stuff we don't need and can confirm it's as trash as ever

    Most of the stuff on adverts these days is people buying s**t they seem on the bargains forum and then trying to flog it off at RRP....then horrified when people won’t buy it


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,813 ✭✭✭One More Toy


    Shefwedfan wrote: »
    Most of the stuff on adverts these days is people buying s**t they seem on the bargains forum and then trying to flog it off at RRP....then horrified when people won’t buy it

    My stuff is good items at generous prices with free postage. Can't win


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,116 ✭✭✭Mech1


    My stuff is good items at generous prices with free postage. Can't win

    pm me your username


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 18,958 ✭✭✭✭Shefwedfan


    My stuff is good items at generous prices with free postage. Can't win

    It’s only at a generous price if someone is willing to pay it


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  • Registered Users Posts: 3,858 ✭✭✭Church on Tuesday


    I find you need the patience of a saint by times.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,363 ✭✭✭✭Del.Monte


    I find you need the patience of a saint by times.


    My experience of dealing with people on Adverts has been generally good but like any other aspect of life there are some difficult people out there. As for sending goods before payment - hardly a problem - just say no.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,429 ✭✭✭Sheridan81


    It's good, no fees or anything. My ads might be the cheapest on there. Check my sig on profile for cheap goods.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 621 ✭✭✭Bebo stunnah


    I tried to sell a bike recently (that I used a handful of times) for almost half(750) its original value(1.5k), and was then low-balled for almost half my advertised (400) saying that it looked worn, and under the condition that I deliver it.
    The bike had been used a total of 5 times and was dry stored, so it was almost brand new.

    I don't know what it is about bidders, but it seems to be common practice to belittle the item and then offer way less than asking price. Either way I just ignore people that do it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    Have got rid of quite a bit of stuff on it. Lowballing is a fact of life and I just set a minimum on items. Also find it useful to offload stuff I don't want or need any more, often for free.


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    I tried to sell a bike recently (that I used a handful of times) for almost half(750) its original value(1.5k), and was then low-balled for almost half my advertised (400) saying that it looked worn, and under the condition that I deliver it.
    The bike had been used a total of 5 times and was dry stored, so it was almost brand new.

    I don't know what it is about bidders, but it seems to be common practice to belittle the item and then offer way less than asking price. Either way I just ignore people that do it.

    Are bikes worth much 2nd hand these days with the bike to work schemes?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,089 ✭✭✭bcklschaps


    Have bought and sold stuff on adverts.ie. It helps if you know exactly what your buying/selling is actually worth... and then totally forget that .... and instead remember the golden rule.

    "An item is only worth what somebody is willing to pay for it".


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,687 ✭✭✭Signore Fancy Pants


    I use Adverts, it's mostly a good place.

    Some people are complete flutes though. Stating conditions in your ad doesnt make a difference.

    Seller: Selling this €50 note, collection only, no trades or swaps, cash only.

    Buyer 1: Offur €20 and wil u deelivur 60 milez awae?

    Buyer 2: See mi Ads? Want 2 swap 4 1996 Gelera runner moped? Onle missin engine, wheels, body and handlebars.

    Buyer 3: Looks used, offer €15 and an iphone 2.

    Seller: Fcuk you very much Adverts! Withdrawn.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 24 brchun0dpvotyk


    Has worked out for me a few times as a buyer but is a little more challenging as a seller. The bid system makes it a bit easier for people to low ball/chance their arm as it is not on the phone or face to face.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 508 ✭✭✭Scott Tenorman


    BUY on Adverts, SELL on Done Deal is the right way to do it


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