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Is selling on adverts.ie a joke?

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,994 ✭✭✭One More Toy


    Back at it again going awful hard trying to get rid of things


    Gave away a few quality items for free on it, do you think I even got positive feedback? Not a hope



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,143 ✭✭✭✭greenspurs


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    "Bright lights and Thunder .................... " #NoPopcorn



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,634 ✭✭✭Noxegon


    €25, cash waiting!

    I develop Superior Solitaire when I'm not procrastinating on boards.ie.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,022 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    Will collect! I must try that with my local supermarket.

    I tell you what, I'll give you €25 for my shopping and I'll even collect it this evening!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,749 ✭✭✭Pelvis Parsley


    Adverts took a turn downhill when Odhran (yes, that Odhran!) decided it would be a good idea to get rid of the volunteers, the support forum, and charge everyone per sale.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,994 ✭✭✭One More Toy


    There's no fee anymore. Only if you want to cross list on Done Deal



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,749 ✭✭✭Pelvis Parsley


    I didn't know that! Another failed initiative.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,029 ✭✭✭mondeoman72


    There are still volunteers.

    All basic ads are free

    The support forum continues, you just click REPORT and it is seen.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,865 ✭✭✭✭Esel
    Not Your Ornery Onager


    Can't see a clusterfuck platform migration happening on Adverts though...

    There are no volunteers these days afaik, just employee(s).

    Not your ornery onager



  • Moderators Posts: 6,924 ✭✭✭Spocker


    Not quite, there are still some of us volunteers floating around 😁



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,043 ✭✭✭Iseedeadpixels


    One lad makes a low offer and states he can get it elsewhere for X amount, well go do that then, another lad comes along "Im not paying your asking price because that guy said its X amount elsewhere......



  • Posts: 317 [Deleted User]


    People who list & re-list unsaleable items items over & over for more than a year at a silly price.

    There's one guy there at the moment trying to sell a faulty electronic organ for which no spares are available anymore for 100 quid since last August. Still hasn't got the message that it's worth zero & possibly not even that (I have picked up fully functioning ones for nothing).

    Someone else has a 1970's Realistic hi-fi system which is shown as rated for 110 Volts only with a 220 Volt plug on the end of it. His reply to me was - "It doesn't work, but honestly, I don't think that there's that much wrong with it. That's why it's only 200 quid".



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 49 tommydublin


    Why are adverts charging €1 now to bump up an ad after 30 days 😟



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 49 tommydublin





  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,883 ✭✭✭9935452


    I find adverts is very good for small low value things that are hanging around.. ive stuff up for 2 and 3 years that eventually sell for the asking price



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,797 ✭✭✭sweetie


    they're not really, they gift you €1 credit to do the bump, it expires after ten days though.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,760 ✭✭✭✭Muahahaha


    Donedeals system is worse, the ad expires after 30 days, you are prompted in the app to re-publish it but then that feature doesnt work. So the only way to get the ad back up is copy and paste the text from the old one and re-upload the photos.

    Other than that has anyone noticed that Adverts seems to have gotten a lot quieter lately? Was looking for tickets there a couple of weeks ago, Adverts had 3 ads for them, Donedeal had 15+ whereas before they would have had the same amount of ads more or less for a lot of thngs. I wonder if its connected to the Boards upgrade with sellers who had Adverts accounts not bothering to sell there anymore. Or maybe its just competition from FB Marketplace.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,238 ✭✭✭✭B.A._Baracus


    I'd say Facebook marketplace has topped adverts alright.

    Only my two cents, but for many years people ruined adverts. It became to much of the norm to low ball people and ruin peoples chances of selling. Like, you are selling something for 50 then someone says offer 35. You can go sure. Only for buyer to never buy. Or "ah sure I can get that in xyz for cheaper" - then buy it.

    Now adverts have ruined adverts. They show ads on... well ads. Ha. So say you place advert for something like I dunno, a jack Daniels belt (random I know) now you'll see adverts of jack Daniels belts on your ad. And if something is sold on wish forget about.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,335 ✭✭✭Ubbquittious


    Seen this on donedeal as well. Though I usually use an ad blocker. It doesnt really make sense to show those wish ads, why are they trying to compete against themselves?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,043 ✭✭✭Iseedeadpixels


    Facebook market place is a mess! Id rather stick to adverts to see peoples ratings before committing to a deal.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,994 ✭✭✭One More Toy


    When the hell did adverts start charging a euro for a basic bump?!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,797 ✭✭✭sweetie


    they give you the free credit to bump it, doesn't work on phone unfortunately, have to do through a browser. Also includes putting in on donedeal and i've sold a couple of things recently because of that



  • Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,196 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    I'm not seeing the free credit. Although mine is an old ad that so maybe that is it.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,797 ✭✭✭sweetie


    you get if after 30 days and it expires after another 10



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,238 ✭✭✭✭B.A._Baracus


    It's silly. Like I get it on one hand... adverts.ie will make money by displaying ads and people are posting these ads. So people are doing the work for them. But on the other hand they are ruining peoples chance of selling. So eventually people will stop selling things on there.

    Shooting yourself in the foot.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 58 ✭✭neeb03


    Totally agree. I have been selling on Adverts for a long time but these new charges for Adverts and Donedeal is just pushing me to Facebook or alternative. Just not feasible to pay for several adverts every 30 days now and the "Free credit" is not working and is a ridiculous idea



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 58 ✭✭neeb03


    Shame, it used to be good



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,899 ✭✭✭ozmo


    I still use adverts - I think its the sheer amount of brand new stuff on sale there (cheap China imports etc) that makes it hard for buyers to find the used but still good unneeded items I sell.

    But I like seeing the feedback and comments of potential buyers on Adverts - so I know who I can just avoid selling to or not expect to show up.

    Thats whats missing from Donedeal.


    Havnt tried facebook to sell ever - how does that work... ?

    “Roll it back”



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 58 ✭✭neeb03


    Agree completely, the feedback system and comments is great. It is simply the charges now have just become too much if you have lots of items up for sale, it can cost a fortune in advertising cost by the end of it. The initial fee for an advert seems to have gone up in all sections and now with the 'Free bump' gone, it is just too expensive.

    Not if you have one or 2 items but if you have 30 it really ads up



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,238 ✭✭✭✭B.A._Baracus


    Alot of aliexpress stuff sold on it alright. I knew someone who sold fake NAKED palettes on it once. To be fair to them they said they weren't real without outright saying it. Saying "not sure if these are real, probably not, so the price will reflect that" they were selling them for 20 and real would go for 45 or 50 in shops.

    I looked at the ad a couple of times and some of the comments were mad. One woman stating how she would only buy if a receipt was presented to her. I would have told her to get on her bike lol. Like you know they're not real. But what if it was? Sell for half price along with the receipt so she could go back and return it? Yeah right!



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