Is selling on adverts.ie a joke?

20/20 · 11-09-2020 3:14pm

retalivity wrote: »

Have a few old phones for sale that my parents wanted rid of, had some clown keep lowballing on one of them, eventually got to an agreed price if I wiped and unlocked the phone, which I did. After that, he decided to offer less again, and keeps posting every few days saying his offer still stands.
I've made a point of it now that I will sell to anyone else at what he's offering, and will just keep ignoring him. Such fcukaboutery over a 4yr old phone for €40

Why not just block him, and then he cant post on any of your adverts.
I have left negative feedback for buyers that have made offers and not followed through with the sale. If you block them straight after you leave the negative feedback on their page, they cant leave any comments on your feedback record.

Church on Tuesday · 11-09-2020 3:55pm

I can't stand buyers that have to meet RIGHT NOW.

I'm just back from work/shops give me a chance ffs.

Bikerman2019 · 11-09-2020 4:01pm

20/20 wrote: »

Why not just block him, and then he cant post on any of your adverts.
I have left negative feedback for buyers that have made offers and not followed through with the sale. If you block them straight after you leave the negative feedback on their page, they cant leave any comments on your feedback record.

Cannot do it anyway. Retaliatory feedback if left, is removed.

11-09-2020 4:09pm

Too many ignore the feedback. I have refused to sell to people and give free stuff based on their history and told them that.

Free kids toys and some ****ing vulture trying to get them so he can flog later.

Lad with -6 feedback for being a dick, every single one of them he had answered insulting the other users. Yeah, I'm wasting my time with him!

20/20 · 11-09-2020 4:12pm

Bikerman2019 wrote: »

Cannot do it anyway. Retaliatory feedback if left, is removed.

I have just checked and the last guy still has the negative feedback I left.
I know if he goes to Mods it could be removed, but most accept they have done wrong and dont think of reporting feedback.

RayCon · 11-09-2020 4:14pm

I once had a guy who agreed to buy a CD from me for €3 but wanted me to drive 70kms to meet up ... spanner.

dazberry · 11-09-2020 4:15pm

>Can you deliver
<No it's collection only
>Makes offer
<Accept offer
>I might get to you is a month or so, keep it up for sale and if it's not gone I'll collect

FFS

obi604 · 11-09-2020 4:25pm

> Makes offer and says can pick up tonight or in next hour.
< accept offer and look at profile, discover the bid is from some lad 200km away
> now wait for them to realize
> They then realise that they are 200km away and withdraw offer.

can g0bsh1tes not check the location of a seller before making an offer

11-09-2020 4:33pm

BelovedAunt wrote: »

Only ever had two people haggle when meeting, both travellers funnily enough.

I had a set of alloy wheels with bald tyres for sale and this was stated. A young lad offered 80 euros for them which i accepted.
He drove 40 miles to me. Then he was upset to find the tyres were bald and offered 60.
I left him off as he was wasting my time. The funny thing was if he offered 60 in the first place id have accepted it

Bikerman2019 · 11-09-2020 4:41pm

20/20 wrote: »

I have just checked and the last guy still has the negative feedback I left.
I know if he goes to Mods it could be removed, but most accept they have done wrong and dont think of reporting feedback.

Could be, but only if it's not true

One More Toy · 19-07-2021 12:22pm

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

greenspurs · 19-07-2021 12:53pm

https://boards.ie/discussion/2057578945/is-selling-on-adverts-ie-a-joke

Still available?

Noxegon · 19-07-2021 12:55pm

€25, cash waiting!

whisky_galore · 19-07-2021 3:37pm

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117631871#Comment_117631871

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!

Pelvis Parsley · 19-07-2021 7:46pm

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.

One More Toy · 19-07-2021 10:32pm

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117634134#Comment_117634134

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

Pelvis Parsley · 19-07-2021 11:54pm

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117634879#Comment_117634879

I didn't know that! Another failed initiative.

mondeoman72 · 20-07-2021 12:10am

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117634134#Comment_117634134

There are still volunteers.

All basic ads are free

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

Esel · 20-07-2021 2:27am

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

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

Spocker · 20-07-2021 12:38pm

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117635385#Comment_117635385

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

Iseedeadpixels · 28-11-2021 12:49pm

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......

02-12-2021 9:48pm

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".

tommydublin · 02-12-2021 11:03pm

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

tommydublin · 02-12-2021 11:03pm

02-12-2021 11:10pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118259283#Comment_118259283

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

sweetie · 06-12-2021 10:58am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118260028#Comment_118260028

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

Muahahaha · 06-12-2021 12:09pm

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.

B.A._Baracus · 06-12-2021 1:14pm

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.

Ubbquittious · 06-12-2021 11:42pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118276971#Comment_118276971

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?

Iseedeadpixels · 07-12-2021 8:11am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118276971#Comment_118276971

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

One More Toy · 09-12-2021 2:01am

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

sweetie · 09-12-2021 11:21am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118293844#Comment_118293844

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

AlmightyCushion · 09-12-2021 11:28am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118294611#Comment_118294611

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

sweetie · 09-12-2021 1:03pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118294655#Comment_118294655

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

B.A._Baracus · 09-12-2021 2:30pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118281022#Comment_118281022

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.

neeb03 · 09-12-2021 3:10pm

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

neeb03 · 09-12-2021 3:11pm

Shame, it used to be good

ozmo · 09-12-2021 3:22pm

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... ?

neeb03 · 09-12-2021 3:32pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118296028#Comment_118296028

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

B.A._Baracus · 09-12-2021 3:56pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118296028#Comment_118296028

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!

Gadgetman496 · 10-12-2021 11:44am

Is there a limit on how many users you can block?

I blocked a user yesterday but they are not appearing in my blocked list.

10-12-2021 12:12pm

In Germany the adverts website https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/ is free, gives user ratings and is pretty much used by everyone for buying and selling their unwanted belongings. There is nothing which comes close to it.

In the UK people use gumtree. There is a gumtree.ie which is free but it didn't get traction.

feelings · 10-12-2021 12:15pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118300020#Comment_118300020

Jaysus, my eyes. Opened that website to take a look and I reckon 2/3 of that home page is just google ads.

10-12-2021 12:20pm

that is the price you pay for not paying for classifieds but that is where all the buyers and sellers are to be found because it has the traffic. It finances itself although it and the network of classified websites from other countries was sold this year for €9.2Bn

selling adverts.ie to them at this stage might be best for its operators while they still have traffic.

Muahahaha · 10-12-2021 12:31pm

Anyone know the story with selling on FB Marketplace? I havent logged into FB in several years now so Im out of the loop. Do you have to sell through your own profile? Im not really comfortable with FB pulling all sorts of tricks like sending a notification to all my contacts saying Im selling whatever stuff Im trying to shift, that sh1t is just typical of them. Yeah Im sure there is some setting to stop it happening but it will be buried behind 10 clicks somewhere. If possible Id just set up a John Doe profile to sell through it but I think you need a mobile number to verify on sign up and mine is already used with them.

dalyboy · 10-12-2021 12:40pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118300125#Comment_118300125

Just get a PAYG sim to receive the txt then throw the sim away.

Nekarsulm · 10-12-2021 12:47pm

Tried to buy a banjo from a guy who had two advertised in Co. Leitrim

Made an offer for the asking price

and messaged him, pointed out that I was less than 30 minutes away from his given location and could meet whenever he liked.

Four days with no reply, then get a message saying that he had been messed about so much on adverts.ie that he wasn't going to sell them any more.

The ad. was up for another week after that...

Jeez ....

10000maniacs · 10-12-2021 3:21pm

One thing that really sucks with Adverts.ie is if somebody under-bids for an item and another person bids the specified price that the seller specified, and then the original bidder comes in again with the price that the seller specified, the seller then has the option to pick who he wants to sell it to.

The first bidder should be automated as the winner as he/she is the first person willing to pay the price that the seller specified.

It's murky, unfair and shambolic otherwise.

Gadgetman496 · 10-12-2021 8:41pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118301225#Comment_118301225

It's not an auction site.

ozmo · 10-12-2021 10:49pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118302768#Comment_118302768

yes- i like it that the first person to offer asking price has priority.

if buyer really wants it pays to not being a cheapskate :)

Is selling on adverts.ie a joke?

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