Adverts.ie Chancers selling

What sort of items? You can ask for people to pay as much as you want them to pay- but no guarantee you’ll get that price.

I use adverts to buy certain secondhand items- most are way over priced in my view but I bide my time until the right product at the right price is advertised

Adverts.ie has rules and as long as sellers operate within those rules then there is nothing you can do about it. However if they are in breach of the rules then you report them. Some sellers will accept offers but if you try spoiling their ad by arguing about the price and pointing out where it can be bought cheaper then that is also a breach of the rules. You can't blame sellers for being annoyed in those situations. Calling you a **** though is not acceptable.

I find that hard to credit.I have dealt with 3 different people (buying from them) and they were totally fine.

I will have to keep looking to track down your "majority" I suppose.

Or are you just talking about buyer/sellers of one particular category?

What gets me is when you make an offer, it goes to PM and you find out something that puts you off buying and you get the "Time Waster" feedback.

I have one of those and 50+ greens - does my head in.

Ah i've no interest in Playing any games - this one is there about 5 years - Its a bit of a shite system on adverts though since you cant really get into the nitty gritty of anything on offer until PM stage. I find myself writing a disclimer on every offer these days - ie assuming its in condition described X euro offered.

Good man! I take it your one of the lads who withholds vital information until asked about 40 times or you have never used adverts.ie.

As with all things in life... there are pros and cons using Adverts.ie (or DoneDeal or FB Marketplace)

You avoid the gougers and ask questions before you offer money or commit to buy.

I renovated a room in my gaff into a man cave (think old style hotel cigar room) and almost everything in it is a cheap (reasonably priced) find on adverts, DD or FB. People RAVE about the picture lights, the chesterfield sofa, the fireplace or the drinks trolley... all absolute bargains from the likes of Adverts.ie

That's fair. If I have a few questions or want a quick exchange, I will make an offer and state its only for pm purposes. The ad doesn't get filled up with clutter comments and pm chat is cleaner. As long as both parties are clear, there should be no issue. Though its amazing some of the details some sellers forget to include in the ad, but will often disclose in pm before a real price is agreed.

People can choose to ignore it if they want. I prefer when people do it if I am advertising something, so the advert isn't filled with cráp. Makes proper negotiation easier and if a lower price is agreed for whatever reason and the person offering decides to renege on that offer, it doesn't become the default price to beat thereafter.

People seem to have enough trouble marking ads as sold. I don't see that there would be many requests to remove clutter. If 2 people are happy enough to take a conversation outside the "ask a question" area, I don't see any problem with that. As long as it's stated as an offer of interest and not an actual offer to buy, then it's a non issue.

I don't see the point you are making. Exactly the same thing can happen even if the deal is made on thread. Buying and selling on adverts and other similar sites carries a higher risk than somewhere like Amazon, or other properly regulated site. The buyer and seller can choose whatever way they want to best mitigate that risk. For me, I only buy from people with excellent feedback and a few years history on adverts. I only sell to people with positive feedback and at least a few months history on the site.

If I am posting an item, I want to be paid first. I make this clear before agreeing to sell the item to the potential buyer. If they don't want to do that, I won't sell to them, or they can choose to collect. I point to my years on the site and 100% positive feedback. Done properly, the risk of being left short of product or pennies is very low and is more likely to be an AnPost issue.

While that might not be how adverts officially want it done, I am not willing to take unnecessary risk on time wasters and potential scammers.