Adverts.ie

I'm Using the web version on Android mobile,

I can't see to figure out how to simply post a WANTED advert,

I can only seel items

Probably something simply I'm missing.

Go into search and scroll down

Hi, not sure if you had this answered, but go to sell and when you have to pick a category, click search and choose “wanted”. Do the rest like a normal ad :)

Might seem like a small world problem. But my dog chewed one of the legs on my table and ripped the stuffing out of the chairs. Don't have the money to replace rn. I love adverts and have bought, sold and mainly posted free adds over the years. 451 positive feedback. 0 negative. So I'm.on the hunt for a free table and chairs. The second an add is posted the same fe**ers or new users have requested and then I see the free items for sale on Facebook. I'm obsessed the last week. Don't even care what it looks like, I can up cycle. These vultures are driving me crazy..are there no rules on adverts where for example... A person who created an account only today has requested 47 items.

Hi Folks,

I'm currently selling an item on Adverts and there's a new account buyer who has no feedback, no comments etc who wants to buy. Normally I'd be wary of such a buyer but everyone has to start somewhere I guess. What I'm wondering is this. Is there a safest method of payment for an item (it's several hundred Euro in this case). Paypal would be out for the likelihood they could request a refund. Cash is possible I guess, though I'd worry about counterfeit notes. Would Revolut be the best way? Or just steer clear of a buyer like this.

Many thanks.

I would personally go with Revolut transfer, I have done a lot of transactions similar over the last year or two and haven't had any issues using it.

Just make sure that you accept the transfer before you hand over the item, sometimes if its a new person sending you money you have to go into the app and accept. Other than that you should be fine.

Cash all day long

Thanks for all the advice folks, it's much appreciated.

Buyer requested no tracking so he could claim it wasn't received and try to scam you. Obvious scam is obvious.

They paid via PayPal :(

Did look at the buyers feedback score..

Look at his profile, you might see other items they bid on,, it might give you some idea of who you are dealing with..

A very small amount of items actually get lost in the post, get the buyer the check with neighbours and any safe place it may have been left

if the buyer is pulling a fast one it is easy to get PayPal to switch friends and family to goods and services claiming it was a mistake.

wether you should refund the buyer by choice is up to you

PayPal is not a scam when used correctly

How long ago did you post it?

Maybe he just hasn't received it yet. If it's a day or 2 then I'd be saying wait till the end of the week.

Sometimes post and packets get missorted bounce around offices for a few days until someone finally sends it to the correct delivery unit..

If it's over a week or two then fair enough maybe something's up

It’s protected me many times as a buyer and also as a seller, if someone knows how to use PayPal it’s perfectly fine and if you don’t like it then that is fine also but to say PayPal is a scam is a bit over kill

they provide 180 day buyer protection, they paid postage for returns for years if you knew how to claim it and plenty of boards users availed of that service and it was very handy for sports direct back to the U.K. among other merchants

This is fact, but also my opinion and I do not speak for any group or organisation.

Everytime there is a data breach, details are leaked. Anybody that reuses the same email and password combination across the net is wide open to being hacked and identity theft.

The reason everyone is advised to regularly change passwords and vary passwords across sites is so that if one site is compromised, the scammers cannot use your details to log in elsewhere. Sadly, people dont bother and then when they are compromised, they blame everyone except themselves.

Also, with the relentless cost cutting and outsourcing to the low cost economies and agencies, work and accesses are being sent out to contractors god-knows-where. They have access to info that is very sensitive and as the link below for electric ireland says;

"It said an employee of a company working on its behalf may have inappropriately accessed 8,000 residential customer accounts. Electric Ireland said this could lead to the potential misuse of personal and financial information."

The data breaches below have been declared. But nobody knows if this is accurate, or there is more than being admitted to. Do you regularly change your passwords? For handiness, do you use the same password in multiple places? If you do, be worried, be very worried, see these:

Also:

https://www.uswitch.com/mobiles/news/lyca-mobile-data-breach/

If you get hacked. The cause, and where it occured could be anywhere or anything. Even a virus on your PC harvesting your passwords. Dont blame any or some websites, sadly it is mostly not their fault.

My account has been hacked, I got an email today to notify me about an ad I placed (I didn't).

I edited the ad to advise others that it's not a real ad, then withdrew the ad, have contacted support at adverts, and changed my password.

Never use Paypal Friends & Family. Sometimes sellers just want it so that they won't be charged a Paypal fee.

If that's the case, you're better off paying them extra to cover the fee but make sure it is sent for "goods/services". They then get the exact amount of the sale price.

Costs more but you have some chance of getting your money back.

Email support@adverts.ie Best and only way to get in touch with them.

Compensation? From who? and why? Adverts is an online portal people use to advertise. If you see an advert in the irish times and buy something which turns out to be iffy, who do you think is responsible? I hope you would not expect the Irish times to be responsible.

Looks like someone hacked an old adverts account and advertised a gaming wheel. I had alerts on for this gaming wheel as I wanted it for ages and didn't wanna pay full whack. Anyway he said he'd post it to me and to pay through PayPal. He had positive feedback and previous ads. Anyway the PayPal name was foreign which rang alarm bells but I thought sure there's loads of foreigners now in Ireland. Paid through friends and family cos it was the automatic option on PayPal. Mad how as soon as I clicked send for 150€ I instantly had the worst gut feeling. Just knew it was a scam literally as soon as I clicked send. Anyway long story short aib and PayPal don't wanna know. Seller not answering. That's me taught a harsh lesson I suppose. Just never had any issues with adverts before was actually singing their praises when I moved house and bought so much stuff on there. Won't be using it again feel very hard done by. Didn't even cross my mind someone had hacked an old account

there is something weird going on . There’s a guy/ person , calling themselves unknow 5763, has an epiphone hummingbird and hard case apparently, up for sale. Won’t give an address, and seems to be effing off anyone who’s making an offer . Has he just put the ad up so he can insult people and start rows?