Is selling on adverts.ie a joke?

When I was first using Adverts I noticed a gaming chair. It was up for sale at a higher price than a new one including shipping. I innocently asked was it a different model or had some extra that made it worth more. The seller got really mad about it but he was aware he was overpriced by 80 Euro for a new one but they had spent more on it when they bought it so he thought his price was fair

Programme called "Life In A Million Ads". RTE 1.

Most of the contributors were on Adverts.

Think its the same on Facebook and DoneDeal. If they want it come and collect it and price is as shown as non negotiable.

Might be updating things as I went to log in.

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Due to lazy feckers using the same password across sites, people are getting hacked every time there is a data breach. Most recently it was Electric Ireland and Lycamobile. Could be connected. I know toutless have actually stopped people signing up right now.

Exact same thing happened me a few years ago- I’m a collector of certain Irish produced products - there’s a few on adverts so we invariably end up bidding on the same items - I think my offer was accepted and we were trading PMs when I better offer came through- was no need to have done that but hey ho at least I know who not to buy from in future

I know someone who buys a lot on adverts - he’s always looking for a deal - his MO is to ask the seller to go PM- he never makes offers on the thread itself - sometimes the item then appears sold but mostly it doesn’t

That is not actually permitted as scammers use that to avoid being seen. Where spotted, it is removed.

they bid 1 euro for PM purposes - seller accepts that bid which allows PM to take place

Yeah I know what you mean - the visible bidding/offer process is fine as long as people follow through - if I’m selling something I tend to look at the history profile of the buyer just to see how good they are before engaging with them

I've done it 20+ times, never had an issue, like Oscar said checking the profile to see if it has a good history is the best way to play it safe.

Some lad with a post offering advice, obviously a pisstake.

https://www.adverts.ie/crazy-random-stuff/homebrew-bottles/32182438

€50 euro for 37 empty Grolsch bottles 😀, you can buy them with actual beer in them for €2 a bottle.

Been listed for 4 months, I wonder why

Keeping things in the open until an agreement is made is the safest way to operate. If you go private to negotiate there is no point reporting later it went pear shaped. I see lycamobile and Electric Ireland got data breached recently. Anyone reusing passwords leaves themselves open to being hacked. It is best to keep things in the open.

Due to the nature of car sales, phone numbers are permitted. It would be unreasonable to expect someone to place a binding offer without test driving it or having a mechanic inspect it. However, offers that fall through can be removed on request if no longer relevant. Just click report.

Ok well using the car was a bad example as I rarely sell them and didn't know numbers are allowed as I thought that was adverts number 1 no no. in short its just easier and less messy, people follow the ads so will know what price you accepted even if removed as requested.

I really do see your point, but if you go private, you are on your own. Dont complain if you went out of the portal and get ripped off. There is only so much adverts can do.

There's only nothing they can do anyway.

I don't see much disadvantage in having this information in the main listing. Taking your example:

a) There is useful information in that conversation for other potential buyers. For example, that you will sell it for 85% of asking and pay for shipping. Another buyer might be happy to pay that and will make the same, or close to, offer. If they try to lowball you, point out that you have already dropped the price.

b) If a buyer has to ask questions, like shipping, chances are that another buyer will have same questions. Keeping the conversation public means that you are not repeating yourself over PM. Its handy if you forgot the put the information in the main listing description.

c) Its not difficult to report to a mod to remove the posts you don't want, including any mentioned prices that aren't official offers.

d) You can cancel official offers as well, which removes them from view

Biggest benefit of keeping things public is that it removes alot of the hassle of tyre kickers, shysters and general dodginess. It will be harder to get a mods support if things go south. By accepting an offer prematurely, you have opened yourself to getting bad feedback even if you don't go through with the sale.

Yeah that can happen. The way I avoid it is providing an asking price a good 20% or more depending on the item above what I’m actually looking for - I only engage with buyers who have good feedback and appear to be genuine - you can’t legislate for even these guys changing their minds but at least you’re reducing the chances of it happening .

What I don’t get on adverts is stuff listed for months and months on end , usually with a note saying “no offers under asking price” but with a quite high asking price and no engagement with their add- it takes time and effort to upload an ad- why then be so stand offish?

If they were reasonably priced I can understand - clearly the seller has set their lowest price and won’t go under that - which actually isn’t a bad idea- if it’s priced to sell, it will sell eventually

First to see will buy is the one that is an instant nope for me. Like is it a thinly veiled threat or something?

I bought a cable from a lad in Dublin on Adverts. It arrived next day, shipped by Amazon! So he's presumably placing an order on Amazon for each order he gets, with a bit of an uplift, around 30%.

I feckin hate Amazon so I really didn't want to be giving them my business.

Amazon dont do next day shipping as always about 3 days is it not when i was a prime member.

I’m convinced there are people on adverts for whom their only social outlet is to respond to people enquiring about the items they’ve listed for sale 😀