Electric_Andy
Heavy Metal Fan
- Location
- Plymouth
I would never look at anything on Gumtree or FB that was out of my collection area. The whole point of local selling sites is that they are free, and therefore do not offer the facility to arrange secure payment and delivery. Ebay does, but of course you have to pay for that service (as a seller). It is starting to get tiresome advertising on the free sites now; not only do you have to put up with no shows and messing about, but as I experienced last week, you get aked to ship a 100kg item that's 2 metres long and you are only asking £50 for it. Even if it was genuine, I would not bother to do it. I know it sounds environmentally unfriendly but I've often been tempted to take things to the recycling centre down the road, as it's often much easier than going through the minefield of chancers, scammers and rude people for the sake of a few quid. Not to mention the people who want your free stuff which you think could help someone out, only to see them advertise it for money the next day