Gumtree UK

A woman bought a puppy from me I am the breeder a couple days later she put it up for re sale breaking lucys law that prohibits the resale of any animal under 6 months the puppy has to come back to the breeder she has not come back to me and is therfore breaking the law

Time wasters and scammers

I've tried to sell two items 3 times to no avail

I've even dropped the price crazy low and all I get are people wasting time. Not one viewing lol its ridiculous

I consider giving them away for free, haha, which defeats the object

Appalling customer service; as a seller you try to put up a legitimate ad and the site immediately removes it.

You then have to email their customer service team who apparently sit around and do nothing all day. They ask you security questions which you answer - correctly - and they simply respond with saying that the answers are incorrect and that they will not approve my ad "for your own security"?!

Ridiculous website which I have tried to use more than once now. Stick to EBay and Vinted, they are trustworthy sites.

I had an horrible experience with Gumtree removing my ads without a clear explanation and keeping my money. I spent over 100 in ads that were mysteriously removed and the customer service wasn t able to give an explanation for this. Moreover they never refunded.

I am sole trader and was coned by very nice salesman Ayaz with big promises and a contract. Ayaz promised things that did not materialise. I was going to have account manager to help with guidance and advice. First month the account manager Ben was nowhere to be found. The second month we had death in our family so we did not work and didn't use the advertising we were paying for. The contract carried on and despite the contract promised our paid adverts to be carried over to the next month they were not. Finally the third month too! Numerous calls back to busy Ben he promised to allow us to use 1 of our month adverts we pre paid and was supposed to send a contract to sign so he can release our adverts! 2 months later and many promises and phone calls Ben stopped returning my calls and Ayaz too. In fact we paid £115 per month plus VAT for a contract we didn't use and Gumtrees robbed our business with false contracts and promises. Don't be fulled to sign anything with them!

Im a professional therapist, with 10 years of experience and a level 5, has posted an ad very simple to promote myself but this is the 2end time I post my ad and they remove it telling me that im not respecting there policy, I swear all what I posted is strict professional, first time I got my refund by forcing my bank, the second time I did change my email and posted again and still very professional, and they send me my ad is live but wasn't when I spoke to some customer service they told me they can't tell me where is the broken policy. But yes they will keep my money. Please do not post in this $#*! of site.

They have hidden charge apply which they dont show before paying, be careful i have paid £15 to promote for 7days but they charged £45 instead and refused to refund
Use Auto trader instead genuine site no scam

Tried my first ever sale on Gumtree, a kayak for £600. Within a few minutes of the listing someone said their sister wanted the boat. I was asked to email photos to the sister which I did. The sister turnedout to be a scammer. The [ayment method they ultimately insisted on using would involve me spending £50 and then getting £650 once I had done this. Its all a con. I had an almost identical second enquiry later that day from another 'purchaser'. I have had no genuine enquiries at all. I think Gumtree could screen out these scammers. I dont think I will ever use gumtree again, t wasted a lot of my time, and some scammer out there now knows my email address, my postal address (for the pickup) and my phone number (ditto).

I'm completley blown away about how terrible of a service Gumtree is offering now. I used to use this site regularly, and it was free. Now I noticed everything has a fee, which I decided to pay as Gumtree has a large community of users. I regret it so much. First I paid £2.99 for an item advertisement. Within an hour it was removed and no explanation was given. I the next day paid £25.99 for a services ad! THIS WAS REMOVED TOO. When I contacted Gumtree via live chat, I couldn't believe how bad the customer serivice was. All the Assistant could say was "how many Gumtree accounts do you have" over and over. Not "i'm so sorry about this, let me look into this". Not even anything to do with my issue! I still have no explanation why they stole my money! DO NOT USE GUMTREE.

Rude staff.

Hadn't used the site in years, posted an ad selling tickets & paid for 2 weeks front row space. Within a few hours the advert was removed, when contacting their online support, they failed to explain why but instead, supplied a 'Policy Rules' link, when I questioned this & asked for a refund, Gumtree rep then terminated the chat without any explanation.

Pathetic customer care who will happily take your money.

AVOID

Beware beware beware do not touch these dodgy mechanics
Changed engine for me
Van now not running
Left with a tub o nuts bolts washers that's not been put back where they belong as you can see from pictures and can take more pictures oil filler back bolts missing broke the plastic clips that hold header tank onto front panel broke bolts that hold the inner plastic arches on nonaatemlt to fix them broke bolts that hold pressure plate and still put gearbox back on without fixing them
Oil pouring out timing belt cover
Do not go near these pair
Took the tub o bolts into Renault garage today explained to them and there exact words was
That is not good
They advertise on gumtree under mobile mechanic lanark

I needed some work done on my garden. I found what turned out to be a lying, useless con man trading as M.G. Gardening - and it turns out M.G Landscaping, M.G Jetwashing and many other versions that the owner, Martin Grimshaw, based in Crewe, Cheshire, uses to rip people off.
After being ripped off by this lying con man, I thought Gumtree might want to know, so I sent them photographic evidence and explained what had happened and... they were NOT INTERESTED. The advert of the lying con man is still on Gumtree, so he can rip off other unsuspecting people! The con man was also advertiding elsewhere and as soon as I showed them proof of what a con man they had advertising, they REMOVED the ad immediately - but like I said, NOT gumtree. That speaks volumes about Gumtree and I have noticed many other people saying how they too have been scammed and ripped off using Gumtree. You have been warned!

Business students the world over: if you want to look at something with great potential and see how to $#*! it up, squeezing as much money out of it as possible before people get fed up, Gumtree is the perfect example.

It used to be good. It even used to feel like it was worthwhile using, like you were buying into something decent.

No longer. It's just a shadow of its former self, rather like a nice corner shop with friendly staff and quality produce being turned into an industrial scale mega-mart.

They couldn't give a $#*! what buyers and sellers experience, as long as their profits are ramped up to the max.

The jokers who bought this site should have pikes shoved up their asses and then thrown into a pit of vermin, where they belong.