Profile   Search   FAQ   Log in to check your private messages 

searching australia wide  

Post new topic   Reply to topic    AU Discussion Board Forum Index -> Gumtree Feedback
View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
mb230sl




Joined: 20 Oct 2009
Posts: 2
PostPosted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 12:32 pm    Post subject: searching australia wide Reply with quote
hello

prior to having to reformat my pc, i was able to search gumtree nationally... but i am now limited to searching by individual cities, and i can't for the life of me figure out how to revert to the previous search facility.

any ideas?

cheers
Back to top
Esbeee




Joined: 03 Feb 2009
Posts: 41
PostPosted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 9:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hi there mb230sl,

Gumtree is all about local face to face trading within the community - meeting with posters or buyers and completing the transaction in person.

With this in mind we have removed the option to run searches across all cities to help reinforce that we are a local site.

Thanks
The Gumtree Team
Back to top
mb230sl




Joined: 20 Oct 2009
Posts: 2
PostPosted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
thanks for the reply.

wouldn't it be better to give people the option? no one is going to be turned off the site by having a national search function, but the present restrictiveness does turn people off.

and gumtree's ambition is clear, given the recent, and obvious, move towards its commercialisation.
Back to top
ausGeoff




Joined: 24 Jun 2009
Posts: 860
Location: Melbourne AUSTRALIA
PostPosted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 1:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
mb230sl wrote:
.....wouldn't it be better to give people the option? No one is going to be turned off the site by having a national search function, but the present restrictiveness does turn people off.


I'd have to agree with this too.

I think an "opt-out" option for searching Australia-wide is the best way to go. In a lot of cases, there's simply no need to view the item — or meet its seller face-to-face. Providing one carries out the normal due diligence procedures there's no intrinsic harm in buying something off somebody who's living interstate.

Granted, I'm not gonna buy a $25,000 motor vehicle sight unseen, but there is a lot of stuff I'd be happy buying at a distance.

But yeah — let's have the option.

Cheers. Smile
Back to top
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic   Reply to topic    AU Discussion Board Forum Index -> Gumtree Feedback All times are GMT+10.0
Page 1 of 1

 
Jump to:  
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum

Memberlist   Usergroups




Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group
Copyright © 2005-2008 Kijiji International Limited.