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jane_oo
Joined: 14 May 2008
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 Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 11:05 am Post subject: Alternatives to Gumtree |
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I'm giving up on the 'new' Gumtree. I've given it a fair go but I hate it. The old Gumtree was 110% better.
If anyone knows of a site comparable to the old Gumtree, please post it! Maybe I'll start using Craigslist here (Sydney), hopefully it will become more popular.
Not happy. |
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jonnyweston
Joined: 23 May 2008
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| Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 7:58 pm Post subject: tradingpost.com.au |
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HI there,
Try tradingpost.com.au
They're pretty good |
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fairman
Joined: 17 May 2008
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| Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 11:53 am Post subject: |
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| Craigslist is LOADED with scammers and spam artists and not worth the hassles. Try Simple Trade as a good alternative. Trading Post charges to place adverts, but they have a ‘free’ pay-on-sale option which can cost you heaps when the ‘buyer’ changes his mind and refuses to pay. Best wishes. |
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fbsonlinesale
Joined: 09 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 11:07 pm Post subject: |
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try swapbarterbuy.com
It's small, but Sydney based, so you should get local support. The scammers aren't on this one yet  |
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youngbeauty
Joined: 06 May 2008
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| Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 11:28 am Post subject: The new Gumtree is crap. I hate it. |
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| I repost my ads 2-3 times per day yet it still says I'm on page 14!! What the? |
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craigfitz
Joined: 30 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 7:58 pm Post subject: Interesting... |
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The users of this site bag it soundly, and appear to have for some time, but the service is still bad.
Wont be the first site that dies due to bad support. |
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craigfitz
Joined: 30 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 11:24 pm Post subject: better!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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yes!
simple trade is much better!!!!!!!!!
after trying for 30 hours to post an ad on Gumtree and having my emails ignored, i posted one on SimpleTrade in 10 minutes - no problem!!
Dont waste time on this site..
(If the operators of this site ever answer my mails and solve the problem i will let you know here.. but from what i have read, i dont expect it to happen!!) |
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craigfitz
Joined: 30 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 12:01 am Post subject: update |
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They answere my mails after 2 days and told me i couldnt place the ad because i am not in Australia at the moment.
(I am placing the ad to rent my Brisbane house because I am not in Australia but the site doesnt accept OS IP addresses)
The other sites do though |
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The_HandyMan
Joined: 27 Jul 2008
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| Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 11:19 pm Post subject: simple Trade |
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| fairman wrote: |
| Craigslist is LOADED with scammers and spam artists and not worth the hassles. Try Simple Trade as a good alternative. Trading Post charges to place adverts, but they have a ‘free’ pay-on-sale option which can cost you heaps when the ‘buyer’ changes his mind and refuses to pay. Best wishes. |
had a good look at simple trade, looks like they have loads of listings, but when i inspected the actual categories Jobs & Real estate, they are linked to a job agency that provides most of their job lisitngs and also to some real estate site, so they dont really have many genuine private ads at all!.
I found a better site that looks genuine, not full of scammers & banner ads, its called Ockalist , i posted a free ad for my handyman services, it was really fast & easy, also they offer a featured ad for $5 for 30days which guarantees your ad will stay at the top of the search results, i find that with gumtree my ad dissapears within a few days. |
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byanka82
Joined: 29 Jul 2008
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| Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 4:41 pm Post subject: Trading site |
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I just found one I haven't seen before, but I think at the moment it only serves QLD and NSW.
It's
http://www.bargainfinda.com.au/ |
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sailorgalkrissy6
Joined: 27 Aug 2008
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| Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 3:36 am Post subject: a good site |
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| go to cracker.com.au that is a better site than gumtree it lets you post anything you want |
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Foxybear
Joined: 03 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 10:52 pm Post subject: Alternatives |
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| I have tried a few sites, such as Bondi Classifieds, Cracker, craigs list and swap barter buy. I tried that okerlist (or ozlist) as they spammed a few of my ads asking me to come over and place an ad. Once I worked out HOW to use it and got an ad placed, within 15 mins they told me my ad was against their policies, they deleted my ad and blocked me. The really FUNNY thing was - they contacted me through THE ad I had here on gumtree, so I posted the same ad there - the one they welcomed me to place with them, and then deleted the ad and blocked me. *shakes head* - obvioulsy they didn't even check what I had listed. Needless to say I won't even try to use them again!!! |
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