Terrible experiences so far.

Ebay is better for most things

great for quick on line purchases or quick sales.free advertising.but be careful of some fake profiles and fake purchases,or should i say scammers,always take another person with you especially when meeting up with people through gum tree.

Recently advertised table and chairs on here. Lots of enquires and sold quickly as was moving and didnt fit in new place.

Gumtree.com.au is a awesome directory and classifieds website. They have everything you can think of.

Have just disposed of a number of items that I no longer need. Only charged a token amount and they needed to be picked up too. Nice people who I was pleased to be able to help. Only drawback since ebay have purchased the website is that the fees and charges have increased and only limited time allowed for editing or adding to ad.

ONLY do face to face transaction everyone. I've done a few paypal ones a while back before scammers got on it. I've personally sold a couple things online - mainly to get rid of it and got a couple good bargains too. Much better than ebay who are charging me 10% commission rates.

I have sold so much on Gumtree, and brought a fair bit too. I have never had a problem with buying or selling have always dealt with face to face transactions. I have had people trust me to post their items. Gumtree is for those unwanted or unused items to get rid of cheap. Good to pick up a bargain. Be careful or those fake emails wanting to buy your items.

Have sold some tickets that we were unable to use. Good response and tickets sold. However this site is not as easy to use as previously. There seem to be more charges involved. Cost to edit an ad after a number of hours as an example. Still ok though but make sure all details are correct first time

Awesome way to sell my textbooks ! So glad I used Gumtree.com.au

Free sign up and easy to use and gave options to pay to advertise my items at premium displays etc

Approximate cost: $free

Have advertised ads to sell books, sporting goods, etc.
Great that it is free with no hidden fees.
ebay has bought the website at some stage so has a bit of how to be safe when selling or buying and other advice.

I get a lot of people who sound interested but disappear or ask if the item is still available yet after I reply I never hear back. About 60% of those who contact me do this.

I know, it is free so it is to be expected. It's just annoying. People let the websites business mode down.

Not everyone is bad though. I have made a quite a few sales. Some really nice people, one couple not so nice but this happens.

Approximate cost: $0