Gumtree Reviews 

Gumtree have just put prices up by 200% to advertise vehicles was £17.99 now £44.99
Bump up £5.99 now £14.99
Featured advert 19.99 for 2 weeks now £70

Brutal

Bought and sold stuff. Absolutely fine if you take care.
Good marketplace.

Advertisement filter!!!

Tried to advertisement my add couple times once it eas removed because I have gave my personal number in whole text. They removed my addvert without explaining or money returning. Then I tried to advert again as it was removed I have paid fee £30 as advertisement was posted couple times they removed it again without returning the fee again!!!! So in total I have spent £90 and left with no advertisement on! Totally crap website! I would never use it again.

This site should be shut down. There is too many scammers. 1 scammer is enough if gumtree does not do anything about it. A little birdie told me that gumtree sell your details to Indian scam call centre's. Too many people on this site also want something for nothing. The only people that really buy from this site are established businesses like cash generator etc who know they can flip a item for double the price. This site should be shut down and investigated. Rot in hell scamming pr*cks

Why are you not regulating the site!!! Put a petrol scooter for sale and every Tom dick and Harry was messaging and trying to scam us. Why would anyone waste their time to sell on here I have no idea

scammers my advertisement has been deleted, it has not happened to me so far, I have not recovered money for an advertisement that was not posted on the website

Another day, another scam call as a result of advertising on Gumtree. Avoid.

Good website for local items for sale, has a massive influx of scammers present on for sale ads and writing to you on stuff you have for sale

Every other response to for sale ad is a link trying to phish details or take control of device by downloading a app.

Messaging is stuck in the past with no real time updates or notifications.

Shame as it looks like FB marketplace has taken over where gumtree started

Updated my review and feel I jumped the gun by giving them a one star.

They investigated it why my post was not being advertised, resolved it, emailed and and published it.

if gumtree or Ebay as its owned were to put effort in to protecting the users it could be again what it once was.
This site is DANGEROUS there are scammers,messers and personal information collectors galore! and i mean many more than genuine buyers, coupled with the fact gumtree consistently send is this still available messages which obviously goes nowhere but waist your time.
i have said time and time again to make it safer make it visible how long so called prospective buyers have had a registered account!
This cant be difficult and it would allow sellers to proceed with caution if the buyers account was relatively new.
You have absolutely no way of knowing anything about so called prospective buyers . No wonder its awash with scammers, this used to be a very good site, having said that so was ebay (and look what they have done to that! )
Watch out for a user named jason watts he will constantly be asking you to send pictures to an aol email i have his so called email address, there is a user named mark mobile number ending 24448 beware!
i could go on but my point is there's no attempt by gumtree to address the situation and make it safer for those who are posting on this site (you have absolutely no idea of whom your dealing with, unless they have live ads themselves ) gumtrees answer is to add feedback which is completely flawed and not fit for purpose.
Be very careful on this Site times are difficult and you may be thinking of selling a few items, Be on your guard and don't let it end up costing you.
Watch out

Gumtree are Utterly Stupid, they have removed a puzzle I had advertised on their site.
It was a plastic cigar in a whisky bottle puzzle, but I can’t make these “Brainless Bafoons” understand…
ITS NOT A REAL CIGAR ITS PLASTIC IN A PRETEND EMPTY WHISKY BOTTLE.
Gumtree is run by half wits

Don't know what has happened to Gumtree over the years. I am in the process of removing my latest Ads as all I have had is time wasters and opportunists.
Never paid for an Ad or to promote an Ad and never will. Don't like the reviews I see hear or the lack of response from Gumtree to peoples complaints. Yes sellers and buyers should be cautious at all times. I have sold and bought years ago with Gumtree without any fuss and met some lovely people along the way. Shame on the people who have contributed to Gumtrees downfall.

Was recently scammed on Gumtree, I thought I was buying garden furniture which, after paying for, I realised didn’t exist. The ‘seller’ had just lifted someone else’s photos & advert from EBay. I now realise this happens ALL THE TIME on Gumtree.
I gave the fraudsters name and bank account details to Gumtree - not only did they do absolutely nothing about it, I also found out I wasn’t the first person to pay money for this same non existent item !!!
If Gumtree knew people were being scammed by someone advertising on their site why didn’t they remove the advert / report it to police ??
Scammers obviously love Gumtree because they realise there is no comeback - they get to keep all the money they illegally took from innocent people with no comeback or prosecution.
Absolutely terrible company with no morals or customer care.
I will NEVER use again, and I advise you not to either.

VIPERS NEST FOR SCAMMERS, Scammed twice in 6 months, Gumtree don't want to know and the Scammers also know they can get away with their evil trade without any comeback. Gumtree needs to wise up or stop trading, so if your thinking of buying off Gumtree please think again and buy elsewhere otherwise you could end up out of pocket with no chance of any support from Gumtree. AVOID!!!!

Ive been sold fake bags ( total 2600) by Molly Neale from Nottingham . Im in process of taking her to court . Gumtree is scammers paradise .
If anyone knows her pls let her know that I will NEVER give up .

They take your money and delete your advert. My ad wasn`t even live for a second and I haven`t broke any rules. Screw you gumtree.

If I could do 0 stars I would. They don't have specific terms and conditions so could decide to reject your ad on the most ridiculous reasons and wont offer refund. Rejected my advert cause the price was too low, when asked what the minimum was she said there wasn't one but the price had to be appropriate. I said they can't enforce a rule when there isn't one in place and who's decided what price is appropriate when there isn't a guideline? Someone could just make it up on the spot.
The money for the ad came out of my account within seconds. Rejected after they took the money from account.

So they let you pay for services that they wont let you use, and refuse to refund.

Gumtree isn’t worthy of a star! It appears my grievance with them is similar to Many. I’ve never advertised with them before, placed an advert and paid £20. Almost immediately it was removed, I amended the advert, guessing as to how my advert could possibly have violated their T&Cs. They gave me no indication, after repeated requests! The second advert was removed immediately too, this time, thankfully I didn’t pay again. I spent a couple of hours trying to find information and eventually got an email to say my account had been deactivated as all my previous adverts violated their T&C’s (what previous adverts)? Something is very suspicious and needs investigating. I can’t get my money back so, it appears, you are scammed if you do and scammed if you don’t!

I got scammed on gumtree. The supposed landlord blocked me after i made payment. I will not recommed gumtree for anyone

My post was removed second after listing, I’ve been listing adds on GumtreeUK since 2016. Basically the response was we are not obligated to give you a reason and please don’t advertise on our platform, also couldn’t believe when I didn’t even get a refund and no answer. Very rude won’t advertise again on this platform!!!!!