Let us know what we can change at Gumtree to make it better?

malko · Joined: 04 May 2008 Posts: 1

Can we have design back in a seperate category to strippers? I don't need to plought through hundreds of ads for exotic dancers to get to the odd 5 or so ads for graphic designers/artworkers/whatever each day. Cheers mate.

davey1 · Joined: 04 May 2008 Posts: 1

i've sent a question re a advert that is not allowed in the services section of the sheffield gumtree,is it because i'm not paying for the privelage

ChopChop_Onion · Joined: 07 May 2008 Posts: 23 Location: London

joginder singh foley · Joined: 14 Aug 2007 Posts: 4384 Location: LONDON

How about finding some way to stop [preferably permanantly] the porn spam which appears on an allmost daily basis in Community and Madhouse Question

ashleighlou · Joined: 14 May 2008 Posts: 2

* created a log in system for when you post ads so you dont have to re enter your details every time. that way you can keep track of your ads and maybe have a mail box system

* acctually post the ads when people create them!

* give the housing section a different lay out

* use a white back ground instead of yellowish green, will look more professional

* stop stupid job spam emails... like earn $199 in 10 minutes! were not even in america!

* stop people reposting their ads everyday... with a log in system it will stop people just creating loads of the same ads

wolves · Joined: 09 May 2008 Posts: 7

A login / user system where you can create and store your ads would be very good. And also preventing reposting every day could work well.

NewB · Joined: 23 May 2008 Posts: 1

My feature ad was for 1wk from 19th May, but it has been off since thurs 22/05/08. Can you please rectify.

hekman · Joined: 25 May 2008 Posts: 7 Location: north west london

proudpommie · Joined: 26 May 2008 Posts: 4

Start rant.

Please, for the love of common decency and respect - STOP people posting adverts in the Casual Relationships section PURELY to obtain my email address to spam me s**t about their website and fake profile!
When I respond to an advert, I want to be SURE it's from a GENUINE, HONEST, SINCERE female who wants male company. I do NOT want my email used and abused by someone for them to SOLELY spam my email address with some porn-pedalling, lying, cheating scumbag sending me requests to go to a website to look at some ficticious profile, *usually American, what f**king use is that to me??!
When I respond I expect to either get an honest reply back from a genuine, sincere gal who's either not interested in seeing me, OR from an honest, genuine & sincere gal who DOES want my company.
If you keep allowing this to happen, your reputation as a good, trustworthy website will most likely fade to dust.
So far I'm highly unimpressed. Sex & intimacy is a basic anthropological necessity, and how I go about getting it shouldn't be judged or made a mockery of by anyone, least of all by fake, lying, scheming porn-bots who only want my email so they can send me spam!
Sorry if I sound pi**ed, but yes, I AM pi**ed; get over it.

Close rant. Peace.

hek_man · Joined: 21 May 2008 Posts: 1 Location: North West London

Whitehill1 · Joined: 16 May 2008 Posts: 3

Remove the automatic software that removes contentious posts as it so obviously doesn't actually work and respond to questions in a reasonable timeframe. That would be a fantastic start. Mad

Mick57 · Joined: 12 Jun 2008 Posts: 3

Is it possible to devide this section into Straight and Bi/Gay like in other areas this will hopfully stop us straight guys being inundated with replies from the gay and bi guys?????

Twanny · Joined: 17 Jun 2008 Posts: 3 Location: Home Counties

I think this has been mentioned before, but please is it possible to remove silly spam notices from the jobs section? There's one particular idiot who has been peppering the Reading & Oxford job sites with useless rubbish every day for ages now, and it's really annoying. E.g. 'How would u like to resolve a paypal dispute' and other spurious trash. Ideally it would be good if you could disable users who abuse the jobs notice boards in this way.

Thanks!

gums · Joined: 18 May 2008 Posts: 314

there are sooo many things that need sorting on here adds going missing is one for starters gumtree know what else they need to do its like they cant control the site need more people working for them or they need to maybe view closing the site down

lillyvalleys · Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 20

Roto · Joined: 11 Jul 2008 Posts: 1

We would like to see 'Holiday rental' on listings for each town please.

coopdv1 · Joined: 10 Oct 2007 Posts: 6 Location: London

MY ADS DO NOT GO ON EVEN AFTRE A DAY, THEY GET LOST, ASTRAY OR WHAT EVER YOU CALL IT. I AM REALLY ****** OFF WITH THE SITE AND KNOW LOOKING FOR A ALTERNATIVE SITE THAT IS BETTER. ALSO THE GUMTREE TEAM ARE USELESS. THEY DONT GET BACK TO YOU WITH A QUERIE. I AM STILL WAITING AFTER OVER A WEEK NOW! STILL GUMTREE NOW WILL SLIP DOWN THE RATINGS.... BY THE WAY THE GUMTREE IS LONDO AND THE CATEGORY IS SEVICES. Sad

coopdv1 · Joined: 10 Oct 2007 Posts: 6 Location: London

SCRAP THE SITE ITS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. AD GO ASTRAY AND SOME DONT EVEN MAKE GETTING ON......

ankitkr123 · Joined: 15 Jul 2008 Posts: 1

bobinessex · Joined: 30 Jul 2008 Posts: 5

Gumtree is slowly falling appart. I've posted over a dozen ads, and not one has appeared. Gumtree support is crap, they never reply, what do they do all day at work? I've had enough, I'm going to find another free ad site. Word quickly gets around Gumtree, won't be long before you've got no users unless you get thing fixed.

bobinessex · Joined: 30 Jul 2008 Posts: 5

I've just found out the Gumtree is owned by e-bay. is that why it's all gone to pot?

jhubb1 · Joined: 04 Aug 2008 Posts: 1

I'm starting to think I'm going a bit madd here. I could have sworn I placed a number of differen adds over the last few weeks but they don't seem to be showing - I must have imagined it!

Seriously though, if your advert doesn't get posted then you will naturally lose users. I know it's free, but even a free service wont be used when it doesn't work!

I hope it is sorted out soon. (A response to my non-existent add placed on Saturday would be good too!)

TheElement · Joined: 12 Jul 2008 Posts: 2297 Location: Leicester

Stick an ignore list on. Wink

magnificent · Joined: 15 Aug 2008 Posts: 1 Location: London

I would like to suggest that gumtree splits the massage section in two. One section for therapeutic massage and the other for adult services. When people log in to the section on therapeutic massage a notice should automatically appear stating that the services in this section do not include anything of a sexual nature and that it is offensive to ask.

At the moment the massage page is over run with services of a sexual nature and self regulation is NOT working.

Although gumtree policy does not currently allow ads of a sexual nature to be placed by individual therapists the sponsorship ads are full of such ads. Does gumtree have one policy for free ads and another for those that are paid for?

If so then an adult services section would probably work very well. If not then why are sponsors allowed to advertise such services?

All massage adverts should not have the option to post pics.

Le Compte De Yo Yo · Joined: 09 Aug 2008 Posts: 80 Location: North West England

I've only recently discovered Gumtree (must have led a sheltered life) but it's already quite good as it is. If anything, maybe developing the towns around the big cities and having Gumtree communities in them wud be gud.

But generally speaking it's a fantastic facility, I think. Hilarious forums, serious forums, intelligent debate, not so intelligent debate. There really isn't much like it around. So, yes, I'd love to see more of it in the smaller towns around the big cities.

Thanks.

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