[Ninka]

Hello....I am trying to sell an item on here and all the enquires I got are to send my item abroad. In my add I am saying I would accept cash only, but people keep asking for my paypal account. I was wondering ...is it possible to sell anything at all?

[gums]

yes it is possible as you do get the odd few people in your local area that will meet face to face like i have said before there are many scammers on this site working all the time adds that are scams replys to adds that are scams half the people or even more then that are scammers on here just the thing about this site can be a real pain selling something on here as this kinda thing happens all the time its annoying

[montyzuma]

Hi Ninka,
gumtree is meant for face to face trading
ignore anyone who is far away
esp abroad

I wouldnt even reply to them, just ignore.

never touch western union or moneygram
always used by scammers

watch out for cheque overpayment scams (google it)

you must have something worth while to sell or
scammers wouldnt be after it

best of luck

[Ninka]

Thanks for the advise. Will be very careful. No way to send my item wherever.

[hellsbells2719]

[quote="montyzuma"]Hi Ninka,
gumtree is meant for face to face trading
ignore anyone who is far away
esp abroad

I wouldnt even reply to them, just ignore.

never touch western union or moneygram
always used by scammers

watch out for cheque overpayment scams (google it)

you must have something worth while to sell or
scammers wouldnt be after it

best of luck[/quote

Thanks so much for this information, I am new to online buying and selling and got this 'very polite' type of response, the overseas , and overpaid cheque type. I actually phoned the gardai as i didnt know where to find info as to authenticity of e-mails and he was very helpful and told me how common this is. so thanks, and i am wiser now!! lol