Is Gumtree safe to sell a phone?

Legacy_user

I have visions of someone turning up and running of with my iPhone or something, but after an ebay disaster it seems like the only option, would you recommend it?

iieee

What was the ebay disaster? There's usually steps you can take to make sure things go smoothly, if you haven't already.

As for gumtree, it *should* be safe with cash on collection, you'll probably get harrassed by lots of nigerian scammers though. I don't know, TBH, when I sold an expensive mobile on ebay once there was someone that wanted to collect and he was very persistent, kept trying to lower the price and generally badger me and in the end he was freaking me out so I blocked him.

System

iieee wrote: »

What was the ebay disaster? There's usually steps you can take to make sure things go smoothly, if you haven't already.

As for gumtree, it *should* be safe with cash on collection, you'll probably get harrassed by lots of nigerian scammers though. I don't know, TBH, when I sold an expensive mobile on ebay once there was someone that wanted to collect and he was very persistent, kept trying to lower the price and generally badger me and in the end he was freaking me out so I blocked him.

Its an expensive phone, I'd never sold anything expensive on ebay before, as soon as the money hit my paypal account it got limited and I dont have details to remove the limitation

Bowling_4_Gold

Personally, I would meet with the buyer in a public place. It minimizes the risk, because there will be others around. I've done this plenty of times, and it has worked out OK. Also, it sounds a little far fetched, but the buyer will know who is in, at your house, and how to gain access, and the positions of high-value items - if you catch my drift.