Hi, has anyone else ever had this issue with Gumtree?
The account was fine until I posted a phone ad. I have spoken to many live chat people but none of them even bother telling me the reason why my access has been restricted permanently. I even checked the posting rules and I am pretty sure a mobile phone isn't illegal.
Please share your experiences below if anyone has ever heard of this before.
Thanks.
Seems a bit harsh.. he wasn’t asking you to fix it for him.
Maybe someone else is selling the same phone for a lot more so they reported your phone as stolen to get rid of some competition.
Similar to the forum posts Hybroid posted, my account was also blocked after posting a few items in Gumtree. My little theory for the block was that someone attempted to flag my items as fake (they were brand new, still sealed etc). I would've rectified the issue and showed my receipt as proof of purchase but I just got blocked by Gumtree instantly.
I just moved on and continued to sell on Facebook Marketplace & eBay (back when they had the no selling fee promo).
Did any potential buyers message you on Gumtree and start a chat? Either someone random reported your ad or someone you talked to reported the conversation you had with them.
my 3 accounts are working ok
There is obviously a very real reason. It is simply you do not know what it is.
We don't either, but someone at Gumtree will……when you get to the right someone.
Doesn't really matter if anyone else has heard of this or not. Your account is blocked. Nothing we can do about that.
Create a new one or try a different selling platform.