Ebay with its fingers in GUMTREE !

[herveybaybloke]

Just a heads up to anyone trying Gumtree as an alternative.

I did an ad on Gumtree and paid $2 for a highlighted ad. On my bank statement it showed the money going to ebay billing! 

[2106greencat]

Yup, they sure do Hervey, they own part of paypal as well - greedy little buggers aren't they ?

[4green2000]

I sell a few things on gumtree (free listing) and to be honest,its been good. Im also waiting for the day where you cant put up a free ad anymore.They are getting as many people onboard and publicity as possible, then hit them hard just like their greedbay site. Wait and see

[x3n0m]

YEs and whats more the  ACCC allowed ebay to buy out Gumtree and Go Fish but it won't let Carsales buy out the Trading Post .. funny that huh? .. in fact over the years the ACCC has repeatedly allowed ebay or their affiliate to buy Australian enterprise websites and close them down with no repercusions (yahoo bought sold.com.au and immediately closed it and redirected users to ebay they then blocked IP addresses from selling via yahoo auctions!!) .. the ACCC is meant to be the government body that actually protects Australians from monopoly and anti competitive practices but has obviously rated tax dodging multi nationals who receive payment directly to their Swiss bank account as "very special" and Australian based businesses as fodder .. ebay even put in a 1 billion dollar bid to buy our Auspost but luckily the offer was rejected as being a billion to thin .. could you imagine the chaos this country would be in if/when ebay expand their operations into our utilities? ..

[saarzi]

Come in spinner 😉

They brought Gumtree in 2005 I think...... a DECADE ago.

[x3n0m]

That should have read as ... (yahoo bought sold.com.au and immediately closed it and redirected users to ebay they then blocked AUSTRALIAN IP addresses from selling via yahoo auctions!!)

[herveybaybloke]

OK. I didnt know. I have used ebay for about that time. Ive been happy with ebay until the first cracks started appearing around last october-ish. Last month was the first ever try of Gumtree. I learnt pretty quick what is happening there! Now Ebay is a scammers playground. All you need to do is buy something and in 3 days claim a refund. Ebay will refund you in full and let you keep the item. No more selling for me.

[digital*ghost]

I'm actually quite interested to see if / how the Gumtree-exclusive PayPal policies will affect the site (no buyer protection, but automatic seller protection - no documentation required, last I read). Kind of the opposite of eBay, in a way.

[streetbeastshop]

they want to privatise auspost and the lucky winner will be, 2 guesses if you need them.

[whiznumber6]

This isn't exactly a secret - they've owned for quite a long time...

If you look at the bottom of a Gumtree page, it quite clearly says "Ebay International". Used to say "An eBay company".