gumtree.com

Let’s get busy The last few weeks have been hectic. Between packing two houses, arranging finances and getting butt naked on stage for charity, I’ve realised that myself and my partner have a lot of furniture that won’t be able to fit into the new place all at the same time. Short of rotating the furniture out into the garden on a weekly or monthly basis, we decided it would be best to get rid of all the duplicate shi…stuff… ahem… that we have accumulated. A visit to the Gum My grandfather will hold onto anything. Bits of wood, packaging, any materials or objects that someone might wish to use ... more

This review is based on me ''trying'' to sell and ''trying'' to buy certain items on Gumtree. I write ''trying'' in inverted commas as that is the only way I can describe the relationship between myself and the adverts. I will talk you though what Gumtree is, how to sell and how to buy. If you have never heard of Gumtree or its use then I shall delve into a simple yet informative explanation. Here it goes.... What is Gumtree?? It is a website that allows you to post a free advertisement for pretty much anything you like. You can buy/sell anything from a packet of sweets to a car. You can ... more

Thought I would review a site that I check very often. www.gumtree.com Background Gumtree.com started back in March 2000 when a local classified ads and community site decided to connect people who were visiting the city or for people who planned to move here. Since those dark days Gumtree has went from strength to strength today they have over 1million hits per day, they are in 60 cities across 6 countries. These include UK, Poland, Ireland, New Zeland and others. In 2005 Gumtree became part Kijiji within Ebay The website When you first surf over to www.gumtree.com you are greeted with a ... more

Gumtree is a website dedicated to free ads of certain areas of the globe. It is advertised as UK n°1 website for classified ads but it has branches also in other Worldwide locations (Australia, Poland, New Zeland, Asia and South Africa) plus European and North American partners, meaning other websites called differently but offering the same service. The website is divided into main areas of the UK and each main city in those areas have their own space for posting your ads. So if you live in Manchester you will post your ads in your local area. Also the search of items for sale is local, there ... more

As I recently had a piece of very good fortune I found myself with a car to dispose of - a car which still has an MOT, and one which I fully intended to run myself for a couple of years yet so what to do? I'm tight fisted (sorry frugal as it should be known now) so I didnt want to go paying for listings on things like autotrader or the local paper, and I'm not a fan of ebay so for me at least ebay motors was out of the question. It didn't leave many options which I felt would be successful so while pondering I went off in search of my mums birthday pressie - a fishtank - which lead me to the ... more