Why are gumtree buyers not willing to pay much?

Question

somethings are really hard to sell on gumtree. i put a windows 98 pc for £10 and no one wanted to buy it, it was there for more then a week only timewasters contacted me. but on ebay the bid went up to £50 and the postage cost was £10. on ebay the postage cost was the same price as the whole cost on gumtree. i never expected the bid to go that high. and also i put a 1gb official memory card and on gumtree no one would buy it for £10 not even £5 and on ebay it was sold for £15.

i just dont get why. i thought ebay was the cheapest.

Answer 1

Gumtree is known for things to be sold extremely cheaply (like a flea market) or for things to be given away. Thats how I come accross it in the first place I heard people talking about it.

Ebays alot better for selling as all types of people go on there I'm sure people with no money hardly just use Gumtree to be honest.