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Thread: What's the most expensive thing you've ever bought on Gumtree?

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    R109k for a Volvo S40 on Tuesday.

    Flew up to JHB to collect the car without even seeing it. The gamble paid off, awesome car and awesome previous owner.

    Also R112k for a Honda Jazz in April. Same story as above.

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    I bought a R600k house off gumtree, private sale. I rented a house in PE which was on gumtree.

    I sold a Nokia N70 for R2600 off gumtree.

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    nothing

    and it cost me nothing


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    The husband bought a gaming pc for 5k 6 months ago, motherboard blew this week but he still maintains it was a good buy.
    He also bought some recording music gadget for 3.5k. He responded to an ad for someone wanting to swap their Nokia cell for a blackberry...I was convinced he was going to get conned but apparently not..cell still in perfect working condition thankfully.

    I don't take chances will big buys on gumtree. Not as trusting as him lol.

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    Bought a car for R200k and sold a car for R100k.

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    Quote Originally Posted by froot View Post
    You got ripped off
    That was almost 3 years ago

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    Quote Originally Posted by DarthCat View Post
    That was almost 3 years ago
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    Quote Originally Posted by Carol35 View Post
    The husband bought a gaming pc for 5k 6 months ago, motherboard blew this week but he still maintains it was a good buy.
    He also bought some recording music gadget for 3.5k. He responded to an ad for someone wanting to swap their Nokia cell for a blackberry...I was convinced he was going to get conned but apparently not..cell still in perfect working condition thankfully.

    I don't take chances will big buys on gumtree. Not as trusting as him lol.
    c'mon you are not conning us....there are no women on the interwebs

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    Quote Originally Posted by Carol35 View Post
    The husband bought a gaming pc for 5k 6 months ago, motherboard blew this week but he still maintains it was a good buy.
    After six months of use you can hardly blame the seller.

    He also bought some recording music gadget for 3.5k. He responded to an ad for someone wanting to swap their Nokia cell for a blackberry...I was convinced he was going to get conned but apparently not..cell still in perfect working condition thankfully.
    I've done this many many times. Never really had a problem with it. The other week I sold a 1tb drive on there which went in a few days for some reason but we managed to get it RMA'd and it was all fine. A couple of months ago we picked up a 3-piece suite of cream leather couches quite new perfect condition, worth about r20k... for 4k. Gumtree's done alright by us.
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    Quote Originally Posted by cerebus View Post
    After six months of use you can hardly blame the seller.


    us.
    Nope, we didn't blame the seller at all but..lol..buuuut, I did snidely mention to him that if he had forked out the money for a new machine back then when we actually had the money....he wouldn't have stressed to replace the motherboard now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Carol35 View Post
    Nope, we didn't blame the seller at all but..lol..buuuut, I did snidely mention to him that if he had forked out the money for a new machine back then when we actually had the money....he wouldn't have stressed to replace the motherboard now.
    Is it possibly in warranty still?
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    Quote Originally Posted by cerebus View Post
    Is it possibly in warranty still?
    I'm not sure actually...he was in such a state of panic, don't think he even bothered to check. It's been replaced already but will tell him to find out if it is actually...I could do with an upgrade myself.

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    Quote Originally Posted by satanboy View Post
    c'mon you are not conning us....there are no women on the interwebs
    Me?? Con you guys??? Neeeeever!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Carol35 View Post
    I'm not sure actually...he was in such a state of panic, don't think he even bothered to check. It's been replaced already but will tell him to find out if it is actually...I could do with an upgrade myself.
    If it's a common brand and it was relatively new when he got it you should have warranty left. Do you have proof of purchase?
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    R2500 Basset.

    6 months later he had eaten through around R5k worth of furniture and appliances, he had cost us in excess of R12k in veterinary bills which included the cost of having a swallowed berry surgically removed.

    So just shy of R20k!!!

    We gave him away to friends living on a farm.
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