Gumtree targets time-wasters and dishonest sellers in social campaign
Online marketplace Gumtree has launched a new campaign – Keep Gumtree Real – which aims to improve the user experience by encouraging trust and responsibility.
Former TV host Jason Dundas fronts the campaign offering up tips on online etiquette and highlighting the most annoying practices on the site.
James Walmsley, senior marketing manager at Gumtree, said the campaign aims to bridge the gap between the on and offline worlds.
Hello please explain the star rating system. You can rate the user after only two replies the the conversation. I had a buyer haggling me and I deleted the conversation after telling him I was not interested in posting the item. He had left me 1 Star and and comment without buying anything just because he did not get what he wanted. The rating system should only be available after a sale. These people who offer half your listed price can leave bad user rating because sellers they don’t get their own way. This is not a very effective system.
Regards
Jane
Gumtree star rating review system is worthless, because the ratings are done by the vendors themselves (using a separate account) to praise themselves. FAKE!!!!!