VIVSSTREET - BEST AVOIDED
Vivastreet is one of five sites I use to advertise unwanted goods and I'm not interested in its seedy aspects. Messages to them when I query why some of my adverts have been rejected go unanswered. I advertised some swimwear on behalf of my wife and I got an automated message saying the item was in the wrong category. It couldn't have been in any other category than clothing, footwear and accessories!
The site is slow and cumbersome. You have to "size" any photo uploaded, you can't post more than one advert within a minute of another; one has to scroll down the screen to change to the next page, instead of the page numbers being at the top and bottom. The site asks for comments on how it can be improved but any suggestions are ignored.
Compared to Gumtree, Preloved and Shpock the site is a rank amateur. If you are not careful before you release your advert ,the tick box showing you want to use their protected number scheme, which costs a potential buyer money, continues to show despite the tick being removed. In my view this is a scam and all it does is suggest that a seller, such as myself, has something to hide.
It's a shady site, best suited to massage parlours and the like. For selling innocent items I find it's best to stick to Gumtree, Preloved and Shpock: on each of which I have managed to sell a good deal of stuff. On Viva Street? One item in two years!
I've had a couple of messages from VivaStreet in French with weirdoes
giving an email address and text at the bottom, in English, suggesting unsavoury matters even though I was just selling books! This site is best avoided if you are a decent person just wanting to sell items.
14 August 2018
Unprompted review