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Why’s it so hard to sell cars on here
- Thread starter paddymph
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I found a buyer for my old 16V on here. Depends on the car really - most people want a dealer warranty if theyre looking at a £5k+ purchase, so classified buys have to have a real price advantage.
Id imagine a Phase2 172 like yours would be for sale at £8.5k+, which will attract a lot of competition from garages. Not so for a £3k 16V or rare as hell Williams.
Astra 1.9cdti XP
I sold mine straight away!!
Distance - Most people are unwilling or unable to travel the length of the country to view a car they might not even buy.
Judgement - Its often hard to judge a car by a description and photos on a website, and the whole business of buying cars online makes people aprrihensive.
Also, chances are if you wont be visiting this site much if you dont have a clio already, thus you wont be looking to buy one.
That said, there are always exceptions to this..
I disagree with the not prepared to travel scenario. I travelled ffrom Leeds to Livingston for my 172, firstly to view, saw it and within 5 mins i had put my deposit down. Three days later travelled back up and picked it up.
Great fun driving down the motorway
I dont see why its such a hassle to do some travelling to find your perfect partner!! hehe
also as soon as anyone advertises a car, no matter what price they put people with no interest in the car will start saying what they think its worth, usually making the car seem expensive when in reality its not...
a car is worth what someones willing to pay, and with the likes of the 16v, its value is way out from any book prices etc, and totally dependent on each cars merits.
look through the sale section to see all the my mate sold his with less miles for 2 grand less than that crap.... cars for sale should be PM only or something, then only genuine constructive interest gets through.
The Jinx
Ive had no luck, but then Im selling a dci 80! Even with my proclamations regarding bang for insurance/fuel buck no ones interested.
Ive sold plenty of cars through forums/websites. Ive also bought 3 which I spied in the same way. Travelled to Chester to buy my Impreza without seeing it, and London to buy my Cup. Its all part of the adventure!
Same goes for parts - bought an exhaust from someone on here, and sold it to someone here too! Sold tons of parts on ScoobyNet without a single problem.IMHO buying through a website which caters to enthusiasts means you have a greater chance of buying a decent car (or bits for cars) thats been well looked after. Especially when youre able to get a feel for the seller/buyer through previous posts - Id not be as comfortable buying from someone few posts.
I dont think distance is a problem, I got the train to Brighton with 4 1/2 grand in my pocket to buy my car without seeing it from a dealer. I got all the info I wanted over the phone and made sure he wasnt mailto:f@cking">f@cking me about [he didnt know I had the money when I bought the car and couldnt believe it when I paid in cash]. I think its hard to sell on here because we all have the cars we want [although I want a 172 next and will look on here first, didnt know about the forum until after I bought my car !!!].
Id have to agree with BenR, prices are higher than elsewhere as the owners are entusiasts so love thier cars and dont wana let them go for peanuts. At the end of the day tho what you are selling it worth whatever someone else is willing to pay, regardless of what any books/guides say.
Well I sold mine......through autotrader. Got loads of calls from people wanting to sell my car for me, saying "we have people looking to buy a car like yours right now, pay us a fee and we will put your car on the database. We will get these people to view your car. blah blah blah." what a load of crap, but it was fun making them think I was falling for their sales pitch, then just when they think they;ve got it in the bag telling them Nah not interested just to hear their reaction.
ditto, had a call from some bloke in orlando florida a few days ago saying i won a trip worth 1300 quid.
WEnt through the chat (about 30 mins), he pitch which was GOOD, saying i would me my GFs hero, gave me a guided tour with pic on teh net, kept saying stuff like "but dont fotget to pack your bathing suit cause your gonna get wet!".....i was laughing so hard.
at the end, 580 off quid needed on a credit card and it doesnt include flights.
Ok i thought, nice pitch, it really was.......then at the end, i started givng him my credit card numbers until the last 4! hahahaha.....then said no thanks, no cash.
Man, his voice.....killer good fun!
lol...the day i bought my williams, i travelled over 700 miles and saw 6 cars.all in the same day
when id put the deposit down on mine, in kent, drove back home in the valver, another 350 miles hehe
goin down for it the week after was ok cos i was workin in slough at the time...........driving it back up the m1 at 3 am was he best bit tho hehe hit the limiters in 5th within an hour of buyin it....for educational reasons of course hehe
