purple_corsa_gls
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Registered: 25th May 04
Location: Near Sunderland
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I'm trying to sell a 2003 Seat Leon TDI and wondering where is the best place, as there are a lot around so it won't stand out on Autotrader. Has anyone any ideas of where is best and where to get a decent price - Ebay seem to be a fair bit lower than most places.
Thanks
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Corsa_Sport21
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Registered: 13th Apr 08
Location: Leven, Fife. Drives : 205 GTi
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Can't go wrong with Gumtree tbh.
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Fro
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Registered: 20th Jun 06
Location: Rainham, Essex Drives: A3 2.0TDi Sport
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Ebay and Gumtree.
I use PH too but never usually autotrader as it's expensive.
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Norcy91
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Registered: 15th Sep 08
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I had my Corsa Sport up on Gumtree to start with, didn't really get much interest apart from some pointless swap offers.
Paid £14.99 for a Classified Ad on Ebay, had about 30 watchers after 10 days and sold it for not much less than my asking price within 2 weeks.
Also put an ad on Pistonheads for about £9.99 i think? Got a few emails from people on there, but still most of them were swap offers i wasn't looking for.
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Blobby17
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Registered: 27th Apr 12
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Sold a few cars on eBay. I tried Autotrader a couple of times but didn't have any luck. For the money you pay on AT, it's just means you get less money for your car.
I do like eBay. You are pretty much guaranteed the car will sell and if you get a time waster you get most of your money back. You can also send out Second Chance offers.
At the end of the day, your car has a market value and people will always want it cheaper. Sadly it is only worth what someone is willing to pay around the market value.
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Sunz
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: SE England
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quote:
Originally posted by Corsa_Sport21
Can't go wrong with Gumtree tbh.
I just got my Megane from Gumtree, it was only on there 3 days and it's mine now, was a nice advert.
Also sold my Corsa there within about 5 days, there is a lot of lazy adverts there where people don't show many pictures or write decent information but if you do it well you won't get complete numpties spamming you.
I personally have been looking for a while and didn't think ebay was that great in terms of volume so maybe your car will stand out there better, found it to be spammed with dealers wanting over the top prices and offering limited information and viewing chances.
good luck !
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Corsa_Sport21
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Registered: 13th Apr 08
Location: Leven, Fife. Drives : 205 GTi
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Ive lost count the amount of cars ive bought and sold via Gumtree. Plenty bargains to be had and decent for finding cars local. Only downside is that nowadays it seems to be the busiest place for selling cars. Put an ad up and within hours its 10 pages back. Fine if you're searching for something specific but not so good if you are just browsing for something random.
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mattk
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Registered: 27th Feb 06
Location: St. Helens
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Sold my transit on ebay in 8 hours 
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Fro
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Registered: 20th Jun 06
Location: Rainham, Essex Drives: A3 2.0TDi Sport
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quote:
Originally posted by mattk
Sold my transit on ebay in 8 hours
They love a Transit on there. I threw one on there and it went within a few hours, they messed about so i put it back on a few hundred quid higher and it went within a few hours again
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richc
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Registered: 24th Mar 07
Location: Ilkeston
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Ive sold all of my cars through ebay. Never had a sniff through Autotrader and pistonheads was just swops.
These were on cars ranging from £300 superminis to £2000 off roaders to £7000 hot hatches. I always put them on classified ad with best offer.
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chrisn1234
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Registered: 16th Oct 11
Location: Runcorn, Cheshire
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Pistonheads i have bought 2 corsa s off and sold one 
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RichR
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Registered: 17th Oct 01
Location: Waterhouses, Staffordshire
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Depends on the car, value and market in my experience-Disco had no interest at all on EBay but sold within 3days at a higher asking price on Autotrader. Golf sold on eBay in less than a week and after trying autotrader, eBay and gumtree for my a3, it finally sold through the local paper's classified website
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RichR
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Registered: 17th Oct 01
Location: Waterhouses, Staffordshire
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Oh and not once have I managed to sell anything on pistonheads
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Anty
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Registered: 19th Mar 08
Location: droitwich
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id say gumtree, personaly.. i tryed ebay for a yr, and still couldnt sell my car.. ended up with gumtree.. sold, with many faults..lol
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Jerham
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Registered: 18th Aug 04
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How's autotrader expensive? Its £10 for 2 weeks.
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