Archie
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As title really, had the Golf on Gumtree for 2 weeeks now, just being offered straight swaps for cars that i dont want, or are worth nowhere near what i want for the Golf.
Is it worth the ridiculous listing and end fee's to hope the buyer turns up?
Fed up looking at it, desperate to get a B' project on the go.
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N3CRO
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Sold my Corsa after just 5 days of being on eGay but my dad's Golf never sold on there despite lots of watchers. Its abit hit and miss sometimes me thinks.
Just curious, whats Gumtree like? I thought it was abit dodgy but alot of ppls seem to use it now.
[Edited on 10-02-2012 by TheNobleOne]
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.Matt
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Ebay is good, not for selling cars i've found but for advertisement.
I usually find many people wanting to come view and offer straight cash there and then.
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Liam-Wilko
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this might sound stupid but i use all sorts of sites including Facebook and iv had more success selling on facebook than anywere els just by taging people in the pic.
cars do sell on e-bay but you run the risk like you said not turning up or even turning up and walking away worth a try if you do it put on the advert non refunderbal deposit withing 24 hours of aution end 
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Archie
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quote:
Originally posted by TheNobleOne
Just curious, whats Gumtree like? I thought it was abit dodgy but alot of ppls seem to use it now.
[Edited on 10-02-2012 by TheNobleOne]
It's alright, you can break it right down to local cars etc but there is a lot of shite on it.
Managed to shift my old mans mondeo easily because he just wanted to swap it.
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richc
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I bought and sold large majority of my cars and motorbike via ebay.
From a few hundred quid to £7000. Ive never had any look with auto trader, not even a call. I bought my current tdi golf on ebay this week.
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andys sxi
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Have you put it on car forums? Have you looked at putting it on pistonheads?
April 08 feature car
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N3CRO
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quote:
Originally posted by Archie
quote:
Originally posted by TheNobleOne
Just curious, whats Gumtree like? I thought it was abit dodgy but alot of ppls seem to use it now.
[Edited on 10-02-2012 by TheNobleOne]
It's alright, you can break it right down to local cars etc but there is a lot of shite on it.
Managed to shift my old mans mondeo easily because he just wanted to swap it.
Cool, wanting to swap my 206 once its fixed so might try that site.
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DaveyLC
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Just use eBay Classified Ad's.. That way the listing runs for 28 days and you don thave to worry about some gimp winning and not paying.
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johnhara1
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It will definitely sell on eBay, but chances are it will do nowhere near it's true value, everyone wants everything for nothing on there.
Then, it has so many time wasters, the chances are the winning bidder will have 0 feedback, is 400 miles away and doesn't turn up.
Then all the genuine bidders, dont accept the 2nd chance offers because they think you were bidding it up on a mates account, which you probably were tbh.........
I use eBay as a last resort. Auto Trader and Gumtree is the best imo.
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Liam-Wilko
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IMO if you wanna sell a car advertise it everywere facebook, gumtree, auto trader, pistonheads, on hear, signs up in windows, other car forums so on so on
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Jed D
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quote:
Originally posted by Archie
As title really,
NO!
'hi can i come view your nice auto car next week please very much. i can give you a deposit next month or two when my granny gives me my pocket money for cutting her grass, however i need the for next week to do deliveries. you could keep 1 key and il take the car with the other please thank you lots'
or
on a £1500 buy it now
'hi will you take 600, can pay real life cash today'
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Christopher
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No insertion fees this weekend!!
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sand-eel
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Fucking hell, thats the same as me, was selling a car for £1500 would you take £600...no ok £800 final offer.....PISS OFF!!!
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Anty
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took me months to sell my astra via ebay, no luck.. price was up and down like a yoyo..lol manged to sell it finally.. £540 .. meh was costing me a fortune to run..
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Mattb
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I sold my freelander within 25mins of putting it on eBay..
My advise would be use the classified ad with best offer - it cost me like £15 for a 30 day listing and theres no final value fee
Wouldnt bother with an auction - waste of time
[Edited on 10-02-2012 by Mattb]
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Anty
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quote:
Originally posted by Mattb
I sold my freelander within 25mins of putting it on eBay..
My advise would be use the classified ad with best offer - it cost me like £15 for a 30 day listing and theres no final value fee
Wouldnt bother with an auction - waste of time
[Edited on 10-02-2012 by Mattb]
did that, still no intrest...
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random dav
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I have sold a few using classified with best offer
WRLFC !
Project cars
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Daveskater
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I bought both my cars off eBay, but didn't bid so much as go round and offer them cash. Sold my old B on pistonheads in the end. Had interest on eBay but mostly offers way below the listed price. I did get one offer for £60 more than it sold for in the end, good old hindsight
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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thegsi
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My LCR was on there 2 hours and I had 3 emails. The next day, it was gone
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N3CRO
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quote:
Originally posted by Daveskater
I bought both my cars off eBay, but didn't bid so much as go round and offer them cash. Sold my old B on pistonheads in the end. Had interest on eBay but mostly offers way below the listed price. I did get one offer for £60 more than it sold for in the end, good old hindsight
I got some idiot offering £400 for my Corsa a week after I sold it Cheeky badger
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Archie
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I was going to list it tomorrow, but i've burst my 2nd sump in as many weeks  FFUUU.
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Jed D
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best experiance iv had with buying a car via ebay is the ones with a reserve on.
my current corsa ended on £320ish reserve not met, cos people tend to avoid reserve auction... so i kindly messaged the lad a £500 offer after it had ended (already aware his reserve was £600) he said aye come and view. extra bartering upon viewing lead to me getting it for £420 hahaha
v reg 1.6 sport with full jamex kit, exhaust, astra alloys and a dirty engine bay hahaha...
now people say i'd fetch about a grand and i haven't spelt a great deal on it
it had a lot of test too
[Edited on 11-02-2012 by Jed D]
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deano87
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Sold my Punto through eBay Classifieds ad.
Nothing else worked, including paying for AutoTrader.
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M2RTY
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I you cant sell a car you ate either asking more than it is worth or are very bad at selling
14.99 to list a classiied add on ebay for 28 days, no fees besides that once sold
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