Sam
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Can't remember if I asked you lot this before, but would anyone attempt to sell a car on eBay?
Better than advertising it on Auto Trader?
I can't be arsed to fix my Astra any more! 
Might just sell it now and use the bus  till November then I can buy my Scooby!
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S1MON
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i wouldnt bother to many timewasters and you want get anywhere near a decent price
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Carly
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Put in autotrader aswell, just make sure you put on your ebay advert that you withhold the right to withdraw from sale as its advertised elsewhere. My brother sold a 106 quicksilver on ebay last week, no problem at all,people tended to ring and come and see the car before bidding. Theres a lot of dodgy deals though i bet
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Sam
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What about if the car you wanna sell has umm... one or two issues with it... 
See when I bought the car the previous owners never told me what was wrong with it/about to break, which ended up with me spending pretty much more than I paid for the car in terms of parts/repair work etc. and I would rather tell prospective buyers about the problems it still has rather than keep quiet about it - don't want the new buyers having a go at me etc. etc.
Just dunno what to do... 
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Dan Lewis
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i sold a old polo on ebay, only fired on 3 cylinders, but put in the adverts "runs but poorly" still got £150 for it
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Sam
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Well in my case the engine performs like a 1.0 and it seems to be drinking a bit more oil than usual. I suspect either worn valve stem oil seals or piston rings.
I've seen them go on AT for about £1200-£1500, reckon I could get at least half that? Especially if I stuck it up on eBay?
I know I could get a compression test done etc. etc. but I just got to the point now where I CBA doing anything with it any more.
I've even bought a full Astra Sport interior to go in there too (still have to pick it up ) I'm just loathed to spend any more money on it.
It's only an Astra at the end of the day, it ain't nothing special.
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AndyCorsa
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I tried to sell my Corsa on there once. Got a lot of time wasters though emailing me asking me stupid questions and making me stupid offers like 3.5K! TBH though, I got more response on Ebay than Autotrader. I got nothing but sales calls when I stuck it on Autotrader 
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Carly
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Registered: 21st Aug 03
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Id say ebay is custom built for cars that "have one or two issues" be honest and some gimp will buy it anyway
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Sam
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I think it'll be cheaper/easier to advertise the car on eBay than on AT?
My car is pretty much standard bar stainless steel exhaust, smoked side repeaters, de-badged and no door side strip thingies.
Aside from the engine woes it's in pretty good nick I thought. Just needs someone with a bigger bank balance than me to finish fixing it!
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Sam
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quote:
Originally posted by Carly
Id say ebay is custom built for cars that "have one or two issues" be honest and some gimp will buy it anyway
I couldn't sell a car without telling the prospective buyer(s) about its faults. Bad karma and all that...
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Carly
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bless ya cotton socks
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Sam
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It's true though, with my luck some heavies would come round and beat me to a bloody pulp or something!
I would never make a good car salesman, I don't have it in me to rip people off!
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