| kz 
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 Registered: 9th Aug 02
 Location: Southend, Essex Drives: Mini Cooper S
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 | Been a long time since I've done so... my mate was moaning about the amount of calls you get saying "We have a customer looking for your car, pay us £1m and we will give you his number" etc. kind of bollocks. Is there anything you can actually write on the advert that will stop this from happening!? I hate time wasters
  
 I was thinking of saying something like initial contact via email only, then I shall provide my phone number or something, but would that put you off?
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| Brett 
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 Registered: 16th Dec 02 Location: Manchester
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 | Any advert with email only is usually alarm bells for a scam tbh. Just write 'no canvassers' or something like that.
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| fazza 
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 Registered: 7th Feb 08
 Location: Plymouth
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 | Just write no canvassers mate, if said email only i wouldnt go for it as probably a scam
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| adiohead 
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 Registered: 28th Sep 01
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 | I hate answering the phone, even to potential buyers
  
 I wasted £80 on Autotrader last year
  
 
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| Graham88 
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 Registered: 16th Apr 07
 Location: South East Kent Drives: E46 M3
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 | I just had a car advertised on there, didn't have any of those calls, just ones asking if I'd sold my car and did I want any tips or for them to advertise on their website for an additional fee, got motoring magazine emailed to me etc so glad it's not up there anymore
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| Brett 
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 Registered: 16th Dec 02 Location: Manchester
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 quote:Originally posted by Graham88
 didn't have any of those calls, just ones asking if I'd sold my car and did I want any tips or for them to advertise on their website for an additional fee
 
 Is that not what he's going on about?
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| fazza 
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 Registered: 7th Feb 08
 Location: Plymouth
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 quote:Originally posted by adiohead
 I hate answering the phone, even to potential buyers
  
 I wasted £80 on Autotrader last year
  
 
 
 
 you seen the 2.1 turbo zetec s on pistonheads adio?
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| adiohead 
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 Registered: 28th Sep 01
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 quote:Originally posted by fazza
 
 quote:Originally posted by adiohead
 I hate answering the phone, even to potential buyers
  
 I wasted £80 on Autotrader last year
  
 
 
 
 you seen the 2.1 turbo zetec s on pistonheads adio?
 
 
 I like the racing puma seats, but the engine doesn't interest me.
 
 Has to be a sigma engine.
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| Graham88 
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 Registered: 16th Apr 07
 Location: South East Kent Drives: E46 M3
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 quote:Originally posted by Brett
 
 quote:Originally posted by Graham88
 didn't have any of those calls, just ones asking if I'd sold my car and did I want any tips or for them to advertise on their website for an additional fee
 
 Is that not what he's going on about?
   
 Not going by what he said. Mine were asking if I wanted to advertise further for an additional fee, basically advertise on another car website. Or send me pointless shit by email.
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| Brett 
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 Registered: 16th Dec 02 Location: Manchester
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 | Yeah, same thing mate
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| Mike 
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  Registered: 20th May 06 Location: nr. Skipton, North Yorkshire
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 | Advertise a Nissan Primera on there for a good price, you won't be bothered with any phonecalls whatsoever
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| fazza 
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 Registered: 7th Feb 08
 Location: Plymouth
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 quote:Originally posted by Mike B
 Advertise a Nissan Primera on there for a good price, you won't be bothered with any phonecalls whatsoever
     
 
 I might try that
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| Bonney 
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 Registered: 14th Nov 04
 Location: St Helens
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 | Advertise it in the oldham evening newspaper, Phone will be ringing off the hook!
 
 Also needs a tissue box on the parcel shelf!
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| Jake 
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 Registered: 24th Jan 05
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 quote:Originally posted by adiohead
 I hate answering the phone, even to potential buyers
  
 I wasted £80 on Autotrader last year
  
 
 
 
 whats this all about
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| Brett 
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 Registered: 16th Dec 02 Location: Manchester
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 quote:Don't forget the CD on the mirorOriginally posted by Bonney
 Advertise it in the oldham evening newspaper, Phone will be ringing off the hook!
 
 Also needs a tissue box on the parcel shelf!
 
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| VegasPhil 
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 Registered: 16th Jan 05 Location: Fareham, Hants Drives: Octavia VRS
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 | Autotrader is easy.
 
 
 Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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| kz 
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 Registered: 9th Aug 02
 Location: Southend, Essex Drives: Mini Cooper S
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 | Never sold a car on Autotrader before as it goes but then I'm usually selling cheap crap on eBay
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