jono22
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Registered: 13th Apr 02
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Best place to sell a car on the net just now - ebay / pistonheads ?? excellent spec very low mileage fsh 2005 scooby wrx here that I just cant seem to shift, I know petrol prices, insu, roadtax etc put a lot off folk off these types off cars nowadays but there is still a big following for them and such examples are still very much saught after unfortunatly no interest in mine so far !!
ebay or pistonheads- one any better than the other or both full off the usual timewasters / chancers etc !!
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Ian
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They're both full of both, I've had about the same success with either of them.
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--ToM--
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i only bother with ebay if im desperate to sell something same with pistonheads as iv had over 20 cars now and sold and swopped them all through pistonheads and ebay, i now find gumtree and swapz and the relevant owners club forum for the car are the best places
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jono22
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Okay cheers for the info, tried the owners clucbs which are obviously full off other scoobies for sale !! gumtree will try .
the autotrader any good these days or a thing off the past with the web based sites out now ??
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
Location: Worcestershire Drives: Defender
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Always used autotrader with good results
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Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
Location: South East Kent Drives: E46 M3
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Autotrader, expensive but sold my cars within a couple of weeks
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mex
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Registered: 25th Apr 10
Location: East Yorkshire
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Gumtree, its free and simple i sell all my cars on there within the week, sold a rover 25 on there within 3 hours !
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taylorboosh
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autotrader is good
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AndyCorsaSport
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Location: Horsforth, West Yorkshire
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Id use piston heads first cause it's free 
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taylorboosh
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its not
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AndyCorsaSport
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Is for me.
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taylorboosh
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N3CRO
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Registered: 12th Apr 07
Location: Sandy, Bedfordshire
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I always put it on eGay and PH.
[Edited on 15-01-2012 by TheNobleOne]
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jono22
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How do you manage Pistonheads free adds ?? used to be free but not sure it is now ??
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AndyCorsaSport
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Free of you were registered before a certain date iirc.
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deano87
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Registered: 21st Oct 06
Location: Bedfordshire Drives: Ford Fiesta
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Tried my Punto on Auto Trader, Gum Tree, Pistonheads, Facebook and eBay.
Sold it to someone through eBay on a Classified listing. Do this, as most people may be put off by paying for a car through eBay.
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Corsa_Sport21
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Location: Leven, Fife. Drives : 205 GTi
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PH has hardly any cars for sale these days due to it not being free for most folk. I never look on there anymore.
Always sold and bought through Gumtree with no problems.
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jono22
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quote:
Originally posted by deano87
Tried my Punto on Auto Trader, Gum Tree, Pistonheads, Facebook and eBay.
Sold it to someone through eBay on a Classified listing. Do this, as most people may be put off by paying for a car through eBay.
Showing my ignorance here mate but just what is a classified listing on ebay ??
will try again on P/H as to be honest dont think I was logged onto the site just took it things had changed re fre ads.
thanks
P.s just tried PH but comming up £9.99 to sell car by premium advert, strange have advertsed number plate without costing ?? is there a non premium advert choice when listing a car on there ??
[Edited on 15-01-2012 by jono22]
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AndyCorsaSport
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quote:
Originally posted by jono22
quote:
Originally posted by deano87
Tried my Punto on Auto Trader, Gum Tree, Pistonheads, Facebook and eBay.
Sold it to someone through eBay on a Classified listing. Do this, as most people may be put off by paying for a car through eBay.
Showing my ignorance here mate but just what is a classified listing on ebay ??
will try again on P/H as to be honest dont think I was logged onto the site just took it things had changed re fre ads.
thanks
P.s just tried PH but comming up £9.99 to sell car by premium advert, strange have advertsed number plate without costing ?? is there a non premium advert choice when listing a car on there ??
[Edited on 15-01-2012 by jono22]
Classified on eBay is just a non bidding advert. Basically like a buy it now.
PH is only 1 sort of advert now. £9.99. Mines free but thi k you had to be registered before a certain date in 2009, and you can only sell a certain number per year or they start charging like my friend found out 
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deano87
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Registered: 21st Oct 06
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Yeah, Classified is just the opportunity to advertise to eBays audience, but no bidding or paying for on the web. You just take the advert down once you sell it on your driveway.
It is also a lot cheaper, as it's one fee for inserting, and no silly ~40% final value fees etc.
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Colin
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Only ever sold cars using Autotrader.
PH's & Ebay only attracted ridiculous offers & unwanted swaps.
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jono22
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Okay cheers so are the ebay classified cars for sale in the same section as the rest off the cars on ebay and would be found by any potential buyer during a normal search or are they in a sepearte section on ebay ?? tried searching but dont see where they are ?!
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deano87
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Registered: 21st Oct 06
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eBay listing ad shows first result with bids, 2nd result with Classified
http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/sell/adformatfees.html
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M2RTY
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i always sell on ebay, audience is huge. classified add every time, start slightly high, drop it down depending on watchers/offers etc
key is a good advert, well worded, all info you can put in, and a good set of photos
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jono22
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Registered: 13th Apr 02
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Okay great thanks for that, will certainly check it out, so there is only a listing fee no Final value fees / paypal fees etc, makes you wonder why fold bother advertsing outwith the classifieds ??!!
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