Any preferences between Auto Trader or Ebay Motors? Any experiences?

 

Other options welcome, Cheers.

Briskoda!

Put our Golf on autotrader last Saturday, first phone call about 10minutes later and sold that afternoon, result in an annoying kind of way because I took the £55 advert option.

from trying to sell a old car on a forum designed for that make and model seemed pretty fruitless as most of the people on there had/have the same make and model...

Gumtree worked out well for me. Cost nothing took 3 days to sell my car.

Autotrader was fast but I encountered several idiots including one who pretended to be a wee old lady who needed a car nice a cheap. When I disagreed the little lady voice cracked....

PH is free so that's worth a go anyway. Same make forums for selling cars is hard work unless it's an existing member after a model they know about. My Fabia didn't sell here and wasted several days with timewasters. In the end a WBAC equivalent had it.

Just remember the new legislation about the road tax...

It depends hugely on the age, type and value of the vehicle.

Some will go better on eBay, others on Autotrader, others through more specialist marketplaces like here or Pistonheads.

What is it?

I advertised mine here, Ebay and Autotrader. AT was a waste of money, I had some interest here and sold it to someone on Ebay.

It's my 2005 A4 2.0T SE for sale.

Reluctant sale as ended up with two cars due to having, then returning a contractors vehicle, then having to buy my own van just three weeks after purchasing the Audi, then trading my van in for the Octavia estate.

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I use Autotrader only for cars, it less hassle, advertise car, forget about it , some one rings up and comes and looks at it, a bit of haggling, pays the dosh and takes it away,   job done  .

Poxy Ebay auctions I hate with idiots asking questions on line, so you have to keep tuning in to answer daft questions,  someone wins and never hear from them again or comes round to collect the car and offers less than he bid. Dial into Ebay again start of the auction again, contact Ebay regarding the no show guy, loads of emails  .  You can go on like that more than once.  

There is a more pleasant way of course, sell on Briskoda Classifieds   .

Side of the road with a price in the window.

Your local Facebook cars for sale group. I've used mine to sell a few

Put our Golf on autotrader last Saturday, first phone call about 10minutes later and sold that afternoon, result in an annoying kind of way because I took the £55 advert option.

 

Disposable SIM (or one you use just for this purpose then leave idle for months on end). Never use your real number on gumtree, at etc.

Disposable SIM (or one you use just for this purpose then leave idle for months on end). Never use your real number on gumtree, at etc.

You can hide your number on auto trader. They ring a generated number which is linked to your real number. Works quite well at keeping you protected

Side of the road with a price in the window.

I did that and had gypsies approach me the next day. Had to tell them I'd just bought it and hadn't taken the signs out of the window yet as I'm so crap at haggling I'd expect to have ended up paying them to take the car away

It's not mine, it's my mates and he's told me not to take any less. Have a look, have a look and if it's not worth that to you, fair play and have a nice day.

PH is free so that's worth a go anyway. Same make forums for selling cars is hard work unless it's an existing member after a model they know about. My Fabia didn't sell here and wasted several days with timewasters. In the end a WBAC equivalent had it.

 

 Exactly the same way mine went in the end (WBAC). Sure I could have got a few hundred more but I felt it wasn't worth the hassle of it.