Advice on selling car please

maimee_magic

Thought I'd seek some help with selling my car please. It's an 04 Focus. Would ebay be best or should I put it in Autotrader. Any advice greatly appreciated.:beer:

maimee_magic

Nobody got any advice for me?

emmell

If you put it on ebay don't put 99p start, no reserve and "I have the right to remove as it's advertised elsewhere". This puts me off straight away and I wouldn't be interested.
We recently bought a BMW 3 series for my son, it was advertised at £7,495 buy it now and £7,000 starting bid. That way we knew how much he really wanted for the car and if we took our time to travel to view it we knew that we could buy it without waiting for the auction to end. We viewed it and bought it for £7,350 and drove it home, no messing about on either side.
You could also try Gumtree or Preloved as these are free.
ML.

december

Some people also advertise on pistonheads, I think it's free.

minnie123

Pistonheads is free but I don't think it's great for selling a car unless it's a sporty hot hatch or similar. Ebay is ok but people usually want a bargain off there. I would go for the autotrader I have found it to be the most successful and I have sold a lot of cars. Don't forget Quidco.

neilmcl

minnie123 wrote: »

Pistonheads is free but I don't think it's great for selling a car unless it's a sporty hot hatch or similar. Ebay is ok but people usually want a bargain off there. I would go for the autotrader I have found it to be the most successful and I have sold a lot of cars. Don't forget Quidco.

I'd disagree. Pistoneheads is a great site for selling all types of car, besides as its free so you have nothing to lose. On thing to think about is make sure you cover up your number plate in any pics your using to advertise.

aqueoushumour01

i'd try pistonheads first and then autotrader if no joy. try to price your car objectively rather than basing it on other peoples' cars - if they're are too expensive then so will yours and it won't sell. price too high and you'll have no interest as there are plenty of these cars about. pricing too low may suggest it's not very good so strike a balance.

maimee_magic

Thanks everyone for your advice. Neil, why should I cover up my number plate?

neilmcl

maimee_magic wrote: »

Thanks everyone for your advice. Neil, why should I cover up my number plate?

Car cloners have been known to use sites like pistonheads & autotrader to get hold of registration details.