Best place to sell a car?

andygb

Getting rid of the missus' Mazda 3, and was wondering what the best place to sell a car nowadays is, I had assumed Auto Trader, is it still up there?

verityboo

Gumtree is free so worth a try. Ebay is the only thing that has worked for me - using a classified ad (not auction), costs about £15 from memory to list.

coinxoperated

Autotraders really good. It costs a small amount, but I had 30 calls in the first day for my old Peugeot

Tomby1

From mine and others experiences, Gumtree is great for cars under £1,000 but not so good for anything more expensive. Ebay is OK but you won't necessarily get too many leads. Autotrader is more expensive but you are more likely to get people contacting you to buy - however you'll need to make sure you are one of the best priced vehicles as it is a lot easier for people to compare prices on Autotrader.

beth.stephenson2009

Another vote for autotrader. The mini i was looking today- i contacted the bloke at 6pm and he told me he had listed it yesterday and had already had 3 people to come and have a look at it. Got a call back about 9.30 to tell me he had sold it, so only a day- and it was an automatic which obviously isnt as popular as manuals
I would look on autotrader, ebay and gumtree for price ideas and price it competivley to get the most intrest

andygb

coinxoperated wrote: »

Autotraders really good. It costs a small amount, but I had 30 calls in the first day for my old Peugeot

I started putting the details in yesterday, but then thought about picures of the vehicle. Do I take them myself or do they send someone out like in the old days? Not a problem if I have to take them, just wondering.

Tomby1

andygb wrote: »

I started putting the details in yesterday, but then thought about picures of the vehicle. Do I take them myself or do they send someone out like in the old days? Not a problem if I have to take them, just wondering.

You take them yourself. I believe they stopped sending people out around 07/08.

Remember to take all the money shots (front, back, both sides, dashboard, mileage and general interior)

andygb

Tomby1 wrote: »

You take them yourself. I believe they stopped sending people out around 07/08.

Remember to take all the money shots (front, back, both sides, dashboard, mileage and general interior)

:beer:

All done, now sit back and wait - - and wait - - -and wait:D

Oh yes, I nearly forgot about all the spam calls I will get from firms promising me that they have a buyer for my car - if I pay them £XXX :rotfl:

R34GTT

Pistonheads - sold my last two cars on there. It's free to use.

fivetide

R34GTT wrote: »

Pistonheads - sold my last two cars on there. It's free to use.

Nope it's been a tenner for nearly a year although it can be a good site depending on the car.

5t.

R34GTT

fivetide wrote: »

Nope it's been a tenner for nearly a year although it can be a good site depending on the car.

5t.

I had my last car advertised with no charge at all. I had it listed in 3 different sections too. Sold last weekend for the asking price. I just had a look on the main classified page and it does say £9.99 but I seem to recall that when I submitted my advert it said something along the lines of 'as a loyal member of Pistonheads this advert is free of charge'. Not sure what constitutes being loyal to them as I rarely login to the site.

EDIT: Just found this info
http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=24046

It's free if you've been a member since 2009. Looks like moving forward it'll be free for anyone who's been registered on the site for over 3 years.