Needing to sell a car quickly - best sites?

MrsWassire

I was hoping there'd be a guide here but I can't find one.

I've got my car listed for a bargain price (cheapest I can find for year, model, miles), but still no interest. I'm guessing it's the time of year. I have it listed on Gumtree, Autotrader, and Facebook groups. The only interest I've had I'm pretty sure were scams! Literally not a single thing otherwise.

I've had quotes from most of the car buying websites but I know they all try and haggle you down on price over every little scratch and dent and so on. Any other things I'm missing here?

My problem is we move abroad next week, so I *have* to sell it before we go. I feel like I'm over a barrel here.

Sally_A

Can you not sell it a local recommended used car sales business?

Look for one who deals in similar vehicle stock.

You will only get trade price though.

MrsWassire

I've rung several places and they've just said they're not interested. Several places said they already have one of my car model (Citroen Grand Picasso) and only keep 1 or 2 in stock. I can ring some more places tomorrow though. The other problem is I don't really have time to go and get accurate valuations from dealers etc because we leave in a week, and I have so much else to do.

MrsWassire

Oh and I did get one quote from the dealer who sells Citroens in Aberdeen, it was the lowest I've had from anywhere - even lower than WBAC.com! The problem also is I live 60mi round trip from all these places.

SailorSam

Do you have a motor auction near you ?
Sure to sell. But at what price.

MrsWassire

Yes there's an auction, but not that I could sell it at in the next week unfortunately (especially with the holiday).

Al1x

how about ebay?

bobbymotors

What year / mileage / model / mileage/ condition/ auto or manual/ colour/ service history/price is it please?

DUTR

MrsWassire wrote: »

I've rung several places and they've just said they're not interested. Several places said they already have one of my car model (Citroen Grand Picasso) and only keep 1 or 2 in stock. I can ring some more places tomorrow though. The other problem is I don't really have time to go and get accurate valuations from dealers etc because we leave in a week, and I have so much else to do.

That model of vehicle is for a limited market, people that require the space maybe interested in that. But it's not a vehicle that will catch somebody on a whim that fancies another vehicle.
You may have to just wait until after your holiday.

MrsWassire

It's not a holiday, I'm emigrating, hence needing to sell by a certain day.

bobbymotors it's a 2012 (61 plate) with 44k mi, partial service history (think it was last serviced in Jan but is over on the miles), VTR+, auto, average condition (scratched passenger mirror back from a lovely anonymous person scraping it in a car park, the metal 'trim' that goes above the rear bumper has a crack in it that Motability didn't deem worth fixing, about 1" high at a guess), automatic with manual option as most of these seem to have, and it's red. Private sale valuation was £8.5k. I know I won't get that but I expect to get over £7k. If I was offered £7.5k right now I'd take it.

warehouse

Bad time to sell. Really drop the price, and I mean really drop it.