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Are there online places to sell a car for free?

QQQ
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Here are the prices of ebay and autotrader - http://www.surewise.com/car-warranty/articles/cost-advertising-ebay-autotrader/

Is there way to say no to those fat cats? Are there places to advertise a car for free?
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  • neilmcl
    neilmcl Posts: 19,460 Forumite
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    Pistonheads, Gumtree etc
  • How about recording a hilarious video test drive of your car in the style of Top Gear, uploading it to You Tube, then sharing it to all of your social media friends and see where it leads. Take advantage of some viral marketing?
  • neilmcl wrote: »
    Pistonheads, Gumtree etc
    You have to pay on Pistonheads now. Gumtree, friday adds, Craigs List are all ok.
  • prosaver
    prosaver Posts: 7,026 Forumite
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    gumtree is a fast seller
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  • jimjames
    jimjames Posts: 18,054 Forumite
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    Facebook? Local groups may be viable.

    Ultimately if you're after the best price and it's really not a complete dog then you may be better off paying for an ad. I really can't agree that £14.99 with Ebay is a "fat cat" price.
    Remember the saying: if it looks too good to be true it almost certainly is.
  • Richard53
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    QQQ wrote: »
    Is there way to say no to those fat cats? Are there places to advertise a car for free?
    Ebay and Autotrader certainly should advertise your car for no charge. And whatever work you do, you won't mind doing it for free either, will you? After all, you don't want to be thought of as a fat cat.


    Stick it outside your house with a sign in the window. Costs nothing.
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  • stator
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    gumtree has a lot more people using it these days. Give that a try. eBay is expensive and hardly anyone uses it for cars. If free doesn't get good interest pay autotrader.
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  • facade
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    I sold my last car on gumtree. Took a while, and there are a lot of time wasters who don't turn up (like anywhere I suppose).
    There is this "feature" on Gumtree, whereby you get what looks like a spam email, making an anonymous offer for the car, these amazingly are legit: people try to bid you down to see what you will take for it.

    The other problem is I gave gumtree my spare 'phone number, and it now gets a couple of PPI or ambulance chaser calls a day, so don't give them your main 'phone number. (could be co-incidence I suppose....)
    I want to go back to The Olden Days, when every single thing that I can think of was better.....

    (except air quality and Medical Science ;))
  • jimjames
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    stator wrote: »
    gumtree has a lot more people using it these days. Give that a try. eBay is expensive and hardly anyone uses it for cars. If free doesn't get good interest pay autotrader.
    Can you explain how £14.99 is expensive?

    I've sold my last 3 cars on Ebay at a wide range of prices. All sold to the first buyer so I don't agree that hardly anyone uses it.
    Remember the saying: if it looks too good to be true it almost certainly is.
  • s_b
    s_b Posts: 4,464 Forumite
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    you get out what you put in
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