Used car - casting the net wide enough?

AdrianC

If you're after a very precise spec, then it's more a question of how many were actually built and are actually on sale at any given time...

k6chris

I don't suppose you want a Red 2015 Roadster Cooper and you live in the East Midlands??? I am about to sell mine and I have the opposite problem of trying to work out where to advertise it!!

agrinnall

custardy wrote: »

What? Are you for real?
How exactly does buying through ebay make it any different to buying a car from Auto trader?

You're the one that lumped Gumtree, a place well known for scams, in with ebay, better than Gumtree but hardly on a par with buying through Autotrader.

custardy

agrinnall wrote: »

You're the one that lumped Gumtree, a place well known for scams, in with ebay, better than Gumtree but hardly on a par with buying through Autotrader.

Follow the same basic care as you would with any private sale and its just like buying from any other outlet.
Usually greed gets people scammed on Gumtree with car scams.
What protection does Auto trader offer?

EdGasketTheSecond

custardy wrote: »

What protection does Auto trader offer?

They at least tell you at the outset if its an insurance write-off and the category; better than nothing.

custardy

EdGasketTheSecond wrote: »

They at least tell you at the outset if its an insurance write-off and the category; better than nothing.

Jesus. So a basic check you can do using the auto trader site for free by starting to create an ad.
Next?

agrinnall

custardy wrote: »

Follow the same basic care as you would with any private sale and its just like buying from any other outlet.
Usually greed gets people scammed on Gumtree with car scams.
What protection does Auto trader offer?

Well for one thing the OP hasn't suggested in any way that he's looking for a private sale, and as he's using Autotrader the chances are he's looking to buy from a dealer, and I'd rather buy from one that uses Autotrader than either of your options.

custardy

agrinnall wrote: »

Well for one thing the OP hasn't suggested in any way that he's looking for a private sale, and as he's using Autotrader the chances are he's looking to buy from a dealer, and I'd rather buy from one that uses Autotrader than either of your options.

So let me get this straight. You are now saying the OP wants a trade sale. I never said otherwise. The basic precautions of a private sale cover trade sales too :eek:
So no trade sales on Gumtree? Are all the trade sales scammers on Gumtree?
Still waiting on the 'protection' that Autotrader offers the OP.