What is best way to sell a car?

WellKnownSid

motorguy said:

I'm genuinely shocked at these "give it away to a buying service" responses.

O/P - you could replicate this by taking a large amount of money and flushing it down the toilet?

We recently sold a car to Cazoo - they offered £8550 with no chipping and instant payment - compared to £6150 from WBAC who have always chipped on price.

Appreciate it may not be the same for the OP, but in our case similar cars on AutoTrader were advertised for £8995 by dealers.  Buying services are not universally rubbish in every case.

motorguy

Mistermeaner said:

Thanks for comments I stuck it on Facebook and autotrader 

had enquiries already via auto trader email system , bizarrely their security advice says never to give out personal information so how the heck do I arrange for people to come and view ? 

I also had a call from a mobile that left a voicemail interested in the car from auto trader , again auto trader say not to share your contact details so how the heck did someone get my number ?

so confused ? I assume I can give people my address and phone number if they’ve enquired through autotrader 

As per above, if you look at your advert on autotrader you'll see it has a number on the advert that wont be yours but will allow people to contact you.

Yes, giving people your address to come to view is fine.

Mistermeaner

hi all, just for info the car just sold via someone who saw it on facebook, i did have a load of viewing lined up from autotrader which i can now cancel

car went for just below my asking price which was over double what We buy any car and others offered

motorguy

Mistermeaner said:

hi all, just for info the car just sold via someone who saw it on facebook, i did have a load of viewing lined up from autotrader which i can now cancel

car went for just below my asking price which was over double what We buy any car and others offered

Thats brilliant news!

Result!

fred990

Used Carwow a few months ago, I'd never sell privately again. 
Dealer (Auto 100) paid virtually what I'd have listed at and sold it for not much more!
They collected it on a transporter and paid in minutes having made a cursory walk round...it took about 20 minutes. 
Wouldn't hesitate to use Carwow again and currently looking at buying remotely from Auto100...top notch outfit. 

motorguy

fred990 said:

Used Carwow a few months ago, I'd never sell privately again. 
Dealer (Auto 100) paid virtually what I'd have listed at and sold it for not much more!
They collected it on a transporter and paid in minutes having made a cursory walk round...it took about 20 minutes. 
Wouldn't hesitate to use Carwow again and currently looking at buying remotely from Auto100...top notch outfit. 

Listed too cheap in the first place then?

 

Still, with no service history and never having been near a garage i guess you have to take what you can get. 

photome

motorguy said:

fred990 said:

Used Carwow a few months ago, I'd never sell privately again. 
Dealer (Auto 100) paid virtually what I'd have listed at and sold it for not much more!
They collected it on a transporter and paid in minutes having made a cursory walk round...it took about 20 minutes. 
Wouldn't hesitate to use Carwow again and currently looking at buying remotely from Auto100...top notch outfit. 

Listed too cheap in the first place then?

 

Still, with no service history and never having been near a garage i guess you have to take what you can get. 

I have just had a part ex price offered on mine for 7.5k. WBAC have also offered 7.5…cazoo have offered ( gteed it says as long as I have described it properly which I believe I have) 9.4… I don’t see the point of trying to sell privately if I can really get 9.4

HerbNanook

I’ve sold twice now through Motorway and honestly wouldn’t use anything else these days. Both times I got a better price than WBAC or CarWow (who messed me about the first time). Sale was all done online quickly with no mucking around with timewasters. Dealers bid against each other and you sell with the winning one (which beat my reserve price the 2nd time!). Dealer came to collect the car straight from my drivewy both times and paid at my door.

For me it’s been the smoothest way to sell vs. selling elsewhere before via part ex. Both experiences were excellent tbh. If you want the balance of proper value + convenience, Motorway really is the best option out there IMO.