My car isnt selling

lynnemcf

I've advertised my car in the local paper for 2 months and its still not sold. Where else can I try? What about ebay?

bored_of_debt

Hi,

what car is it?? The way you describe the car is very important!

You could try Gumtree or Pistonheads, depends what car it is really...

Let me have a few more details

lynnemcf

Nissan Primera 2000 Y 72,000 1.8 blue.

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lynnemcf wrote: »

Nissan Primera 2000 Y 72,000 1.8 blue.

Required price????

Condition ???

Service History ??

lynnemcf

I'm not trying to sell the car thru this board, I'm just looking for advice. Condition is good for its age and I have FSH. I'm asking half the price that dealers advertise them on ebay! In hindsight I should have taken the PX offer, I thought it would sell easily, nice family car to a nice family.

Conor_3

Yeah but if you don't tell us how much you're selling it for, we can't say whether or not it's overpriced.

Certainly at Y reg, I'd not want to pay much more than £1000 for a car.

custardy

Conor wrote: »

Yeah but if you don't tell us how much you're selling it for, we can't say whether or not it's overpriced.

Certainly at Y reg, I'd not want to pay much more than £1000 for a car.

depends where you are in the uk.thats well into £1.2-£1.5k up here

chris123

why not go on to the auto trader website i have looked at it a few times and thought it quite good. also stick to your guns ask for a good price, if i was to buy new i would probably not take the part ex either

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lynnemcf wrote: »

I'm not trying to sell the car thru this board, I'm just looking for advice. Condition is good for its age and I have FSH. I'm asking half the price that dealers advertise them on ebay! In hindsight I should have taken the PX offer, I thought it would sell easily, nice family car to a nice family.

Fair enough, but you asked why it wasn't selling, without that information, nobody can realistically help you.

The usual reason that a car doesn't sell is because the owner values it at more than it's market value.

Nobody suggested that you were trying to sell your car on the board.

Similar cars on AutoTrader seem to range from around the £900 mark upwards, to about £1700. but these are mainly dealer cars that come with some form of warranty.

custardy

plus its probably the worst time of year to sell

lynnemcf

I didnt expect it to be so difficult, so I'm just a bit downhearted about it. I stayed home all day yesterday for someone who didnt turn up. I'll drop the price (again) and see what happens.