I wanna sell my car quickly - any tips?

cyclonebri1

Put it up for sale and see what response you get, that'll show you it's true value;)

firespire

http://www.sure-sell.info/ is recommended by Honest John in the Telegraph Newspaper.

Paul_Baldwin

As has been said, price it to sell.
Also a bit suprised no-one has said stick an A4 ad in the windows. Park the car somewhere people walk past frequently and preferably has slow moving traffic. Make sure the price is large enough to see at a glance from a distance, why people put FOR SALE on an advert in a car is completely beyond me
Spend a few hours polishing it and hoovering it, make sure you clean the inside of the door jams too! If its a £1000 car most people don't see past the shine, aslong as it looks ok to the neighbours they dont care if its a dog. :rolleyes:
My record for selling in this way is 4 hours.

Paul.

h901

try gumtree

thrifty_sue

autotrader worked for me!

Alias_Omega

I would go with..

eBay
Autotrader

Be realistic with the adverts, and it will be sold..

Lord_Lardington

Just sold mine through Autotrader. This was the first time I've gone the much cheaper web-only option (not in the printed mag) ad and it seemed to work fine.

What I did notice that apart from isolated idiot calls (offering me 90% of asking price) I got the serious calls after what is normally payday for a lot of people i.e. end of the month.

cyclonebri1

Paul_Baldwin wrote: »

As has been said, price it to sell.
Also a bit suprised no-one has said stick an A4 ad in the windows. Park the car somewhere people walk past frequently and preferably has slow moving traffic. Make sure the price is large enough to see at a glance from a distance, why people put FOR SALE on an advert in a car is completely beyond me
Spend a few hours polishing it and hoovering it, make sure you clean the inside of the door jams too! If its a £1000 car most people don't see past the shine, aslong as it looks ok to the neighbours they dont care if its a dog. :rolleyes:
My record for selling in this way is 4 hours.

Paul.

Ahemmmmm,;)

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Originally Posted by tomstickland
You have to price it right - cheaper than other similar cars, but not so cheap that people think there's something wrong with it.


Exactly, price it right, clean it up and use free adds.
If you or a friend live on a main road, park the car on the front with a prominent sign, almost always brings quick results in my experience.

If it is not a bargain it will not sell quickly so balance the extra hassle/risk of having it sat around uninsured and factor that into your asking price.;)



I always do just this first. I've sold every car I've ever put up, 2 caravans, sets of wheels etc etc and even given free firewood logs away like this.

My record was my 1o year old Vectra that I sold a year ago. Put it up with a sign on at 3.00|Friday afternoon, just went inside to get the polishing gear and when I came out someone was looking at it. It was collected Sat am.

BUT, it was taxed tested and realistically priced. I also didnt budge from my asking as a result of that;)