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Old 21-08-2009 | 12:08 AM
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anyone ever had a hassle free sell of there car on ebay?

my s1 has had 3 different highest bidders and it`s at £7.17
Old 21-08-2009 | 01:14 AM
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i have had that problem i had my little fiesta with bodykit and alloys not sell twice in the end sold it 4 310 quid so lost loads but got red of it i wont sell on ebay again only small stuff never a car good luck with selling it tho m8
Old 21-08-2009 | 01:18 AM
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Leave it out. Put it on somewhere like www.pistonheads.com. Its free to advertise your car on there, and will cost just £7 for a better advert.
Old 21-08-2009 | 02:29 AM
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the thing about ebay is everyone on there wants a bargain so you will never get what you want, but if you put it on pistonheads, owners clubs etc probs get that lil bit more
Old 21-08-2009 | 03:03 AM
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i sold my cos rep a few years ago for £2100 (100 above the reserve) absolutely no probs,every man and his dog have an ebay account now so theres plenty of messers.i myself have bought loads of cars off of ebay and im a no hassle buyer so there are folk out there.its cheap advertising and plenty of folk see it.put a link up to your ad so more folk can see it!
Old 21-08-2009 | 08:46 AM
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I've sold a couple of cars on ebay, the last was a D plate series 1. It went for a grand more than the reserve as well. There are lots of messers, but it is a big audience for your car.
Old 21-08-2009 | 08:51 AM
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i sold my sierra on ebay, got £100 for it which to be fair was £100 more than it was worth!
Old 21-08-2009 | 09:04 AM
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im a trader, sell loads of cars on ebay, straight and salvage, best way is to do it as a buy it now listing, have no trouble then and 9 times out of 10 the car will sell.

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Old 21-08-2009 | 09:05 AM
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As long as you put a reserve on it then if it sells you can't be too unhappy.

I agree thoguh, there are a lot of messers on the bay. You could always put a buy it now on and try your luck!
Old 21-08-2009 | 01:46 PM
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AS above, put a reserve on,and be prepared to sometimes have to relist due to timewasters, set buyer requirements pretty high and you shouldnt have many problems.
Old 21-08-2009 | 02:00 PM
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Just make your self clear, I always put:

£??? Deposit with 24hrs full payment with in 7days, Collection with in 7days unless agreed.

And what ever else you think would be best.
Old 21-08-2009 | 02:35 PM
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I run a small business called Excel autos and buy and sell etc

we have sold a through ebay but we put a classified ad in with a make an offer below of about £200 less so for example if the car is up for sale at £2000 classified buy it now then the make an offer is £1800 or more accepted straight away

we havent had any problems and with the classified adverts its about £15 for a 28 days which is really good value for money!
Old 21-08-2009 | 02:41 PM
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I sold a car via eBay auction recently, you get car traders who sabotage your listings with dummy accounts, knowing that after you have been trying to sell a car for a few weeks you just want it gone and will accept a bad price.

I would never sell via auction again, only via buy-it-now or best-offer via the eBay classifieds route.
Old 21-08-2009 | 03:38 PM
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I bloody hope not, I just listed my sister in laws old 106 as a no reserve MOT fail and want it GONE
Old 21-08-2009 | 04:44 PM
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My passat tdi is listed at the mo

Never sold a car on ebay before but always been pretty lucky with other sales
Old 21-08-2009 | 04:47 PM
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i had a 53 plate saxo vts i tryed to sell on ebay 5 different times, each time i just got a fucking gimp offering me like 500 quid and less, offers for swaps ect, end up selling it for 2k when every other vts on that reg with those miles where like 2700-3k, then end up having like 60 quid ebays fees witch i still owe to this day over a year later
Old 21-08-2009 | 04:50 PM
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Dont bother with auctions for cars. Classified ad's is the way to go. £12.99 for 28 days and you can edit the advert when you like. Ive sold a few vehicles this way and could have sold them 10 times over. If you take it off as soon as it sells, you even get a pro rata refund.

Also, selling on ebay succesfully involves thought and skill. If the cars right, and the price is right, then the next things to look at are decent pictures, decent wording, and good keywords to get the hits.

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Old 21-08-2009 | 05:29 PM
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ive sold dozens on there, but i don't use auctions. just classified ads. much less hassle, one off fee, job done. but i've also used pistonheads. free yes. so long as ya pick 3 mega photos so long as it stands out it will sell. assuming your gonna ad it at the right price of course.. i dont see the point in paying extra just for a few extra photo's. i put in the ad, call me an i'll email ya loads of photos
Old 21-08-2009 | 08:35 PM
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bought and sold a few on ebay but it was defo better a few years ago for buying anyway
Old 21-08-2009 | 08:38 PM
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i recently broke up sold the parts from my bmw touring and havent been messed around by anyone. those that said theyed come and buy did and with no on the day haggling either.
Old 22-08-2009 | 02:24 AM
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I had a nightmare selling an MOT fail Discovery, everyone two turned up wanted to drive it home despite me clearly listing all the reason that they couldn't.

Ended up with an Ebay bill for 160 quid which I had to fight may way out of paying.

I've bought my last two cars off there cheap as well, because of people being messed around. I just offered cash and no messing and went and did that. Shows how much people are messed about if they jump at the chance of dealing with a real person even if its less money.
Old 22-08-2009 | 02:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Rich170
As long as you put a reserve on it then if it sells you can't be too unhappy.

I agree thoguh, there are a lot of messers on the bay. You could always put a buy it now on and try your luck!
exactly. Put a reserve on. the your fine.

why winge if your to tight to pay for the reserve in the first palce!
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