GeeJayDoubleYou

been trying to sell my 98 uk impreza on a well known auction site with the bidding starting at £2999 and no reserve........it runs out in 6 hours and i havent even had one bid, i cant believe it, you just dont seem to be able to sell any second hand car/bike that easily at the minute

i sold a motorbike a couple of months back and that was a nightmare to sell and it was an "absolute belter".....whats going on????

amahrap

nothing going on - ask yourself this "would i buy a performance car (or any car for that matter) from and online auction.

Bite the bullet, pay the cash and put it a valid sales place like Autotrader or pistonheads.

People go to Ebay for bargins only

Snazy

I would say the same, list it on Autotrader or PH.
Bought mine from PH, and sold an Ibiza in 4 hours on Autotrader for full asking.

joey_turbo

iTrader: (26)

I agree. I personally wouldn't buy a decent motor from E-bay, regardless of the savings. And if I put my motor up for sale on the bay, I'd expect nothing but idiots or scammers.

badgersport

Depends on the car. I sold my 06 plate Sti on ebay last November and got £1500 more than a dealer offered me in a part-ex.

L33_WRX

might be worth trying some of these sites..

autotrader.co.uk (charges)
pistonheads.com (free)
exhangeandmart.co.uk (charges)
classifieds.co.uk (free)

I think ebay is good. Out of all the sites available ebay is by far the best advertising site so you will get lots of viewers. I have sold all my previous cars through ebay and everytime the buyer has not been a bidder - just someone who has viewed it on ebay and then contacted me and done the deal outside of ebay.

Make sure you have a good description and loads of pics (hint - save on ebay pic prices and put links to all your pics in the description section)

also be patient, if this is the first time you have listed it don't expect it to go within the first auction you run. It will go but it's easy to expect it to go sooner than it will - car dealers have cars on there fore courts for weeks/months before they go

The Rig

iTrader: (13)

i see ebay as another autotrader, i dont bid on cars if i like one, i use ebay as a search tool,if i like a car i will do all the usual stuff i would if i read an advert in the local rag,go see e it etc annd buy as normal.

autotrader prob have about 8 pages in ur area so ur car will stiull be up against it

jono300

iTrader: (8)

PM me a link may have a look myself !!!

GeeJayDoubleYou

pm sent!

like others i tend to use ebay more to advertise my car rather than actually hope for ones to bid on it, but even so ive hardly had any calls for it. i have put in the ad that it suffers with piston slap when cold so im wondering if this is maybe putting ones off , but thing is id rather be honest and mention everything than not.

amahrap

need a little patience as well. When i sold my 95 WRX about 2 years back i had it advetised for about 2 months and no calls. Just when i was about to give up someone phoned, came round, paid the full asking price in cash (no haggle at all) and drove it away.

Car sales are a strange thing at the best of times

trf1979

I agree.

I have bought and sold at least 10 motors on Ebay and only two have run till the auction ends. I have used it purely as an advertising/search tool and have always viewed/shown the car(s) in the flesh and the deal has been done off of Ebay then the listing is pulled once it is sold.

I would also recommend Piston Heads as it has a massive amount of hits each day plus it is free

Autotrader is good but they charge for the advert (To be expected considering their line of business)

scoobynutta555

Use Ebay as an advertising tool only, do not expect to sell the car on there through the listing. What you'll get is people calling you and viewing and generally not bidding on Ebay unless it's very low bids with no hope of winning. I've sold several cars on there and the only thing to reach the end and sell was a golf gt tdi, these are one of the few 'decent' cars that do sell on Ebay with ease.

scoobyverysoon

iTrader: (1)

Must admit I wouldnt look at fleabay for a car unless I wanted a £200 crapper for a runabout

scoobynutta555

Expect not to take advantage of a very large market of cars for sale then. There's really only a few places worth looking at for a used car, Autotrader, Ebay and pistonheads (sports only). There's even a classified section on Ebay now. Exchange and Mart is hardly worth bothering with these days.

Mo.k

iTrader: (5)

Autotrader is the only one i have used and has always given good results but i have only sold 2 cars on there.
When i buy my next car (evo or scooby) i really don't think i would use ebay unless it was local to me and i could view the car before bidding.

good luck in selling your car.

scoobynutta555

I've just picked up a 2.8 swb pajero from 15 miles away that was only advertised on Ebay.

340BHP-WRX

iTrader: (6)

I sold my M3 on Ebay for £5500. The guy didnt even email me with any questions about the car. He had to travel from Yorkshire on the train with £5500 cash on him to collect the car !

GeeJayDoubleYou

well apperently you can give them away......i bought it for £3450 spent 250 on it all in the last 4 weeks and now sold it for £2900 ..........at least i can now look for another!!!!