Anyone else struggling to sell?
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4sure said:
i got within 495 of my asking price,its still on the clasifieds,993 fever,6 genuine callers
wifey didnt like it....preferred her boxster
Good result then. Didn't realise it was a 993, I think good ones are more desirable than my 996 though. Did you look at my ad, what do you think? It's the second relist on ebay, last time it only got to 19k.wifey didnt like it....preferred her boxster
And that's another strange thing. The reserve is set at 26.5k. I have said clearly in the ad that it won't sell for a penny less than that. So how come people bid silly figures like a pound and 5 grand when it says that? What's the point? What do you gain from bidding once, miles less than the reserve? I can't work it out
4sure said:
ad looks good plenty of info...weird how people bid,but sometimes it gets there and the suns shining its defo convertible time,trouble is parting at the best time of year...good luck mate
Thanks bud. The real difficulty for me is that I don't really want to sell. I love that car so much, but i've left my well paid city job and started a business, took the plunge, so money is very tight and I had to be sensible. Problem is the car was on finance so i'm still paying every month for a car I can't use! Double gutting!
PaulPT7 said:
Silly me for being so optimistic. Just had the first guy cancel on me by text message. Now I can't get in touch with the second chap to let him know its still for sale!
I have learnt the hard way - let any and all of them come - dont try and put them off just because someone has said that they will be there tomorrow. So many people will have a nice conversation with you and then feel obliged to say that they will come and see the car on the following day but then dont even have the b
ks to call you back to say they arent coming and find text the easy way out.PaulPT7 said:
Silly me for being so optimistic. Just had the first guy cancel on me by text message. Now I can't get in touch with the second chap to let him know its still for sale!
Bad news. I reckon when you sell you should just get a couple to turn up at same time. I advestised a e36 bmw 325conv a good few years back now for 6.500 quid. Both guys turned up at same time, they both loved it. In the end one offered me 6500 the other said 6600 and it kept going until it got to 7500. So I would have taken 6200 if one had popped around but it turned out I got 7500 so they bid me up. I was very happy 
Oh and it was not underpriced, I paid 7,495 for it 2 years earlier.
Edited by woogie on Sunday 11th May 10:42
ARAF said:
boxster9 said:
For example..what would you intially 'pitch' on the following car..and what would be the 'realistic' price in today's market
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/502521.htm
That's actually quite a realistic price, to start with. Chance your arm at £15k, and be happy to settle at anything under £16k.http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/502521.htm
Paracetamol said:
PaulPT7 said:
Silly me for being so optimistic. Just had the first guy cancel on me by text message. Now I can't get in touch with the second chap to let him know its still for sale!
I have learnt the hard way - let any and all of them come - dont try and put them off just because someone has said that they will be there tomorrow. So many people will have a nice conversation with you and then feel obliged to say that they will come and see the car on the following day but then dont even have the bks to call you back to say they arent coming and find text the easy way out.Paulpt7......if its of any interest i will do a deal with you,looking for a boxster for wifey (tiptronic)but we need to sell our jag s type v8 before we search,would you be interested in a swap the jag is 1999 and very very clean 3 owners 70k and full jag history (fully loaded), I of. course would give you some cash ...justa thought.
actualy might start a thread on this ,its worth a go ?
actualy might start a thread on this ,its worth a go ?
I've just been offered this http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/460133.htm and £10k his way in part-ex for mine!
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