Things that put you off even reading a car ad?
Discussion
Funkycoldribena said:
"Selling for a friend/brother/uncle that has gone abroad"
Usually this.However, my best mate's dad passed away earlier this year and they asked me to sell the car for them as i "knew about cars"
Sadly, seeing the car parked at the house was too much for them, so they sold it for way below value to local garage.
3 days later someone on here called to buy it, he was willing to take a 4 hour train to pick it up.
For me, it's terrible pictures. Everyone has access to a camera, be it on a phone or such.
There is no excuse for terrible pictures, also 1 picture doesn't give a good idea of the car.
When i sold my old car, i had pictures from all sides, all corners, interior etc.
Actually I have bought a couple of cars with terrible adverts but I always call to get a feel of the seller. I bought a 335i back in 2009 when the ass had fallen out of the car market. The dealer had offered the guy a stupidly low amount of money and his AT advert was so bad that no one called him.
I got the car for several thousand under market value at the time and it was a good honest one owner car.
I got the car for several thousand under market value at the time and it was a good honest one owner car.
I really hate the picture of a car on some random country estate driveway. I'm sure the owner of Althorp* or Compton Wynyates approves of some 'private' car dealer taking their stock pictures on the gravel drive..
Turn up to view and it's parked in a council estate with a badly printed '4 sale' sign in the window. Which reminds me; I went to see a 4x4 at a 4x4 dealer (strangely enough) and in the driver's side door pocket was just such an advert for less than half the price he was asking. He laughed and said "I didn't even pay that".
Turn up to view and it's parked in a council estate with a badly printed '4 sale' sign in the window. Which reminds me; I went to see a 4x4 at a 4x4 dealer (strangely enough) and in the driver's side door pocket was just such an advert for less than half the price he was asking. He laughed and said "I didn't even pay that".
- CAT D Mercedes are apparently frowned upon.
catman said:
MagicMike said:
CAPS LOCK.
Typos, even minor ones give me a mental picture of the seller.
Poor punctuation, i.e no full stops, commas or apostrophe's
OuchTypos, even minor ones give me a mental picture of the seller.
Poor punctuation, i.e no full stops, commas or apostrophe's
Tim
'No tyre kickers'
'No test pilots'- particularly in an ad for something with less than blistering performance.
Hostile ads in general really- if you can't write a for sale ad without getting a bit aggro, you will surely be a twunt in person.
'No offers' kinda irks me a little. OK, your car may be priced spot-on, but why discourage someone who may easily come up to the asking price once a (reasonable) initial offer has been politely declined?
'Rust/ corrosion free' when the car has even slight bubbling. Just be totally honest, nothing more off-putting as a buyer than travelling to find a car which isn't as described.
'Waiting for the V5'
'Motorway/ mainly motorway miles'- if true then great, but only if its verifiable somehow, which it rarely is.
'Champagne motoring for lemonade money' or similar. I'll just about let Mike Brewer away with it while he's doing his cockney geezer schtick, don't want to read it in an ad.
Pics where the car is soaking wet yet still doesn't look clean.
Pics where there are drops of rain falling infront of the lens.
Pics taken in the dark, especially with a flash so the numberplates/ reflectors flare up and obscure half of the car.
Less than say, 5 pics.
No interior pics.
Pics which deliberately avoid showing certain areas of the car- eg. pics taken from dead front or rear-on so you won't see the hideous aftermarket rimz.
Pics featuring chav kids on bikes, chav girlfriend/ mates avin a fag, chav driveway with a run-down caravan or an old cavalier under a mossy car-cover which is clearly up on bricks. Anything which smacks of 'chav' really, and I likely won't even bother with a phonecall.
Pics with doors unnecessarily left open.
God, Im so full of hate. :-(
'No test pilots'- particularly in an ad for something with less than blistering performance.
Hostile ads in general really- if you can't write a for sale ad without getting a bit aggro, you will surely be a twunt in person.
'No offers' kinda irks me a little. OK, your car may be priced spot-on, but why discourage someone who may easily come up to the asking price once a (reasonable) initial offer has been politely declined?
'Rust/ corrosion free' when the car has even slight bubbling. Just be totally honest, nothing more off-putting as a buyer than travelling to find a car which isn't as described.
'Waiting for the V5'
'Motorway/ mainly motorway miles'- if true then great, but only if its verifiable somehow, which it rarely is.
'Champagne motoring for lemonade money' or similar. I'll just about let Mike Brewer away with it while he's doing his cockney geezer schtick, don't want to read it in an ad.
Pics where the car is soaking wet yet still doesn't look clean.
Pics where there are drops of rain falling infront of the lens.
Pics taken in the dark, especially with a flash so the numberplates/ reflectors flare up and obscure half of the car.
Less than say, 5 pics.
No interior pics.
Pics which deliberately avoid showing certain areas of the car- eg. pics taken from dead front or rear-on so you won't see the hideous aftermarket rimz.
Pics featuring chav kids on bikes, chav girlfriend/ mates avin a fag, chav driveway with a run-down caravan or an old cavalier under a mossy car-cover which is clearly up on bricks. Anything which smacks of 'chav' really, and I likely won't even bother with a phonecall.
Pics with doors unnecessarily left open.
God, Im so full of hate. :-(
Autotrader is terrible for this one, copies the links and details from a real dealer, stupidly low price ie half, then in the ad you see Email MIKEKE6785@hotmail.com...
I report every one of these I come across.
I dont see the problem putting the original price, if indeed it is accompanied by the original bill of sale and every subsequent service stamp, receipt, MOT......
Part service history. So the car did its first 60k being serviced, then the next 60k without one until you changed the oil and stamped the book with a few bogus dealer stamps..
I report every one of these I come across.
I dont see the problem putting the original price, if indeed it is accompanied by the original bill of sale and every subsequent service stamp, receipt, MOT......
Part service history. So the car did its first 60k being serviced, then the next 60k without one until you changed the oil and stamped the book with a few bogus dealer stamps..
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