Problems selling privately

Problems selling privately

Author
Discussion

aussieal

Original Poster:

479 posts

162 months

Tuesday 5th May 2015
quotequote all
Morning all

I’m in the process of trying to sell Mrs Aussieal’s 2010 Mini Cooper Graphite.

Had it on Autotrader for 3 weeks and didn’t receive a single call. Checked the contact numbers were correct, kept myself in the loop with asking prices and reduced it a couple of times but still nothing.

It’s a low mileage car, nicely spec’d and in really good condition. Am now having to go down the route of the car buying companies.

Recognise it’s a buyer’s market with the volume of cars available and that they are a very personal choice with so many alternatives available.

Just interested to see if anyone else has experienced similar problems when trying to sell their mini privately, and any solutions you came up with other than slashing the price way below current asking prices.

Cheers

Alex

aussieal

Original Poster:

479 posts

162 months

Tuesday 5th May 2015
quotequote all
Interesting, similar conclusion to what I've come to.

Will see where I get to with the dealers I've asked to value it. WBAC tried to play hard ball so I walked away - mainly because of the guy's attitude rather than the price (although it was low).

aussieal

Original Poster:

479 posts

162 months

Tuesday 5th May 2015
quotequote all
It's done 36k miles and had it up for £7375 which seemed about right.