Selling a classic overseas,advice please.

[Old Merc]

I have decided to put my classic up for sale.As its a LHD French Cabriolet I`m more likely to find a buyer outside the UK.
Can you guys please give me tips and advice about dealing abroad,what web site to use,secure payment, type of bank transfer,scams to watch out for,that sort of stuff.I`ve heard of all sorts of tricks and cons that go on so I want to be on my guard.

[jimbob82]

I've sold quite a few overseas and never had a problem. as for bank transfers, I've never had a problem there either. just stay away from anyone who wants to send you more than your asking and asks you give them the excess back when they turn up for the car.

[benjj]

www.carandclassic.co.uk is good and gets EU traffic.

Leboncoin is French and gets a lot of traffic. As does Anciennes.net. Ebay.fr is an option if you want shot quickly.

[Finlandese]

Hi,

I´m from the continent, and have bought a few cars from abroad. Sites that I use:

ooyyo.com (used to have worldwide search, now you have to search by country)

eBay US, UK, Germany and Italy.

US: hemmings.com

UK: classiccarsforsale.co.uk (cars from all over Europe - very good), pistonheads.com

Germany/europe: autoscout.de, mobile.de (both have cars from all over Europe)

Italy: subito.it

Sweden: Blocket.se

Finland: nettiauto.com

On top of that, all the speciality forums, for the car inquestion. I bought my esprit via lotusforums ad. Google pic search is suprisingly useful too.

[nta16]

if the car is very good or special advertising it on any UK web site will be seen by the right buyers abroad such as the ones already mentioned and here (PH) and http://www.classiccars.co.uk/

I think you'll find most foreign buyers easier to deal with and get a better deal than dealing with many UK buyers

Edited by nta16 on Tuesday 2nd April 22:10

[Old Merc]

Many thanks for the advice all,I`ll give it a go on classiccarsforsale as its so easy.
Will let you know the result.



Any offers??

[nta16]

the PH ads are easy

and they can be amended or updated easily which can be very useful

good luck to you with some UK 'potential buyers' enquires