Car for sale for £100 is £6,399 - what's the point?
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Why do people do this? (And there's a few of these type of things dotted about).
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2011...
If I was looking at cars for a few hundred quid I wouldn't be interested in this at £6,399.
If I were interested in cars at around £6,500, I'm not going to be searching cars at £100 so I'm going to miss it.
I really don't get the logic.
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2011...
If I was looking at cars for a few hundred quid I wouldn't be interested in this at £6,399.
If I were interested in cars at around £6,500, I'm not going to be searching cars at £100 so I'm going to miss it.
I really don't get the logic.
1. I think the advert price for car less than £1000 is much cheaper than normal. So they have comitted some level of fraud here.
2. Their car appears first in the list as it usually defaults to diaplying results Low > High
Thats the only reasons to do it I think..... not sure how effective it is because I would never contact advertising a car like that.
2. Their car appears first in the list as it usually defaults to diaplying results Low > High
Thats the only reasons to do it I think..... not sure how effective it is because I would never contact advertising a car like that.
As has been said it's cheaper to advertise a car for under a grand. I think it's £9.99... for more than that it's £25 or something. Can't blame people as it is a rip off (when compared to Pistonheads 
) but yes, it is extrememly annoying! Autotrader need to do something about this, it's in their interests to make more money anyway.
) but yes, it is extrememly annoying! Autotrader need to do something about this, it's in their interests to make more money anyway.I noticed this a lot when looking for my winter barge, i never even bothered calling the ones who advertised a 3k car for 300, then in the description say something like, real price is 3000.
My thoughts are if they wont pay full price for an advert then its likely they have been scrimping on servicing costs etc too
My thoughts are if they wont pay full price for an advert then its likely they have been scrimping on servicing costs etc too
wiliferus said:
Equally as annoying is when they bypass the mileage filter by putting '147', instead of 147000!!!
Really grips my s
t that one.
Oh yes that one too, fReally grips my s
t that one.king nobs the lot of them cocking up my search results when I am looking for cars I cannot afford anyway! Why would I want to fantasise about owning a car with a billion miles on the clock, ITS NOT WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR!!!!!RZ1 said:
I noticed this a lot when looking for my winter barge, i never even bothered calling the ones who advertised a 3k car for 300, then in the description say something like, real price is 3000.
My thoughts are if they wont pay full price for an advert then its likely they have been scrimping on servicing costs etc too
Especially considering the price difference between a cheapo AT ad an a proper one is - at a guess - half a tank of fuel FFS.My thoughts are if they wont pay full price for an advert then its likely they have been scrimping on servicing costs etc too
Find one of the culprits and, with a different voice each time, call them and ask about the car and that for £300 you'll buy it.
They'll say, sorry, it's £3k (or whatever).
You then say "why not advertise it at £3k then" and hang up.
Repeat until they get sick of it.
Maybe put it on FB or wherever and ask all your mates to call the dealer. He gets swamped with calls for that £300 motor that he has to decline.
They'll say, sorry, it's £3k (or whatever).
You then say "why not advertise it at £3k then" and hang up.
Repeat until they get sick of it.
Maybe put it on FB or wherever and ask all your mates to call the dealer. He gets swamped with calls for that £300 motor that he has to decline. 
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