Where Are People Selling Cheap Cars These Days?
Where Are People Selling Cheap Cars These Days?
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Urban Sports

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11,321 posts

233 months

Sunday 17th July 2011
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I have a cheap car that I'm selling, it's probably worth £1000 - £1500, I haven't sold a car for ages so duly went to advertise it on autotrader, however the £35 seems a touch steep for a car of so little value.

I'll probably advertise it on here but I'm not sure it's the sort of thing that would sell from PH.

Where do you go to sell a cheapo motor?

Thanks

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bimmer528

573 posts

184 months

Sunday 17th July 2011
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www.gumtree.com is good sometimes

Urban Sports

Original Poster:

11,321 posts

233 months

Sunday 17th July 2011
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bimmer528 said:
www.gumtree.com is good sometimes
Hadn't thought of Gumtree, thanks.

ad551

1,502 posts

243 months

Sunday 17th July 2011
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I used PH to sell a non-PH cheap car, it had been bought and collected within 48 hours!

You've been a member long enough to get free premium ads as well (I think?) so you've got nothing to lose by trying it.

Urban Sports

Original Poster:

11,321 posts

233 months

Sunday 17th July 2011
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ad551 said:
I used PH to sell a non-PH cheap car, it had been bought and collected within 48 hours!

You've been a member long enough to get free premium ads as well (I think?) so you've got nothing to lose by trying it.
I did advertise it today on PH, it's funny, I only expect PH cars to sell not the mundane ones, hopefully I'll be wrong.

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carreauchompeur

18,328 posts

234 months

Sunday 17th July 2011
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Gumtree will shift cheap city car snotters very quickly. PH is also a major port of call for even "boring car" buyers now.

ejenner

4,653 posts

211 months

Sunday 17th July 2011
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A few months back AT were doing a bargain rate for sub 999 cars. Guess that offer has expired. Never mind. I still managed to shift an old knackard Subaru Forrester for 800 squids through autotrader so still a respectable publication. As mentioned several times... gumtree is the place to shift a stter.

coupeboy

522 posts

236 months

Sunday 17th July 2011
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It's cheap enough to put a classified listing on ebay.

Zwoelf

25,878 posts

236 months

Monday 18th July 2011
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ejenner said:
A few months back AT were doing a bargain rate for sub 999 cars.
Probably a result of all the pondlife putting in adverts with cars priced at £999 but in the text "PRICE IS £4,999" or similar - often the same lot that enter miles without either "000" or "k" in them so they frustrate people searching by mileage band.

With regard to the OP: A free advert on here, a listing on Ebay or Gumtree should do the trick.

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2,732 posts

266 months

Monday 18th July 2011
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Zwoelf said:
Probably a result of all the pondlife putting in adverts with cars priced at £999 but in the text "PRICE IS £4,999" or similar - often the same lot that enter miles without either "000" or "k" in them so they frustrate people searching by mileage band.

With regard to the OP: A free advert on here, a listing on Ebay or Gumtree should do the trick.
That explains why there appear to be lots of bargins on Autotrader at the moment only for the ad to read "Price is xxxx".

The amount of scammers Gumtree attracts means it is hardly worth the effort. PH is still the place for cheap cars.

What are you trying to sell?



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rottie102

4,033 posts

214 months

Monday 18th July 2011
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Just curious, not a rant:

Why People Feel The Need To Capitalize First Letter Of Every Word confused

supersarbs

61 posts

183 months

Monday 18th July 2011
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Sold my cheapo golf on the pistonheads classifieds. It was gone within 24 hrs. biggrin

Tried eBay, nothing but messers and silly offers.

Cheers

Pete

ROB8 F

49 posts

203 months

Monday 18th July 2011
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Just sold my primera on ebay.
If you can organise the sale to be finalised outside of ebay you will not have to pay as much fees, just the £8 it cost to list it.

philmots

4,666 posts

290 months

Monday 18th July 2011
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My lasses old 1.2 Clio. Was well past it's best, no history, 4 weeks mot to run, 6 weeks tax.. 11 yr old. Put it on eBay for 1k and took 950 the next night for it!

Urban Sports

Original Poster:

11,321 posts

233 months

Monday 18th July 2011
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rottie102 said:
Just curious, not a rant:

Why People Feel The Need To Capitalize First Letter Of Every Word confused
It's a title, it was how I was taught in school.

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Urban Sports

Original Poster:

11,321 posts

233 months

Thursday 21st July 2011
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I advertised it on PH and had 6 enquiries within 24 hours and sold it almost immediately to a friends Mum, if I hadn't have sold it to her it would have definately sold on here very quickly!

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