Am I allowed to ask members to value my car?

[Spinball]

I want to sell it and get advice on its value, but don't want to fall foul of the rules.

[Truckosaurus]

One English Pound.

[pinchmeimdreamin]

Asking for advice is not a problem its asking for free HPI checks etc that winds some peoople up
Post up what it is and just get peoples opinions

[williamp]

you can ask, but if its on general gassing you'll get some very odd/funny/rude replies...

[James Dean]

Worst "my car is for sale"-thread, ever.

[missdiane]

Answer to the question is No, these types of threads are usually not allowed, how about checking our classifieds or autotrader for a similar vehicle spec to see how much others are going for?

[E31Shrew]

Why dont you just enter it on webuyanycar blah blah. It'll give you the lwet price you can expect. Add 10% to give you a firmer idea

[hornetrider]

Is this the 2nd thread you've started on your overpriced, dog nob red dullsville family estate?

[Spinball]

I run a fecking huge forum and there we pride ourselves on being a helpful resource for people. I was hoping this forum would be the same.
If someone wants advice from, presumably, knowledgeable people on the value of a car, is Pistonheads a waste of time, then?

[hornetrider]

Been a while, has it?

[Pig Skill]

2.5k sounds not too far off the mark. By the time you have advertised it, dealt with all the bellends that this price bracket would attract and been chiselled down on your asking price it would be far easier to take the offer.

[missdiane]

You asked, I answered.
Lots of forums are the same, I had a thread locked this week elsewhere for asking how much something was worth even though I wasn't selling it, c'est la vie

[Big Al.]

Spinball said:

I run a fecking huge forum and there we pride ourselves on being a helpful resource for people. I was hoping this forum would be the same.
If someone wants advice from, presumably, knowledgeable people on the value of a car, is Pistonheads a waste of time, then?

So it's big is it 200 000+ members? not in the same league as yours then, so it sounds like PH is a waste of time as it's small fry compared to yours.

It's simple classifieds are free ads or veiled ads (read how much is it worth) threads are not allowed in the forums.

As Di says to test the market put up an advert and see what response you get.

HTH.

[Bill]

hornetrider said:

Is this the 2nd thread you've started on your overpriced, dog nob red dullsville family estate?

Harsh...

It looked like a desperate attempt to drive traffic to your ad, so it went just like all the others like it.

[Spinball]

WeBuyAnyCar.com (who I wouldn't touch with a barge poll because of their annoying ads) put a value of £2,400. Which is ridiculous cos the car is in really good nick. Maybe I'll drop the price a bit.

[CommanderJameson]

Spinball said:

Two things.

Firstly, private classifieds are free. And you can put pictures on them! Ace, innit?

Secondly, £2500 from a dealer for a 7yo Mondeo? Bite his bloody hand off!

Here's your car, but in tedious brown instead of tedious red: http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2010...

Dealer's asking £2595, which means they didn't pay that. Even taking into account the relatively low mileage of yours, £2500 is still a bloody great offer.


Sorry for the edit but IIRC that post was removed.

Edited by Big Al. on Monday 18th October 21:30

[dylan0451]

is that 130 as in, 130hp? from a ford diesel?! good god. they've upped their game since those hateful cvh's

[Spinball]

Big Al. said:

Spinball said:

I run a fecking huge forum and there we pride ourselves on being a helpful resource for people. I was hoping this forum would be the same.
If someone wants advice from, presumably, knowledgeable people on the value of a car, is Pistonheads a waste of time, then?

So it's big is it 200 000+ members? not in the same league as yours then, so it sounds like PH is a waste of time as it's small fry compared to yours.

It's simple classifieds are free ads or veiled ads (read how much is it worth) threads are not allowed in the forums.

As Di says to test the market put up an advert and see what response you get.

HTH.

Threads: 1,186,676, Posts: 12,450,301, Members: 292,538. PH is an ace place. I just wish it was run a little better.
I'll take your advice, thanks.

[Spinball]

CommanderJameson said:

Two things.

Firstly, private classifieds are free. And you can put pictures on them! Ace, innit?

Secondly, £2500 from a dealer for a 7yo Mondeo? Bite his bloody hand off!

Here's your car, but in tedious brown instead of tedious red: http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2010...

Dealer's asking £2595, which means they didn't pay that. Even taking into account the relatively low mileage of yours, £2500 is still a bloody great offer.

I actually already placed the ad and paid for it to be featured, so I'm not trying to get owt for nowt.
£2,500, really?!! Ghia-x, low mileage, good condition? Really? Bloody hell.

[hornetrider]

Spinball said:

a barge poll.

So is that a new thread where we decide which stty old motorway cruiser is best?