Is auto trader worth it?

[Stevey101]

Looking to sell my car as company’s like Carwow/motorway the dealers are giving me ridiculous offers and I’m struggling to sell on marketplace.
Is Autotrader going to be any better? It’s just they charge £42 for 2 weeks so don’t want to waste my money.

Thanks

[ARHarh]

What price is the car. As if over a few £k most will want some kind of dealer facilities be that finance consumer rights or warrenty. The rest will put the car through we buy any car to get a price.

[andrewpandrew]

How far off your own valuation are these ridiculous offers?

[Stevey101]

ARHarh said:

What price is the car. As if over a few £k most will want some kind of dealer facilities be that finance consumer rights or warrenty. The rest will put the car through we buy any car to get a price.

15k and WBAC valuing at 15.4k

[Stevey101]

andrewpandrew said:

How far off your own valuation are these ridiculous offers?

So it’s worth 15k all day and that’s a lower price tbf 500-700 below market average and dealers were offering 11-13k.

[QuattroDave]

I've sold all of my cars on the ebay platform. I simply can't stand the format that AT uses for the description, there's no way of making a large amount of information easy to digest (i.e. listing factory options or modifications etc). Couple that with their frankly ludicrous pricing, I just couldn't ever bring myself to use it.

eBay charges a flat £20 for a 30 day listing. Yes you do get some silly offers from people "cash money today!" but you can set up rules to automatically decline offers below a certain amount.

Most cars have sold relatively quickly and close to my listed price. Only my 2017 Jaguar XJ hung around for a couple of months but even that sold on ebay eventually at a price I was happy(ish) with.

[andrewpandrew]

Stevey101 said:

andrewpandrew said:

How far off your own valuation are these ridiculous offers?

So it s worth 15k all day and that s a lower price tbf 500-700 below market average and dealers were offering 11-13k.

So the dealers want to make a margin?

I think you’ve answered your own question. AT will have the widest reach, you just have to be prepared to do the work that would have otherwise been lost in the dealer making some money.

[Stevey101]

andrewpandrew said:

So the dealers want to make a margin?

I think you ve answered your own question. AT will have the widest reach, you just have to be prepared to do the work that would have otherwise been lost in the dealer making some money.

Oh yeah of course I understand that they need to make profit but I’m not prepared to sell for that much lower.

I would try WBAC but my cars SORN and you have to drive to them for appointment

[Mark V GTD]

Stevey101 said:

I would try WBAC but my cars SORN and you have to drive to them for appointment

You should still be able to get an offer from them on line. Just make sure you list every single defect that distinguishes it from when it was brand new.

[Catnip64]

Stevey101 said:

15k and WBAC valuing at 15.4k

So why not sell it to WBAC?

[p4cks]

eBay has greater reach than AT, and it's cheaper

[Stevey101]

Catnip64 said:

So why not sell it to WBAC?

Like I say it’s SORN and you have to go to them there’s no other way. Plus let’s be honest 15.4 is with full service history and immaculate condition. I have only partial history from the time I’ve had it and it’s got very very minor wear and tear scuffs so by end they’ll probably offer me like 12k or something stupid.

[Terminator X]

I've always found PH to be pretty good. Free too if you've been here 10 years plus.

TX.

[paul_c123]

What's the CAP valuation on the car?

[UKsandman]

Stevey101 said:

Like I say it s SORN and you have to go to them there s no other way. Plus let s be honest 15.4 is with full service history and immaculate condition. I have only partial history from the time I ve had it and it s got very very minor wear and tear scuffs so by end they ll probably offer me like 12k or something stupid.

Why don’t you simply declare the partial service history and any defects/damage on the online valuation tool? If you are honest they will honour the offered price.

[Gerradi]

Is it a larger capacity car?
I think they might soon take a pasting if this Iran - Israel keeps up as Fuel prices will take off ...

[paul_c123]

Depending on the car and age, partial service history might be the reason why its not selling. Can you do any detective work to fill in the gaps (thus making it genuinely full service history) or are there eg overdue services in your ownership period and other stuff missed etc? Also, what colour is it?

[NiceCupOfTea]

Sold my dad's MINI Cooper S cab R57 through Motorway and was very impressed with how easy it was and got much more than I expected. Much better than my brother's miserable experience with WBAC last year.

[SS427 Camaro]

Terminator X said:

I've always found PH to be pretty good. Free too if you've been here 10 years plus.

TX.

I didn’t realise it’s free to advertise on here if been here over 10 years

[Bonefish Blues]

p4cks said:

eBay has greater reach than AT, and it's cheaper

Suspect I just made that mistake