The Art of Shedding
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Fantastic thread. Loved the early comment about only space for 16 cars !
Acquiring all these motors obviously takes a fair effort. I can only imagine the hassle of selling though. From personal experience and all the threads on PH, private selling can be a huge pita. Let alone some people who want to mess you about, sometimes even well intentioned plans go astray. I'd lose patience tbh. Keep up the great work.
Acquiring all these motors obviously takes a fair effort. I can only imagine the hassle of selling though. From personal experience and all the threads on PH, private selling can be a huge pita. Let alone some people who want to mess you about, sometimes even well intentioned plans go astray. I'd lose patience tbh. Keep up the great work.
anotherswifty said:
Fantastic thread. Loved the early comment about only space for 16 cars !
Acquiring all these motors obviously takes a fair effort. I can only imagine the hassle of selling though. From personal experience and all the threads on PH, private selling can be a huge pita. Let alone some people who want to mess you about, sometimes even well intentioned plans go astray. I'd lose patience tbh. Keep up the great work.
Yes, I was wondering the same thing. Hopefully I'm not asking a question that has been asked above (I didn't read every word, I have to admit), but RetrosAcquiring all these motors obviously takes a fair effort. I can only imagine the hassle of selling though. From personal experience and all the threads on PH, private selling can be a huge pita. Let alone some people who want to mess you about, sometimes even well intentioned plans go astray. I'd lose patience tbh. Keep up the great work.
te where do you advertise your cars, and what kind of person buys them? In other words, where do you shed your sheds? (sorry about that).The trouble is that, whatever you answer, half of me will want to avoid the place that you sell like the plague, and the other half of me will be strangely attracted...
Throttle Body said:
Yes, I was wondering the same thing. Hopefully I'm not asking a question that has been asked above (I didn't read every word, I have to admit), but Retroste where do you advertise your cars, and what kind of person buys them? In other words, where do you shed your sheds? (sorry about that).
The trouble is that, whatever you answer, half of me will want to avoid the place that you sell like the plague, and the other half of me will be strangely attracted...
He's got a Facebook page where he does a lot of advertising. te where do you advertise your cars, and what kind of person buys them? In other words, where do you shed your sheds? (sorry about that).The trouble is that, whatever you answer, half of me will want to avoid the place that you sell like the plague, and the other half of me will be strangely attracted...
Same username
Shakermaker said:
He's got a Facebook page where he does a lot of advertising.
Same username
It's not a very good tool for advertising, my lada advert has reached over 100k people but hasn't had a bit of interest.Same username
Mostly I just advertise on the places I'm buying them from such as ebay, Facebook marketplace, gumtree, car and classic, and various forums, if I'm buying from these places then so must other people.
I think people have issues selling cars because of the types of cars they are selling and the type of person they attract.
I'm selling to mainly enthusiasts who know a thing or two about old cars, I usually have a good filter from the first message as to whether the person is likely to turn up and buy the car.
Looking back through last years cars a lot of them were sold on retro car Facebook groups, a few of the higher value ones through car and classic, I don't think I sold any through forums and I sold a few on gumtree.
Edited by Retroste on Tuesday 10th March 10:53
te on Tuesday 10th March 10:53anotherswifty said:
Fantastic thread. Loved the early comment about only space for 16 cars !
Acquiring all these motors obviously takes a fair effort. I can only imagine the hassle of selling though. From personal experience and all the threads on PH, private selling can be a huge pita. Let alone some people who want to mess you about, sometimes even well intentioned plans go astray. I'd lose patience tbh. Keep up the great work.
Selling can test my patience at times but as long as I'm not in a position that I need to sell a car I can afford to wait a while for the right buyer to appear.Acquiring all these motors obviously takes a fair effort. I can only imagine the hassle of selling though. From personal experience and all the threads on PH, private selling can be a huge pita. Let alone some people who want to mess you about, sometimes even well intentioned plans go astray. I'd lose patience tbh. Keep up the great work.
I do sometimes choose who to sell to, I can usually sense if someone is going to be a t
t. I see a few people from here are joining the retroste Facebook group, I wouldn't bother, there's very little activity on it even with over 1k members.
There's also a page with over 10k followers but I'm not really bothered if people choose to follow it or not.
te Facebook group, I wouldn't bother, there's very little activity on it even with over 1k members.There's also a page with over 10k followers but I'm not really bothered if people choose to follow it or not.
Moderator edit: less of the YouTube channel promotion please
Edited by jeremyc on Tuesday 10th March 14:11
Retroste said:
te said:
It seems like I'm banned from mentioning a particular video sharing platform, I didn't even post any links...
RR as FOAD you will know it's all about the cars - ie no politics etc
PH - Don't use posts on PH drive traffic to personal blogs/you-tube channels
I'm not a mod but honestly - How f
king hard is it to grasp? Seriously - you've had way more shots across the bows than I've seen others get in the past and you still don't get it because your post above just reads like another b
h and moan????B'stard Child said:
PH - Don't use posts on PH drive traffic to personal blogs/you-tube channels
I'm not a mod but honestly - How fking hard is it to grasp?
Seriously - you've had way more shots across the bows than I've seen others get in the past and you still don't get it because your post above just reads like another bh and moan????
To be fair to RetroSh...te he was actively DISCOURAGING people joining his FB group!I'm not a mod but honestly - How f
king hard is it to grasp? Seriously - you've had way more shots across the bows than I've seen others get in the past and you still don't get it because your post above just reads like another b
h and moan????But I do see your point. It would be a real shame if this lunacy thread got locked.
Barchettaman said:
B'stard Child said:
PH - Don't use posts on PH drive traffic to personal blogs/you-tube channels
I'm not a mod but honestly - How fking hard is it to grasp?
Seriously - you've had way more shots across the bows than I've seen others get in the past and you still don't get it because your post above just reads like another bh and moan????
To be fair to RetroSh...te he was actively DISCOURAGING people joining his FB group!I'm not a mod but honestly - How f
king hard is it to grasp? Seriously - you've had way more shots across the bows than I've seen others get in the past and you still don't get it because your post above just reads like another b
h and moan????But I do see your point. It would be a real shame if this lunacy thread got locked.
B'stard Child said:
All forums have rules
RR as FOAD you will know it's all about the cars - ie no politics etc
PH - Don't use posts on PH drive traffic to personal blogs/you-tube channels
I'm not a mod but honestly - How fking hard is it to grasp?
Seriously - you've had way more shots across the bows than I've seen others get in the past and you still don't get it because your post above just reads like another bh and moan????
It was really just the double standards, I've seen various other threads on here which mention the point in the thread was to create YouTube content and then I've seen people like yourself bending the rules and posting links to the OP's channel but when I made a mention of YouTube recently without posting links my post gets edited by admins.RR as FOAD you will know it's all about the cars - ie no politics etc
PH - Don't use posts on PH drive traffic to personal blogs/you-tube channels
I'm not a mod but honestly - How f
king hard is it to grasp? Seriously - you've had way more shots across the bows than I've seen others get in the past and you still don't get it because your post above just reads like another b
h and moan????I know I have been warned in the past about posting links which I have stopped doing.
I have a website which most of the content I've posted on here is on but I've never made any mention of that until now, I've put a lot of effort in here writing about my experiences and sharing my photos.
I didn't even bring up the topic of social media but somebody asked and I thought an honest answer would be best.
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