Is an ad on MCN worthwhile?

[Skyedriver]

Looking at selling my bike, it is on PH classifieds, is MCN worth a punt?
Anyone had any success or problems?
Tony H

[rsv gone!]

I'd try Autotrader first. Way more hits.

[Skyedriver]

rsv gone! said:

I'd try Autotrader first. Way more hits.

Tried Autotrader last year albeit with a much higher price, only one caller. We are a bit out of the way here on the west coast of Scotland and that is I guess the major problem.

[sjtscott]

Skyedriver said:

rsv gone! said:

I'd try Autotrader first. Way more hits.

Tried Autotrader last year albeit with a much higher price, only one caller. We are a bit out of the way here on the west coast of Scotland and that is I guess the major problem.

More potential owners will read the actual MCN paper each week. I know if I'm looking for a bike I'd buy a copy. However Bike trader is quick/easy and simplest to list bike for sale and search for exactly what you're after. The MCN site is still sadly lacking in ease of use searchability wise (even though its gone through a recent update). For some reason you can only use keywords with a postcode related search???? It works its just a bit clunky in my opinion.

[anonymous-user]

Since ebay started, MCN bikemart seems dead now, years ago the paper used to be twice as thick.

Ebay is good for large pictures & giving a large write up of your bike + it's much cheaper than the others if you don't sell.

I've sold cars & bikes through ebay, if you're releastic with your price, i find a good selling technique on ebay is to put a first bid price on the bike, which is your minium price to let it go for, then have a buy it now price for a couple of hundred more, i've sold a few this way... if somebody really whants the bike, the buy it know panics them, i've even sold a bike this way, with the guy not looking at the bike before buying!

Spend a bit of time on the pictures & a good write up and it really pays off.

Edited by JS99 on Monday 4th June 15:11