Is it worth trying to sell a car on Ebay?
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i've used Ebay loads of times,
I find there is a reverse psychology,
if you put an advert on gumtree, pistonheads, or a fixed price advert on ebay,
all you get is chancers offering you loads less, or "what's your best price" or "fancy a swap for my MOT failure corsa"
if you put it on ebay as an auction, 99p start (10 days maximum listing) with a reserve, it will generate a lot of interest, and you will then get people wanting to know "how much to take it off Ebay?"
and then you start the bargaining and try and get a sale,
you do get a lot of idiots too, but you can sift through them,
it will cost you about £17 in total to have a car on auction with a reserve, (and you get to find out what it will reach)
I once had someone e-mail me what my "best price" was for a car i had advertised, this guy was from a town less than 8 miles away, when i told him "come and have a look at it then we will talk money on my drive way" he couldn't even be bothered to come and look at it, so he was just a time waster,
I find there is a reverse psychology,
if you put an advert on gumtree, pistonheads, or a fixed price advert on ebay,
all you get is chancers offering you loads less, or "what's your best price" or "fancy a swap for my MOT failure corsa"
if you put it on ebay as an auction, 99p start (10 days maximum listing) with a reserve, it will generate a lot of interest, and you will then get people wanting to know "how much to take it off Ebay?"
and then you start the bargaining and try and get a sale,
you do get a lot of idiots too, but you can sift through them,
it will cost you about £17 in total to have a car on auction with a reserve, (and you get to find out what it will reach)
I once had someone e-mail me what my "best price" was for a car i had advertised, this guy was from a town less than 8 miles away, when i told him "come and have a look at it then we will talk money on my drive way" he couldn't even be bothered to come and look at it, so he was just a time waster,
This ^^^^ but list it at 99p start with no reserve.
As long as you give a really good and honest write up with really good photos, this is the best way to get the highest price. No reserve means people will think they are getting a bargain, so more people will bid thus higher price.
I've sold all my cars in the last 15 years or so like this and always achieved a good price (including an old Land Rover I bought for £300 from a small garage which was a trade in which I sold on eBay six months later for £2,300).
As long as you give a really good and honest write up with really good photos, this is the best way to get the highest price. No reserve means people will think they are getting a bargain, so more people will bid thus higher price.
I've sold all my cars in the last 15 years or so like this and always achieved a good price (including an old Land Rover I bought for £300 from a small garage which was a trade in which I sold on eBay six months later for £2,300).
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