Is it worth putting a car for sale on Ebay?
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Car dependent really. I just sold a 300 CE on eBay for £500 that had been advertised on PH for £600 for 3 weeks with only 2 viewings plus 1 email enquiry. That was an auction on eBay as I was considering scrapping it if it didn't sell (just wanted rid and it was in poor condition). Whilst I got zero bids on an Elise I advertised on eBay that eventuality sold on PH.
ETA it could just have been the starting price was too high on the Elise of course!
ETA it could just have been the starting price was too high on the Elise of course!
It depends which method you want to use. A classified ad is quite cost effective at about £15 for a month and you can put as much description as you want.
An auction on ebay will usually realise around trade price (although they are quite high for all 4x4's at the moment) and sometimes you have to run it twice before you get a genuine buyer. Can be an effective solution if you want shot quickly. Auctions without reserves usually end up getting higher prices as more people bid.
An auction on ebay will usually realise around trade price (although they are quite high for all 4x4's at the moment) and sometimes you have to run it twice before you get a genuine buyer. Can be an effective solution if you want shot quickly. Auctions without reserves usually end up getting higher prices as more people bid.
Classified ad for the highest price. Although it may take a while.
Sell it to the trade for the lowest price. Its quick, and virtually instant.
Ebay auction is somewhere in between. So long as the reserve is low enough you should sell it for more than the trade value by the time the auction ends.
You can avoid most of the typical ebay problems by:
- Not selling something that appeals to bottom feeders.
- Writing a detailed ad, listing faults, and with plenty of good pictures.
Here is one of mine that finishes tonight. It is an Audi A4 Avant PX, £1 start and no reserve gets plenty of attention.
Im sure someone will fault it:
I do cringe a bit when I see ebay auctions with the starting price at around the retail price.
I think some people have the wrong idea about ebay auctions, and that it gets buyers competing to pay over the odds, when in fact people will only commit to bidding when they think its cheap.
ETA
Sorry no links for whatever reason.
Sell it to the trade for the lowest price. Its quick, and virtually instant.
Ebay auction is somewhere in between. So long as the reserve is low enough you should sell it for more than the trade value by the time the auction ends.
You can avoid most of the typical ebay problems by:
- Not selling something that appeals to bottom feeders.
- Writing a detailed ad, listing faults, and with plenty of good pictures.
Here is one of mine that finishes tonight. It is an Audi A4 Avant PX, £1 start and no reserve gets plenty of attention.
Im sure someone will fault it:
I do cringe a bit when I see ebay auctions with the starting price at around the retail price.
I think some people have the wrong idea about ebay auctions, and that it gets buyers competing to pay over the odds, when in fact people will only commit to bidding when they think its cheap.
ETA
Sorry no links for whatever reason.
Edited by Big Al. on Thursday 24th November 19:30
kentmotorcompany said:
Classified ad for the highest price. Although it may take a while.
Sell it to the trade for the lowest price. Its quick, and virtually instant.
Ebay auction is somewhere in between. So long as the reserve is low enough you should sell it for more than the trade value by the time the auction ends.
You can avoid most of the typical ebay problems by:
- Not selling something that appeals to bottom feeders.
- Writing a detailed ad, listing faults, and with plenty of good pictures.
Here is one of mine that finishes tonight. It is an Audi A4 Avant PX, £1 start and no reserve gets plenty of attention.
Im sure someone will fault it:
I do cringe a bit when I see ebay auctions with the starting price at around the retail price.
I think some people have the wrong idea about ebay auctions, and that it gets buyers competing to pay over the odds, when in fact people will only commit to bidding when they think its cheap.
I don't think i have the bottle to do a £1 start with no reserve. Sell it to the trade for the lowest price. Its quick, and virtually instant.
Ebay auction is somewhere in between. So long as the reserve is low enough you should sell it for more than the trade value by the time the auction ends.
You can avoid most of the typical ebay problems by:
- Not selling something that appeals to bottom feeders.
- Writing a detailed ad, listing faults, and with plenty of good pictures.
Here is one of mine that finishes tonight. It is an Audi A4 Avant PX, £1 start and no reserve gets plenty of attention.
Im sure someone will fault it:
I do cringe a bit when I see ebay auctions with the starting price at around the retail price.
I think some people have the wrong idea about ebay auctions, and that it gets buyers competing to pay over the odds, when in fact people will only commit to bidding when they think its cheap.
Edited by Big Al. on Thursday 24th November 19:31
kentmotorcompany said:
Im sure someone will fault it:
I do cringe a bit when I see ebay auctions with the starting price at around the retail price.
I think some people have the wrong idea about ebay auctions, and that it gets buyers competing to pay over the odds, when in fact people will only commit to bidding when they think its cheap.
The only time cars do really well price wise on ebay auction is when it is something very unusual and there isn't likely to be another example along for a while. Then, sometimes, you get two enthusiasts who go a bit mad and the price ends up way above what you'd have dreamed of asking in an ad.I do cringe a bit when I see ebay auctions with the starting price at around the retail price.
I think some people have the wrong idea about ebay auctions, and that it gets buyers competing to pay over the odds, when in fact people will only commit to bidding when they think its cheap.
Most cars, however, on a well described listing with a decent MOT end up about £200 either side of CAP Clean.
Edited by Big Al. on Thursday 24th November 19:31
I wouldn't bother unless you're desperate to sell it and willing to sell it for well below market value! All I got was chancers offering 3-4k under the (realistic) asking price, time wasters, and retracted bids.
I advertised on Auto Trader and P'Heads. I only got agencies calling through Autotrader. All real interest came from P'Heads and I successfully sold it for a good price.
Depends on the car I guess.
I advertised on Auto Trader and P'Heads. I only got agencies calling through Autotrader. All real interest came from P'Heads and I successfully sold it for a good price.
Depends on the car I guess.
I sold one some months back on ebay.
Did it as a classified ad, with the price I wanted, and that "make me an offer" option.
Had a few people offer me silly money, but you could just press "no thanks" but did get someone with a reasonable offer a little under what I wanted and went back and forth to agree a price. Once agreed, she turned up, ensured it was as described, transferred the money, took the car. Nice and easy. So easy I was expecting a catch!
(a 2006 Yaris for £5k)
Did it as a classified ad, with the price I wanted, and that "make me an offer" option.
Had a few people offer me silly money, but you could just press "no thanks" but did get someone with a reasonable offer a little under what I wanted and went back and forth to agree a price. Once agreed, she turned up, ensured it was as described, transferred the money, took the car. Nice and easy. So easy I was expecting a catch!
(a 2006 Yaris for £5k)
I sold my motorbike on Ebay and got about three hundred quid more than the best offer I got elsewhere. I got masses of interest and dozens of e-mails. Just bear in mind that ebay do charge a percentage. I imagine PH is perfectly good though, as long as your vehicle is sensibly priced and well described it should sell ok.
I have has some incredible money for unusual cars from Ebay....1966 Mini Gem £7300 as an example (barn find), however as said bread and butter stuff seems to do trade money and a little bit only. Cars that are nearly scrap are worth sticking on as they can do £250+ which is better than the scrap yard.
confused_buyer said:
kentmotorcompany said:
Im sure someone will fault it:
I do cringe a bit when I see ebay auctions with the starting price at around the retail price.
I think some people have the wrong idea about ebay auctions, and that it gets buyers competing to pay over the odds, when in fact people will only commit to bidding when they think its cheap.
The only time cars do really well price wise on ebay auction is when it is something very unusual and there isn't likely to be another example along for a while. Then, sometimes, you get two enthusiasts who go a bit mad and the price ends up way above what you'd have dreamed of asking in an ad.I do cringe a bit when I see ebay auctions with the starting price at around the retail price.
I think some people have the wrong idea about ebay auctions, and that it gets buyers competing to pay over the odds, when in fact people will only commit to bidding when they think its cheap.
Most cars, however, on a well described listing with a decent MOT end up about £200 either side of CAP Clean.
Edited by Big Al. on Thursday 24th November 19:32
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