My biggest car advert gripe
Discussion
B'stard Child said:
And as a result waste their own money which is why autotrader probably don't mind
People looking at £999 or below see price and go "cocks"
Anyone looking in a "higher" price group don't see them anyway
This is the point!!! If you're looking for a sub-1k car you wont ring up the person with the 2495 car for sale. If you're looking for cars in the price bracket that they're trying to sell it in then they'll never see the ad. Whats the point?People looking at £999 or below see price and go "cocks"
Anyone looking in a "higher" price group don't see them anyway
k!martin84 said:
rumple said:
I asked about this on another forum and was told it was cheaper to advertise them, is this true, are the ads price based.
Cars under £1000 are £9.99 to advertise on AT i think and its £20 or something for cars over a grand.Also as Mr Fox points out putting the wrong mileage in an advert
The Crack Fox said:
Not as annoying as Mileage = 140, meaning 140'000, grrr !
I hate that one! You do a focused search on what you want, only to have pages and pages of bloody starship mileage cars! If I wanted a car with 100k on the clock, I would look for one. But when I am looking for one with less than 20k, I dont want ones that have been to the moon and back!
ARRGGHHH
And the ones who price up the finance per month price! Want to buy a car for £20k, dont list it as £400! I know its not £400! Its just that they are trying lazy and stupid attempts to get their car first in the list.
The current trend i've noticed recently - only as i'm on AT 24/7! - is the seller describing the colour & trim of their cars as 'the best colour combination' just because it's what they happen to be selling. I saw this on a lime green BMW with green leather seats advert too!
Plus, the worse word in an advert is the word 'hence' -
CAT/D/C/VCAR/STOLENRECOVERED/ENGINESEIZED/BODYWORKFEKUKED (delete as applicable) 'hence' price....
Plus, the worse word in an advert is the word 'hence' -
CAT/D/C/VCAR/STOLENRECOVERED/ENGINESEIZED/BODYWORKFEKUKED (delete as applicable) 'hence' price....
The fact is not only do they end up with people viewing their ad who arent interested in their car but more importantly people who might want their car will never see it. If you want 2495 but put it on at 999 then someone who wants a 2495 car isnt going to see your ad. I dont see the logic in doing this.
Whenever ive put a car up for sale ive just been honest and to the point. And i use all 9 pictures.
Whenever ive put a car up for sale ive just been honest and to the point. And i use all 9 pictures.
The biggest gripe for me is a garage around these parts that advertises a car at say 10k in the title but then in the advert says that's after 2k min part ex allowance so the car is actually 12k. I'd be very unlikely to ever buy a car from them so shouldn't let it bother me but it just boils my piss..!!
martin84 said:
The fact is not only do they end up with people viewing their ad who arent interested in their car but more importantly people who might want their car will never see it. If you want 2495 but put it on at 999 then someone who wants a 2495 car isnt going to see your ad. I dont see the logic in doing this.
Whenever ive put a car up for sale ive just been honest and to the point. And i use all 9 pictures.
Exactly, especially since we're only talking about the price difference between a cheapo-sub £1k-advert and a proper ad is the price of half a tank of fuel...Whenever ive put a car up for sale ive just been honest and to the point. And i use all 9 pictures.
Personally i find the local paper to be a better way to sell a cheap car than Auto Trader, ive generally had more luck that way. I put an ad in the paper the other day to sell my old car which read '1999 Ford Mondeo 2.0 Zetec, Black, Manual, 107k, MOT May 2012, Tax March 2012, VGC, £695'
A woman bought it off me on Sunday for £650. Result
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A woman bought it off me on Sunday for £650. Result
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