Advertising a plane for sale
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Hi,
We are trying to sell a plane jointly owned by myself and son, a Europa XS tri-gear. We have advertised it on afors and a couple of Facebook pages. We had several enquires, and a buyer at the beginning of the year, who dropped out due to family commitments, and we have had little further interest.
Does anybody have any other places we could advertise it to ensure we are hitting the widest audience please?
Many thanks
We are trying to sell a plane jointly owned by myself and son, a Europa XS tri-gear. We have advertised it on afors and a couple of Facebook pages. We had several enquires, and a buyer at the beginning of the year, who dropped out due to family commitments, and we have had little further interest.
Does anybody have any other places we could advertise it to ensure we are hitting the widest audience please?
Many thanks
Realistically given you are selling a UK 'only' aircraft your only option is AFORS.
Planecheck might work for near continent (not France!) but the issue of local VAT will likely kill any prospect of foreign sales unless the aircraft is very cheap - in which case it would sell in the UK.
Barnstormers - forget it - great for the US market and pointless for the UK.
The esteemed members of the Tory party separated us from EASA / EU and the result is it s the Uk market, or the Uk market.
Clean it, polish it, make sure any defects are either rectified or at least costed and fully explained. Make sure it has a current reasonably recent permit. Answer all the stupid queries that will inevitably arise and demonstrate to plausible buyers.
Planecheck might work for near continent (not France!) but the issue of local VAT will likely kill any prospect of foreign sales unless the aircraft is very cheap - in which case it would sell in the UK.
Barnstormers - forget it - great for the US market and pointless for the UK.
The esteemed members of the Tory party separated us from EASA / EU and the result is it s the Uk market, or the Uk market.
Clean it, polish it, make sure any defects are either rectified or at least costed and fully explained. Make sure it has a current reasonably recent permit. Answer all the stupid queries that will inevitably arise and demonstrate to plausible buyers.
Is the Europa Club still active? If so they might have a website or classified ads.
Flying club notice boards are another option. A bit old school but they seem to work.
Of the first two which popped up on an AFORS search one is Jabiru powered and the other has a Subaru engine. Both are pretty niche options - there’s a reason why almost all of them are powered by Rotax. A non-Rotax engine will significantly reduce the number of potential buyers.
Flying club notice boards are another option. A bit old school but they seem to work.
Of the first two which popped up on an AFORS search one is Jabiru powered and the other has a Subaru engine. Both are pretty niche options - there’s a reason why almost all of them are powered by Rotax. A non-Rotax engine will significantly reduce the number of potential buyers.
Edited by this is my username on Tuesday 27th May 19:46
MisterNick said:
Hi,
We are trying to sell a plane jointly owned by myself and son, a Europa XS tri-gear. We have advertised it on afors and a couple of Facebook pages. We had several enquires, and a buyer at the beginning of the year, who dropped out due to family commitments, and we have had little further interest.
Does anybody have any other places we could advertise it to ensure we are hitting the widest audience please?
Many thanks
Flying club notice boards? If you're still flying the Europa, it would give you an a good reason for a bit of a farewell tour, armed with a dozen or so copies of your advert. Worth phoning ahead to check the clubs in question are OK with that, but you'd probably be phoning for PPR anyway.We are trying to sell a plane jointly owned by myself and son, a Europa XS tri-gear. We have advertised it on afors and a couple of Facebook pages. We had several enquires, and a buyer at the beginning of the year, who dropped out due to family commitments, and we have had little further interest.
Does anybody have any other places we could advertise it to ensure we are hitting the widest audience please?
Many thanks
Anywhere that is free to advertise has got to be worth an advert, e.g. Facebook Marketplace and Gumtree. Imagine yourself as a buyer and all the things you would want to see and know, then take clear photos of them or describe them in the advert. Don't hesitate to go back and edit the adverts once you have some feedback from enquirers.
Potentially interested buyers will want to know where the aircraft is, however given the number of Rotax engine thefts in recent years you may want to avoid specifically stating where the Europa is hangared. If it is already all over airliners.net and always at the same airfield,it may be too late for that.
A fixed price Ebay listing will also get seen by a lot of people who have general searches set up. The hope is that your advert will get seen or shared to someone who although not specifically looking for a Europa, is actively considering buying an aeroplane.
There may be a certain snobbishness about advertising on non-aircraft specific websites, however those expressing such an opinion probably aren't potential buyers anyway.
Potentially interested buyers will want to know where the aircraft is, however given the number of Rotax engine thefts in recent years you may want to avoid specifically stating where the Europa is hangared. If it is already all over airliners.net and always at the same airfield,it may be too late for that.
A fixed price Ebay listing will also get seen by a lot of people who have general searches set up. The hope is that your advert will get seen or shared to someone who although not specifically looking for a Europa, is actively considering buying an aeroplane.
There may be a certain snobbishness about advertising on non-aircraft specific websites, however those expressing such an opinion probably aren't potential buyers anyway.
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