so hard to sell?
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stevie99s

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187 posts

217 months

Sunday 13th March 2011
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Is it this time of year? or the price?, ive been trying to sell my car for around 2 months now and not had much luck, just time wasters offering part ex'es that arent worth looking at, ive put 2 premium ads on PH, its also on gumtree, is Autotrader worth a try or ebay?,

Many thanks

halo34

2,890 posts

228 months

Sunday 13th March 2011
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I managed to sell my 09 V70 on here quite quickly but it came as a complete surprise to be honest.


junglie

2,051 posts

246 months

Sunday 13th March 2011
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What car is it?

stevie99s

Original Poster:

187 posts

217 months

Sunday 13th March 2011
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junglie said:
What car is it?
53 Seat Leon Cupra facelift, just need rid of it now as ive seen an ideal car

junglie

2,051 posts

246 months

Sunday 13th March 2011
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Without looking at the advert I would not know but I imagine it is down to price.

stevie99s

Original Poster:

187 posts

217 months

Sunday 13th March 2011
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junglie said:
Without looking at the advert I would not know but I imagine it is down to price.
i think its fairly priced and ive reduced it,is it against the rules to post the advert on here

thanks

Jasandjules

72,586 posts

258 months

Sunday 13th March 2011
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Is it expensive compared to other similar cars!?!?

V8mate

45,899 posts

218 months

Sunday 13th March 2011
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Took me six months to sell a 2005 family car recently. More or less gave it away in the end.

Still got whinging texts from the buyer over the subsequent few weeks as he found things which didn't appeal to him.

Knob.

MrBrightSi

2,926 posts

199 months

Sunday 13th March 2011
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As it's VAG without rust, stupid lowering kit and stretched tyres it'll struggle.

va1o

16,113 posts

236 months

Sunday 13th March 2011
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I'd guess your not getting enough exposure, you need to put it on Autotrader, this is the number 1 destination for people looking for a used car. Pistonheads caters for a more specialist market and Gumtree is really at the bottom end of the market, a car like that needs advertising on Autotrader.

V8mate

45,899 posts

218 months

Sunday 13th March 2011
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Regrettably, I'd say it's barely worth a couple of grand. If you want it gone I'd stick it on eBay at £2350 BIN and take any 'best offer' above two grand.

mike80

2,421 posts

245 months

Sunday 13th March 2011
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I would guess a reasonably high mile car, plus fairly performance oriented isn't too popular at the moment with the price of petrol and everything.

davepoth

29,395 posts

228 months

Sunday 13th March 2011
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Some more pictures wouldn't go amiss too.

va1o

16,113 posts

236 months

Sunday 13th March 2011
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The high mileage might be putting people a bit off? Price looks about right though, I wouldn't drop it much more than that. Going by what CAP says its worth about £2k in the trade and £4k at a main dealer so £2.9k private is reasonable.

junglie

2,051 posts

246 months

Sunday 13th March 2011
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My thoughts:

1. Format of the advert makes it hard to read and people will give up - make it clearer.
2. List the Service History by date, place, mileage and what was done.
3. A remap is fine but explain what power it went from and too - who did the work and does it affect reliability.
4. The bad points - seem easy to change so why don't you? I can't be bothered to lok at a car that has 'Easy Fixes' yet nothing has been done, if it is that easy then do it prior to sale. If it was Cat C / D and you knew what you were buying then you would not expect the work to have been done.

Like I said, just my thoughts and nothing personal.

V8mate

45,899 posts

218 months

Sunday 13th March 2011
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va1o said:
The high mileage might be putting people a bit off? Price looks about right though, I wouldn't drop it much more than that. Its worth about £2k in the trade and £4k at a main dealer so £2.9k private is reasonable.
It's a modified car. Destroys used values.

Jem0911

4,415 posts

230 months

Sunday 13th March 2011
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My FFRR sold in three days.
Now I think it was too cheap!!!!
If a car is the right price it will sell.

Looking at your Cupra I guess it needs to be a wee bit cheaper.

va1o

16,113 posts

236 months

Sunday 13th March 2011
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V8mate said:
It's a modified car. Destroys used values.
True, but it looks OEM enough in the pictures, all I can spot is the sticker on the side and remap, am I missing something else?

STW2010

5,918 posts

191 months

Sunday 13th March 2011
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I would advise getting the fuel gauge sorted, as that will put a hell of a lot of people off. If I was looking for a car and there were several options around the £3k mark then I would instantly remove a car from the shortlist for that.

Perhaps not a major problem to fix, but one that I would simply be looking for alternatives without this problem.

Also, for the sake of a battery fix that key fob. It's one less thing on that 'bad points' list.

You could even fix these 'bad points' for the similars costs to placing an advert, so it is also a way of not wasting further cash advertising the car.


V8mate

45,899 posts

218 months

Sunday 13th March 2011
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va1o said:
V8mate said:
It's a modified car. Destroys used values.
True, but it looks OEM enough in the pictures, all I can spot is the sticker on the side and remap, am I missing something else?
Yep - his ad says it's a modified car.