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| mk1collector Member Since: 17 Sep 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 6772   
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With the mrs now having the double cab we need to sell her old polo, it's in good condition so we put it on eBay for a month at maybe an optimistic price (although it has a few factory extras like heated leather seats etc) but with ono and we only had one person ring up. So my question is where's best to advertise these days? It got a few hundred views on eBay so do you think I should just stick it back on with a lower price or is auto trader better or any other place? Any advise appreciated
Cheers Ray Ray My build thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic17615.html |
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1st Sep 2015 9:25pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20915 
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Well I wouldn't use a company starting with 'We Buy' for many reasons.
But no doubt someone may disagree |
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1st Sep 2015 9:56pm |
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| davew Member Since: 02 Jan 2012 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 888 
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Autotrader and/or eBay can work OK but you need to be realistic with the price AND make sure you provide as much information and pics as you can.
I'm looking to buy at the moment and it's pretty amazing (and annoying) to me that people expect you to travel 50+ miles to see a car and spend over £2000 to buy it when they can't be bothered to fill in any information or supply more than one photo taken in the dark, in portrait, in a snow storm. From a buyers PoV Ebay is good if you want a generic "car" but if you want a specific make/model and so on it's a bit limited but it does seem that a lot of the dealers advertise the same vehicles on both these days so there's probably value in advertising on both. http://www.yorkshireoffroadclub.net/ |
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1st Sep 2015 10:17pm |
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| Clemmo Member Since: 03 Aug 2012 Location: Mile Oak Posts: 1262 
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Unless your car is very special there are hundreds of similar cars out there..its a tough ask selling a used car.
As stated a clear bright Ad with all details and well presented. Don't over sell it. "Genuine reason for sale" does not cut it! Maybe you want to dump it because the gearbox has gone..its a genuine reason! 
Make your Ad stand out and... always the difficult one..don't over value it. As an ex car salesman I was taught to "remove the blockers" 
If it needs an MOT..do it If it needs a tyre..replace it if the exhaust is blowing ..fix it...You get the idea! I wish you luck. Autotrader has always worked well for me. Gumtree too. Clemmo Make today a little better than yesterday but not so good as tomorrow....
Defender 90 HT............Pangea Green BMW X3 Msport............Carbon Black Mini Electric................Grey. (wow!) MGB Roadster……..........Vermillion 17k miles Honda Benly CD200....Maroon --------McLouis Fusio........7.4m of fun |
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1st Sep 2015 10:38pm |
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| mk1collector Member Since: 17 Sep 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 6772
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Cheers chaps
I've made sure everything is fixed and up to date and good pics of all the way around have been put up so I guess I'll drop the price a bit and stick it back on eBay and auto trader as well Ray
My build thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic17615.html |
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1st Sep 2015 11:22pm |
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| excossack Member Since: 22 Feb 2012 Location: North West Posts: 6009 
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VW Polo owners forum ? VW Mag? 1999 Defender TD5 110
Regards John M0VAZ Econet Station 48 no clock |
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2nd Sep 2015 8:02am |
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| Muddybigdog Member Since: 11 Apr 2014 Location: Suffolk Posts: 1047 
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Not sure which version of VW Polo it is, but if low insurance group might be worth mentioning as Polo's are getting popular with young newly qualified drivers, also if it's good on MPG. Jumped ship to reliability - Mitsubishi L200
Puma 90 XS - Sold D3 - 2.7 S x2 (both Sold) Freelander 2 HSE - Sold Freelander 1 - Sold Disco 2 - Sold |
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2nd Sep 2015 8:17am |
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| bluebottle Member Since: 08 May 2015 Location: Not in my Landy enough! Posts: 705
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Sell the parts individually - I reckon you could get a good bidding war going for the wiper relay!
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2nd Sep 2015 9:01am |
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| treps Member Since: 07 Jul 2015 Location: SE Posts: 244 |
We sold our old Polo on webuyanycar.com
You may not get the best price but very hassle free, fair and done in 45mins |
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2nd Sep 2015 9:47am |
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| mk1collector Member Since: 17 Sep 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 6772
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 ^^^^ it's a 1.4 diesel so low insurance and great on fuel and has been pretty much pampered
Cheeky pic 
 Click image to enlarge I'm on quite a few vw site (owning some mk1 golfs) and hadn't even thought of putting it there 
Cheers chaps Ray
My build thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic17615.html |
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2nd Sep 2015 9:50am |
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| mk1collector Member Since: 17 Sep 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 6772
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I put the details In there just to see what they would offer and lets just say it was less than I could sell the heated leather interior for on eBay Ray
My build thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic17615.html |
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2nd Sep 2015 9:53am |
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| GREENI Member Since: 22 Aug 2010 Location: staffs Posts: 10383
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try VZI forum?
Or Pistonheads? |
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2nd Sep 2015 10:04am |
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| ian series 1 Member Since: 17 Nov 2014 Location: south Posts: 3127 
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Have you tried your local newspaper?
You would be supprised, as many people can't be bothered to travel miles to look at cars! A friend of mine would only look at cars if only in a 5 mile radius of his house  80" 80" 86" 88" 90"
Wanted, Forward Control Anything considered. |
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2nd Sep 2015 10:31am |
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| simon67 Member Since: 18 Jun 2015 Location: west sussex Posts: 569 
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Would probably get more interest on here, if you added a KBX grill and Sawtooths
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2nd Sep 2015 12:20pm |
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