Selling cars before you go - help
Jul 28th 2005, 5:43 am
#31
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Re: Selling cars before you go - help
Originally Posted by andrewb
If you want to look for sales that have completed, just do an advanced search and check the completed sales button.
From another Ebay addict!!!
From another Ebay addict!!!
Jul 28th 2005, 9:42 am
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Re: Selling cars before you go - help
Originally Posted by andrewb
If you want to look for sales that have completed, just do an advanced search and check the completed sales button.
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From another Ebay addict!!!
We have listed as Buy It Now (fixed price rather than auction) but have had a few silly offers plus one offering to meet us in a car park somewhere :scared: . But there are 8 watchers this morning and still 5 days to go so nil desperandum.
It goes in the local paper today too.
Jul 28th 2005, 11:13 am
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Re: Selling cars before you go - help
Originally Posted by worzel
We did this last night. It confirmed that my wife's Ka Collection is priced reasonably. But it was also surprising to see how many had their value in red because they hadn't sold.
We have listed as Buy It Now (fixed price rather than auction) but have had a few silly offers plus one offering to meet us in a car park somewhere :scared: . But there are 8 watchers this morning and still 5 days to go so nil desperandum.
It goes in the local paper today too.
We have listed as Buy It Now (fixed price rather than auction) but have had a few silly offers plus one offering to meet us in a car park somewhere :scared: . But there are 8 watchers this morning and still 5 days to go so nil desperandum.
It goes in the local paper today too.
Jul 28th 2005, 12:33 pm
#34
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Re: Selling cars before you go - help
Originally Posted by muzza
My local BMW dealer was more than happy to take it off my hands though...these people were also interested, depending on what kind of car you have, you might want to give them a try www.iainmutch.co.uk
Jul 28th 2005, 2:00 pm
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Re: Selling cars before you go - help
Has nobody considered exporting their car to Oz...?
I was getting fustrated at the amount of money I was likely to lose by being forced into taking the best offer. Then a colleague naively suggested why didnt I ship it ? ...at least the steering wheel is on the right side, he said.
I smugly told him that import duties would be far too expensive & he said shouldnt I compare that to how much I was likely to lose in a forced sale...?
...he made me think so I googled it & came up with:
karman shipping
There is a calculator on there to establish ' is it worthwhile shipping your car ?' with links to valuation sites in Oz & likely sale prices in UK. It basically allows you work out on a basic spreadsheet the difference between the realistic sale price in the UK & the cost of then buying the same type car in Oz, then comparing that to shipping/duty/registration costs...to see whether it is worthwhile.
It is for me....
I have a 4 yr old Cherokee Jeep & would be lucky to get £7000 for it walking in to a dealer ...the cost of buying the same in Oz would be around £12500....all costs to get shipped, on the road & registered in Oz are roughly £3500...so in theory I'm £2000 up. So I now know I shouldnt accept anymore than £9000 for my car, as thats my break even figure.
You can also pack it to the hilt with as many of your belongings as you can (including roof box & bike racks) & that gets shipped for free...
It all depends on the type of car you have whether it makes financial sense or not, but may be worth it for some of you...?
I was getting fustrated at the amount of money I was likely to lose by being forced into taking the best offer. Then a colleague naively suggested why didnt I ship it ? ...at least the steering wheel is on the right side, he said.
I smugly told him that import duties would be far too expensive & he said shouldnt I compare that to how much I was likely to lose in a forced sale...?
...he made me think so I googled it & came up with:
karman shipping
There is a calculator on there to establish ' is it worthwhile shipping your car ?' with links to valuation sites in Oz & likely sale prices in UK. It basically allows you work out on a basic spreadsheet the difference between the realistic sale price in the UK & the cost of then buying the same type car in Oz, then comparing that to shipping/duty/registration costs...to see whether it is worthwhile.
It is for me....
I have a 4 yr old Cherokee Jeep & would be lucky to get £7000 for it walking in to a dealer ...the cost of buying the same in Oz would be around £12500....all costs to get shipped, on the road & registered in Oz are roughly £3500...so in theory I'm £2000 up. So I now know I shouldnt accept anymore than £9000 for my car, as thats my break even figure.
You can also pack it to the hilt with as many of your belongings as you can (including roof box & bike racks) & that gets shipped for free...
It all depends on the type of car you have whether it makes financial sense or not, but may be worth it for some of you...?
Jul 28th 2005, 4:09 pm
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Re: Selling cars before you go - help
Originally Posted by spottydog
Just had a look at this website, looks a bit dodgy to me with only a mobile phone number and no name or address at all plus loads of averts via search engines for other places to sell your car. Have you actually had dealings with them and if you have how do they compare to local dealers, autotrader etc. when it comes to price and where are they based?
Aug 5th 2005, 1:40 pm
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Re: Selling cars before you go - help
Just an update on this thread and a little info..
weve had the car in autotrader and freeads for about a month.....nothing....left it for a fortnight and this week put it back in both but added words "due to emigration all offers considered" well it sold straight out of the freeads by wednesday and this morning as autotrader has come out wev'e had 6 calls already starting at 8.30 this morning...Im sure this is people feel they can make you offers and maybe get a bargain,whereas before it was more of set price. Ok weve lost a few hundred quid on it,but the cash is in the bank and the parking space is now empty....
Getting offers at least opens the bartering,which like house selling is better than no offers to start from. To fend off the losing to much money as people do start by knocking off up to a grand,just add couple of hundred in the first place..
weve had the car in autotrader and freeads for about a month.....nothing....left it for a fortnight and this week put it back in both but added words "due to emigration all offers considered" well it sold straight out of the freeads by wednesday and this morning as autotrader has come out wev'e had 6 calls already starting at 8.30 this morning...Im sure this is people feel they can make you offers and maybe get a bargain,whereas before it was more of set price. Ok weve lost a few hundred quid on it,but the cash is in the bank and the parking space is now empty....
Getting offers at least opens the bartering,which like house selling is better than no offers to start from. To fend off the losing to much money as people do start by knocking off up to a grand,just add couple of hundred in the first place..
Aug 5th 2005, 4:56 pm
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Re: Selling cars before you go - help
Originally Posted by sherman989
Hi
Just spent an afternoon trailing around car dealers trying to get one to buy our two cars. Its a joke they say the market is full of cars and second hand ones are worth a bean!.
My car is only a few years old low mileage and now they are telling me they can take it reluctantly off my hands for £ 1500, it was £12000 new!.
The other car is older and worth a little more.....
What have other people done to get a decent price, we don't want to be greedy but would appreciate £4000 for two good cars.
Anyone got any ideas?, should we give ebay ago, pay Autotrader.
What have you done or are going to do??
Thank your your help!!
Mandie & Sherman
Just spent an afternoon trailing around car dealers trying to get one to buy our two cars. Its a joke they say the market is full of cars and second hand ones are worth a bean!.
My car is only a few years old low mileage and now they are telling me they can take it reluctantly off my hands for £ 1500, it was £12000 new!.
The other car is older and worth a little more.....
What have other people done to get a decent price, we don't want to be greedy but would appreciate £4000 for two good cars.
Anyone got any ideas?, should we give ebay ago, pay Autotrader.
What have you done or are going to do??
Thank your your help!!
Mandie & Sherman
my brother did this when he left UK for Tenerife, cos he had needed to use car up to departure, me dad sold it private in the end and got a decent price
bev
