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Model specific boards => Golf mk6 => Topic started by: Stevalical on 19 July 2011, 11:57
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Hi Guys, you very kindly gave some advise regarding where to advertise my GTI for sale a couple of weeks and I duly did so at both Pistonheads and Ebay classified and to date I've not had a single call. Here's a link to the ad, any comments? does it look ok?, the format ok? price? Any feedback would be great
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3016211.htm
Cheers
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No Interior Photo's, price maybe a bit high (With no reckying done myself), reason for sale?
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It's the price that people aren't keen on. I sold my 2010 plate 5 door last week with DSG and a fair few extras for £20500 so I think that you're looking at £18000 tops for yours.
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I would say you need to make the add a little more personal. It just reads like spec list. Tell a story about it. When and where you bought it from, number of owners, especially if you bought it from new, tell us about how well you have looked after it and why you are selling it.
Also more pictures would be good. Interior pictures showing the upgrade radio etc and wheels pictures showing the condition of them.
Finally the price. For a private sale, it seem a bit on the high side to me. Granted, it is very nicely speced with low mileage, but it's still getting on for £20k. People spending that sort of money would generally prefer to go to a dealer rather than take a punt on a private sale.
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Advertise it on autotrader... its the first place ordinary folk look :nerd:
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Yes, the guy that bought my car came through Autotrader.
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Advertise it on autotrader... its the first place ordinary folk look :nerd:
Spot on.
Firstly keep in mind that anyone buying private with that sort of money is out for a bargain.
Secondly most people spending around £20k on a car will need some sort of finance and will have a car to get shot of themselves. So they will generally go to a dealer unless as above, they spot a bargain.
Pistonheads is a good place to look for sporty stuff but it is a nightmare to wade through. Autotrader is trusted and easy to navigate. Push the car's condition and how well you looked after it in the advert. Pictures sell cars though. Yours are very good, but as above, you need interior shots too.
Be patient, there aren't that many people with £20k to spend on a second hand car in this present climate (depending on where you live etc).
See what a dealer offers you and price it about a grand above that and be prepared to take about £500 above the dealer price would be my educated guess. GTIs are dropping heavily at the moment, and so are many other things.
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Although a nice looking car, the ad is very 'flat', no 'emotive' words! What's it like to drive, who does the servicing and is it on longlife or time/interval. What does the sound system sound like?? etc...
As already mentioned, take some internal shots, especially of the dash, seats and In car Audio.... And one of the (hopefully!) clean boot showing it's first aid pack/warning triangle etc.
And yes, the price is too high... I recently paid £22k ish for a 10 plate from a dealer with 10k mls on the clock.
My recently sold 02 plate Bora PD150 went for only £2k, I was hoping for £2.5k, the bottoms dropped out of the second hand market I think, people just don't want to spend their dosh cos they're afraid of what's coming up in the recession!
Good Luck! :wink:
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The price is a little high compared to whats on Autotrader at the moment. Your price isn't far off a couple of similar spec cars to those at VW dealers.
You'll have to price it so that the price will tempt them away from the dealers arms.
Great looking car though, I hope you sell it soon.
Jim
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^ Some good advice and fair comments there.
Good luck with the sale.
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You need to be quite a bit cheaper than a main dealer due to the risk to the buyer. I sold my gtd last year and had it up privately for a few weeks first but got no end of stupid offers. In the end was lucky that managed to flog it through the dealership I work for and for that reason quiet alot more. In my opinion if there is a main dealer car and yours side by side it needs to be at least £1500-£2000 cheaper due to risk presented by the no come back of a private sale.
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You need to be quite a bit cheaper than a main dealer due to the risk to the buyer. I sold my gtd last year and had it up privately for a few weeks first but got no end of stupid offers. In the end was lucky that managed to flog it through the dealership I work for and for that reason quiet alot more. In my opinion if there is a main dealer car and yours side by side it needs to be at least £1500-£2000 cheaper due to risk presented by the no come back of a private sale.
I don't see why you think the "no come back" is a problem for a potential buyer, the car still has about 12 months manufacturers warranty left, and the price seems very reasonable to me.
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I don't see why you think the "no come back" is a problem for a potential buyer, the car still has about 12 months manufacturers warranty left, and the price seems very reasonable to me.
The law gives you a lot less protection if you buy from a private seller unlike from a trade. The warranty will not cover you if the previous owner did something nasty to the car :smug: Like me...
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You need to be quite a bit cheaper than a main dealer due to the risk to the buyer. I sold my gtd last year and had it up privately for a few weeks first but got no end of stupid offers. In the end was lucky that managed to flog it through the dealership I work for and for that reason quiet alot more. In my opinion if there is a main dealer car and yours side by side it needs to be at least £1500-£2000 cheaper due to risk presented by the no come back of a private sale.
I don't see why you think the "no come back" is a problem for a potential buyer, the car still has about 12 months manufacturers warranty left, and the price seems very reasonable to me.
It's not only that, there is a difference between what a car is "worth" and the dealers screen price.
The dealers screen price has to include dealership overheads, bills, rates, insurance, staff wages, VAT on the profit, the list goes on.
I reckon if you took the car to a dealer and offered it to them for cash, you ought to get around £17,000. With that in mind, I don't see that you can expect to get any more than £17,500 as a private sale. I'd advertise it for £18,000 with room to come down. Unless you're dripped up and in negative equity.
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I don't see why you think the "no come back" is a problem for a potential buyer, the car still has about 12 months manufacturers warranty left, and the price seems very reasonable to me.
The law gives you a lot less protection if you buy from a private seller unlike from a trade. The warranty will not cover you if the previous owner did something nasty to the car :smug: Like me...
Provided it's been serviced by a recognised garage it shouldn't be a problem [Unless it's been remapped and the dealer knows about it]
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I don't see why you think the "no come back" is a problem for a potential buyer, the car still has about 12 months manufacturers warranty left, and the price seems very reasonable to me.
The law gives you a lot less protection if you buy from a private seller unlike from a trade. The warranty will not cover you if the previous owner did something nasty to the car :smug: Like me...
Provided it's been serviced by a recognised garage it shouldn't be a problem [Unless it's been remapped and the dealer knows about it'
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Well, mine has been badly crashed and 'repaired'. From the outside it looked ok but the chassis legs were probably bent. The dealer's warrantly wouldn't help you here I am afraid
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I don't see why you think the "no come back" is a problem for a potential buyer, the car still has about 12 months manufacturers warranty left, and the price seems very reasonable to me.
The law gives you a lot less protection if you buy from a private seller unlike from a trade. The warranty will not cover you if the previous owner did something nasty to the car :smug: Like me...
Provided it's been serviced by a recognised garage it shouldn't be a problem [Unless it's been remapped and the dealer knows about it'
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Well, mine has been badly crashed and 'repaired'. From the outside it looked ok but the chassis legs were probably bent. The dealer's warrantly wouldn't help you here I am afraid
Oh dear, but it would appear on an HPI check
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I don't see why you think the "no come back" is a problem for a potential buyer, the car still has about 12 months manufacturers warranty left, and the price seems very reasonable to me.
The law gives you a lot less protection if you buy from a private seller unlike from a trade. The warranty will not cover you if the previous owner did something nasty to the car :smug: Like me...
Provided it's been serviced by a recognised garage it shouldn't be a problem [Unless it's been remapped and the dealer knows about it'
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Well, mine has been badly crashed and 'repaired'. From the outside it looked ok but the chassis legs were probably bent. The dealer's warrantly wouldn't help you here I am afraid
Oh dear, but it would appear on an HPI check
Not unless it's been written off I'm afraid :angry:
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Sadly it wasn't... Should have gone to the GTI heaven :)
Rest assured it wasn't sold to an innocent buyer. The garage that was 'repairing' the car took it off me to close the complaint with the insurer.
HPI check could show insurance repairs if anything - but that covers anything from wing mirror scratch to structural repairs. If you buy from a dealer/trade and there is a problem with the car the dealer knew but didn't tell you you can still go back and have it repaired.
Anyway, in this case I'm sure the car is fine and will find a new owner soon!
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Back on topic, it seems the op has changes his add following our comments.
Good luck fella :smiley:
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Back on topic, it seems the op has changes his add following our comments.
Good luck fella :smiley:
Ah.... That's better :cool:
Good luck indeed :smiley: