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Offline yabbie

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Need help on pricing
« on: 04 March 2007, 10:36 »
Right im trying to sell my golf gti 16v 2.0 abf 97 mot till jan08 tax 07/07 blistein suspension kit Clifford alarm and leather interior 116500 on the clock was asking £1999 but now lowered it to £1750 is this to much or something had loads of intrest but i am not selling it for £1200 i would rather break it and sell it of for parts what do you think

Offline monkeyalan

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Re: Need help on pricing
« Reply #1 on: 04 March 2007, 10:39 »
the mileage is a bit on the high side but not scary so i think the price you want is about right providing you have a decent service history.

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Re: Need help on pricing
« Reply #2 on: 04 March 2007, 10:45 »
yea i got full service history up until 111000 and after that every receipts and work carried out has been kept. thanks

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Re: Need help on pricing
« Reply #3 on: 05 March 2007, 22:05 »
Got my 8V Mk3 R reg 98 got 140K on the clock with FSH cost me £1200 Nov last year. Mileage a bit scary for me but I dont drive a lot

Needed a service and a bit of bodywork

Sound like your car is in good nick yabbie so its deffo worth what you asking. Have you stuck it on the trader ?

When I was looking for mine, 16Vs were going for silly money £2500 and up. You might just have to wait for the right person, with 1 years MOT and 6 months tax time is on your side  :wink:
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Re: Need help on pricing
« Reply #4 on: 05 March 2007, 22:25 »
Hi,

I just sold a P plate 16v with 125,000 for £1050. The car had all the old MOT's and some service history upto 80K (3 years ago). It had a new MOT and tax until April. The bodywork was good with no rust but it did have some scratches and 2/3 dents...

I needed a quickish sale and waiting about 2 months before it sold.

I've seen them sell for a lot more than I got on Ebay but I needed a quick sale. I'd try putting on there and see what happens. They seem to go for 1000 - 2000 depending on condition.

The whole Mk3 market seems to have slowed down recently.


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Re: Need help on pricing
« Reply #5 on: 06 March 2007, 10:01 »
ebay is OK but the big problem with selling cars is the charges.

It doesnt cost you a lot to put it on (~£6) and you can put loads of pics for free but the charges after it has sold are a killer.  :angry:

Sold my missus old polo on there for £150 and it was knackered, there was no way anyone would have bought it in the real world. The charges for selling it were over £10.

So if you stick it on ebay, my advice is overprice due to the charges you will get or put your contact number the auction on so people can ring / come see it and hopefully do a cash deal. Then say it didnt sell.

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Re: Need help on pricing
« Reply #6 on: 07 March 2007, 18:41 »
 :rolleyes: well thats what i was wanting so i shall see

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Re: Need help on pricing
« Reply #7 on: 07 March 2007, 22:27 »
Just to but in, my mate is looking for a 16v and I have shown him this thread, but milage is a bit high for him! keep telling him about vw rep so wait and see!