SiC Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 Try Autotrader. I've had much more success with it recently. Adverts under 1k are free. Seem to get a different class of buyer with AT - especially around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 All local selling stuff like AT and GT just depends where you live and what kind of people live in your local area. Gumtree round here is much like FOADS experience, you could literally spend seventeen thousand hours replying to messages from people with obvious mental health or substance abuse issues, but more than likely they have no intention of buying the car from the outset. Arguing with strangers on the internet is a genuine hobby for a lot of people. Its free, its immediate and no matter how bad your life is, it allows the lowest forms of life to feel superior to the stranger theyve picked at random to argue with. Hope someone on hear takes it man. Looks like a canny little car. Id rock it round the doors. Dick Longbridge, Lacquer Peel, DodgyBastard and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlo Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 Sorry to be a party pooper; but from the evidence in the screenshots I just get the impression that, apart from one or two obvious idiots, I can see an aggressive seller putting off some fairly genuine buyers. Correct me if I'm wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpiusMaximus Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 Sorry to be a party pooper; but from the evidence in the screenshots I just get the impression that, apart from one or two obvious idiots, I can see an aggressive seller putting off some fairly genuine buyers. Correct me if I'm wrong. With respect, what I'm seeing is a whole load of people that haven't read the advert properly. oldcars 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingz123 Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 Great use of english they’ve used there.....i wonder why..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyBastard Posted August 15, 2018 Author Share Posted August 15, 2018 Sorry to be a party pooper; but from the evidence in the screenshots I just get the impression that, apart from one or two obvious idiots, I can see an aggressive seller putting off some fairly genuine buyers. Correct me if I'm wrong. There hasn't been one genuine buyer yet, it's fairly easy to tell if they are genuinely interested within the first couple of messages. All of these cunts start by making low offers the haggle until we agree a price, then they want it fucking delivered! It might seem like I'm being aggressive but it's just because they have asked lots of stupid questions which are covered in the advert. then haggle some more with the price then go round and round wanting it delivered.In my eyes a serious buyer would make contact, arrange a time to see it and actually fucking turn up. They would then asses the condition of the car and make an offer that they were willing to pay, there could be a bit of haggling and we'd agree on a price. Everybody's happy.Instead this lot of fucking dickhead cunts just go round in circles with the same bullshit, I swear they are all probably the same person trying to wear me down so I'll just tell them to fucking take it away. JohnK, davehedgehog31, Arthur Foxhake and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyBastard Posted August 15, 2018 Author Share Posted August 15, 2018 Mohan Sent from my G3311 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyBastard Posted August 15, 2018 Author Share Posted August 15, 2018 Mohan Sent from my G3311 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyBastard Posted August 15, 2018 Author Share Posted August 15, 2018 Some other cunt Sent from my G3311 using Tapatalk johngarty and oldcars 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 Do you still Kia? GrumpiusMaximus and DodgyBastard 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dome Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 The correct response to the lowball offers is "Deal! Can you call me with your credit card details please? I'll take payment immediately" DodgyBastard and GrumpiusMaximus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dome Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 And if they want it delivered get a £100 deposit up front. GrumpiusMaximus and DodgyBastard 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyBastard Posted August 15, 2018 Author Share Posted August 15, 2018 The correct response to the lowball offers is "Deal! Can you call me with your credit card details please? I'll take payment immediately" I'll need to try that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben_O Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 Christ! I blame the internet and smart phones. I suppose long gone are the days where you post an advert in a paper and someone phones for a chat about the item before coming by to chat some more, have a look and hand over some money. I don't envy you, I hate selling cars. Is there anywhere you can display it with a sign in the window? oldcars and Christine 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 We still have adverts in the post office window, with old shaky writing, - Kia 5 door hatchback , silver , good condition , little used £ 1200 ono , Mr. Oswald , call at number 12 Bosworth Close , Nunstone Road , Cowslip ... They don't want people not turning up , i guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyBastard Posted August 15, 2018 Author Share Posted August 15, 2018 Just stuck it on Autotrader for £999 and got a phone call minutes after placing the advert. "Hi is it still available" Yes "Where are you" Dunfermline "Where?" Dunfermline!!! "Where's that" In fucking Scotland, where are you? "Oxford" Fuck off! I don't think autotrader is going to be any easier... Nyphur, GrumpiusMaximus, davehedgehog31 and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 Did you put the location in the advert text? AT only gives distance in searches unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyBastard Posted August 15, 2018 Author Share Posted August 15, 2018 Did you put the location in the advert text? AT only gives distance in searches unfortunately. Ah fuck! I'll need to do that then. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 £400 cash today m8 and you must deliver it to Gloucester else you’re obviously a rapist DodgyBastard, Dave_Q and GrumpiusMaximus 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 Did you put the location in the advert text? AT only gives distance in searches unfortunately.Oxford to Dunfermline is pretty far!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeEP Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 Did you put the location in the advert text? AT only gives distance in searches unfortunately. And highly optimistic distances at that, I sometimes search up to 45 miles, knowing it will give me results which are actually anything up to 70 miles away! SiC and Burnside 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnside Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 Fuck me! I feel sorry for you Foad, I've had enough grief just selling odds and ends on ebay for a few quid with the twats who can't be bothered to read. To quote Nathan Barley, The rise of the idiots. As others have said maybe try the traditional methods of a local Paper Shop or maybe just put a simple 'For Sale' sign in the window. Which I've noticed more of lately by me which I suspecting is people who have given up on the internet for the same reasons. Looks a great motor though and I'm sure it find a new home soon enough for that money. RoadworkUK and oldcars 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasticvandan Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 It must be the type of car as well,I can't see someone selling a Morris Oxford having this level of grief Jim Bell and DodgyBastard 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasticvandan Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 Reading through the wonderful messages is half tempting me to stick a fake advert up just for the messages to post on here,very entertaining! oldcars, Mr_Bo11ox, DodgyBastard and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rantingYoof Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 Autotrader distances assume you take a VTOL plane directly between each location. Saying that, it should still show Oxford to Dumferline as being silly miles away. egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bramz7 Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 Autotrader distances assume you take a VTOL plane directly between each location. Saying that, it should still show Oxford to Dumferline as being silly miles away. Yep, not sure how they measure distance but it's several dozen miles off usually. I fucking hate selling cars. Gumtree isn't too bad but I have had plenty of people expect me to lower the price due their money issues or due to niggles with the car mentioned in the advert... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyBastard Posted August 16, 2018 Author Share Posted August 16, 2018 Please tell me this is someone on here on the wind-up? Sent from my G3311 using Tapatalk rantingYoof, BorniteIdentity, Christine and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dome Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 That is an opportunity for you to have some fun with them! Did her gran get all of the stains out of the seats from the goats she sacrificed in it? A genuine buyer like that should be told the truth! GrumpiusMaximus, DodgyBastard and Christine 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyBastard Posted August 16, 2018 Author Share Posted August 16, 2018 OK then... Sent from my G3311 using Tapatalk GrumpiusMaximus, davehedgehog31, The Moog and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 It's the fish sticker in the back window - it means creationism. Something in particular to do with Jesus and giving out fish to five thousand. Basically a sign that you are a church go-er. The alternative is the fish with Darwin written in the middle. Means you believe in Darwinism - i.e. the opposite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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