Selling a car privately

Goat Eyes said:
Used car pricing guide. It gives you the trade and retail prices for every car and takes into account things such as condition, age, mileage and history.
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A like the Glasses guide ?
I never really buy cars that are still dealer serviced . I tend to buy 5 years old and more, up around 70-80k .
I am still a bit swayed by dealer history if I can get it though or at least specialist. You presume they've had what they needed.
 


I sold A bike recently and the lad who was interested rang up and asked if it had service history I said no he went all sniffy until I replied that the bike only had 700 miles on the clock
 
cornish mackem said:
Trader imo
If you are not desperate to sell it, hang on a bit
What car is it?
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Jag f pace. Not desperate to sell, I’ve got a company van and it just sits there. It’s only done 3500 in a year. Thought I’d be better off with the money than it depreciating at the front door.
It’s 4 year old and only has 21k miles on it. Good car for someone.
 
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gegsongegsonlegs said:
Jag f pace. Not desperate to sell, I’ve got a company van and it just sits there. It’s only done 3500 in a year. Thought I’d be better off with the money than it depreciating at the front door.
It’s 4 year old and only has 21k miles on it. Good car for someone.
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We buy any car ?
think a car value depreciates every 6 months so longer it’s sits there
rather than have the chew of private seller time wasters
Take a little bit less for car but get rid pain free
 
gegsongegsonlegs said:
Jag f pace. Not desperate to sell, I’ve got a company van and it just sits there. It’s only done 3500 in a year. Thought I’d be better off with the money than it depreciating at the front door.
It’s 4 year old and only has 21k miles on it. Good car for someone.
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Is it still on first set of tyres ?
if so probably need changing soon that be a tidy sum get rid before mot 😂
Skandhaless said:
As long as you dont mind leaving your eyes in the glove box with the log book
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Think I lost about £500 on a 14k deal
was worth it right pain in arse having people come to ur gaff
 
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ChrisK said:
Is it still on first set of tyres ?
if so probably need changing soon that be a tidy sum get rid before mot 😂

Think I lost about £500 on a 14k deal
was worth it right pain in arse having people come to ur gaff
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Im usually looking at shifting older motors and they give you laughable money, might be better on newer stuff.
 
gegsongegsonlegs said:
Jag f pace. Not desperate to sell, I’ve got a company van and it just sits there. It’s only done 3500 in a year. Thought I’d be better off with the money than it depreciating at the front door.
It’s 4 year old and only has 21k miles on it. Good car for someone.
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I sold my car last month as i was simply watching it depreciate from my kitchen window. Should be 6 months or so before I need a fresh one.

Forget webuyanycar they are in no way competitive at the moment. I emailed various garages direct with pics and spec. Low and behold the god awful Evans Halshaw gave me the best price by a country mile 2700 more then wbac. Sold it the next day, they didn't want a copy of my service history either, which was disappointing as id recently paid for a service.

Its on their website now for 750 quid more than they paid me for it, 4 new tyres on it anarl. Think someone dropped a bollock.
 
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Phantom of mobs said:
I sold my car last month as i was simply watching it depreciate from my kitchen window. Should be 6 months or so before I need a fresh one.

Forget webuyanycar they are in no way competitive at the moment. I emailed various garages direct with pics and spec. Low and behold the god awful Evans Halshaw gave me the best price by a country mile 2700 more then wbac. Sold it the next day, they didn't want a copy of my service history either, which was disappointing as id recently paid for a service.

Its on their website now for 750 quid more than they paid me for it, 4 new tyres on it anarl. Think someone dropped a bollock.
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That’s worked out canny .. nice one.
 
Phantom of mobs said:
I sold my car last month as i was simply watching it depreciate from my kitchen window. Should be 6 months or so before I need a fresh one.

Forget webuyanycar they are in no way competitive at the moment. I emailed various garages direct with pics and spec. Low and behold the god awful Evans Halshaw gave me the best price by a country mile 2700 more then wbac. Sold it the next day, they didn't want a copy of my service history either, which was disappointing as id recently paid for a service.

Its on their website now for 750 quid more than they paid me for it, 4 new tyres on it anarl. Think someone dropped a bollock.
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In my experience, and in my personal opinion, Evans Halshaw is a totally dishonest and untrustworthy company.

I sincerely hope that that they have to sell your ex motor at a significant loss (not that I'm bitter and twisted about them).
 
Big Jeff said:
I sold A bike recently and the lad who was interested rang up and asked if it had service history I said no he went all sniffy until I replied that the bike only had 700 miles on the clock
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hold on. So you were selling a bike with only 700 miles on it, which is a massive selling point, and you didn’t mention the mileage in the advert?
 
I might shortly be selling mine. Never done that before, have always part-exchanged with a dealer.

What’s the best way of protecting against fraudsters? A bank transfer there and then and check the funds are in your account before handing over the keys?
 

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