Gumtree for selling cars ?

[maxaret]

Anybody used gumtree for selling a car ?
If so any tips/pitfalls/advice please ?

[zx_volcane]

pita in my recent experience

but worth a shout for free eh?

[Iceman299]

disable the 'chat' option or you'll have countless time wasters offering you a 1/4 of the advertised price

[bashbarnard]

ive personally never really had a problem selling through gumtree. What car are you trying to sell. look on facebook there may be a specific selling group near you for that car.

[1616six]

Take all replies with a pinch of salt.

Expect replies in broken English.

Expect "Wots your best price 2nite cash m8?"

Expect loads of "Is the car still available?" to which when you reply you hear nothing ever again.

Don't put your telephone number on there.

Don't enable the 'Map' location thing, it shows a pin-point of where your house is.

You'll get scam emails.


It's free to advertise 1 vehicle on there, so it's worth a shot but don't expect much from it.

[maxaret]

ive personally never really had a problem selling through gumtree. What car are you trying to sell. look on facebook there may be a specific selling group near you for that car.

Its my 1997 306 Bash - is there an FB page for 306's ?

Thanks for the replies so far guys : )

[Eeyore]

ive personally never really had a problem selling through gumtree. What car are you trying to sell. look on facebook there may be a specific selling group near you for that car.

Its my 1997 306 Bash - is there an FB page for 306's ?

Thanks for the replies so far guys : )

theres the 306oc page but we dont allow selling on there. theywhoshallnotbenamed and loads of other ones just search 306.

[Toms306]

Gumtree is full of idiots! I should know, I've bought a few cars through there. But seriously, it's only redeeming feature is the fact it's free, I've only ever had one genuine car sale myself through there. It seems to be better for selling parts and wheels though. Just to pick up on the map thing, I find the map helps people (myself included), but don't put your exact post code, make it a few streets away.

I'm having the same selling issue atm, tried gumtree, forums and facebook and got the odd bit of interest but no-one followed through, Put it up on ebay auction and got 2 bids which both turned out to be useless... So I still have the damn thing...

[cully]

sold most of my cars on gumtree for free if you are prepaired to filter the spam go for it
Facebook selling is where to go now though

[Iceman299]

Gumtree is full of idiots!  I should know, I've bought a few cars through there.  But seriously, it's only redeeming feature is the fact it's free, I've only ever had one genuine car sale myself through there.  It seems to be better for selling parts and wheels though.  Just to pick up on the map thing, I find the map helps people (myself included), but don't put your exact post code, make it a few streets away.

I'm having the same selling issue atm, tried gumtree, forums and facebook and got the odd bit of interest but no-one followed through,  Put it up on ebay auction and got 2 bids which both turned out to be useless...  So I still have the damn thing...

As i've always said, Autotrader. Expensive, yes, but don't get as many timewasters. 
In my experience anyway

[maxaret]

Trouble is - its an old car so Autotrader and Ebay seem expensive options LOL.
Just changed the air and fuel filters on the 306 and its going really nicely - would prefer to sell to an enthusiast but realise we are too far north for most forum members anyway !

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sold most of my cars on gumtree for free if you are prepaired to filter the spam go for it
Facebook selling is where to go now though

How does FB selling work Cully ?
I am on FB but only use it for keeping in touch with people LOL

[Toms306]

Don't think its any more expensive than ebay is it? £30 when an auction ends! You have to put a phone number on AT though which is why I don't do it.

[Eeyore]

Trouble is - its an old car so Autotrader and Ebay seem expensive options LOL.
Just changed the air and fuel filters on the 306 and its going really nicely - would prefer to sell to an enthusiast but realise we are too far north for most forum members anyway !

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sold most of my cars on gumtree for free if you are prepaired to filter the spam go for it
Facebook selling is where to go now though

How does FB selling work Cully ?
I am on FB but only use it for keeping in touch with people LOL

just join a group, click new post or new item for sale. add in the details and youre done. Everything is done outside of facebook though so its essentially a private sale.

Don't think its any more expensive than ebay is it? £30 when an auction ends! You have to put a phone number on AT though which is why I don't do it.

I dont think your phone number on auto trader is much of an issue. its hard enough to find the pages yourself so i woudlnt expect any bs from there. When selling a car id expect to put my phone number on it unless it was ebay.

[Iceman299]

Don't think its any more expensive than ebay is it?  £30 when an auction ends!  You have to put a phone number on AT though which is why I don't do it.

Put your email address down (they have an 'email seller' option) and state in the advert you work unsociable hours or something and can't answer your phone most of the time.

[Toms306]

I'm sure the phone number was mandatory last time I checked though? People don't take any notice of asking not to phone...

I had a message left on my phone once, saying 'I know it said you don't want phone calls but...' FFS!

[Piggy]

Gumtree always beaten ebay for me. And its free.

[reese]

When I sold the HDI estate most of the interest that I got for it was from eBay.

[Toms306]

Just checked autotrader prices... £10 for 2 weeks seems reasonable... Then I notice that's only sub 1500 pound cars...£1500+ cars are £40 for 2 weeks!! Sod that!

[r3k1355]

Gumtree, Facebook and Swapz are all free so you might as well start there as it's not going to cost you anything.

Just filter out the obvious spivs who can't spell and see if any genuine buyers come forward.

[maxaret]

Just checked autotrader prices...  £10 for 2 weeks seems reasonable...  Then I notice that's only sub 1500 pound cars...£1500+ cars are £40 for 2 weeks!!  Sod that!

Thanks Tom - I will check that out - seems reasonable,maybe they have dropped their prices to compete with other sites.
cheers

[Dum-Dum]

It's nicknamed Scumtree for a reason.