All I've had so far are muppet bidders putting in £250 quid bids then emailing me in the last 24 hours telling me that I might as well give it to them because it'll cost thousands to put back to as-new condition. If you want something new, buy something new FFS!
Does anyone know of any less muppet-infested places to sell a truck? Preferrably somewhere where there are people who don't want a pose-mobile or something to do the school run in. I've tried 4x4web but all I've had from there are people asking me what make and model it is (clearly listed in title), do I have any photographs (plenty in item listing), what "color" it is (seen in pictures) and that they have "dollars" waiting, i.e. spammers looking for me to verify that the address is valid.
Your high BIN will put the vast majority of people off. If I had the choice of yours or this one - 220008928700 - I know which I'd choose. Now where's a spare £4.5k when you need it!! :-(
Sorry Ian, but you never get back what you've spent on it on eBay - most people just don't care! My (ex) P38 had £1000's spent on it the year before I bought it - new trans box, new clutch/flywheel re-condition air con. new EAS compressor plus loads more - can't remember exactly how much was spent in that year, but it was well over £3k and all with receipts. I actually got it cheaper than many others around.
I don't think eBay is any better or worse than anywhere else for selling a car to be honest - you get muppets everywhere - especially when selling a car for whatever reason. I bought a car from a dealer on eBay who had quite a few -ve's. He was the nicest most decent bloke I'd met in a long time, and I have no idea how anyone could give him -ve, it's just that you get complete muppets buying cars. They'll turn up and say "oh, I didn't want a silver one" when the photos showed it as silver and it was described as such!
Have you tried the magazines? - more likely to get someone who cares about the stuff you have done to it in there so you should be able to get a better price.
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Have you thought of Autotrader not cheap or fish4cars
Ian, sorry matey, but your BIN is way too high & i think your reserve is too. You have to advertise to the market you aim to sell it to. Idiot tyrekickers on eBay dont want a well used & not perfect LR, they want it mint & will only pay bottom dollar for that.
Your average dipstick on eBay wont even want it for off roading mate.
OK, will have a crack, the two paid-for options have been a waste so far. I'll try the local rags too, perhaps someone will actually come round to have a look before claiming they'll pay for it..
Or at least people who won't be wittering on about vegetation scratches dulling the paint, I hope.
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