stesrg Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Whats up with everyone ? I brought this mint car 12 months ago for 11k and have spent a bit of time and money on a few bits now had it for sale for 2 months , pistonheads ,autotrader, ebay , I guy looked at it said great best one he had seen and left I have dropped the price 3 times now to 8750 and one guy from way up noth has pestered me to a low of 8250 and has asked thousands of questions !!!! I gave up on him in the end on that price anyway look here tell me what you think http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v425/stesrg/350%20Z/ 44 photos I cant get my hat off to anyone on missing such a great oppertunity to invest in a great car Basicaly I need a 4 door ..... Ste Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magic84 Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 ive been in this boat for ages too mate, ive had my z up for sale since dec, and havnt had a single bite. the cars in mint con and up for 8750. i really dont know whats happened to them and there price but to be honest id rather keep it than sell it so cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
un1eash Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 What have you been offered trade in? I would never of got the money i did selling mine private. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnH Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Whats up with everyone ? I brought this mint car 12 months ago for 11k and have spent a bit of time and money on a few bits now had it for sale for 2 months , pistonheads ,autotrader, ebay , I guy looked at it said great best one he had seen and left I have dropped the price 3 times now to 8750 and one guy from way up noth has pestered me to a low of 8250 and has asked thousands of questions !!!! I gave up on him in the end on that price anyway look here tell me what you think http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v425/stesrg/350%20Z/ 44 photos I cant get my hat off to anyone on missing such a great oppertunity to invest in a great car Basicaly I need a 4 door ..... Ste I can spot spacers, aftermarket exhaust and a CAI at least - I'd return the car to standard if I was trying to sell... there's so many clean standard Zs around at present I doubt many people (as a percentage of buyers) would buy a modded one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.raw Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Sweet Z fair play and If I was not looking for an auto i'd bite your hand off! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veilside z Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 damm shame.. such a nice car. best of luck mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricey Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Same here with the MX5 - coming up to summer, mint car, low mileage, new hood/battery/zorst/brakes and not a sniff even at 2k!!! Made it the cheapest MX5 for age and mileage within a 60 mile radius - not a peep! Ebay is a calling methink.........shame to let it go for bugger all though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maccaman Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Crazy as it may seem try putting the price back up. I'm sure some people are put off when a Zed is that low in price, that is they don't believe it can be a mint car. If it was worth 11k a year ago then why the big drop in price, unless you have put a lot of mileage on the car. Just my opinion of course, hope you find a buyer very soon. Oh by the way, Kayman will buy it from you for £6500 - cash money Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarnie Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Oh by the way, Kayman will buy it from you for £6500 - cash money Instantly too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarnie Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Same here with the MX5 - coming up to summer, mint car, low mileage, new hood/battery/zorst/brakes and not a sniff even at 2k!!! Made it the cheapest MX5 for age and mileage within a 60 mile radius - not a peep! Ebay is a calling methink.........shame to let it go for bugger all though. where is it for sale? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK350Z Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 I know a man dying to give you £6000 CASH for it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricey Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Same here with the MX5 - coming up to summer, mint car, low mileage, new hood/battery/zorst/brakes and not a sniff even at 2k!!! Made it the cheapest MX5 for age and mileage within a 60 mile radius - not a peep! Ebay is a calling methink.........shame to let it go for bugger all though. where is it for sale? It was on Autotrader until last Friday -I have pretty much abandoned AT as a viable way to sell a car - 5 cars I've advertised on there over the yerars and only ever sold 1. 5x £29 or whatever it is stesrg - how have you found Autotrader? You had any interest generated from it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 autotrader was a pain in the arse for me, happy to take your money, but only sold 1 out 3 cars that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewan221 Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Mine a 2003 UK gt just sold today @ £100 less than an offer I had a few weeks ago . Tbh prices have suffered a sharp drop recently and there seems to be far more up for sale as well which is not helping. I got nothing from autotrader (exept for spam) nothing from ebay and 6 enquiries from pistonheads. Originally I had it up for £8650 which i thought was reasonable given it had new disc and pads all round, new tyres all round and a P2 service in January. Did not get a sniff untill I dropped price to £8k and then got a few at same time when I said I was about to trade in. From dealers I was offered between £5500 to £6950. One problem I found is some people are seeing the JDM zeds with no history up pretty cheap and want some of the same Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetSet Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Yeah, we part exchanged our 2.0L special edition Z4 last September and its been sitting on The Nissan Main dealers forecourt until a fortnight ago. I think its pretty bad for anyone selling a sports car or a gas guzzling SUV right now. Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cesc Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 I've been trying to sell my RX-8 for nearly 6 months. I win Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spursmaddave Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 I've been trying to sell my RX-8 for nearly 6 months. I win Fail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewan221 Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 6 months There is a lot of cheap RX8's out there at moment which are complete dogs but people are expecting to pay same money for well looked after examples. Spoke to a guy the other night who had put £1000's in to a vauxhall vx220 in last year but is not getting offered any more than the poor negglected example Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabbitstew Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Couple of options really. First option is to part ex it for something else at a dealer for either a car you want, or one which is easier to sell on. Thats what i did a few months go with the missus`s car. The dealer actually gave us the same sort of price we would have got privately and the car we part ex`d it for will be much easier to sell on. Second option is to put it on ebay. Things always make the "market" price on ebay, which is effectively what joe public want to pay for the car. People are sometimes worried that it wont make anything and someone will buy it for 20quid. But, that never happens. There are millions of people on ebay all looking at the advert and will compete to buy it. Ive sold hundreds of things on ebay and very often people actually end up paying MORE than they can get the same item from elsewhere. I actually put my last car on ebay and had 72 people watching it. The price got to within 500quid of what I wanted with 3 days left to go. In the end someone came out to view it, made me a cash offer which was exactly the price I was looking for and we did a deal. Which saved me forking out 10% of the cars sold price to ebay as "fees". Ive had cars before which I just couldnt shift for love nor money. You end up dropping the price so much people then think there must be something wrong with it so it puts people off. With cars like the zed its all about having the right person come along and it can be just pot luck. I tried to sell an RS2000 escort a good few years back. Cost me £5400 at the time, had it for 2 years and it was mint, with low miles and all the options. But noone wanted it. Mainly because it was group 20 insurance I think. Ended up having to sell it to a car dealer for £1500. Biggest lost ive ever made on a car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarnie Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Which saved me forking out 10% of the cars sold price to ebay as "fees". Thats incorrect, you don't pay the 10% Final Value Fee's on car sales on ebay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabbitstew Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Which saved me forking out 10% of the cars sold price to ebay as "fees". Thats incorrect, you don't pay the 10% Final Value Fee's on car sales on ebay oops i meant 1% ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarnie Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Which saved me forking out 10% of the cars sold price to ebay as "fees". Thats incorrect, you don't pay the 10% Final Value Fee's on car sales on ebay oops i meant 1% ! That's up to £3,500, it's a flat £35 from then onwards, if the cars sells Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldel Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Stuck my Astra on AutoTrader, Pistonheads, gumtree and an Astra forum. I got interest from the Forum, Gumtree and Pistonheads - it was the Pistonheads ad that finally sold it. AutoTrader I have used to try sell cars before and it's pretty useless, never had a viewing using that. Had a Corsa before the Astra and sold it via Gumtree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cesc Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 6 months There is a lot of cheap RX8's out there at moment which are complete dogs but people are expecting to pay same money for well looked after examples. This is the problem I'm afraid. There are so many RX-8s with engine problems, buggered CATs, faulty auto levellers but because they are dirt cheap buyers are drawn in by them. Mine is a 54 plate with only 46k on the clock and drives beautifully, but naive buyers just aren't interested because why would they buy mine for £4k when you have back street garages and clueless private sellers desperate to get rid at £3k? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoff-r Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 My brother had his R32 up for sale for the last 8 months. In fairness it was one of the most expensive for sale in the UK but he's only just sold it and took a fair ol chip on it. Hang on in there mate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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