not 1 call from carzone 550+ but views in a week

roughan

have my car for sale on carzone
over 550 views and not 1 call
its reasonably priced
NCT'ed till 2010
good photos
???????????????????????????????????????
www.carzone.ie/850935

woodseb

i'd imagine the amount of views is because its a porsche, some people like to window shop

djeclips

Well it's not you're average family four door saloon,more people having a nosy than anything me thinks. Looks well though!

I'm in the same boat as yourself, over 5500 views at this stage and only one caller,cheep as chips too but again not to everyones taste:(

Col

De Hipster

It's a fairly specialised market for Porsche, as woodseb says; window shoppers dream.

listermint

Probably have to drop the price slightly to spark interest. tight car though.

Tails142

Eh maybe because you crashed it into a traffic island...

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055167736

Hi i was in town on monday turning onto Grantham street from camden street
took it wide to avoid some kids and drove over the remains of a bollard
took the underneath outta the car (Boxster) cut the petrol line and radiator
have a look street closed off thought car was gonna go up but it didnt
fire brigade and police called ..the Police were brilliant and totally agreed with me they told me they did the same thing last week but didnt want to say anything as they would have gotten in trouble

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can i claim of the council
within 2 hours it was fixed with a brand new bollard

someone told me i can claim
and someone else told me i cant as they are not liable
about 2k damage to to car

And most recently reported that the exhaust is going;

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055217553

The back Box in my Boxster is starting to go
they are 650 from Porsche anyone know anyother place that might have them ? at a sensible price ?

R

hmm

Chet T16

Lets not forget its -50 in the mornings, not cabrio weather!

Colour combo is probably limiting interest too

RobAMerc

specialist car
middle of winter
people confused about vrt - road tax - fuel prices, I know first to don't apply but...

you only need one - though and it's surely one of the better ones out there.

Tails142

roughan wrote: »

have my car for sale on carzone
over 550 views and not 1 call
its reasonably priced
NCT'ed till 2010
good photos
???????????????????????????????????????
http://www.carzone.ie/890150

not trying to piss on your cornflakes or anything. I'm sure its a nice car and you had it repaired and everything - but just goes to show you never know what you're getting buying a second hand car. No such thing as free advertising anyway

Stunning Porsche Boxster Ocean Blue with UnMarked Savanagh Leather Interior with Heated Seats On Board Computer Electric Seats Luxe Pack (more leather) Just been Permashined (www.permashine.ie) Enthusiast owner Porshce Club Ireland member FULL & Complete Porsche service history Never Crashed or abused 4 New tyres Taxed till April Nct till April 2010 Air Con blows Ice cold Owner buying another Boxster Not a single Fault Needs Nothing any test welcome

jhegarty

If it still goes unsold you can always put a link up on boards...should help...

Wazdakka

Tails142 wrote: »

Eh maybe because you crashed it into a traffic island...

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055167736



And most recently reported that the exhaust is going;

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055217553


hmm

roughan on Carzone Ad wrote:

Stunning Porsche Boxster Ocean Blue with UnMarked Savanagh Leather Interior with Heated Seats On Board Computer Electric Seats Luxe Pack (more leather) Just been Permashined (www.permashine.ie) Enthusiast owner Porshce Club Ireland member FULL & Complete Porsche service history Never Crashed or abused 4 New tyres Taxed till April Nct till April 2010 Air Con blows Ice cold Owner buying another Boxster Not a single Fault Needs Nothing any test welcome

:eek:

Good spot Tails.
I dont think It'll be a boardsie who buys this anyway

m_stan

Tails142 wrote: »

Eh maybe because you crashed it into a traffic island...

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055167736



And most recently reported that the exhaust is going;

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055217553


hmm

lol. blagged. honesty pays. posting bad news stories about your car and then asking why you can't sell it doesn't !

Churchy

Geez Tails nice memory.

I had 1k+ views on an ordinar car and not a call.

flanzer

Ha! This thread has made me laugh no end!! Tails... that's some detective work.... you should ring the McCanns and help them find Maddie!!

roughan

hahahaha
well spotted

all that happened that was the petrol lines were cut and the
the antifreeze lines were cut
and a few plastic panels underneath were replaced (by Porsche)
there were no panel damage or crash damage (ie bent metal parts bumper damage etc)

roughan

think i have a stalker

the exhaust is a maintaince job
the car is 10 years old !!!!
FYI a new one was fitted last week!

slumped

dont worry it's good for parts!

Ronanom

slumped wrote: »

dont worry it's good for parts!

I've got 7,800 views on my car at the moment and only a handful of calls

JHMEG

Anything will sell if the price is right. 27k for a 10 year old car sounds a bit steep .

E92

woodseb wrote: »

i'd imagine the amount of views is because its a porsche, some people like to window shop

So true, I do it all the time on Carzone:D!

roughan

JHMEG wrote: »

Anything will sell if the price is right. 27k for a 10 year old car sounds a bit steep .

they are close to 100k new
also thats the market value

here is a 27 year old Porsche for 28 k
http://www.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=711702

seasam

Your car is 10 years old and it's a 2.5 a new 2.7 is not nearly 100k new as far as I know you can only NCT a car 3 months in advance so how come it says April 10 in one part of the ad and May 10 in another ? Nice work Tails142 It just dosen't sound like he's telling the whole truth Spending that money I think somebody would want a warranty also

Tomas_V

roughan wrote: »

over 550 views and not 1 call

Some of the page views might not be real people, they could be search-engine spiders or web-crawler bots.

daRobot

Without wanting to be too blunt, your car is about 4-5k overpriced, hence your lack of calls.

tossy

Ok some general points.

Your car looks well and the photos show its good points,i dont know where the were taken but it appears to be a show room or some car related business in the background,that to me screams trade add even though its marked as a private sale,now im not saying anythinng dodgey is going on here,but to me a normal joe soap looking o carzone for any car that would set of alarm bells - its the little things.

The NCT Thing would also set of alarm bells

I recently sold my car it was up on carzone for 5 days with over 500 views and i didnt get one call,it was on CBG for 1 day and got 1 call,got no calls from autotrader and buyandsell after 1 day-in the end the car sold to a guy who seen it on the road and not in an add.

tvr

Yeah I agree the photos aren't helping you people will thing you are in the trade and are trying to pull a fast one by selling privately to avoid the hassle of a warranty which might imply there is something wrong with the car.

Therefore take some pics of it in the drive away.

ondafly

I would guess those pictures are taken in the UK ? as I see the symbol for the MOT in 1 or 2 photos. Take some proper pics !

tossy

Well spotted,looks like UK tax disc in the window also so whats going on??

Are these the original pics of the car that the guy/garage you bought it from took? if so you are having a laugh :eek:

GB15

ondafly wrote: »

I would guess those pictures are taken in the UK ? as I see the symbol for the MOT in 1 or 2 photos. Take some proper pics !

tossy wrote: »

Well spotted,looks like UK tax disc in the window also so whats going on??

Are these the original pics of the car that the guy/garage you bought it from took? if so you are having a laugh :eek:

Also why it referred to as having £££ of extras instead of €€€ of extras?

(A small point but since everyones playing detective today I thought I'd join in)

bazz26

Not trying to offend the OP and I'm not too clued up on Porsche prices but a neighbour of mine bought a 01 Boxter 2.7 with 70k miles on the clock just before Christmas for €28k from a dealer. Granted it is Canary yellow in colour :eek: but I think you might want to take another look at your asking price all the same if your getting no interest.

seasam

tossy wrote: »

Well spotted,looks like UK tax disc in the window also so whats going on??

Are these the original pics of the car that the guy/garage you bought it from took? if so you are having a laugh :eek:

But it says on the ad 1 Owner !!

Oilrig

SMMT sign on the wall too, looks like the pics were not taken around here...

Plot thickens!

JHMEG

roughan wrote: »

they are close to 100k new
also thats the market value

here is a 27 year old Porsche for 28 k
http://www.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=711702

They start at just under 73k new.

That 27 year old Porsche isn't a Boxter.

The car is only worth what someone will pay, therefore it's not worth 27k (so far). I think you'll drop your price.

tossy

seasam wrote: »

But it says on the ad 1 Owner !!

Yes i did spot that,he might have bought it new in the uk-who knows.im not implying anything im just pointing out some reason as to why he's getting no calls.

Another thing why obscure the car reg? first thing i do if im looking for a car is get the reg and run a check on it!!!

I know you wil lsay its security related and you dont want anyone finding out where you live,but if someone is hell bent on robbing your car they will find out anyway!

roughan

seasam wrote: »

Your car is 10 years old and it's a 2.5 a new 2.7 is not nearly 100k new as far as I know you can only NCT a car 3 months in advance so how come it says April 10 in one part of the ad and May 10 in another ? Nice work Tails142 It just dosen't sound like he's telling the whole truth Spending that money I think somebody would want a warranty also

you can nct your car 3 months early

a new 2.7 is 73 k before you put on any extras
check with www.porsche.ie

roughan

check on carzone
all the 98' boxsters are going at 25-26k

Anan1

OP - Did you buy the car new, or used?

easyontheeye

roughan wrote: »

check on carzone
all the 98' boxsters are going at 25-26k

i think people are gonna be more aware of the cost of running these cars now when the new tax regime comes out and also the price of petrol. anyone that doesn't care about the cost of tax or petrol can probably afford a new boxster anyway

--amadeus--

roughan wrote: »

check on carzone
all the 98' boxsters are going at 25-26k

I think what you mean is all the 98 Boxters are advertised at 25 - 26k. And I really don't see how you can compare a 911 Turbo with a boxter!

Reasons I wouldn't buy from this ad are much the same as the others - the photos look dodgy and it reads (and photos look) like a trade ad. It looks like a UK import so people will query it's history (esp with all this talk of UK write offs). It has an obscured reg so people will question VRT payments on it. IThe fact it's photo'd in the UK makes ppl wonder if teh car is in the country and if so how old are teh fotos (and by extension what is teh current condition).

In addition there are a number of other boxters advertised - one (uncleared VRT) at 10k less. The cars at the same price as yours are all from dealers, implying warrenty, proven history and a level of come back (always nice when stumping up 25K!).

Finally the tan leather interior is very much a personal thing and I personally find the colour combos of the other cars more appealing.

It's a specialist car at a poor time of the year. Get some decent, local and recent photos, re-write the ad so you sound less like a trader and clear up the date mismatches. Then it's make your mind up time. Do you tough it out and wait for a buyer at your price? You can - I waited three or four months to sell my last call and for a specialist car the right buyer is bound to be out there, even though you may be hanging on till July. Or you could bite the bullet and undercut the dealers by 3 - 4K and accept that a more realistic value on teh car - for a quick sale - may be closer to 22k.

Mylow

roughan wrote: »

check on carzone
all the 98' boxsters are going at 25-26k

Open market selling price below.

MAKE: PORSCHE
MODEL: BOXSTER
VERSION: 2.5 02DR / CONVERTIBLE / MANUAL / PETROL ONLY /
MILEAGE: 62500 MILES

The information requested in respect of the vehicle shown is indicated below.
DATE OF FIRST REGISTRATION(MM/YY): APRIL 1998
OPEN MARKET SELLING PRICE: (applicable on enquiry date) €12536

VRT on a similar UK import would be €3760

Here is similar one in UK for £8250 or a 2000 model for £10795
I think you really need to be realistic about price.

roughan

Mylow wrote: »

Open market selling price below.

MAKE: PORSCHE
MODEL: BOXSTER
VERSION: 2.5 02DR / CONVERTIBLE / MANUAL / PETROL ONLY /
MILEAGE: 62500 MILES

The information requested in respect of the vehicle shown is indicated below.
DATE OF FIRST REGISTRATION(MM/YY): APRIL 1998
OPEN MARKET SELLING PRICE: (applicable on enquiry date) €12536

VRT on a similar UK import would be €3760

Here is similar one in UK for £8250 or a 2000 model for £10795
I think you really need to be realistic about price.

do u think i should put it in for 12.5 k ?????????????/

JHMEG

Mylow wrote: »

VRT on a similar UK import would be €3760

That '98 one works out at a tad over €11k. All in could be landed incl VRT for €15k.

Roughan, as amadeus pointed out asking price does not mean selling price.

You said '98 boxters are going for 25-26k. I'd say they're going nowhere at that price, especially as they can be imported for €10k less.

Anan1

roughan wrote: »

do u think i should put it in for 12.5 k ?????????????/

Did you buy the car new?

--amadeus--

First rules of pricing, understand the market and understand the competition.

Dealers can ask for more money because they'll service and valet the car, do remedial repairs and stand over the car for whatever amount of time. For that they charge a premium, which people are happy to pay. You are basing your price on them, when in fact they are not your true competition as you are not really offering the same product (service & warranty).

Your real competition is from the private seller in Meath who's undercutting you by almost 7k, or the cars that Mylow is showing that can be brought in from the UK for 8 - 12k less than your asking price.

So if you really want to sell in a short time frame drop your asking price. Or sit it out and be willing to wait 3 - 6 months (or more) for it to go. I know of one 911 in Mayo that sat unsold for over a year because the owner had it overvalued whereas mine (priced to slightly undercut other private sellers) was gone with cash in my hand inside 10 days.

Final point - you say in the ad: "owner buying another Boxster". That does kind of beg the question "well, what's wrong with this one, why is he selling it...?"!

promethius

This thread is a crack up, no such thing as a free ad/lunch!

Slidey

the thing you have to worry about with a car like that is if there is enough hairdressers or slight effeminet (spellin i know) lawyers out there who need an over priced convertible... hope you plan on replacing it with a real car...

Wishbone Ash

--amadeus-- wrote: »

I know of one 911 in Mayo that sat unsold for over a year because the owner had it overvalued

Was it on MO plates?

roughan

--amadeus-- wrote: »

First rules of pricing, understand the market and understand the competition.

Dealers can ask for more money because they'll service and valet the car, do remedial repairs and stand over the car for whatever amount of time. For that they charge a premium, which people are happy to pay. You are basing your price on them, when in fact they are not your true competition as you are not really offering the same product (service & warranty).

Your real competition is from the private seller in Meath who's undercutting you by almost 7k, or the cars that Mylow is showing that can be brought in from the UK for 8 - 12k less than your asking price.

So if you really want to sell in a short time frame drop your asking price. Or sit it out and be willing to wait 3 - 6 months (or more) for it to go. I know of one 911 in Mayo that sat unsold for over a year because the owner had it overvalued whereas mine (priced to slightly undercut other private sellers) was gone with cash in my hand inside 10 days.

Final point - you say in the ad: "owner buying another Boxster". That does kind of beg the question "well, what's wrong with this one, why is he selling it...?"!

i want to get the 987 ( the new 2005 model)
ie i liked this car so much

--amadeus--

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Was it on MO plates?

I can't remember off the top of my head but I think it was on ZV plates; a early 70's 2.7 which he was looking for about 16k for, even though it needed welding to the (IIRC) rear suspension. I put mine up for 15, sold it for 13 and cleared a profit on teh price I bought it for, so happy days!

Roughan - the fact that you are buying a newer one isn't clear in the ad, again I'm just saying it as I read it.

roughan

slideways wrote: »

the thing you have to worry about with a car like that is if there is enough hairdressers or slight effeminet (spellin i know) lawyers out there who need an over priced convertible... hope you plan on replacing it with a real car...

Please dont tell me your idea of a real car is an Subaru or a 316i with m badges

mik_da_man

Well in fairness a lot of people will not consider a boxter as a "real" Porsche !