Would this put you off a car ad?

dr.fuzzenstein

Phrases like:
Serious offers only, no cash no drive, no dreamers, test pilots, no private numbers, no texts, no timewasters, calls or texts before 6 will be ignored, etc...
Personally, when I see the above phrases in an ad I turn the page and look elsewhere because if that's your attitude you can just stick it right away.
And it always seems that the above phrases accompany ads that usually advertise the car for about three times what it's worth.
What are the best phrases you've ever seen in an ad that advertise the seller as suffering from a serious personality disorder?

Atlantic Dawn

No mention of mileage or NCT put me off looking at any car, it's a sign an idiot is selling it.

I also will not be interested in a car where I see photos taken of it on grass, gravel or on a beach or like this...



http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/1753589

bmw535d

no because when your selling a car on the likes of done deal you are tortured with assholes offering half of what you asked for or agencies offering to help sell your car, or if you have a high powered car you'll get dicks wanting test drives to waste the day.or tire kickers and window lickers with no notion of buying anything. all of which you may have taken a day of work to entertain.

dr.fuzzenstein

bmw535d wrote: »

no because when your selling a car on the likes of done deal you are tortured with assholes offering half of what you asked for or agencies offering to help sell your car, or if you have a high powered car you'll get dicks wanting test drives to waste the day.or tire kickers and window lickers with no notion of buying anything. all of which you may have taken a day of work to entertain.

Window lickers, I like it!

Testament1

Something like "no cash, no drive" wouldnt put me off in the slightest. I mean if you're going to look at a car and are anyways serious about buying you'll have cash ready. As for the no calls or texts bit again it wouldnt bother me. Surprising and all as it might seem with the recession and all that but some people do still have to work and mightn't be in a position to answer the phone at work to haggle about car prices! If I decide to put my car up for sale i'd probably have to put that into the ad since chances are i'd be in college until around 6 on weekdays.

dingding

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

No mention of mileage or NCT put me off looking at any car, it's a sign an idiot is selling it.

I also will not be interested in a car where I see photos taken of it on grass, gravel or on a beach or like this...



http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/1753589

He has another picture in an iced over carpark, probably after driving the sh1te out of it in the ice. Also description is worth a read as well.

gyppo

Txt speek an uder sorta ****e langwidge on car ads anoy da fuk outa me.

Eric Cartman

text speak, no mention of mileage, no mention of nct or tax, only pictures of the exterior , black and white / sepia / any other kind of altered photos, using words like 'evo' 'altezza' and other typically scumbag cars as search terms down the bottom , the words 'lady owner', any mention of 'hasnt been drifted or raced' because that means it has....

all of them offputting

tommyhaas

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/1753589

wash wax and hoovered every week

You'd fcukin want to be washing it every week if your gonna be driving it into rivers

johnos1984

I don't mind someone saying not to call before 6 etc.

They may be at work or have some reason which is fair enough. Everything else is off putting though.

Having said that I agree completely with BMW535d the amount of assholes who call after you place an ad on DD is very off putting.

No I wouldn't like to sell the car for a €10, a button, a used condom wrapper and a bag of cold chips. Indeed you can call me an asshole for not wanting to sell it to you but it still won't change my mind. I don't care if you have money problems and can't afford the price I want or even close to it. I don't care that you think my car is boring but your father says you have to get one.

mullingar

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

No mention of mileage or NCT put me off looking at any car, it's a sign an idiot is selling it.

I also will not be interested in a car where I see photos taken of it on grass, gravel or on a beach or like this...

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/1753589

And my pet hate on DD is this crap: (taken from that ad)

320d sierracivic accord integra nova carlton vectra cavalier focus polo 200sx skyline gtir 530d 325i gt coupe is200 a3 is250 evo gsi 3series sri turbo sylvia impreza type r vtec evolution a4 passat petrol 180 twin cam gti tdi cdi dti corolla 16v gsr dohc cosworth TOYOTA

To me this = Desperation to sell as nobody is searching for my car name so I have to try and find people buying a 320d or a corolla etc

W.Shakes-Beer

I hate ads:

With no tax, NCT or mileage shown.

The seller types as if he's missing half the keys on his keyboard.

Pictures of a dirty car and ads with no interior pictures.

"Quicksearch civic altezza schwerrrrr"

Basically ads where the seller comes across as either a prick or a scummer

vetstu

mullingar wrote: »

And my pet hate on DD is this crap: (taken from that ad)



To me this = Desperation to sell as nobody is searching for my car name so I have to try and find people buying a 320d or a corolla etc

I report them and donedeal email the next day saying the keywords have been removed. If everyone does it they will be snowed under with emails and will hopefully do something to stop it.

MagicMarker

No engine size.

Who the fúck puts an ad up and forgets to mention the engine size of the car! :mad:

langdang

The phrase "spare never used" - like that's gonna swing my choice between two similar cars... Usually accompanies glaring omissions such as NCT/mileage/engine size as already mentioned.

"No NCT but will fly thru" = seller is lazy git or lying...

dr.fuzzenstein

langdang wrote: »

"No NCT but will fly thru" = seller is lazy git or lying...

Now that would put me off for sure.
It can only mean something's seriously wrong and the engine, exhaust and/or entire suspension are knackered. Usually all of the above.
I persoanlly wouldn't dream of selling car without NCT and if it didn't get it, I'd make it very clear in the ad why not plus knocking money off, of course.

WildOscar

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

Phrases like:
Serious offers only, no cash no drive, no dreamers, test pilots, no private numbers, no texts, no timewasters, calls or texts before 6 will be ignored, etc...
Personally, when I see the above phrases in an ad I turn the page and look elsewhere because if that's your attitude you can just stick it right away.
And it always seems that the above phrases accompany ads that usually advertise the car for about three times what it's worth.
What are the best phrases you've ever seen in an ad that advertise the seller as suffering from a serious personality disorder?

no private numbers puts me off. one of them said 'you could be anyone' so what is he ,a dealer doing wrong. what did they do before mobile and caller id and its none of their business if my phone is set to private. would not call any ad for anything that said no private numbers. Would have no problem taking calls from private number either

Sofiztikated

What annoys me is

"Not bothered if it sells or not" or something to that effect.

If you're not bothered, why have an advert up?

johndaman66

langdang wrote: »

"No NCT but will fly thru"

Thats a serious pet hate of mine. What qualifies these people to say such a thing? Flying through the NCT? I wonder whats the difference between a car that flies through the NCT and just scrapes it. Do a lot of these cars fly through the NCT as it were or just scrape through or in fact pass at all...hmmm?

Henry Ford III

"All electric" puts me off. Lazy, and means nothing.

sean1141

WildOscar wrote: »

no private numbers puts me off. one of them said 'you could be anyone' so what is he ,a dealer doing wrong. what did they do before mobile and caller id and its none of their business if my phone is set to private. would not call any ad for anything that said no private numbers. Would have no problem taking calls from private number either

a lot of people just dont answer private number at all. i hardly ever do. i sometimes might if i was selling a car but i would tell the caller traight away that if they are intrested in buying ring me back with their number on. if they dont well i know straight away that they were not interested and only wanted to waste my time...

something like call after six or no timewasters wouldnt put me off but the likes of compleat lack of info about the car/milage/nct would...
also someone selling the likes of a civic that says its a type r repicla when it only has a badge stuck on really rots me! when i was looking to buy a 130bhp bora a few years back i must of rang about 10 people who had boras addvertised as 130s when they were really 115 or something like that. call usually goes like this
me: im calling about the bora bla bla..
seller: oh ya i still have it bla bla
me: is it a genuine 130
seller: yup
me: whats the engine code
seller: well i had it remapped to 130
me: beep beep beep:P
sorry for the rant!!

L-M

sean1141 wrote: »

a lot of people just dont answer private number at all. i hardly ever do. i sometimes might if i was selling a car but i would tell the caller traight away that if they are intrested in buying ring me back with their number on. if they dont well i know straight away that they were not interested and only wanted to waste my time...

I've never once in my life answered a private number, so pointless.

My pet hate is people putting in "search words" for completely opposite cars. Like, if someone was selling a Passat, I wouldn't mind if they put Mondeo as a search word, because it's a possible alternative. But having a Polo up with "altezza , supra, mr2" makes no sense at all!

MagicMarker

sean1141 wrote: »

a lot of people just dont answer private number at all. i hardly ever do. i sometimes might if i was selling a car but i would tell the caller traight away that if they are intrested in buying ring me back with their number on. if they dont well i know straight away that they were not interested and only wanted to waste my time...

Sorry, this is just ridiculous. I've recently bought a car and I'd call from my work landline (private no.) because I don't have credit. If someone calls you then they're interested in the car, if they don't call you back it's because you've made a stupid request and most likely think you're a dick head.

dr.fuzzenstein

Limerick man wrote: »

I've never once in my life answered a private number, so pointless.

Why not? Could be a call from a company, from Skype, from abroad, it's not always from a mobile with the number turned off.
I always answer them, seems like people think it's the bogeyman ringing them.

Most of the time it's not so much the phrases, but talking to the seller and you realise after 5 minutes he hasn't got a clue about cars, doesn't know what a timing belt is, doesn't know when brakes where last serviced and, worst of all, doesn't even know what size engine is in it.

Wheelnut

The most stupid/amusing one must be "First to see will buy". If that's true why not just put it outside the front door and wait for the knock?

THE LINK WALSH

Done Deal is a great place for the dreamers alright,im in the trade and advertise an odd machine on it,had a fella ring me at 11pm on Stephens Day last Year about a machine,hes the kind of fella who'd buy nothing.At the same time id completely agree with the op regarding these off putting phrases that are commonly used on adds,i turn the page straight away when i see "no offers".if a fella wants "no offers" hes advertising on the wrong website,people buying anything that costs over €100 on donedeal where no comeback is the rule are looking for serious value and then some more,advertising at €8500 and not being prepared to take 8k is just codding yourself.

Ive bought plenty of items from donedeal.ie and carzone.ie for that matter,im with the school of thought that calling the shots,listing every similar item under the sun,giving the cleanest in Ireland rant,no offers etc are a no no if you want to sell your goods.
Describe it in detail,keep it simple and be prepared to take a few calls,you'll sniff out the window lickers over the phone ive always found.

YouTookMyName

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

No mention of mileage or NCT put me off
http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/1753589

Almost positive that car has had major bodywork repair too.

mondeo

When adds say "Re advertised due to time waster" This line gives me the impression that a few people viewed it and thought it was a sh!tter.. It really puts me off. It may not be the case but it always puts me off when I see that line..

langdang

Henry Ford III wrote: »

"All electric" puts me off. Lazy, and means nothing.

Likewise, "top spec" in the absence of any other info.... on cars that are clearly only one step above poverty spec. Indicates a greasy trader passing himself off as a private seller, or a serious spacer.

Alloys? Electric rear windows? AND "spot lights"? WOW!
That makes it "fully frikkin loaded" spec then?

While there are buckets of timewasting spacers out there, I do find myself wondering when I see "Re advertised due to time waster".
Makes me wonder are there skeletons in that cars closet that weren't apparent on initial inspection...

andyseadog

long time lurker on this part of boards, but i had to sign up just to reply to this.

Finally some people who speak my language! what are half the tossers on donedeal thinking.

my personal pet hate is putting around a million exclamation points after every item in their advert!!!!!!!!! it makes it very difficult to read!!!!!! and gives the impression they are shouting!!!! ALSO HATE ADDS WRITTEN TOTALLY IN CAPS LOCK FOR THE SAME REASON.

is there an intro section around here by the way?

Conor_M1990

searchwords at the bottom means you can never find what your looking for and usually its pages and pages of ****ebox 1.3s

congo_90

andyseadog wrote: »

long time lurker on this part of boards, but i had to sign up just to reply to this.

Finally some people who speak my language! what are half the tossers on donedeal thinking.

my personal pet hate is putting around a million exclamation points after every item in their advert!!!!!!!!! it makes it very difficult to read!!!!!! and gives the impression they are shouting!!!! ALSO HATE ADDS WRITTEN TOTALLY IN CAPS LOCK FOR THE SAME REASON.

is there an intro section around here by the way?

look up newbies and faq and welcome to boards
there's no intro for motors afaik.

I don't like the phrase clean car or didn't pass Nct first time but will next. first to see to buy are all off putting.

if viewing a car I tend to try several go a day from a shortlist of possibilities

L-M

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

Why not? Could be a call from a company, from Skype, from abroad, it's not always from a mobile with the number turned off.
I always answer them, seems like people think it's the bogeyman ringing them.

I've had a mobile for years upon years now, and I've only had my time wasted by answer private numbers. A fella rang me recently off a private number, I didn't answer. Than rang again, I didn't answer. They then proceeded to text me and I just text back I don't answer private numbers. 2 minutes later the phone rings and he'd turned off the private. All that much effort and he was still a timewaster :rolleyes:

newmug

bmw535d wrote: »

no because when your selling a car on the likes of done deal you are tortured with assholes offering half of what you asked for or agencies offering to help sell your car, or if you have a high powered car you'll get dicks wanting test drives to waste the day.or tire kickers and window lickers with no notion of buying anything. all of which you may have taken a day of work to entertain.

Well thats what you have to be prepared for when advertising something. If that pisses you off, try running a business!

Whenever I see "no timewasters / tyrekickers", I know that its the seller who'd be wasting MY time. What defines a tyrekicker anyway, someone who bothers their hole to show up and actually test the car out before parting with their hard-earned cash?

Rega

newmug wrote: »

Well thats what you have to be prepared for when advertising something. If that pisses you off, try running a business!

Whenever I see "no timewasters / tyrekickers", I know that its the seller who'd be wasting MY time. What defines a tyrekicker anyway, someone who bothers their hole to show up and actually test the car out before parting with their hard-earned cash?

Agree with you there newmug. When I was looking to change my car two years ago I had it narrowed down to three but discounted one completely because of the aggressive tone of his advert. NO TIME WASTERS OR TYRE KICKERS he proclaimed. Got the impression he wanted cash upfront before being given the privilege of looking at the car.

skyhighflyer

I hate ads for skobe-mobiles that read like this:

'boxy starlet runs on d smell of petrol grate car not smoky will swap what ya got'

search: lambo levin 200sx bmw audi seat (i.e. cars totally unrelated to that being sold, and polluting my search results too:mad:)

snickers

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

No mention of mileage or NCT put me off looking at any car, it's a sign an idiot is selling it.

I also will not be interested in a car where I see photos taken of it on grass, gravel or on a beach or like this...



http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/1753589

This has got to be one of those rare jap aqua civics there big in japan you know for nipping from island to island or is the car being held hostage if no one pays up ill let the handbrake off .

Henry Ford III

I realise ads aren't spelling tests, but it's incredible the number of people who cannot type a simple word like "brakes".

Puts me off immediately.

L-M

LIGHTNING wrote: »

I agree, just look at this advert. You think that the fact he is trying to sell a premium brand that he wouldnt put up an advert that looks like it was composed by a blind,drunk monkey.

http://cars.donedeal.co.uk/for-sale/cars/1567433

That's been up for ages and he keeps changing the text, my god. What an annoying man.

Eoin

Testament1 wrote: »

Something like "no cash, no drive" wouldnt put me off in the slightest. I mean if you're going to look at a car and are anyways serious about buying you'll have cash ready.

I'd have funds ready in my account if I was serious, but I certainly wouldn't be bringing the cash with me on my first viewing of a car.

MagicMarker

eoin wrote: »

I'd have funds ready in my account if I was serious, but I certainly wouldn't be bringing the cash with me on my first viewing of a car.

Exactly, I'd have a look and a test drive first of all. I'll bring cash and a mechanic on the 2nd viewing.

THE LINK WALSH

LIGHTNING wrote: »

I agree, just look at this advert. You think that the fact he is trying to sell a premium brand that he wouldnt put up an advert that looks like it was composed by a blind,drunk monkey.

http://cars.donedeal.co.uk/for-sale/cars/1567433

Unreal,As I said in a previous post ive bought and sold a good few items on donedeal but would be very reluctant to buy from anybody who cant spell/cant be bothered to spell correctly whilst advertising an item at 20 grand,its a sign of things to come i always reckoned.

Another thing that totally puts me off is the advertiser not posting his/her name at the end of the add,when I see contact:seller im thinking why wont he put his name on this add,theres often a reason id say,when parting with big money with no come back you're looking for somebody genuine to deal with,no name on the end of the add is a very bad start.

Paparazzo

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

No mention of mileage or NCT put me off looking at any car, it's a sign an idiot is selling it.

I also will not be interested in a car where I see photos taken of it on grass, gravel or on a beach or like this...


http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/1753589

No price is really annoying. Some shops do it too, I just turn around and walk out.

ottostreet

My pet hate is

'No dreamers'...

Yes, I'm dreaming about owning a 96 Nissan Micra. Gob****e.



I'm of the school of thought that an ad should say what the car is, every detail about the car, and nothing else. Nothing but facts in my ads, not opinions.
And I price right. I select a price I know I'd get, and tag on a 100-200. No point in sitting on a car for months for the sake of a few hundred quid.

Seems to be working, sold 4-5 cars in the last year, and longest it took was 4 days.

btkm8unsl0w5r4

All these things are annoying but nothing compared to POA...you want to sell the stupid car but you want me to do work to know if its well priced. Go **** yourself, what is it a trade secret asshole.

johndaman66

Henry Ford III wrote: »

I realise ads aren't spelling tests, but it's incredible the number of people who cannot type a simple word like "brakes"

Judging by ads I read on donedeal, gumtree etc. I genuinely believe at least half the country spells brakes as in car brakes as "breaks". I can't say it would put me of an ad completely though and to be fair it is one of those ones that you could slip up on. D constant flo of txt spk in adz does put me off tho.

SpannerMonkey

yup puts me straight of a car if i see any of that crap :rolleyes:

especially POA

Captain Slow IRL

mondeo wrote: »

When adds say "Re advertised due to time waster" This line gives me the impression that a few people viewed it and thought it was a sh!tter.. It really puts me off. It may not be the case but it always puts me off when I see that line..

This happened with 2 cars I looked at before - 1 was a '94 civic, going cheap but needing a head-gasket, perfect otherwise, according to the ad. When I got to look at the car, the paintwork was in sh*t, there wasn't a straight panel on the car and the exhaust was falling off along with a few other items. I had travelled about an hour to view the car and that wasn't including the hour it took me to get home and the seller had the cheek to put in the fresh advert "Readvertised due to timewaster":rolleyes:

andyseadog

Captain Slow IRL wrote: »

This happened with 2 cars I looked at before - 1 was a '94 civic, going cheap but needing a head-gasket, perfect otherwise, according to the ad. When I got to look at the car, the paintwork was in sh*t, there wasn't a straight panel on the car and the exhaust was falling off along with a few other items. I had travelled about an hour to view the car and that wasn't including the hour it took me to get home and the seller had the cheek to put in the fresh advert "Readvertised due to timewaster":rolleyes:

surely you dont take down your initial advert until the car is sold? not when a viewing is arranged...

Captain Slow IRL

No but what's wrong with just renewing an ad without having to make an excuse why it's been renewed?

Del2005

Limerick man wrote: »

I've had a mobile for years upon years now, and I've only had my time wasted by answer private numbers. A fella rang me recently off a private number, I didn't answer. Than rang again, I didn't answer. They then proceeded to text me and I just text back I don't answer private numbers. 2 minutes later the phone rings and he'd turned off the private. All that much effort and he was still a timewaster :rolleyes:

How do you have your time wasted by private numbers? If someone I don't want to talk to calls me I hang up if I don't want to talk to them, if it's private or not. Only takes a couple of seconds.

Edit..
For the reason for thread. POA makes me look elsewhere, why bother advertising if you won't but the price up. People who put newish cars up for €1 to make it top of the list and then have the correct price in the ad.