Best website to sell

Zane97

Whats a good website to sell a car besides donedeal

Atlantic Dawn

Carzone or cbg.ie might be worth trying. Unless it's something particularly specialist it should sell easy on Donedeal or else you have it overpriced.

n97 mini

Don't bother with donedeal unless it's selling for less than €1000. Donedeal suffers from the adverts.ie syndrome (lots of people with little or no money).

L-M

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Carzone or cbg.ie might be worth trying. Unless it's something particularly specialist it should sell easy on Donedeal or else you have it overpriced.

Wrong.

Donedeal is for underpriced cars with something wrong with them

The days of decent cars making what they're worth is because "I saw one 500euro cheaper on donedeal".

kermitpwee

Limerick man wrote: »

Wrong.

Donedeal is for underpriced cars with something wrong with them

The days of decent cars making what they're worth is because "I saw one 500euro cheaper on donedeal".

That is a serious generalisation, I have sold good cars on donedeal and got good money for them. There is rubbish on every site and it takes a savy buyer to buy a good car if they have a lower budget. There are a lot of nutters on donedeal but then again there are a lot of dealers on other sites looking for huge money for poor cars. The market value is what it sells for.

L-M

kermitpwee wrote: »

That is a serious generalisation, I have sold good cars on donedeal and got good money for them. There is rubbish on every site and it takes a savy buyer to buy a good car if they have a lower budget. There are a lot of nutters on donedeal but then again there are a lot of dealers on other sites looking for huge money for poor cars. The market value is what it sells for.

It's a huge generalization but it's a fair one.

puppetmaster

I put up a decent motor on cbg.ie recently didnt recieve a call in 2 weeks so stuck it on Donedeal at the same price. Sold it in 24hours. From a selling point of view Hard thats hard to beat, narrow experience i know. but a good one none the less.

whippetgood

I sold my Peugot 206 on www.buyandsell.ie last year! Got a good few calls and emails, some chancers offering low prices but got the asking price in the end and was delighted!

Kevvv

To be honest even if you decide to put it on another site like carzone I'd stick it up on Donedeal as well. Becasue to be honest I'd say it get far more traffic, whcih means more views on your car.

In my opinion, a lot of cars on carzone and other sites are far overpriced, mainly due to the Irish mentality of, "if its from a dealer its a better car". Thats just my opinion, others will tell you otherwise.

voojeq

donedeal, gumtree, buyandsell, adverts for private sales

pcardin

Donedeal is the best for a huge traffic. Gumtree is a good alternative and it doesn't cost you anything to advertise. Carzone is for stealers and dreamers. The rest is useless because of the little traffic they attract. No traffic no calls. Adverts.ie is bad for cars (my own experience) but good for anything else.

subway

Limerick man wrote: »

Donedeal is for underpriced cars with something wrong with them

looks at the post
looks at the sig
looks at the post again
now im on a horse (and out of this thread)

L-M

subway wrote: »

looks at the post
looks at the sig
looks at the post again
now im on a horse (and out of this thread)

Not my car in my sig!

Also, if I could show you the absolute and utter amount of timewasters that man has had to deal with since he put it online, it would make you cry.

heate

Wrong thread but not wishing to start a large new one with an ensuing debate.

Will soon enough be receiving a pay out for a stolen car - don't ask won't tell.
Anyway I need a new Dublin car - an LCI 5 series petrol (pref 525 or 530) and I'm having to source it in the uk.
My question is: is there a UK done deal or is it just autotrader?

OP done deal seems to generate huge traffic and quick sales. Plenty of absolute chancers running every scam going but when sellin cash in your account is a sold car!

homer90

^^ try Pistonheads

colm_mcm

The new buyandsell site is 98% the same layout as donedeal

pcardin

colm_mcm wrote: »

The new buyandsell site is 98% the same layout as donedeal

is it not because DD owns the other one?

dahamsta

I just had my van on Adverts.ie, DoneDeal and Carzone. '03 Astra Van, started at silly money on the off chance (€3.5k), brought down gradually over a couple of months, sold for €2.6k via DoneDeal to an enthusiast. He got a good deal as it was genuinely in very good nick, and I'm very happy with the eventual sale price.

I'm not a fan of DoneDeal, but in this case it worked. Results from the other sites were multiple enquiries on Adverts.ie, mostly from illiterates that can't read "no trades", usually with utterly crap cars; and a single advance-fee fraud enquiry from Carzone, who was asked to follow up with:

Frau D.S. Quad,
Harcourt Square,
Harcourt Street,
Dublin 2

Tel: +353 1 6663776

I'll leave ye to figure that out for yereselves.

Farmtrader

I'd use www.BuyandSell.ie they appear to be spending alot on adwords around car related search terms.
There's also www.carsireland.ie someone said that's a good site.

Traditionally I have always used Buy and Sell mainly because I've been doing business through them for about 15 years.

What kind of car is it ? I buy the odd car.

Farmtrader

pcardin wrote: »

is it not because DD owns the other one?

I think a family from Cork own Buy and Sell, and I think DoneDeal are now owned by a Norwegian company

galwayjohn89

I've sold 4 cars. All listed on Donedeal, gumtree and adverts. All sold via donedeal within hours.

dahamsta

Farmtrader wrote: »

pcardin wrote: »

is it not because DD owns the other one?

I think a family from Cork own Buy and Sell, and I think DoneDeal are now owned by a Norwegian company

The owner is Scandinavian, but I'm pretty sure it's an Irish company, based in Ireland.

whippetgood

dahamsta wrote: »

The owner is Scandinavian, but I'm pretty sure it's an Irish company, based in Ireland.

It's more norwegian than Irish - http://www.digitaltimes.ie/2011/09/donedeal-sells-majority-stake-to-norwegian-firm/

pcardin

Farmtrader wrote: »

I think a family from Cork own Buy and Sell, and I think DoneDeal are now owned by a Norwegian company

If that is the case then family from Cork have replicated, copied DD design or did steal DD script. Or else, they both are using exact the same platform.

dahamsta

Ah, didn't see that news, ta.

whippetgood wrote: »

dahamsta wrote: »

The owner is Scandinavian, but I'm pretty sure it's an Irish company, based in Ireland.

It's more norwegian than Irish - http://www.digitaltimes.ie/2011/09/donedeal-sells-majority-stake-to-norwegian-firm/

whippetgood

pcardin wrote: »

If that is the case then family from Cork have replicated, copied DD design or did steal DD script. Or else, they both are using exact the same platform.

either way it's easier to access loads of deals, i'm happy !!