Car ads with no price shown....

corktina

Does anyone ever buy these? I always pass them over.

Same for ads which don't show mileage or tax/NCT status. Why don't people include these details? Puts me right off...

cozzie55

corktina wrote: »

Does anyone ever buy these? I always pass them over.

Same for ads which don't show mileage or tax/NCT status. Why don't people include these details? Puts me right off...

I hate when garages put up POA for cars they have for sale.
I can only assume the reason they do it is cause the add appear first when you do a search by price on carzone

coylemj

Bad enough not to list the price, a main dealer down the country had an ad. in the Irish Times a few weeks ago, listed off a load of used Mercs. with prices and no year against any of the models!

kildare.17hmr

I get more calls when i advertise POA which leads to more sales. If the price is there people may be interested and just pass it by, if they ring fo a price i can arange a test drive alot of the time which often leads to a sale or referal.

coylemj

coylemj wrote: »

Bad enough not to list the price, a main dealer down the country had an ad. in the Irish Times a few weeks ago, listed off a load of used Mercs. with prices and no year against any of the models!

Yeah used to be very common in regional papers to have big colour ads listing cars but not their prices

Chris_Heilong

I just assume if it says POA then it is out of my price range and move along until I find something that only costs a few grand.

choons

It's really annoying when you're shopping for a banger and select a max price. All you get are pages of POA!! :rolleyes:

Especially carzone as the only minimum option is €1000. At least with donedeal you have to enter a price when submitting an ad.

kildare.17hmr

choons wrote: »

It's really annoying when you're shopping for a banger and select a max price. All you get are pages of POA!! :rolleyes:

Especially carzone as the only minimum option is €1000. At least with donedeal you have to enter a price when submitting an ad.

You dont have to enter a price on donedeal

choons

I thought you did, maybe I'm wrong.

At least you can put in a really low minimum if you want to search for cars without POA appearing. I'd use carzone more if that was possible.

Del2005

kildare.17hmr wrote: »

I get more calls when i advertise POA which leads to more sales. If the price is there people may be interested and just pass it by, if they ring fo a price i can arange a test drive alot of the time which often leads to a sale or referal.

When I was buying, any car with POA was skipped without even looking. If you want me to buy let me know how much you want, I won't do your job or waste my money ringing you to find a price.

Deleted User wrote: »

Yeah used to be very common in regional papers to have big colour ads listing cars but not their prices

The auld lad buys the Farmers Journal and it's full of this. Companies with full page picture ads with car and all kinds of machinery and not a single price to be seen.

kildare.17hmr

kildare.17hmr wrote: »

I get more calls when i advertise POA which leads to more sales. If the price is there people may be interested and just pass it by, if they ring fo a price i can arange a test drive alot of the time which often leads to a sale or referal.

Makes sense, obviously works or dealers wouldn't do it!

Boardmaster

Is this not a very old fashioned way of selling cars.

I.E. walk in with you bag of cash and tell the salesman exactly how much money you have and he will match the car to your price.

Maybe their is two trains of thought on this one.. I tend to just skip the add or filter it out.

colm_mcm

I never call ads with POA on them.

ShadowHearth

No price? Put the ad in to IGNORE list. :rolleyes:

i only called once when there were no price set andthat was a mistake. It was an r32 skyline. Seller was dreamer and i wont comment on the rest, as it cant be told without insults.

hi5

The presumption is that it gets rid of the timewasters, if your seriously interested in a particular car you'll phone about the price.

dillo2k10

I just skip past all of the POA's, usually the first few pages. Then I ignore anything with no NCT or tax details or just one photo/no interior photos.

Also if someone says no dreamers or no cash no drive I just assume he's a complete tool and don't want to deal with him. Maybe on a 2012 Range rover but not with an 08 golf or focus!

Big Nasty

I can understand it on something prestige but apart from that, no.

djimi

Back when I used Carzone looking for cars I would set the minumum price as well as the maximum price. If you dont want to tell me the price of the car I sure as hell arent going to be bothered asking...

dr.fuzzenstein

I just presume they want mad money and it would be just a waste of time to ring, ask for the price, have an argument and be out of pocket for the phonecall as well.
POA? PFO!
Also, any ad with "NO TIMEWASTERS NO PRIVATE NUMBERS, NO TXT, NO DREAMERS, WINDOWLICKERS, TIREKICKERS OR TESTPILOTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!" is duly ignored, it signals to me the seller has an attitude problem and I don't want to deal with dicks.
I'm a bit undecided about blanked out regs, but it always smacks of something to hide.
Simple ad with a good few pictures, all the facts, no fluff in the info text and it gets on my list. It really is not hard to make a good ad.

kildare.17hmr

Im selling commercials and specific ones at that so get alot of interest in most bew ads i put up. Last wed i put up two second hand vans with loads if pics and good discriptions, 2 hours and over 10 calls later the first one was sold, the second sold the following day. When ever i stick an ad in autotrader mag i get loads of calls too. Could be down to the vehicles they have a good following

dillo2k10

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

I just presume they want mad money and it would be just a waste of time to ring, ask for the price, have an argument and be out of pocket for the phonecall as well.
POA? PFO!
Also, any ad with "NO TIMEWASTERS NO PRIVATE NUMBERS, NO TXT, NO DREAMERS, WINDOWLICKERS, TIREKICKERS OR TESTPILOTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!" is duly ignored, it signals to me the seller has an attitude problem and I don't want to deal with dicks.
I'm a bit undecided about blanked out regs, but it always smacks of something to hide.
Simple ad with a good few pictures, all the facts, no fluff in the info text and it gets on my list. It really is not hard to make a good ad.

I agree.

The blanket out reg annoys me when Im trying to get an I insurance quote for it. But I think it's to stop someone planting up using your reg.

That no tirekickers really annoys me like what difference could it possibly make it someone hasn't a clue about cars!

concernman

dillo2k10 wrote: »

I agree.

The blanket out reg annoys me when Im trying to get an I insurance quote for it. But I think it's to stop someone planting up using your reg.

That no tirekickers really annoys me like what difference could it possibly make it someone hasn't a clue about cars!

Hello, you are right about insurance, very important to check online but make sure to clear your cookies and history on each online equiry.

I am pm;ing you about another matter, would be very interested in an interview.

Mister Jingles

What about cars that are 1,999 on the internet but when you go to the garage to see it, its actually 2,499.

This a new thing ? Also came across a few dealers who don't have any prices at all on the cars.

E.G: http://www.carland.ie/viewanad.php?ad_id=734986&r=%26z%3D8

:rolleyes:

Hoffmans

what can ruin a good add can be the contact details some sellers hide behind fake names or abbreviations ,like in this add for a recently towed audi..

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3536347

bazz26

What is more bizare is that he thinks a 10 year old A4 is worth €5k.

Jimbob 83

No cash no test drive is another fun one.

Also as said above an ad that smacks of arrogance and attitude would also put me off viewing, as mostly it's for cars with migh milage i find

Pdfile

corktina wrote: »

Does anyone ever buy these? I always pass them over.

Same for ads which don't show mileage or tax/NCT status. Why don't people include these details? Puts me right off...

just like ads which say " never rallied " or " mature driver "

me arse; if you get a chance you'll put your foot down, if its wet and shes rwd she will get sideways.


why bother lying about you're negelect of you're car you're selling... surely if shes a minter you don't Have to mention it; Pictures are worth 1000 words etc etc.

Jimbob 83

Pdfile wrote: »

just like ads which say " never rallied " or " mature driver "

me arse; if you get a chance you'll put your foot down, if its wet and shes rwd she will get sideways.


why bother lying about you're negelect of you're car you're selling... surely if shes a minter you don't Have to mention it; Pictures are worth 1000 words etc etc.

You assume alot in all fairness

Pdfile

Jimbob 83 wrote: »

You assume alot in all fairness

not really, fair amount of cars are dogged, it shows in the pictures...

the odd time ill ring out, ask all the usual questions only to be fed lines like " shes lethal in the wet " or " 3rd for slow 2nd for go " which only instills my faith more that its actually got a FSH and hasn't ever had the life revved outta it. :rolleyes: