No interest in car?

Ultimate Seduction

Have a 2009 1.6 tdci focus style on done deal. 126k miles. Nice alloys. Mint condition. It's up 2 weeks now and havnt received 1 call about it. Need to sell this car urgently. Any idea why no interest? It's the cheapest 2009 focus with similar miles on donedeal. 4999. Would nearly take 4 for it

beertons

Stick up a link to the car please.

Jobs OXO

The daysul has had its day

Sam Kade

4,999? Why not add the extra euro and make it an even 5k.

Ultimate Seduction

Sam Kade wrote:

4,999? Why not add the extra euro and make it an even 5k.

People may search for cars less than 5k. Might change it to 4500. Don't want it to look too cheap though as people will think something wrong with it

Jobs OXO

Ultimate Seduction wrote: »

People may search for cars less than 5k. Might change it to 4500. Don't want it to look too cheap though as people will think something wrong with it

Can you link it?

Bigus

In reality 08 and 09 are more or less worth the same , with a step up in values to 2010

elperello

If you are really prepared to take 4k list it at 4.5k.

Ultimate Seduction

Nctd till July 19 and taxed till Apr 2018

cml387

Well I can see a car in the distance alright.

Nuw

I'd put the original wheels back on and redo the pictures with them. I'd sell your aftermarket wheels separately. I'd add pictures of the interior as well + pictures of NCT reports and the pile of bills you have for it.

ongarite

Photos are ****e, sorry and they are tiny like they have been cropped.
All sides of car, each alloy, interior pics.
Pic of NCT sheet, servicing sheet, etc.

Ultimate Seduction

Another 11 Euro to do the add though, or 5 to bump. Will I be throwing money away when I havnt received a single call or text? Even tried those "we buy any car" websites and got no reply..

Any other car I ever sold was gone in a few days

Ultimate Seduction

Don't know why pics are so small. They are normal sized pics before I uploaded. Cheers for the advice

ezra_

Awful photos - put up some of the interiors, of the NCT/tax, etc.

I skip ads that don't have interior photos, as there must be something wrong

Ultimate Seduction

Ok thanks. I will get better photos, and more of them up asap

GypsyByName

Ultimate Seduction wrote: »

Ok thanks. I will get better photos, and more of them up asap

Stand closer to the car !!

Jeffy17

Is your car showing up on Cartell etc as being crashed or mileage discrepancy?
If I was taking 4k for it I'd have it up for €4,250 to engage a buyer, as other people have mentioned take better pictures.

CiniO

OP it seems second hand car market for such cars is pretty much dead.
I'm trying to sell 09 civic diesel, had it advertised for a week now and nothing. No interest whatsoever.
My is also among the cheapest from similar age, mileage.

ongarite

CiniO wrote: »

OP it seems second hand car market for such cars is pretty much dead.
I'm trying to sell 09 civic diesel, had it advertised for a week now and nothing. No interest whatsoever.
My is also among the cheapest from similar age, mileage.

Depends on the car and ad.
I sold my E60 523i in 3 days for what was realistic price for car of that age, tax bracket.
Put effort into ad with good photos and description.

loyatemu

I always buy my cars without looking inside. Can't see a problem here.

CiniO

ongarite wrote: »

Depends on the car and ad.
I sold my E60 523i in 3 days for what was realistic price for car of that age, tax bracket.
Put effort into ad with good photos and description.

I personally doubt ad makes much difference.
In the end most people are looking for a good car - not a good ad.
Someone might have a great car for sale but be poor in designing ads, writing description or taking photos. I'd think most people would realise it.

Anyway I tried to do the best ad i can purely for that small percentage of people who do judge a car by the ad. Still no phonecalls.

Btw- what is the realistic price for 523i and what year was it?

ongarite

07 523i asking 3200

ezra_

CiniO wrote: »

I personally doubt ad makes much difference.
In the end most people are looking for a avoid car - not a good ad.
Someone might have a great car for sale but be poor in designing ads, writing description or taking photos. I'd think most people would realise it.

Anyway I tried to do the best ad i can purely for that small percentage of people who do judge a car by the ad. Still no phonecalls.

Btw- what is the realistic price for 523i and what year was it?

I doubt that - when I am buying, I know what I'm looking for in a car and if the ad doesn't show me that (either through a bad description or no photos) then I'm not going to bother contacting the person and I'll move to the ad does that.

research on how people buy cars shows they spend a huge amount of time (proportionally, when compared to the price, many times more than when buying a house) researching and trawling ads, so if you don't put the effort into making a good ad, you move yourself down the ranks.

Henry Ford III

Ad is poor OP. Pics are too small. No details on what trim level, engine, output, equipment or history it has. There are plenty of small diesel hatches about for sale and yours doesn't stand out at all.

Put a bit more effort in and it'll sell.

chocksaway

need pictures of all sides of the car. looks like you are hiding the passenger side
pics of the inside also needed

qhe0i9zvfgdou8

I don't know if it's the reason you haven't got calls but the photos are pretty bad. Looks like you took them with the phone on its side at least that's what happens to photos if I use my phone like that.
You need better photos and more of them and a more detailed description.

Ultimate Seduction

Henry Ford III wrote:

Ad is poor OP. Pics are too small. No details on what trim level, engine, output, equipment or history it has. There are plenty of small diesel hatches about for sale and yours doesn't stand out at all.

All that information is on the ad!! It goes up automatically when you put in the reg.

Going by the replies, the ad isn't too bad, I just need better pics of all the car, inside and out, and some of the paperwork?

colm_mcm

CiniO wrote: »

OP it seems second hand car market for such cars is pretty much dead.
I'm trying to sell 09 civic diesel, had it advertised for a week now and nothing. No interest whatsoever.
My is also among the cheapest from similar age, mileage.

How much? Link?

Sorry OP!

Ultimate Seduction

colm_mcm wrote:

How much? Link?

Buy mine instead good deal for a boardsie!! ;-)

Brian?

Ultimate Seduction wrote: »

All that information is on the ad!! It goes up automatically when you put in the reg.

Going by the replies, the ad isn't too bad, I just need better pics of all the car, inside and out, and some of the paperwork?

As others have said: pictures of the interior and all sides of the car.

If an ad doesn't have at least on picture of front, back, drivers side, passenger side and interior then I'm moving on. Nothing worse than going to see a car and one side is caved in or the interior is in bad shape.

If you'd take 4, put it up for 4.2.

elperello

Ultimate Seduction wrote: »

Another 11 Euro to do the add though, or 5 to bump. Will I be throwing money away when I havnt received a single call or text? Even tried those "we buy any car" websites and got no reply..

Any other car I ever sold was gone in a few days

Don't bother with any we buy any car merchants. Most of them are the type of people you don't want to know.

Casati

I'd take the aftermarket alloys off it and stick back on the originals to make it look more genuine, although you may like the alloys most people don't

Aside from that I'd sit and wait, a lot of cars sit on forecourts for months. Its well priced as is and a buyer will always try to knock more money off

Ultimate Seduction

elperello wrote:

Don't bother with any we buy any car merchants. Most of them are the type of people you don't want to know.

As i said, need URGENT sale. Desperate times, desperate measures.

Good to see the views went from 100 to over 400 since I put up this thread.

Going to take off the wheels an just put up a new add tomorrow

moonlighting

as all ready stated the pictures are a joke. look you drove half the car into the grass. that's a huge warning sign for me as to the mind set of the owner.
Clean pictures inside and outside the car in a neutral background. clean the car. wax and polish it. forget about the alloy wheels. Another warning bell goes off in my head when i see any mention of aftermarket wheels.
Also no harm to see pic of clean enginebay

heres just a random add i found on donedeal
will give you an idea of how to take pics of a car
https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/skoda-rapid-rapid-limo-amb-1-6tdi-90hp-4dr/16584635?campaign=3

neutral background.
pics of front, side, back of car
a few different interior pics.

kurtainsider

I agree with the earlier comments re the alloys.
To me - rightly or wrongly: flash alloys = boy racer.

Also I'm sure some boy racer would love to buy those alloys from you in a separate deal.

the_syco

Ultimate Seduction wrote: »

Nice alloys. Mint condition.

Ultimate Seduction wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/tdci-ford-focus/16648837

"Mint condition" from 2009, all photos far away, none from the inside = the car is fcuked, and the inside is probably in bits.

Also, shag all details. Does it have a radio, CD player, anything? You want people to be interested, and not just ignore and move onto the next one.

Oh, and maybe omit the "Partial service history" - it's not really a selling point.

begbysback

ongarite wrote: »

07 523i asking 3200

Msport?

PrzemoF

loyatemu wrote: »

I always buy my cars without looking inside. Can't see a problem here.

/irony tag missing?

PrzemoF

OP, the photos give impression that you're trying to hide the condition of the car. Is there a strict limitation to image size? 600x330 was good enough 10 years ago with the first nokia phones with cameras. Get the car into a nice area to get good background - we buy with th eyes, not with the brain (unfortunately).

grogi

CiniO wrote: »

I personally doubt ad makes much difference.
In the end most people are looking for a good car - not a good ad.

People are looking for a good car and find one through a good ad. A bad ad is really a reflection of an owner, who does not care.

martinr5232

Put up some decent pictures and that car will sell.

perrier

Photos are poor and put the original wheels back on the car. Rightly or wrongly aftermarket wheels often give the impression of a boy racer.

Bigus

Best covert reg plate block I've ever seen .( can't read it in the distance)


Here's the type of pictures you need

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2009-ford-focus-nct-1-19-taxed-11-17/16439366

And the money shot below

CiniO

colm_mcm wrote: »

How much? Link?

Sorry OP!

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/honda-civic-i-ctdi-2-2-es/16703526

€5350

boardsuser1

My old focus.

I sold it with 2 years nct and 12 months tax.

Was delighted to get rid of it.

I got €4000 on the trade in.

http://www.carsireland.ie/county/cork/ford/focus/detail.php?ad_id=1797664&r=s.php%3Fm%3D26%26o%3D253%26l%5B%5D%3D6%26r%3D2009%26g%3D0

millington

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2009-ford-focus-1-6-tdci-nctd-2-2018/15430816

€2k less

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2009-ford-focus-1-6-tdci-style-90bhp-5dr-3600/16653190

€1400 less

Theres a sea of cars cheaper than yours with better ad unfortunately

BorneTobyWilde

Needs new pics OP as everyone has stated. Could also show you care for car by adding pic of someone washing it like so .
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/86/79/5a/86795ad4e4afdf2b2b0e50dcdc0c5056--car-girls-sexy-girls.jpg

BlackWizard

I wish donedeal had a better image viewer. There needs to be an image zoom feature with higher resolution images

Ultimate Seduction

the_syco wrote:

"Mint condition" from 2009, all photos far away, none from the inside = the car is fcuked, and the inside is probably in bits.

the_syco wrote:

Oh, and maybe omit the "Partial service history" - it's not really a selling point.

grogi wrote:

People are looking for a good car and find one through a good ad. A bad ad is really a reflection of an owner, who does not care.

Some of these comments are ridiculous. I get it, the pics are bad. The alloys are now gone off it and sold. Will upload new add in morning and show ye

begbysback

Lol - bad ad, bad owner

Hope u have no pets op!!