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I've been looking for a cheap estate or SUV that's been well looked after and 99% of all car adverts I see are absolutely shocking.
Dealers just give you some strap lines about why you should buy a car from them then tell you they do cheap finance and say barely anything about the car.
Private ads aren't much better.
When writing the advert for the car I'm currently selling I've included important information about the car I.e. that it's had 4 new tyres, brakes, full history etc.
What is it with these rubbish ads, is it that most 'normal' people don't care? Or is the used car market so buoyant that they will sell regardless? Very frustrating search!
Dealers just give you some strap lines about why you should buy a car from them then tell you they do cheap finance and say barely anything about the car.
Private ads aren't much better.
When writing the advert for the car I'm currently selling I've included important information about the car I.e. that it's had 4 new tyres, brakes, full history etc.
What is it with these rubbish ads, is it that most 'normal' people don't care? Or is the used car market so buoyant that they will sell regardless? Very frustrating search!
Yeah they are usually crap. That's life.
I think from the car dealer's perspective, they want to be as non-committal as possible as they have probably been burnt at some point. If they put something like "4 brand new tyres", then one of the tyres explodes when the new owner is driving the car home, then the buyer might somehow hold that against them. So they either drone on about how great they are, or just put the bare minimum, like what colour it is.
I think from the car dealer's perspective, they want to be as non-committal as possible as they have probably been burnt at some point. If they put something like "4 brand new tyres", then one of the tyres explodes when the new owner is driving the car home, then the buyer might somehow hold that against them. So they either drone on about how great they are, or just put the bare minimum, like what colour it is.
66HFM said:
Agreed, at least try and tell us the little that you know about the car - MOT expiry, No. of owners, service history / last serviced etc.
Might have an 11 plate A6 S Line Avant coming up for sale shortly.... 108k, FSH etc
Audi sounds interesting, could you PM me some details please? Might have an 11 plate A6 S Line Avant coming up for sale shortly.... 108k, FSH etc
Raymond Reddington said:
Hmm, makes sense I suppose, but I'm with the poster who said at least tell us what you know. MOT expiry etc. How hard can it be?
What if they list the MOT expiry date, then some weird screw up at the DVSA or whatever means the expiry date they listed was incorrect, and it comes back to them with the buyer demanding money off? They'll be out of pocket through no fault of their own. Best not to risk it. No good deed goes unpunished and all that. Totally agree, I haven't bought a car for 3 years and now in the position of searching. Just looked at another crap ad today. Number plate blocked out, can't even tell if it's manual or auto from the photo's and no mileage details. Utterly ridiculous that some people can't even be bothered to list the basics.
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