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selling a car on ebay!

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sparklygothkat · 14/06/2007 20:19

Does it cost lots in fees? DH wants to sell his peugeot 206 as it needs some work doing to it, not major work but needs to be done to run properably. Its a 1999 model and I don;t know how much to put it up at. help..

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sparklygothkat · 14/06/2007 20:32

bump

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southeastastra · 14/06/2007 20:34

i wouldn't have thought so, you're not paying paypal fees are you, though i've never done it (yet!) will have a look though

oooggs · 14/06/2007 20:40

We listed a car on a free listing day - so not sure how much that costs and when it sold it cost us £30 in fees (no matter how much we sold it for)

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sparklygothkat · 14/06/2007 20:42

does anyone have an idea of what to sell the thing for? I have looked on ebay and found 206s that need more work than DHs and they are at silly prices (i think so anyway

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southeastastra · 14/06/2007 20:43

what work does it need?

sixlostmonkeys · 14/06/2007 20:43

pages.ebay.co.uk/help/sell/motorfees.html

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sparklygothkat · 14/06/2007 20:46

a new downpipe and a new automatic choke. The downpipe is about £75. Not sure about the choke.

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southeastastra · 14/06/2007 21:00

sounds painful

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sparklygothkat · 14/06/2007 21:03

mmm DH thinks that it wouldn't cost too much to sort out, but its a bit of a money muncher and has cost us a bit to keep it on the road

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newlifenewname · 14/06/2007 21:04

how beeezar! i've just posted almost the exact same thing! Mine is a 306 though.

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sparklygothkat · 14/06/2007 21:08

lol NLNN, Dh's car is in excellent condition bodywise, and clean inside. Just the engine that keeps playing up. The other thing is DH had £500 alloys put on last year, should I remove them and put the tyres that came with the car back on, they were only about 3 months when we took them off.

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newlifenewname · 14/06/2007 21:13

SGK, when I was looking on Ebay it seemed that if my car was a year or two older it would take a bug depreciation leap which is why I'm going to try and get rid now.

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sparklygothkat · 14/06/2007 21:15

I really have no idea what to put it up at. We paid £5000 for it 4 years ago and I don't want to lose lots of money. DH thinks he can sell it for £500 but I think that its too low

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sparklygothkat · 14/06/2007 21:16

but it doesn;t have a current MOT and will have no tax, so that will effect the price I know.

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southeastastra · 14/06/2007 21:17

you will get about £1000 if you spend some money to fix it up. it isn't that old

here

newlifenewname · 14/06/2007 21:17

I reckon hope for a grand but settle for £600.

I'm hoping for £1500 but would settle for £1000.

They don't exactly hold their value I'm finding. Not sure if it is worth the Ebay fees either...

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sparklygothkat · 14/06/2007 21:20

I thought £800 would be ok, as it does need work

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sparklygothkat · 14/06/2007 21:24

this 206 needs work and is already at £627

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newlifenewname · 14/06/2007 21:26

Well that totally screws up my theorising! lol

This is what I'm struggling with - there seems to be no rhyme or reason behind the ebay bidding on cars.

southeastastra · 14/06/2007 21:28

list it there are (hopefully) enough blokes interested in cars to buy it and fix it themselves but be honest

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sparklygothkat · 14/06/2007 23:15

Well have listed it at £600. I didn't know what I was doing (have only sold clothes etc) but hope its ok

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GrooveisintheHeart · 14/06/2007 23:18

i would be tempoted to buy it but dh wont let me. i dont need my own car atm though.

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sparklygothkat · 14/06/2007 23:22

tis here

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GrooveisintheHeart · 14/06/2007 23:23

remove the pic of interior for now, and re-do when its clear inside.

Aero · 14/06/2007 23:24

When we sold ours on Ebay I also put a 'buy it now' price of what we were happy to settle for. Someone drove from two hours away to view it and decided there and then that it was the car his wife was looking for. He paid in cash and I had to withdraw the car from the auction in case someone made a bid as he was driving home. I didn't end up paying a fee as the buyer never actually made a bid on his pc.