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Sat 12 Jan 2019 18:59

Hyundai i20 - How to sell - ifekas

After a long wait, we have now got a date for the arrival of our new little KIA; we hadn’t organised a p/x at the time, which probably was a mistake; so will be looking to sell the existing Hyundai i20 which we have had from new but will be seven years old.

Not really keen on the webuyanycar route; in the past one would just put the car on auto trader, but now there seem to be a bewildering number of options including facebook.

I have done some internet searches and it seems that ebay (classified not auction) seems to provide the best value and response.

I have had issues with gumtree re lots of time wasters; I suppose that is a drawback of selling privately.

Any other tips?

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Sat 12 Jan 2019 19:18

Hyundai i20 - How to sell - oldroverboy.

If you are selling it yourself, make sure !!!! that you check that anyone who comes and wants to test drive it is insured.

If it is in good condition webuyanywhatsit or evanshalshaw might be interested. Ask your kia dealer.. mine bought my venga even though i was buying a car elsewhere.

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Sat 12 Jan 2019 19:26

Hyundai i20 - How to sell - SLO76

Most smaller dealers will buy in stock like this assuming it’s in good order and not killed with miles, get a price from we buy any car as your starting point and take a few hours to visit local dealers with your car and see what they offer. It’ll be less than you could potentially get selling it yourself but it’s safer and much easier.

Otherwise Gumtree is the place to sell cheaper end cars like this but you will be inundated with calls and messages from idiots offering half the money you’re looking for. By-pass the calls and don’t put your phone number in, tell them to message or email first to weed out the imbeciles. Even then be on your guard and as above in order to legally drive it they need to be insured on another car on their own policy and even at that many don’t offer this to younger drivers and often it’s third party only on a car they don’t own so ask for their cover note as proof otherwise drive it yourself and maybe let them have a shot in a car park somewhere.

I used to have a good wee side of selling cars for people who wanted more than I could offer to buy in to stock. I had trade insurance etc and sold it on their behalf for a cut. Few traders do this today and even fewer I’d trust.

Edited by SLO76 on 12/01/2019 at 20:03

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Sun 13 Jan 2019 05:59

Hyundai i20 - How to sell - expat

Put a notice on the car's side windows with a good honest description. I have sold a couple of cars that way. It doesn't cost anything so if it doesn't work you haven't lost anything.

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Sun 13 Jan 2019 06:21

Hyundai i20 - How to sell - veloceman

Last few cars I have sold WBAC have offered the best deals.
On two occasions they have emailed back a couple of weeks later with a higher offer.
It has always been a battle to get the dealer to match with their px price.
In your position as long as your car is tidy they have they have no reason to bid you down from their offer.
Much less hassle than selling private.

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Sun 13 Jan 2019 09:26

Hyundai i20 - How to sell - Andrew-T

Yes, get a rough valuation, then try to sell it yourself. Your main points will be excellent condition, reasonably low miles, and a full service record. This won't be the easiest time of year to sell, but if you can afford to stick it out for a few weeks, do so. Then use WBAC or Halshaw. You will get less, because they will keep the margin.

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Sun 13 Jan 2019 10:57

Hyundai i20 - How to sell - ifekas

Thanks a lot for the responses; there have been many helpful tips! The Picanto doesn't arrive till March despite it being ordered in Oct, so quite a bit of time available. Would it be advisable to wait till mid February; the car is seldom used so selling it earlier not a problem?

The insurance on people test driving the car is a concern; thanks for raising that. Having that in mind makes me look at the other options (p/x) more favourably.

Certainly, using WBAC as the reference price makes sense (the car has very low mileage). I also like the idea of using gumtree but without publishing a phone number; if we go that way, it will save a LOT of hassle.

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Sun 13 Jan 2019 15:41

Hyundai i20 - How to sell - KB.

I did use Gumtree recently and within a short time was scammed (or I should say, an attempt at a scam). Maybe no worse than Ebay or anywhere else. Just be careful.

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Mon 14 Jan 2019 09:23

Hyundai i20 - How to sell - catsdad

Checking insurance docs and ID is a necessary pain. When selling our old car I was contacted by a small trader who came to see the car. I had asked him to bring insurance docs and they were in order but I had to examine them carefully as they were not as simple as private cover.

He said hardly anyone ever asked to see these.

As for letting someone drive in a car park I am pretty sure you still need cover if its on land open to the public.

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Wed 30 Jan 2019 21:51

Hyundai i20 - How to sell - ifekas

Just to provide an update, we got an online price from webuyanycar of 3,500 which was quite a surprise - more than we were going to put the car on for sale privately; after looking at ads in various places I was thinking of putting it on for 2,995. The MoT was expiring next month so had that done last week; at that point the webuyanycar offer had elapsed, but they re-quoted and the new price was nearly a hundred pounds more.

As suggested by someone here, had the car valued by a local independent dealer, who said it was exactly the type of car they like to sell, and valued the car at 2,800 to 3k (I don't know why they didn't give a firm price when they inspected the car).

Perhaps we could have waited a bit longer in the hope that the price might go up slightly, but with a 13 month MoT and a holiday mid next month, we decided that if after inspection webuyanycar would offer over 3,200 we would accept. They offered 3,300 less the 50 pound charge, which we are really happy with, and the car has now gone!

I honestly don't think we could have got that much more by selling privately; and when one adds the hassle, time wasters and risk, made it an easier and wiser choice in this particular situation.

So the advice provided here was spot on; thanks a lot! It just goes to show one should keep options open.

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