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  1. Re: In with the new. Can't shift the old. 
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    I've sold my last 3 Audi's on ebay (and my wife's A2). Putting a fully comprehensive description and lots of photos and setting a reserve a couple of thousand over the price offered by Audi has worked every time. I've sold a 2-1/2 year old A4 1.9TdiSE (75k miles), 3-1/2 year old A6 Avant 1.9TDI Sport (90k miles), 6 year old A6 2.0TDi Avant S-Line (80k miles). Good thing about ebay is it's full of dealers selling PX Cars that Audi won't touch, cars they know nothing about, so a private seller with a one owner car (as all mine were) always gets a lot of interest. In each case, paypal deposit and online bank transfer of balance on collection worked. Word of advice, never delist until you have the deposit in your account. Did it once and the buyer 'found excuses' and I had the hassle of re-listing.

    I've tried Autotrader and all I got were calls offering to sell my car for £70 etc. Complete waste of time and would never use them again.
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    I have not tried ebay, but when I needed to sell my Octavia, I tried many free websites, and did not get a call.

    Finally decided to put it on Autotrader, and the phone started ringing. Sad but true. It sold within a week.
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    Just to add to the Autotrader discussion. It helps to put No Canvassers or NC on your advert. That means that the "I'll sell your car for £95" clowns shouldn't ring you up.

    The search engine in autotrader is very good - much better than ebay. In reality it is probably sensible to advertise on both. The great thing now is that you can adjust the price as often as you like - unlike the "good old days" when autotrader was print only and once your passed the print deadline your stuck until the following week.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ukgroucho View Post
    I can only add my personal experience of shifting my old C6 A6 3.0 Tdi quattro SE avant...

    The trade in that I was offered by my local audi dealer beat the offer from wewantanycar considerably - and they (Audi dealer) gave me a discount (£1000 if I recall) for trading a prestige marque - AUdi, BMW, Jags, Range Rover etc.

    It was a no brainer.. the hassle of having "no way they could afford to buy it" wannabes come to chalk up having test driven a quattro along with the mechanics of actually getting money from people in a timely manner - and the lack of any come back if someone decided they thought the car had a problem after they bought it (and possibly abused it). Well it was just too easy... drove it to the dealer, handed over keys and docs and picked up my new car.

    Now, in fairness, I sold my previous A4 1.9 Tdi Avant SE to a neighbour. It had 168K on it (after 8 or 9 years) but I'd treated it very well (as I do with all my cars) and he had seen that for the 2 years that he was my neighbour. We test drove it together - and I knew he was a responsible driver - and settled on a cash price. I also knew he bought it with full transparency and would not hound me if there was some minor issue, I even threw in an Ericcson world phone that the car had a car kit for (it was no use to me) and he was delighted. After he and his wife moved away - they were only renting - we used to get Xmas cards which would include little one liners like "took the A4 for an MOT... it needed a tyre". I don't mind selling a car on like that but the rest of the hassle is just something that life is too short to deal with.
    Never had a single call after from someone who's bought a car from me, so I wouldn't be avoiding hassles, as up to now they haven't existed.

    As for the extra thousand for trading in a prestige marque, it's just another dealer discount shuffling trick. They do it to make you feel special. However, if you've already got the maximum discount through Dtd or carwow, you try getting another thousand when you turn up to trade in you bmw. No chance, I know, I asked.
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