Car Matching / Selling Services

Chris · February 25, 2004, 16:17

Hi all,

I know places like automatch and cardata seem to have loads of negative publicity about their services and the fact they don't always work, but has anyone heard of a company called autoseek?

Their offer is to advertise on at least 4 car selling sites from £8!

Sounds a little fishy to me, but surely not all of these companies can be bad rip off merchants?

aaronjb · February 25, 2004, 16:19

Hmm.. I'd find out which sites they advertise on - my bet is that it's not any of the major ones..

I mean, to place an ad on autotrader online yourself costs more than that alone..

Chris · February 25, 2004, 16:25

I know, cost me £15 for 2 weeks web advert.

According to http://www.autoseek.co.uk/autotrader-alternative.htm they advertise on fish4cars, cardata(!!?), mirrorcars and usedcarsonline, plus a few others that use cardata as their search engine

There's gotta be a catch somewhere...

aaronjb · February 25, 2004, 16:30

Quote from: "Chris"There's gotta be a catch somewhere...

Easy: Nobody (or very few people) uses those search engines to look for cars? s:D

s:D With the possible exception of fish4 (thanks to their TV advertising)..

I think the paper Autotrader is better than the online one btw - I once advertised my Renault 19 16v via their website.. I had one call.. And that was from an agency wanting £100 to sell my car for me. Not one single enquiry from a member of the public...

Everyone else I know that sells cars on a regular basis uses the paper version of the 'trader, and has much more success..

Chris · February 25, 2004, 16:35

Quote from: "aaronjb"Everyone else I know that sells cars on a regular basis uses the paper version of the 'trader, and has much more success..

I fear you may be right - only a few genuine enquiries myself... s:cry: :cry: s:cry:
But you never know if that's because no-one's seen it/interested or the price is too high etc.

For only £8 I may bite the bullet in the sake of 'market research' and also give the paper autotrader a go...

Slacey · February 25, 2004, 16:35

Agreed, a couple of friends deal in cars (one private, one trade) and they both use the printed version. They both use eBay occasionaly too, with mixed results...

Anonymous · February 25, 2004, 17:28

Have you tried http://www.findit.co.uk? It's free, you can put pics on and from what I gather, quite a few people use it to find cars.

My mate had his MX-5 in autotrader and local rags, not a bit of interest. Stuck it on findit and was sold in 2 days s:shock: :shock: s:shock:

Might have been lucky, but can't hurt if you haven't tried it s;)

s;)

aaronjb · February 25, 2004, 18:17

Quote from: "Hanslow"Might have been lucky, but can't hurt if you haven't tried it s;) s;)

Certainly can't hurt if it's free s:)

s:)

http://www.findit.co.uk/cars/nissan/skyline/1054383.htm drooool!

Admittedly the whole site is littered with those annoying 'vibrating' animated GIF adverts..

heathstimpson · February 25, 2004, 20:00

I have always had the best success using local papers as many donot want to travel far unless its a bit of a speciality motor. Oh and always put it in at a sensible price or your just wasting your time. s:shock: :shock: s:shock: