The pain of selling your car

[Number5]

I recently advertised my 3.0si, saying please do not make offers until you've been to see the car.
Firstly I got offered an oil painting and then from another buyer I got a message saying "I'm interested in your car. Whats the lowest you'll take ? "
I responded " I'm interested in your money. How much have you got ?"
- I didn't get a reply !!

[bmwaddict]

[Havard]

I recently advertised my 3.0si, saying please do not make offers until you've been to see the car.
Firstly I got offered an oil painting and then from another buyer I got a message saying "I'm interested in your car. Whats the lowest you'll take ? "
I responded " I'm interested in your money. How much have you got ?"
- I didn't get a reply !!

Excellent repost. Reminds me of when I put my bike on e-bay and was asked "how low would you go on it?". I replied 2 -3 mph otherwise you will fall off....

[autobahner]

Almost like advertising your car, with low feedback and expecting someone to press the 'buy it now' button

[nickw6666]

You have a great car and it's worth the asking price to the right buyer.

You just have to wait for the right buyer.

There are plenty of people out there who'd love your car but can't afford it, and will offer you less in the hope that you'll go for the easy money.

You're not selling a mainstream car with the Z4M, so normal rules don't apply. Unless your desperate for cash the Z4M seller holds the cards.

I think your price is totally fair.

I don't think you have to fill your advert up with all the detail. A serious buyer with a brain should be able to contact you and ask the relevant questions in a polite manner.

This approach by some people of just emailing you a low offer is disrespectful.

I wouldn't waste my time responding unless you feel like saying, ''sorry pal, you can't afford it. Suggest you go and buy a non-M Z4..

I recently sold a Porsche 911 Carrera S which was a superb car and I was asking top money. I could have sold it 3x over as the right buyers got in contact as they could clearly see it was an excellent car.

Good cars will find the right buyers.

Happy selling!

[Yorkie Z]

Take the imminent redundancy out of the ad, it's only going to make people feel like you're desperate. GLWTS

[Kgv2]

Thanks for all the helpful advice, I think I have a guy interested sounds like a nice genuine guy. I have sent him all the info and hopefully we can do the deal. I have tried to be as honest as I can, and the threat of redundancy is the only reason for selling. The asking price is fair imo and I will keep it if I don't get this.
The guy who just sent £16k with no content to the email was just a time waster, and his reply confirmed it. I am normally fine with best offer, but feel this car is exepetional and worth every penny. I'm sure the first person who views it will agree. The description is very basic having read it again, and I'm no David Bailey when it comes to photos. I'm 60yrs old on Sat and hate people who keep texting you, hour after hour. Happy to have a friendly chat about the car on the phone and answer any questions etc. I'm a bit like the car, slightly old school and analogue in a digital age, but still have plenty of life left in me, and not much gets past me!

[Phoenixboy]

Thanks for all the helpful advice, I think I have a guy interested sounds like a nice genuine guy. I have sent him all the info and hopefully we can do the deal. I have tried to be as honest as I can, and the threat of redundancy is the only reason for selling. The asking price is fair imo and I will keep it if I don't get this.
The guy who just sent £16k with no content to the email was just a time waster, and his reply confirmed it. I am normally fine with best offer, but feel this car is exepetional and worth every penny. I'm sure the first person who views it will agree. The description is very basic having read it again, and I'm no David Bailey when it comes to photos. I'm 60yrs old on Sat and hate people who keep texting you, hour after hour. Happy to have a friendly chat about the car on the phone and answer any questions etc. I'm a bit like the car, slightly old school and analogue in a digital age, but still have plenty of life left in me, and not much gets past me!

Hope it all works out.
I’m with you on the texting and emailing.
Why people can’t just phone, I’ll never no.
Different generation.
I’ve actually replied to an enquiry on my last car I sold, asking the guy to call me and would happily answer any questions.
He continued to text, so told him the car was now sold.
Good luck

[IAmOrion]

Hope it all works out.
I’m with you on the texting and emailing.
Why people can’t just phone, I’ll never no.
Different generation.
I’ve actually replied to an enquiry on my last car I sold, asking the guy to call me and would happily answer any questions.
He continued to text, so told him the car was now sold.
Good luck

Just throwing this out there - and whilst I'm quoting you, I'm not aiming this at you... but some people (such as myself) have ASD & Aspergers. I can appear very confident etc in messages, but I HATE The phone (for calls) with a passion, I detest it, and I will avoid phone calls to the best of my ability... and it's not just a case of "Get over it, numpty" which I've heard 100 times before - and just adds to the negative stigma of being open and honest with mental health issues... but honestly, I just don't do phone calls. I won't ring people, I rarely answer the phone unless I'm expecting a call etc. I'm the annoying type who only ever messages or texts! Having said that, I also don't waste peoples time, and do have proper conversations.

[Muckinonthesofa]

Hope it all works out.
I’m with you on the texting and emailing.
Why people can’t just phone, I’ll never no.
Different generation.
I’ve actually replied to an enquiry on my last car I sold, asking the guy to call me and would happily answer any questions.
He continued to text, so told him the car was now sold.
Good luck

Just throwing this out there - and whilst I'm quoting you, I'm not aiming this at you... but some people (such as myself) have ASD & Aspergers. I can appear very confident etc in messages, but I HATE The phone (for calls) with a passion, I detest it, and I will avoid phone calls to the best of my ability... and it's not just a case of "Get over it, numpty" which I've heard 100 times before - and just adds to the negative stigma of being open and honest with mental health issues... but honestly, I just don't do phone calls. I won't ring people, I rarely answer the phone unless I'm expecting a call etc. I'm the annoying type who only ever messages or texts! Having said that, I also don't waste peoples time, and do have proper conversations.

I think you have to be willing to communicate by all methods, particularly in this day and age. If a potential buyer wants to email, text etc you have to be willing to work around them. As IAmOrion says, some people may have very good reasons reasons to contact sellers in writing.

[Kgv2]

I fullŷ appreciate your situation and I guess a quick upfront explanation in the first text would be fine. I have a close friend with a stammer who hates the phone, and I get really upset if people are abrupt with him as he is worse when he becomes stressed. I was probably generalising when I was referring to people who text. They always ask a question you answer, then they ask another question, and it goes on like this for hours! Far better to phone or just put all the questions in one email and get one answer back, but such is the modern world, as an old fart I just can't cope!

[abar121]

Just ignore the idiots out there and don't reply.

You can't argue with stupid.

[VRSteve]

This is why I sold my M to a dealer. Just can't be bothered with the idiots.

I lost a few quid but in my mind it was worth it to keep my blood pressure down.

[dan yeates]

You think that's bad....I recently tried to sell my girlfriend's BMW M135i. Wow, it was a horrible experience! Just hundreds of texts from young lads offering stupid money, or the usual car traders from West Yorkshire making stupid offers. One guy offered me £10,000 for it, it was advertised at £14,500, and he wanted to pick it up that day. It was Christmas Day.

Honestly, I've never had so many stupid and ridiculous text messages, you couldn't make it up. People offering £7-8k on a £14,500 car, and it was already the cheapest on the market. £14,500 for a 59k mile BMW M135i auto with lots of options on it.

In the end I took it to a local performance car dealership. They put a new MOT on it and a 6 month warranty and put it up for £16,500 and sold it straight away. Charged me £1200 inc. VAT for their time, the MOT and warranty, so I actually ended up with more than I was advertising it for.

Speak to a few local specialists, I bet they'll be very happy to sell it for you.

People don't want to buy from private sellers any more. They're only interested in buying from a dealer with finance.

We bought another M135i privately and took advantage of the fact that he couldn't sell his either! Knocked him down a fair bit on the price

[ben g]

Thanks for all the helpful advice, I think I have a guy interested sounds like a nice genuine guy. I have sent him all the info and hopefully we can do the deal. I have tried to be as honest as I can, and the threat of redundancy is the only reason for selling. The asking price is fair imo and I will keep it if I don't get this.
The guy who just sent £16k with no content to the email was just a time waster, and his reply confirmed it. I am normally fine with best offer, but feel this car is exepetional and worth every penny. I'm sure the first person who views it will agree. The description is very basic having read it again, and I'm no David Bailey when it comes to photos. I'm 60yrs old on Sat and hate people who keep texting you, hour after hour. Happy to have a friendly chat about the car on the phone and answer any questions etc. I'm a bit like the car, slightly old school and analogue in a digital age, but still have plenty of life left in me, and not much gets past me!

Hope it all works out.
I’m with you on the texting and emailing.
Why people can’t just phone, I’ll never no.
Different generation.
I’ve actually replied to an enquiry on my last car I sold, asking the guy to call me and would happily answer any questions.
He continued to text, so told him the car was now sold.
Good luck

They're probably like me and get mega anxious making phone calls to strangers.

For what reason, I haven't a clue. Always had this strange issue with phones. I have to build myself up to make the call. Must be some kind of weird mental health problem

Edit: just saw IAmOrion's post. It must actually be 'a thing', rather than me just being weird!