SELLER’S REMORSE
SELLING cars and parts in the new age of online marketplaces can be a frustrating experience. Our own Simon Major highlighted this pain in his recent Blowin’ Gaskets column (SM, May ’20), outlining how he recently tried to sell his Old Daze VF Valiant online only to be met with a barrage of moronic tyre-kickers. We shared his yarn on our Facebook page and it seemed that many of you could relate.
Rheyt Swinscoe – Man, I saw this for sale and saw those comments roll in. Good luck to anyone trying to sell a car on Facebook. There’s nothing like the good old Trading Post every second Thursday back in the day.
Mick Lovin – I have experienced the same issues – people providing ‘insightful’ comments free of charge. It does put you off using Facebook to sell.
Robert Steel – Facebook Marketplace is more a forum; I’ll stick to online auction sites. At least then the stupid comments don’t have to be visible unless answered.
Luke Ogden – On the flipside, there are the ever-increasing ‘I know what I’ve got’ wankers and wannabe Richard Rawlingses that love to get their backs up when you call them out on it.
Michael Bendt – I never put cars on Facebook for sale; too many trolls and f**kwits. I put them on Gumtree, no dramas.
Drew Nobby Smith – Selling a motorbike for $2000 on Facebook was entertaining enough. I can only imagine how many crazies you had to deal with, Simon.
Andrew Comer – Any digital platform brings them out.
Neale Bayliss – Oh yeah, I remember dealing with this sort of thing 10 years ago when old cars were worth nothing and scrap prices were higher. After receiving more lowball offers than I could deal with (less than scrap value) the cars ended up at a wreckers because they gave me what I wanted, no questions asked. Then all the lowballers complained that I sold them to the wrecker instead of them.
Rick Matherson – I had my VN Commodore on the market, now sold. The idiots came thick and fast – probably three serious offers out of a hundred.
John Munro – A very good article. There is just no respect these days, and it’s even worse for licensed car dealers.
Dave Brown – I’m currently selling on Marketplace and was offered stupid money, so I upped the price by the difference of the offer to what I wanted.
Bruce Saunders – I like the ones that say they are at work on an oil rig or at a mine site so can’t personally visit, but they want you to open a Western Union account, send them the details, and then they’ll organise for a truck to pick the car up.
Darryl Strugnell – The best response I have seen to a lowball offer was the bloke who sent the troll four hours across Melbourne to a brothel. When old mate realised the address was a brothel and messaged the seller back, he told him to take his money and get f**ked.