Carsales.com.au Inflation

**Polyal** · 18-09-2010, 01:05 PM

OK before I jump the gun just wanted to see if I have missed a link on their site.

Im putting a car for sale and last time I did it was about 18 months ago and the cost all up was $20. Now unless I am mistaken it is now $60! And thats the cheap option!

Needless to say ill advertise here aswell, but holy heck thats a fair jump in that time!

Link here:

http://www.carsales.com.au/sell-your-car/

Ill probably end up doing it anyway as it as worked with my past 3 cars, so hard to overly complain but usually one increments the costs in stages, thats a fair hike!

Cashie · 18-09-2010, 01:15 PM

Yep, I noticed the same thing last car I sold....

prydey · 18-09-2010, 03:01 PM

you can now have 9 photos though. probably not enough justification but at least its not all take. there was a little bit of give

RepSpec · 18-09-2010, 03:19 PM

try selling a boat more than $20,000. cost me $145 and all i get is spam buyers wanting my pay pal details. total crap

flappist · 18-09-2010, 04:01 PM

Yep Reynolds are bastards at the best of times.....

XRSEX · 18-09-2010, 04:05 PM

Was $50 for me 10 months ago

kocho · 18-09-2010, 04:14 PM

You can't right click --> new tab on cars anymore either, can you?

I hate that. :(

**Polyal** · 18-09-2010, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by kocho

You can't right click --> new tab on cars anymore either, can you?

I hate that. :(

YES THAT DRIVES ME INSANE! Deliberate caps there, I dont know what changed on their site.

If it wasn't so successful Id want to avoid using it..grr catch 22.

FNQracing · 18-09-2010, 05:06 PM

There's a very good reason for this:

http://www.goauto.com.au/mellor/mell...2577960026DF36

GTpilot · 18-09-2010, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by flappist

Yep Reynolds are bastards at the best of times.....

Carsales has nothing to do with Renoylds anymore. It's actually a public company. Majority ownership by PBL media.

Renoylds are now called Pentana BTW.

76ZG · 18-09-2010, 06:41 PM

I just paid $60 to advertise EL XR8 and was thinking the same thing....Huh??? last time I'm sure I only paid $20???
Oh well...there ya go.

XR6TCraig · 18-09-2010, 06:55 PM

Seems that this isn't the only place that advertising your car for sale has increased.

Last time I sold a car, I was able to advertise in my local paper for $40 in a run it 'till you sell it add. Now they want more than that to advertise it for one issue and its a daily paper!

Makes car sales look cheap!

Smoke Pursuit · 18-09-2010, 07:08 PM

I tried carsales and got 1 call and 1 text in 4 weeks on a car that was the cheapest in QLD for its year / model..

got 3 phone enquiries today from carsguide paper add alone, but i sold it last week on ebay.

Try carsguide that gives you the free paper add too, its around 25 for memory.

fourl6 · 19-09-2010, 11:41 AM

cost me somthing like $12 to sell my EF a few years ago and $50 to sell the BA 3-4 months ago.

rancidpunx · 19-09-2010, 11:42 AM

Try being a dealer. They pay $37.50 every time you submit an enquiry on top of the monthly fees.

Scott · 19-09-2010, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by kocho

You can't right click --> new tab on cars anymore either, can you?

I hate that. :(

Yes but you do it on the photo which opens the whole add in a new tab.

BOSHOG · 19-09-2010, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by rancidpunx

Try being a dealer. They pay $37.50 every time you submit an enquiry on top of the monthly fees.

yeah and they charge 20% more for the vehicle too

UNR8D · 19-09-2010, 12:06 PM

they are a busniess, and if they are doing the right thing there is a reason their cars do cost more, I would bet on average there is more dodgy private sellers then there are dodgy dealers out there ;)

Kryton · 19-09-2010, 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by rancidpunx

Try being a dealer. They pay $37.50 every time you submit an enquiry on top of the monthly fees.

Then you'd think they would take the time to reply to your inquiry as well.
Ive inquired about several dealer advertised cars and didnt receive a single reply from any of them.

Now that i know they get charged each time.........

BOSHOG · 19-09-2010, 12:10 PM

the worst thing dealers do on carsales is advertise their vehicles in the wrong area just wasting buyers time. i lost count of the number of times i enquired about a car that was listed in Newcastle only to have a dealer contact me from Coffs Harbour or the South Coast

SM1DY · 19-09-2010, 02:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Polyal

Im putting a car for sale and last time I did it was about 18 months ago and the cost all up was $20. Now unless I am mistaken it is now $60! And thats the cheap option!

I used carsales to sell a vehicle in September of 2008 and it was $45 for the most basic option then, so I'm not to sure how you arrived at a $20 price for March 2009???

Poetic Justice · 20-09-2010, 11:18 AM

I am in new car sales and I spend about $6k every month on carsales.com.au. Cost of doing business I guess and yes its paid per lead but they have a good system that cannot be abused etc.

And BOSHOG... you'd be surprised. I'd have a fun time trying to claw back the $6k in bills from the cars I sell off there. All of them are advertised virtually close to what the car actually owes me simply to draw in business from other sides of town that I usually wouldn't attract.