I have contacted several car dealers using their LINE ID and it mostly goes like this. I send a screenshot of the car and ask if it is still for sale. The message is read and an a reply is quickly sent. I ask a follow up question like, "Has this can ever had an accident?" or " Do you have the service book?".  The message is read but no reply is given. How do they expect to sell a car with this level of poor service?

Maybe try asking in Thai, use google translate 

I'm guessing a lot of them (selling cars) have 'borrowed' adds from other sites and are trying to make money as 'middle men'....  and thus are unable to answer the questions. 

 

When I have tried to sell my car in the past (on FB market place) I've seen my car pop up as an Add elsewhere....  bunch of charlatans and its exactly the same with houses. 

 

Meanwhile, when selling my own car (on FB market place), I get questions that have already been answered in the advert (i.e. mileage, is it still available, where is the car)..

 

Its a pain - but when it comes to buying or selling something online, it seems the other party is commonly extremely lazy and just can't be bothered. 

19 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

Maybe try asking in Thai, use google translate 

Already sent in Thai.

 

15 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

Meanwhile, when selling my own car (on FB market place), I get questions that have already been answered in the advert (i.e. mileage, is it still available, where is the car)..

All questions I ask are pertinent to the sale and not found in the initial advert. 

 

I think that they only want to talk on the phone as there will be no permanent records of the conversation. I quick search of the Thai chatrooms confirms this, but this is a poor business model.

24 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

When I have tried to sell my car in the past (on FB market place) I've seen my car pop up as an Add elsewhere....  bunch of charlatans and its exactly the same with houses. 

 

My wife was talking to one guy and when she asked to see the car registration book he immediately replied "It is sold".

 

Another guy was trying to sell me his car even though the car registration showed it was still owned by the finace company. He said not to worry and he needed a 6,500 deposit to hold the car.

16 hours ago, stubuzz said:

I have contacted several car dealers using their LINE ID and it mostly goes like this. I send a screenshot of the car and ask if it is still for sale. The message is read and an a reply is quickly sent. I ask a follow up question like, "Has this can ever had an accident?" or " Do you have the service book?".  The message is read but no reply is given. How do they expect to sell a car with this level of poor service?

Or go see it in person. .. with a thai speaker ..off your butt

Agreed with other poster, a lot of the ads are just fake to get you to their car yard where they can hustle you into another car.  

18 hours ago, stubuzz said:

I have contacted several car dealers using their LINE ID and it mostly goes like this. I send a screenshot of the car and ask if it is still for sale. The message is read and an a reply is quickly sent. I ask a follow up question like, "Has this can ever had an accident?" or " Do you have the service book?".  The message is read but no reply is given. How do they expect to sell a car with this level of poor service?

They sell it preferably to Thais who enter the shop and ask questions personally.🤣

Salespeople want to sell. And the way to sell is to have the potential buyer right in front of them and sell something to them.

That is definitely part of the reason why salespeople do what they do. 

18 hours ago, stubuzz said:

I have contacted several car dealers using their LINE ID and it mostly goes like this. I send a screenshot of the car and ask if it is still for sale. The message is read and an a reply is quickly sent. I ask a follow up question like, "Has this can ever had an accident?" or " Do you have the service book?".  The message is read but no reply is given. How do they expect to sell a car with this level of poor service?

Did you respond in Thai ? 

Can anyone explain to me why when advertising my car (in Thai) they respond asking questions that are already covered in my advert? Duh it hurts my brain.