Thanking all for their input on the posts I created What Are Expats Looking For In A Used Car

& Great News! Coming To Pattaya...

I have now taken heed to some of the advice given, including removing the [iMO] comical 'Pocket-Rocket'

stickers (took about 30mins to carefully remove and clean surfaces) and reducing the price.

* Please also note (as the ad says) that sensible offers will be considered.

Have been experiencing a few problems today with uploading edits to the classified page,
so please be patient as there may be [temp] issues with TV's site at the moment.

Reduced! High-spec Mazda 2-AUTO. Farang owned.

Edited May 31, 201313 yr by IDL

In answer to the question posed in the topic title: Not really..

You asked

In answer to the question posed in the topic title: Not really..

You asked

555, exactly my point IMHO. All the fuss over stickers!"£$%^&* Either it's the type of car one is after, or not...I don't ever remember the UK used-car market being so fickle. You see ad, are interested, make contact, ask specific questions, enquire as to how flexible the price is, go and see, make up your mind, and BAM! Job done!...or not.

Cheers,

Well, right here, most of the posters on TV are convinced of the virtues of buying new vs used. So, I guess you would need really to offer something like a huge discount (80 %?) for anybody to want to buy an ordinary second-hand car like a Mazda 2.

Might just be the wrong place. Maybe try getting it on the thai market, you will certainly have more takers (or not!). Would have been easier if it was a Toyota or Honda.

Well, right here, most of the posters on TV are convinced of the virtues of buying new vs used. So, I guess you would need really to offer something like a huge discount (80 %?) for anybody to want to buy an ordinary second-hand car like a Mazda 2.

Might just be the wrong place. Maybe try getting it on the thai market, you will certainly have more takers (or not!). Would have been easier if it was a Toyota or Honda.

...errr...ummm...so reading between the lines, does that mean you are not interested? What if I were to gift-wrap it, could I change your mind?

Well, right here, most of the posters on TV are convinced of the virtues of buying new vs used. So, I guess you would need really to offer something like a huge discount (80 %?) for anybody to want to buy an ordinary second-hand car like a Mazda 2.

Might just be the wrong place. Maybe try getting it on the thai market, you will certainly have more takers (or not!). Would have been easier if it was a Toyota or Honda.

...errr...ummm...so reading between the lines, does that mean you are not interested? What if I were to gift-wrap it, could I change your mind?

Maybe, if you gave it for free, I could see whether I could place it somewhere at my condo, and use it to go to big c.

I would take very good care of it, I promise! I would go and say "good night" to it, every evening, baby it with good quality synthetic oil, take her to have her regular maintenance, and tell her sweet words as you do each time I would ride her. I would maybe even place my own ugly stickers if she felt it made her look beautiful.

More seriously: No, I have already a car and do not need another one, like most of the other motorists here.

In answer to the question posed in the topic title: Not really..

You asked

555, exactly my point IMHO. All the fuss over stickers!"£$%^&* Either it's the type of car one is after, or not...I don't ever remember the UK used-car market being so fickle. You see ad, are interested, make contact, ask specific questions, enquire as to how flexible the price is, go and see, make up your mind, and BAM! Job done!...or not.

Cheers,

You could always contact the MODS to have the rest of the forum topics re-directed to the classified section leaving the Motor Forum your personal sales pitch .

Well, right here, most of the posters on TV are convinced of the virtues of buying new vs used. So, I guess you would need really to offer something like a huge discount (80 %?) for anybody to want to buy an ordinary second-hand car like a Mazda 2.

Might just be the wrong place. Maybe try getting it on the thai market, you will certainly have more takers (or not!). Would have been easier if it was a Toyota or Honda.

...errr...ummm...so reading between the lines, does that mean you are not interested? What if I were to gift-wrap it, could I change your mind?

Maybe, if you gave it for free, I could see whether I could place it somewhere at my condo, and use it to go to big c.

I would take very good care of it, I promise! I would go and say "good night" to it, every evening, baby it with good quality synthetic oil, take her to have her regular maintenance, and tell her sweet words as you do each time I would ride her. I would maybe even place my own ugly stickers if she felt it made her look beautiful.

More seriously: No, I have already a car and do not need another one, like most of the other motorists here.

I love to meet/hear people with a quality character (no sarcasm intended) and regularly encourage others to speak out. However, I always suggest they polish-up their language skills before being too vocal. Forgive me if there are any typos, btw.

In answer to the question posed in the topic title: Not really..

You asked

555, exactly my point IMHO. All the fuss over stickers!"£$%^&* Either it's the type of car one is after, or not...I don't ever remember the UK used-car market being so fickle. You see ad, are interested, make contact, ask specific questions, enquire as to how flexible the price is, go and see, make up your mind, and BAM! Job done!...or not.

Cheers,

You could always contact the MODS to have the rest of the forum topics re-directed to the classified section leaving the Motor Forum your personal sales pitch .

Apologies my friend, I am currently just enjoying myself. Does it really hurt to have something a little different in the mix? Besides, the two common denominators [to this forum] are 'car' & 'Thailand'.

I surely have too much time on my hands at the moment.

Why don't you just stay in LOS, then you don't have to go though all this hassle and you can keep your mighty Mazda 2

OP, you previously didn't own a Thai Cruze by any chance

It's not your fault the major manufacturers can't make a small car look really cool. But they all seem to be good at making them look frumpy!

In answer to the question posed in the topic title: Not really..

You asked

555, exactly my point IMHO. All the fuss over stickers!"£$%^&* Either it's the type of car one is after, or not...I don't ever remember the UK used-car market being so fickle. You see ad, are interested, make contact, ask specific questions, enquire as to how flexible the price is, go and see, make up your mind, and BAM! Job done!...or not.

Cheers,

You could always contact the MODS to have the rest of the forum topics re-directed to the classified section leaving the Motor Forum your personal sales pitch .

Apologies my friend, I am currently just enjoying myself. Does it really hurt to have something a little different in the mix? Besides, the two common denominators [to this forum] are 'car' & 'Thailand'.

I surely have too much time on my hands at the moment.

So was i hence the 'Smiley' and yes you have too much time and a car up your...........

IMO, it's still too expensive.

Removing some stickers, dropping it from 450 000 Baht

to 440 000 and saying sensible offers to be considered

isn't much of an incentive. As IMHO asked previously, have

you taken it to a tent for a price?

The longer it sit's unsold, the more people will think something

is wrong with it.

I think you should've just bitten the bullet and dropped it to 415 000.

Regards

Will

OP, you previously didn't own a Thai Cruze by any chance

I'm afraid not buddy. Nor did I have a Proton Gen 2, though was pretty close to getting one. Phew!!!

Why don't you just stay in LOS, then you don't have to go though all this hassle and you can keep your mighty Mazda 2

555, I like that.

Mate, after 13 yrs, I just kinda feel I've done my stretch. Still have many fond memories of LOS, but the balance of good vs bad (IMO) has slipped to the unfavourable and I'd hate to be sitting here getting grumpy and complaining all of the time; rather I should keep positive and head-off.

Otherwise, very sound advice!

It's not your fault the major manufacturers can't make a small car look really cool. But they all seem to be good at making them look frumpy!

Had to chuckle, short, swift, humorous. Thanks.

Really though, you think the M2 looks "frumpy"? Of most small/city cars, I thought it was a quite a snazzy little number...perhaps those rose-tinted glasses...or the beer goggles, not sure.

Cheers,

You could always contact the MODS to have the rest of the forum topics re-directed to the classified section leaving the Motor Forum your personal sales pitch .

Apologies my friend, I am currently just enjoying myself. Does it really hurt to have something a little different in the mix? Besides, the two common denominators [to this forum] are 'car' & 'Thailand'.

I surely have too much time on my hands at the moment.

So was i hence the 'Smiley' and yes you have too much time and a car up your...........

555, I'll have it removed at the earliest possible opportunity

Well, right here, most of the posters on TV are convinced of the virtues of buying new vs used. So, I guess you would need really to offer something like a huge discount (80 %?) for anybody to want to buy an ordinary second-hand car like a Mazda 2.

Might just be the wrong place. Maybe try getting it on the thai market, you will certainly have more takers (or not!). Would have been easier if it was a Toyota or Honda.

...errr...ummm...so reading between the lines, does that mean you are not interested? What if I were to gift-wrap it, could I change your mind?

Maybe if it were gift wrapped in something like this?

Edited June 1, 201313 yr by WarpSpeed

IMO, it's still too expensive.

Removing some stickers, dropping it from 450 000 Baht

to 440 000 and saying sensible offers to be considered

isn't much of an incentive. As IMHO asked previously, have

you taken it to a tent for a price?

The longer it sit's unsold, the more people will think something

is wrong with it.

I think you should've just bitten the bullet and dropped it to 415 000.

Regards

Will

IMO, it's still too expensive.

Removing some stickers, dropping it from 450 000 Baht

to 440 000 and saying sensible offers to be considered

isn't much of an incentive. As IMHO asked previously, have

you taken it to a tent for a price?

The longer it sit's unsold, the more people will think something

is wrong with it.

I think you should've just bitten the bullet and dropped it to 415 000.

Regards

Will

Hey Will, your input is valid, as was/is IMHO.

Reason for not going to a tent is mainly, no matter how much I tell myself it's only a piece of metal, I would still prefer it not to go to a Thai. No offence intended, just virtually all Thai drivers I know really disregard their cars after the first mark/dent/scratch, and as most of us know that's usually within the first few days/weeks. I do need to address this [mindset], as time is getting on.

I would like the opportunity to 'negotiate' with potential buyer/viewer regarding price, stamp-duty, its current full-year ins/tax, and anything else that comes to mind, but need them to drop-by in the first place. FYI: having asked the forum for opinions, and the mass interest in viewing online compared to sparse actual viewings (interestingly, I've only had two viewers come to see: one came up from Patts, loved it, agreed on its value, but was built like an oak tree and just couldn't foresee being comfortable in the cock-pit...we laughed and went our separate ways. The other...hmmm...agreed on a price, shook hands, had me taxi him around the country for days, then reneged on the deal minutes before out DLT appointment), I am left thinking that the price is the REAL spanner in the works here; something I WILL address.

Also, your note about the longer it runs etc... this is a concern and thanks for highlighting it.

Thanks a bunch for your words.

Edited June 1, 201313 yr by IDL

I think he meant: go to a few tents to get a better idea of selling prices.

Well, right here, most of the posters on TV are convinced of the virtues of buying new vs used. So, I guess you would need really to offer something like a huge discount (80 %?) for anybody to want to buy an ordinary second-hand car like a Mazda 2.

Might just be the wrong place. Maybe try getting it on the thai market, you will certainly have more takers (or not!). Would have been easier if it was a Toyota or Honda.

...errr...ummm...so reading between the lines, does that mean you are not interested? What if I were to gift-wrap it, could I change your mind?

Maybe if it were gift wrapped in something like this?

Priceless!!!

Not only would I struggle to part with it, the premium would be so high, I'd hate to think of the feedback.

I think he meant: go to a few tents to get a better idea of selling prices.

Soz, I didn't think of it quite that way, good input.

However, I, and the GF, have trawled all/many of the top Thai sites (mostly full of tent ads) and, if those are to be the benchmark, my [suggested] price is about right; shy of their purchase prices (for similar spec). Another strange thing is that the models/specs vary considerably in the Thai ads (as do the prices; kinda gets a little mind-numbing looking for the reasons behind the disparity in prices), whereas the Farang ads/market only seems to have pretty much the top or bottom end models/specs...odd!"£$%^&?

Cheers,

That sort of money would buy you another Shopping Trolly ,not someones leaves off you know F/A about. Bit more and you can get a basic Mitsu.

That sort of money would buy you another Shopping Trolly ,not someones leaves off you know F/A about. Bit more and you can get a basic Mitsu.

!"£$%^&*???

That sort of money would buy you another Shopping Trolly ,not someones leaves off you know F/A about. Bit more and you can get a basic Mitsu.

!"£$%^&*???

I see you're getting to know our Ace?

Or not, so that makes you just as puzzled as the rest of us are most times, reading his posts ....

It's not your fault the major manufacturers can't make a small car look really cool. But they all seem to be good at making them look frumpy!

Had to chuckle, short, swift, humorous. Thanks.

Really though, you think the M2 looks "frumpy"? Of most small/city cars, I thought it was a quite a snazzy little number...perhaps those rose-tinted glasses...or the beer goggles, not sure.

Cheers,

I am a teetotaller and I have never had rose tinted glasses. I guess I am not a small car person.....except...I kind of like the Suzuki Swift models of the last few years, but I certainly won't be buying one.

555. Never ceases to amaze me just how 'vocal' some people are, yet do
no homework in order to be understood. Reading it [very] laterally, perhaps I get it (though would perhaps prefer not to), but who could be sure!"£$%^&*???

Not intended to sound pompous.

To all you non-native English speakers out there please don't take
offence to that. My 2nd/3rd/etc language skills are sketchy, at best, so I would not
criticize others for being better linguists than I. Moreover, some people love/need
to be heard...problem is, they need to be understood if people are to listen.

That sort of money would buy you another Shopping Trolly ,not someones leaves off you know F/A about. Bit more and you can get a basic Mitsu.

!"£$%^&*???

I see you're getting to know our Ace?

Or not, so that makes you just as puzzled as the rest of us are most times, reading his posts ....

555

Edited June 2, 201313 yr by IDL

 

555. Never ceases to amaze me just how 'vocal' some people are, yet do

no homework in order to be understood. Reading it [very] laterally, perhaps I get it (though would perhaps prefer not to), but who could be sure!"£$%^&*???

Not intended to sound pompous.

 

To all you non-native English speakers out there please don't take

offence to that. My 2nd/3rd/etc language skills are sketchy, at best, so I would not

criticize others for being better linguists than I. Moreover, some people love/need

to be heard...problem is, they need to be understood if people are to listen.

 

 

That sort of money would buy you another Shopping Trolly ,not someones leaves off you know F/A about. Bit more and you can get a basic Mitsu.

!"£$%^&*???

I see you're getting to know our Ace?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Or not, so that makes you just as puzzled as the rest of us are most times, reading his posts  ....

555

To be totally honest, we are all the more tolerant of your pomposity that your wit is sometimes lost on us.

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That sort of money would buy you another Shopping Trolly ,not someones leaves off you know F/A about. Bit more and you can get a basic Mitsu.

I say old chap, could you find and use a grammar checker. There is about 968,000 you can choose from.

Then you can come back and scold me for my mistake in the second sentence!

Edited June 2, 201313 yr by BSJ