Motoring Discussion > Auto Trader advertisements. Buying / Selling
Thread Author: FotheringtonTomas Replies: 7
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New Thu 25 Nov 10 13:01 
 Auto Trader advertisements. - FotheringtonTomas
Why are there so many ads. headed e.g.: Car for sale £xxx - and then, in the text, "Sorry price is £xxx0? What do these people expect to gain?
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New Thu 25 Nov 10 13:03 
 Auto Trader advertisements. - Stuu
No idea, I pass them over.
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New Thu 25 Nov 10 13:05 
 Auto Trader advertisements. - ToMoCo
I imagine they are trying to get closer to top of page? Very annoying though.

It's amazing how many people are moving abroad aswell.
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New Thu 25 Nov 10 13:04 
 Auto Trader advertisements. - Old Sock
I can only guess that the advertising rate is less for cars below £1000 ?

Sorting by 'lowest price first' puts them nearer the top....
Last edited by: Old Sock on Thu 25 Nov 10 at 13:05
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New Thu 25 Nov 10 13:18 
 Auto Trader advertisements. - Niallster
Drives me absolutely bat excrement insane! And its gone from being a few to almost the majority. Plus there is a lower rate for cars under Half an Archer so they are commiting fraud apart from everything else..

I sometimes ring the expensive rate phone number just to hurl abuse at them.

Autotrader needs to sort this out plus their website has been excremenet since the big revamp. 'Stock overflow at line 50' anyone?
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New Thu 25 Nov 10 13:30 
 Auto Trader advertisements. - sooty123
Up there with mileage left blank, or 99999m to slip under 100k search option.
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New Thu 25 Nov 10 19:03 
 Auto Trader advertisements. - madf
I have complained about one where both price and mileage were understated..
Reply is:

Dear Michael,

Thank you for your email.

I am sorry to hear of your experience when searching on our site. We are currently working on procedures in order to eradicate this type of practice.

Hopefully you will see a marked improvement in this aspect in the near future.

If you wish to discuss this further please do not hesitate to contact me on the below number.

If you require any further assistance please do not hesitate to contact me.

Kind Regards,

Louisa Brown
Legal & Compliance Officer
Auto Trader Online
Autotrader.co.uk
01925 294614

www.autotrader.co.uk/safety_and_security/
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New Fri 26 Nov 10 12:00 
 Auto Trader advertisements. - adamf
It costs £9.99 for vehicles below £1000 and £27.99 for vehicles above £1000. This is the cost of advertising for 2 weeks web only.

Quite a huge jump really is advertising costs.
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