Idiotic mistake in my car advert

Rilot · 15 Jan 2013 at 11:58

I just thought I'd share this as it highlights the importance of proof reading your car adverts before you post them.

I put my Jaaaaag up for sale last week. When I looked at the advert again today I noticed I'd got the mileage and the price in the wrong boxes.

So, I was offering for sale a nice S-Type R on 5499 miles for £78,000!!!!!!

I have now amended the advert. What a moron.

Have any of you made a similar mistake?

bledd · 15 Jan 2013 at 12:05

Get any offers?

acemastr · 15 Jan 2013 at 12:12

Would have been mistake of the century if it sold at that!

Rilot · 15 Jan 2013 at 12:33

bledd. said:
Get any offers?

No calls apart from the usual; "We have hundreds of clients looking for Jaguar S-Type R 4.2 Supercharged and for a small fee we can put you in touch with them".

iaind · 15 Jan 2013 at 12:36

How old is it? I know someone who might be looking for just that car

rexehuk · 15 Jan 2013 at 12:36

I forgot to turn on emailing for my autotrader ad... realised a few days before expiry.

WrathOfAchilles · 15 Jan 2013 at 12:39

If I were going to try and sneak in a for sale thread it would look just like this.

Howard · 15 Jan 2013 at 13:17

How come you're selling it?

tigerstyle · 15 Jan 2013 at 13:19

pepsilol · 15 Jan 2013 at 14:13

WrathOfAchilles said:
If I were going to try and sneak in a for sale thread it would look just like this.

Absolutely. The OP could have just said I got mileage and price mixed up! Why do we need to know the car details?

This is also on the assumption that anyone cares, which by the looks of it is a no.

Rilot · 15 Jan 2013 at 14:17

pepsilol said:
Absolutely. The OP could have just said I got mileage and price mixed up! Why do we need to know the car details?

This is also on the assumption that anyone cares, which by the looks of it is a no.

Erm, OK.
I thought it was funny. Sorry to have upset you.

Philz0r · 15 Jan 2013 at 14:18

tigerstyle said:

Haha xD

"nissen QashQosh" cracked me up with its 6 speed windows

iaind · 15 Jan 2013 at 14:43

Philz0r said:
Haha xD

"nissen QashQosh" cracked me up with its 6 speed windows

I lost it at "upsettingly brown"

Jez · 15 Jan 2013 at 15:05

Why the sale so soon?

Scania · 15 Jan 2013 at 15:23

I advertised an old car years back, pre internet advertising, in the local rag and forgot to add my phone number! Worst still, I re-ran the ad with a lower price due to lack of interest and still forgot the phone number!

Sold it to a mate in the end and need not have bothered with the ad in the first place!

Rilot · 15 Jan 2013 at 15:52

Jez said:
Why the sale so soon?

I've changed job and had to take a big salary hit. I can't justify (or afford) having two cars now.
The S2000 is the love of my life so the Jag has to go.

Princey · 15 Jan 2013 at 16:13

I was in the same situation when I had the Monaro so it had to go, however things are better now, much better so I'll have a new car in March.