Carsales

Love the Carsales app, have sold 4 vehicles on it and purchased my last 3 from it. Am in the market for a sporty SUV and I found with all of the engine sizes, turbo, supercharged, twin turbo, power to weight ratio data it a bit time consuming to find a few options to look at. Simply looking for a V8 or high kw option does not necessarily give you the best options, I thought I had narrowed down my options over the past few weeks but recently stumbled across the BMW X4 Diesel option which ticks a lot of the boxes we are looking for. I thought a handy search criteria would be 0-100 times so you can simply select an upper time to highlight some of the sportier models. Most of the vehicles have this data in the add anyway so it’s already there so shouldn’t be too difficult to add. Fuel usage may be another option some (not me) would consider something to narrow down their selection by, again the X4 in the Diesel option is also quite frugal while still offering Low 5 second 0-100 times so may not be on everyone’s radar when it comes to vehicle choice.

I have loved the app for years and would have given it five stars if it had left the previous format. I hate how the photo viewing function has changed. I used to be able to just rotate my phone to view the photos in an ad now I have to scroll back up and click on the photo and click to exit as well. I also don’t like the change to the zoom function when you double tap the photo. It used to go to an ideal magnification but now goes that close its over pixelated and annoying, especially using it with one hand. Would like to see more filtering options in your saved cars, eg price, kms, body type, etc... Child restraint points would be another good filter type in features. A few slight annoyances but still the best app out there.

For some reason I don't get any notifications from the app. I've allowed notifications but not sure if it is actually a feature. Would prefer instant notifications when someone changes the price of a car I have "saved" or a new car is posted under a saved search which "allows alerts" instead I receive a summary email on an inconsistent schedule with cars that I've already looked at online and hadn't even been posted recently. I'm currently looking to buy a new car and find myself having to manually search the app to see if there are new cars as the emails weren't helpful so I turned off alerts. Message notifications would also be helpful, sometimes the messages pop up if the app is on in the background but not a proper notification. An option to report an ad listing that isn't correctly listed as well. I'm looking for a Renault megane 250 Trophee and the number of listings that incorrectly have this as the model is doing my head in so messaged them to let them know they have the wrong model for their ad

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DO not buy any Toyota GX 4WD without checking if car has been resprayed, car hasn’t been sandblasted for rust then covered in black paint. The car will most likely be Grafite Grey badged with GX badges, advertised with all GX accessories of which it won’t even have blue tooth. Check the registration because he /she will lie when paying the CTP Slip which Insurance then suspend the registration & you’ll be driving a car with no rego or Insurance. Even though he has been advised, he doesn’t care in the slightest. The price they will be asking is about $58,000. This person has zero empathy nor any feeling for anyone. They have done this over 50 times then threaten you. If you’ve been ripped off by this person don’t back down & remember the receipt means nothing if a car is sold fraudulently or anything has deliberately been misleading. They will also write on the receipt “car taken as is as now” & sadly think they can hide behind the receipt. That is not legally the case. Good luck to anyone who has been & is affected by these people I say these because yesterday he had a car up under a females name today under a males name.

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So as a seller, it cost me around $170 per ad to get my cars up on Carsales with premium ads. And the result has been far from impressive with more or less complete silence, with exception of a bunch of shameful offers through various car buying companies. My cars, which were fairly new, were fairly priced according to the price guide they offer and compared to what else was out there. In fact, they were even on the lower end of the value graph. Paying for a premium ad made absolutely no difference. But the worst part are the notifications. You get zero notifications for messages, but you will get bombarded with notifications about any saved search and or car you have shown interest in. With little progress after three weeks, I decided to put the same cars up on Facebook market place and had multiple enquires within hours. And it didn’t cost me a cent. In hindsight I should have taken the family out for dinner for the $300 odd the ads cost me all up My conclusion from this experience is that as a seller, Carsales is a waste of both time and money. They collect a fee for which you get minimal exposure I used to like Carsales, but they have clearly slipped behind over the years. A reward structure, lower prices and better targeted advertising would add much more value to what is currently a subpar product.