Back to OP, do a comprehensive advert with many photos, be patient and selective with who you deal with and get a fair price for the car.
The last time we sold a car privately was back in 2015. We had no intention of going down this road since the garage we were buying from had offered us a reasonable figure compared to WBAC (slightly more obviously) and we simply did not want the hassle plus at the time due to family illness we did not want to be reduced to a one car family even for a short time.
The dealer we were buying from rang to confirm the car we had ordered had arrived from another site in the group but due to the week it had taken to arrange transport etc the value of the car had dropped by £1000. Initially I told him to forget it and asked for the deposit back to which he went down the road of legal reasons why that was not possible plus there would be additional transport and restock charges that we would have to pay. But after ringing round other dealers it did appear that whilst there were cars in stock there were no Euro 5 ones left in our spec and it was those that the excellent deals were on. We were saving £5000 off list, about 30% so to buy a car from elsewhere (even a broker) was going to cost ££££'s more.
Then the dealer principal rang us in the Mr Nice Guy mode and apologised for his colleagues attitude. Said that the car had not fallen in value, it had been confused with another similar car they had valued at the same time and to avoid a loss of a sale they would include the £199 service plan in the deal. I agreed but said I would sell the car elsewhere.
Next morning went to the local Park at 7 o'clock and took some nice photos and put it on Autotrader. Before lunch I had a call and the chap arranged to come and look later in the afternoon. Took him a drive round the district and we agreed a price (more than the PX and WBAC) and he agreed to collect the following afternoon. I picked him up from the station, he paid me cash and did the VED on-line and drove away never to be seen or heard from again. Car still on the road, just passed another MOT.
So advertise it well at a reasonable price and you will get a buyer.
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