[28car Used Car Buying and Selling Guide] Detailed Guide to Listing a Car | Tips for Identifying Private and Dealer Listings | Used Car Industry Terminology | Exposing Scams in Used Car Trading

Step 1: Click on the top right corner "立即登記" (Register Now) to sign up as a member.

Step 2: If you are selling privately, select "私人登記" (Private Registration).

Step 3: Enter personal information including email, contact name, display name, and contact phone number. After registration, the system will send a login password to your registered email account.

Step 1: After successful registration, select "刊登私人賣車" (List Private Car Sale) from the top left corner of the homepage.

Step 2: Choose the type of vehicle for sale, including make, model, seating capacity (including driver's seat), engine displacement, transmission system, manufacturing year, brief description, price, contact name, and preferred contact method (phone number or email).

Step 3: The description field offers pre-set common terms that you can select as needed.

Step 4: Upload photos, with a maximum of 5 images allowed. You can perform simple edits like rotating, adjusting brightness, and obscuring license plates.

Step 5: Choose the obscuring method for the license plate.

Step 6: After uploading, you can add photos, adjust the price, and set the listing as sold from the bottom left corner. Note that once a listing is published, it cannot be deleted by yourself; you need to contact 28car customer service for assistance.

In the brief reviews of buying and selling vehicles, we often see a lot of specialized terms. For beginners, it may be a little confusing. The following terminology comparison table may help you further understand the used car you are interested in.

Complete Information

Provide detailed information including model, year, engine displacement, mileage, and any additional features like sound systems to attract buyers.

Multiple Angle Photos

 Since only 5 photos are allowed, ensure you cover various angles such as front, rear, interior, and rear seats.

Set a Reasonable Price

 Research similar listings on 28car and adjust your price based on your vehicle's condition to avoid deterring potential buyers with an overly high price.

Once a listing is published on 28car, it cannot be deleted by yourself. You need to contact 28car customer service for deletion. You can only modify vehicle information, add photos (within 3 days of listing), and mark the vehicle as sold. Once marked as sold, contact details will be hidden automatically.

Mileage Tampering

Lower mileage can increase vehicle attractiveness, but altering mileage is illegal and has led to convictions in the past.

Taking Hong Kong's road conditions as an example, a reasonable annual driving distance is around 10,000 kilometers. A seven-year-old used car should have a mileage of between 50,000 and 80,000 kilometers. If the mileage is too low, pay special attention.

Handling of License Plates

Be cautious with license plates as they can be used for loans or collateral. Ensure you deal with reputable dealers.

Part Swapping

When you are looking at a car you like online and planning to place an order after viewing it, you should pay special attention to the status of all the accessories of the car. Tires and rims and modified accessories, etc. Because unscrupulous sellers will replace these inconspicuous accessories with cheaper ones before officially delivering the car.

Therefore, when signing a sales contract, in addition to listing the important types and brands of accessories in the contract, you should also take photos of the inside and outside of the vehicle from different angles, and even take photos of individual accessories as proof to avoid future theft.

Suspicious low-priced car listings

Scammers exploit buyers' desire for a bargain by listing cars online at prices below market value. When buyers arrange to view the car, they use a variety of excuses, such as the owner being out of Hong Kong or the car being shipped to Hong Kong, to create the impression that the property is highly sought after. They urge buyers to quickly place an order or even pay the purchase price in a debit card. However, the listing is most likely a fake and does not exist.

so,remember that when buying a used car, you must inspect the vehicle and check whether the license plate is consistent.. Make sure there are no problems before finalizing and signing the sales contract.

Bargaining is quite common when buying and selling used cars. Many car owners will slightly increase the price of their cars when selling them, and then successfully sell them at the ideal price after the buyer bargains. Therefore, when buying a used car, buyers can kindly ask the seller if the price is negotiable. I believe that most sellers are willing to reduce the price slightly. However, buyers should also do their homework beforehand and refer to 28car Check the prices of other similar vehicles or used car websites to avoid being too aggressive when negotiating.

If the buyer wants to make a wider range of negotiations, it depends on whether the buyer is sincere enough. For example, he may ask for immediate settlement and signing of the sales contract, hoping to impress the seller with conditions such as completing the transaction as soon as possible.

While 28car is a well-known used car trading website, several Facebook groups like "28car汽車買賣" and "28car 二手車交易現場" exist. These groups allow listing without registration, but may have less visibility compared to the main website. Facebook groups are a convenient option for quicker listings but can be less organized.

Although 28car is divided into "Private Selling Garage" and "Dealership Selling Garage", it is well known that "Private Selling Garage" is also filled with "Dealership Selling Garage". If you want to distinguish between a genuine private sale of a used car and a dealership listing, you can make good use of 28car's search function. 28car provides "Model", "Model Configuration", "Brief Review" and "Contact".Prospective buyers can use "Contact" to search for the contact number of the car they are interested in. If the number is found in multiple second-hand car listings, it means that the listing is most likely a dealership listing.。