Letters to the Editor

Why is there no price of vehicles in advertisements?

Why do people not put the price they want for their vehicles on the ads? Are they too ashamed of their vehicles to quote the price and do others, like me, just ignore those ads and only consider contacting those who are prepared to be upfront about pricing? I want proof that they don't quote prices when contacted depending on the country you come from and not on the value of the vehicle.
Peter Flanagan

Editor:
The subject you come up with is as old as car advertising and probably also existed before that time with horse selling ads. There are various reasons why people sometimes do not show a price. Some people want to keep the freedom to adapt the price to their feeling about the marketsituation, without showing that to you. Sometimes they just like to know what the interest is that a car attracts independent of the price. Sometimes they try to sell the car of their neighbour and don't want to their neighbour to know how much they add to the price. Sometimes they have no idea what to ask for their car and want you to come up with a price suggestion. The next motivation not to show a price, is that a seller is not yet sure if he wants to sell privately or through an auction house. When he is showing his car at a certain price level he may be afraid that at auction this price has become an impossibility. 

We are sure there are many more reasons why some people don't want to show a price in the advert. And you should not care about that. If you don't like it, just ignore the advert. You can demand all kind of things like you do in your last lines, but in the end the seller/owner is in charge - is the boss-  untill the time that you or anybody else is taking over the wheel....

Author: Peter Flanagan Thursday, 22 December 2011