My point was that I use only the sources I mentioned for finding properties (and I imagine there are many others who are the same, ie no longer use newspapers), so unless I saw your internet ad, I would never have known your property was for sale. Was your property listed on realestate.com.au?
If it was listed on a private sale website, my concern would be that the audience is very limited.
I agree, and as a follow on, when I do bother to look in the Saturday paper, the private adverts are right at the very end, and usually very tiny. I know that comes down to the vendor paying for an advert, and I don't agree you have to spend up big in the paper to sell a house, but plenty of people still do use the paper to browse.
If I look in the paper, it is generally to see a house I saw first on the net on re.com
And knowing "how" to sell privately still doesn't bring in the lookers. Do they know "how" to buy privately?
When you find a gem of an agent, whom you trust to negotiate for "YOU" then stick with 'em like glue, because they are worth their commission, high as it is. My chosen agent, even having known me for years, will not give out anything about her vendors, where they are going, what they are wanting, even if I am just "looking" out of interest. She is a GREAT agent, no loose lips.
My mother used to say NEVER tell even your BEST friend what you will accept for your house. Loose lips do indeed sink ships.