I despair of the 2nd hand car buyers

hartcjhart

all seem to want rolls royce for mini money, they come and dream about buying a car that they no way can afford,

then they make a stupid bid on the price

they want a car for a few hundred ponds but want a 10 year warranty,etc etc etc

when you try to do them a favour and bring the car to them or meet half way en route they think you are a rip off

Inactive

Awww...poor old car dealers, pass me a tissue.

Gene_Hunt_2

hartcjhart wrote: »

all seem to want rolls royce for mini money, they come and dream about buying a car that they no way can afford,

then they make a stupid bid on the price

they want a car for a few hundred ponds but want a 10 year warranty,etc etc etc

when you try to do them a favour and bring the car to them or meet half way en route they think you are a rip off

You mean there are car trader who aren't?

Strider590

Buyer's have been lead to believe it's a "buyer market"...... It's only true as far as they believe it's true.

Inactive

Gene_Hunt wrote: »

You mean there are car trader who aren't?

If there are any, perhaps we should compile a list of them, it should only take a few seconds..

Gene_Hunt_2

Inactive wrote: »

If there are any, perhaps we should compile a list of them, it should only take a few seconds..

I can't name any can you?

KierNet

hartcjhart wrote: »

all seem to want rolls royce for mini money, they come and dream about buying a car that they no way can afford,

then they make a stupid bid on the price

they want a car for a few hundred ponds but want a 10 year warranty,etc etc etc

when you try to do them a favour and bring the car to them or meet half way en route they think you are a rip off

To be fair all the traders I've been to have been trying to rip me off, when I was looking for my new car, I knew what I was looking for, had read reviews and was just looking for a test drive to confirm what I had read. First car I was shown (even after saying what I was looking for) was completely different, and over budget. And it didn't even work right! Foot flat on the floor and I was struggling to get above 50 in a 1.6 Focus. Said that if I put a deposit down they would fix it for me...not going to happen lol.

In the end went to Autotrader and got what I was looking for £700 cheaper than the cheapest trader I found.

I would only go to a trader for a test drive now, so many better deals if you buy privately.

property.advert

For second hand I have always thought the proof of the pudding was to see what the best deal you can get them to offer is and then to see what you could sell that car for straight away. You then have some indication of what their profit is and if you think that is excessive, then you don't buy it.

I appreciate they have to eat but I ain't feeding them truffles on caviare blinis for supper.

libertysurf

hartcjhart wrote: »

I despair of the 2nd hand car buyers

A rip off of my thread title. How amusing.

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Gene_Hunt wrote: »

I can't name any can you?

No ...none, they are all sharks.

Kilty_2

I despair of the traders that take the p*ss out of customers.

Had one today tell me that my car is only under any circumstances worth £600 less than any other dealer had offered me without a fight (against a brand new car) - needless to say I told him where to stick his car and went elsewhere.

As for 2nd hand car dealers.........