Buying a Used Car - Negotiation on Price with Dealer

Gordon_Hose

s_b wrote: »

what an attitude

Could say the same for dishonest dealers too.

s_b wrote: »

excellent i really hope you enjoy your daily grind
you deserve it:rotfl::rotfl:

I love it, doesn't really bother me. Read a book, watch the scenery go by.

I could just as easily give it up and become a car dealer. Flog some dodgy motors. It seems as that's an OK thing to do judging by some of the comments on this thread.

Either way, cry me a river :rotfl::rotfl:

motorguy

Gordon_Hose wrote: »

Could say the same for dishonest dealers too.

I love it, doesn't really bother me. Read a book, watch the scenery go by.

Sorry, but thats pure bull - unless of course you have that sad a life that sitting on a train for four hours a day is the highlight of your day. :eek:

Gordon_Hose wrote: »

I could just as easily give it up and become a car dealer.

Of course you could.

jase1

cwcw wrote: »

How on earth would you know how much my car is worth?? They've quoted me "up to" that, it's around the Parker's valuation, and also We Buy Any Car and We Want Any Car. On AutoTrader, private sales of comparable cars are on at around £5,500 (probably selling for around £5,000). Why don't I want to sell it privately then?? a) hassle, b) would need to spend £500 on noticeable niggles.

I don't dispute what the car may be worth on a private sale, and if you'd actually bothered to read the whole post instead of just latching on to the first few words you might have worked that out.

A dealer who has £9000 cars on his lot isn't going to be interested in an OLD car, and so will not give you an especially generous cost to change.

The car will be either sent to auction as-is, or punted to a local banger emporium.

Attitude much?

Gordon_Hose

pgilc1 wrote: »

Sorry, but thats pure bull - unless of course you have that sad a life that sitting on a train for four hours a day is the highlight of your day. :eek:



Of course you could.

Is that all you've got? My life is fantastic, even with sitting on the train for 4 hours a day :rotfl:

Only two of you sticking up for car dealers? Says a lot.

My opinion of car dealers remains the same. They are all lying scrotes

cwcw

jase1 wrote: »

I don't dispute what the car may be worth on a private sale, and if you'd actually bothered to read the whole post instead of just latching on to the first few words you might have worked that out.

A dealer who has £9000 cars on his lot isn't going to be interested in an OLD car, and so will not give you an especially generous cost to change.

The car will be either sent to auction as-is, or punted to a local banger emporium.

Attitude much?

I read your whole post. You're missing the point. What the car supermarket does with my car is not my concern. What price they pay me for it is. The quoted £4,000 already takes into account the age, as well as other factors and a reduction for them to build in a profit margin in whatever way they sell it on. If they say "up to £4,000" and I turn up and they offer £2,000, it won't be a hard decision not to part exchange. As a dealer price, my trade in is worth around £6,000 (based on Parkers and on comparable AutoTrader ads), so that's a £2,000 margin, and hardly a world of difference in having £9,000 cars on the forecourt alongside £6,000 cars.

But then again, given you know neither the car details, the garage, or much else really, I'm sure you know best. Arrogant much?

jase1

Do let us know how close to your £4000 to change you end up at...

cwcw

jase1 wrote: »

Do let us know how close to your £4000 to change you end up at...

Are you sure I need to? You know it all so well, from so little information, you will surely know before I do.

Put it this way, if I have to pay more than the £4k difference between p/x and new car, I will be walking, so whether they take mine at £1k and sell the other for £5k, or mine at £10k and sell the other at £14k, I couldn't really care less.

motorguy

Gordon_Hose wrote: »

Is that all you've got? My life is fantastic, even with sitting on the train for 4 hours a day :rotfl:

Only two of you sticking up for car dealers? Says a lot.

My opinion of car dealers remains the same. They are all lying scrotes

Yes, because we all aspire to sit on a train four hours every day.

:rotfl:

You spend almost a day of your life every week, just sitting on a train. Thats 7 weeks a year.

Not my idea of fun.

I'm not sticking up for anyone - i dont like deceit no matter where i find it.

cwcw

pgilc1 wrote: »

Yes, because we all aspire to sit on a train four hours every day.

:rotfl:

You spend almost a day of your life every week, just sitting on a train. Thats 7 weeks a year.

Not my idea of fun.

I'm not sticking up for anyone - i dont like deceit no matter where i find it.

Who's deceiving anyone? I will not lie in any questions or sign anything to say there's nothing wrong with it. I'm trading a used car in to a car dealer who I expect to know what they are doing and try to pay me as little as possible. Why should I make their job easier by pointing out every little fault, when they're already building in a huge margin and contingency into their pitiful part exchange valuation anyway? Fixing it up to a condition for resale is their responsibility and is part of the justification between the low p/x value and the high dealer sale price.

When people show viewers around their houses, are they being deceitful by not pointing out all the flaws to their potential buyer? Or do they leave it to the buyer to find?

motorguy

cwcw wrote: »

Who's deceiving anyone? I will not lie in any questions or sign anything to say there's nothing wrong with it. I'm trading a used car in to a car dealer who I expect to know what they are doing and try to pay me as little as possible. Why should I make their job easier by pointing out every little fault, when they're already building in a huge margin and contingency into their pitiful part exchange valuation anyway? Fixing it up to a condition for resale is their responsibility and is part of the justification between the low p/x value and the high dealer sale price.

When people show viewers around their houses, are they being deceitful by not pointing out all the flaws to their potential buyer? Or do they leave it to the buyer to find?

Reconcile it how you like.