EX British Gas Vans Auction Prices

londonTiger

bigjl wrote: »

Let's answer the question.

Where do all these ex British Gas vans come from if not auction??

So your entire point is moot.

British Gas disposes of their fleet at Auction.

Which other way do these vehicle get into private hands?

You are just doing what you have in other threads, posting nonsense.

All buyers fees have increased at BCA, Manheim and Aston Barclay over recent years.

This is not the doing of the Auction house but rather a result of the larger fleets trying to increase the returns from their fleets come disposal time.

The big fleets put more and more of the burden on the Auction meaning they are making less and less profit to secure these large fleet disposal contracts. Hence fees go up to the buyer, trade and private.

Out of interest LondonTiger how many vehicles have you bought at Auction?

I have bought several hundred.

And it is common knowledge in the trade that auction fees have been on the up.

And why are you talking about 2008/9 vans, does British Gas keep them that long?

I have not seen a British Gas van nearly 8years old still being used by BG.

Another place to try for the OP is The Auctioneers in Merthy Tydfill.

They have a decent selection of commercial vehicles, I know a bloke that buys all his Ambulances there for his Company.

He has no complaints.

How does BG impose buyers fees? buyrs fees apply to ALL private buyers for ALL vehicles. How is this a BG specific issue.

You are a little bit thick aren't you. traders do not pay the buyers fees, private buyers pay the buyers fees. There;s no point in an individual going to auction and taking a stab in the dark to buy a car with a massive buyers fee which would minimuse any savings than if they brought from a dealer.

Have you been buying "hundreds of cars" and paying the buyers fee each time.. Looks like someone missed the point.

Buyers fees is there to keep the traders happy so private buyers don't hang around at auctions and push the prices up and ruin the traders business. it's a i scratch your back - you scratch mine situation. Auctions rely on traders to shift these cars otherwise the auction house sits on massive forecourt of cars that nobody wants, in return traders need the prices to be reasonablefor them and keep private buyers out or severaly handicap them by slapping on a premium.

Auction will get a percentage of the sale that's the point of the auction, it makes no difference to them BG takes the risk by putting cars in auction.

royalmike

Dealers fees are not that much of a discount unless they are doing over 100 cars per year.