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Ride It Like You Stole It!
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Aye, and it's automatic once the change of ownership is sent in.
Online Car Buyers
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Aye, and it's automatic once the change of ownership is sent in.
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stearman65
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The company that contacted me after my initial enquiry are coming to my home on Tuesday. Evans Halshaw wanted me to visi them at their Preston showroom. Bought a new Fiesta from them in 2007 wouldn't use them again, the delivery delay cost me a model change.
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stearman65
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Update, the company linked in my first post was supposed to come today at 10am, I got a call the day before asking if I could put that back an hour which I did. at 11am they hadn't arrived so I emailed them to say if they weren't there at 12am to forget it. at 12am I rang one of the other companies Evans Halshaw & made an appointment to take the car to Preston for 3.20pm. At 12.30 the original company rang to say they had arrived. I agreed to see them. After 45 minutes of minute examination by a guy who was taking his examiners test, & 3 threats to leave for my next appointment, they gave me a price of £5300, £531 + the £69.99 admin' fee,= £600.99 less that initially agreed. I said no & left for my appointment with EH. they took the car away & the doc's, came back after 30 minutes & said I would have a price within 1 hour. I drove home & they rang & offered £5505.00 no admin fee.
Tomorrow the company I bought the car from is giving me a price, so from that I will decide whether to hold on a bit longer in case any of my other adds bear fruit.
Tomorrow the company I bought the car from is giving me a price, so from that I will decide whether to hold on a bit longer in case any of my other adds bear fruit.
potsy
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I'd forgotten about that, mine had a good few months left when I traded it in two weeks ago
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stearman65
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The company I bought the car from rang yesterday evening with a provisional offer way above either of those I'd received. He will firm it up today. Back later.
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stearman65
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Right, the company I bought the car from has bought it back, over £6k, £500+ over EH's offer & almost a grand over the online car buyer. Always worth a try in these circumstances. 
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stearman65
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[QUOTE 4465667, member: 259"]Result!
out of idle curiosity, what kind of car was it?[/QUOTE]
April 2013 Citroen Picasso C3 Exclusive, 29K miles, mint condition.
out of idle curiosity, what kind of car was it?[/QUOTE]
April 2013 Citroen Picasso C3 Exclusive, 29K miles, mint condition.
SteCenturion
I am your Father
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- The Dark Side of the Moon.
@screenman
I have always worked off the idea that the retailer/dealer want between 1500 & 2k profit on buying in/px minus any prep work (which would be small beans for prep at trade) + their profit margin on the sale to customer if p/x.
Would I be way off the mark or over generalising ?
For clarity I am talking 1500 to 2k difference between trade book & a private sale.
@screenman
I have always worked off the idea that the retailer/dealer want between 1500 & 2k profit on buying in/px minus any prep work (which would be small beans for prep at trade) + their profit margin on the sale to customer if p/x.
Would I be way off the mark or over generalising ?
For clarity I am talking 1500 to 2k difference between trade book & a private sale.
In lots of cases nowadays that would be nice, in truth it is far often far less.
Not forgetting profit and margin are different animals, but if a dealer has a £2,000 margin it is straight down to £1600 once the VAT man has his bit.
