Selling through Motorway
- Thread starter Pondy
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At the summit of the picturesque fens
I much prefer selling cars privately, as I haven't had any real problems with buyers, or sellers, TBH.
I know I shouted my mouth off about the E89 I just bought but that was because I was annoyed I wasn't told the 100% truth. Now I've calmed down and sorted the water issues, it is still a very good car.
The Z3 I bought was sold by a dodgy liar, yes, but it is still a very good car for the money and for what I want it for.
I am EXTREMELY fussy when it comes to buying (and selliing) cars. I tend to pay high prices but I expect the price to be justified by the quality of the product. I also am starting to understand that everyone's idea of 'immaculate' is wildly different, especially when selling!
The Mazda would not have been worth selling privately, as the difference in money I could have achieved would not have been worth the extra effort or potential aggravation.
The other four cars sold privately in the last couple of years were all easy and sold to decent buyers. If I had sold my Type R to the trade I would have lost over £4k against what I did sell it for. £4k is a lot of money to me!
Three of those four were sold 'blind' with no viewings until payday. The other was sold to a long-standing forum member on here who I knew I could trust; this was cemented the instant I spoke to him on the phone.
I know I shouted my mouth off about the E89 I just bought but that was because I was annoyed I wasn't told the 100% truth. Now I've calmed down and sorted the water issues, it is still a very good car.
The Z3 I bought was sold by a dodgy liar, yes, but it is still a very good car for the money and for what I want it for.
I am EXTREMELY fussy when it comes to buying (and selliing) cars. I tend to pay high prices but I expect the price to be justified by the quality of the product. I also am starting to understand that everyone's idea of 'immaculate' is wildly different, especially when selling!
The Mazda would not have been worth selling privately, as the difference in money I could have achieved would not have been worth the extra effort or potential aggravation.
The other four cars sold privately in the last couple of years were all easy and sold to decent buyers. If I had sold my Type R to the trade I would have lost over £4k against what I did sell it for. £4k is a lot of money to me!
Three of those four were sold 'blind' with no viewings until payday. The other was sold to a long-standing forum member on here who I knew I could trust; this was cemented the instant I spoke to him on the phone.
Pondrew said:
Took the photos with the DSLR in 'Auto' mode eh
I used to be well up for DSLR pics but the software that replicates the F number and depth of field of a lens is so good nowadays its so much easier on a phone, and that you can just have it automatically backup to iCloud which you can just log in to on your PC - you dont actually have to do anything in the way of transferring photos.
I wish I had given Motorway a try when my inlaws were selling, they tried WBAC but the dealer tried to pull their pants down when they took it down there so walked away (easier to pick on 80 year old pensioners I guess). In the end they took it back to the dealer they bought it from who gave them a good price for it.
I have always sold privately (in an old fashioned way like how Pond takes photos
) and had the odd time waster here and there but on the whole had really good buyers, it has been nice to meet these people and see them drive off with a big smile on their face. The guy that bought my VX220 Turbo (which was absolutely mint full retrimmed interior etc) pops up on PH occasionally to tell me how much he is enjoying the car, its only a small thing but it does warm the heart knowing it went to a good owner. I always caveat my adverts when selling cars that time wasters will not be responded to...seems to filter them out from even bothering to contact me.I always used to sell privately when dealers gave discount for cash without a trade in but those days seem to be long gone because now they want you to take a loan so a cash purchase is no longer preferential