I want to avoid paying for it :D
No Tax is a pain though, I may end up getting it delivered from someone, don't these transport people loiter in auction halls?
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Last time I bought from BCA at Blackbushe (November 04), you had to pay a deposit of £500 or 10% of the purchase price (whichever is the greater) at the rostrum as soon as the hammer fell.
You could collect the car straight away afterwards, but they give you two working days to collect the car, so you could arrange insurance in advance of collecting the car, and then buy your tax disc at a post office on the way home if you wanted to be completely legal. You can pay by cash (up to £9000) or bankers draft. I think they accept debit cards too.
The buyers' premium varies depending on how expensive the car is, and whether you are a trade or a public buyer. The last car I bought at BCA cost £1450 and the buyers' premium was £125.
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BCA very definitely do accept debit cards. Bung down a £500 deposit on it when you arrive, Then you settle the balance if you buy a car, or you get it back on your card as you leave if you don't.
My advice would be to use an auction buyer. He won't get carried away and will know what to look for on the car. Do a forum search on Joe Dowd and you'll find a dozen recommendations. On a car up to about £10K, he'll cost you a net £125, and is worth every penny at that price.
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problem is, the car is on auction on tuesday!
So I don't have much time.
I think I will use a car transporter,
The car is being auctioned 130 miles from home, so I don't realy want to go back to collect.
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I do hope that you have looked at the autotrader for prices. Costs soon mount in auction buying, one might find oneself asking the question - was it worth it. A regular auction buyer tells me that auction prices these days are pretty strong.
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Khizman,
I hope you'll take this in the right spirit. You sound like you're planning to buy THIS car and turn up with a transporter. If the car's not quite right, you're likely to buy it anyway after the time, effort and money you've already invested. If the bidding goes too high for you, you're likely to keep going past the point of the car being a bargain, again because of the time and effort you've expended.
I know nothing at all about what you're buying, or your circumstances, but I humbly suggest that you're setting yourself up for a fall. I guarantee that unless you're after real exotica, there'll be another one along soon in another auction. Don't paint yourself into a position where you feel you need to buy a particular car at a particular auction if you can help it.
If it's any help, I speak from experience. The time I did go to auction when I really did have to have a car, I bought a lemon, because I ignored what my instincts were saying (I NEEDED a car, so stuff my gut feel!). Fortunately, it was enough of a lemon to reject. A lucky escape that taught me a great deal.
It depends on your time requirments, but if you can wait, an auction buyer doesn't care if he sees ten ropey cars waiting for the good one to come up - he'll wait for the right one before suggesting you bid on it. All that time you won't be traipsing up and down the auction sites, wasting your time and money.
If you feel you must have the car your way, I'd suggest you set a firm limit on how much you will pay, and under no circumstances go over it.
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That sounds like some good advice, thanks.
Shall I just give Dowd a call on tues mornign and hope he's there?
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