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ahh ... helps if you check HJ's FAQ's !!!
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Not sure I see the point.
Any dealer will find you the second hand car you want.
If you're going to pay the premium for getting somebody else to find the car for you, then isn't it worth paying a little bit more for the guarantee that you get from a dealer & for being able to test drive & inspect the car first.
Remember you're buying pretty well blind, yet paying somebody 6% for the privilege. Might you not just as well go onto ebay.
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Not sure I see the point. Any dealer will find you the second hand car you want. If you're going to pay the premium for getting somebody else to find the car for you, then isn't it worth paying a little bit more for the guarantee that you get from a dealer & for being able to test drive & inspect the car first. Remember you're buying pretty well blind, yet paying somebody 6% for the privilege. Might you not just as well go onto ebay.
6% of a £3,000 car is £180. As far as I can see, the dealer would probably add about £1,000 onto the auction price ... so using one of the professional auction-buyers still gives you a massive saving to offset the benefit of the dealer's warranty etc.
I can see advantages both ways, but if the auction-buyer gets it right, the savings can be substantial.
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Fair point. But £180 for buying a car isn't very much. How do these poor chaps scrape a living together? An AA used car inspection is more than that, let alone sitting in a draughty auction hall for days at a time, waiting for the holy grail of a salmon pink E class...
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If you assume 1 car at £180 it works out at around £45000 a year! Not to shabby really since you've got no fixed costs to worry about
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That should read 1 car a day, oh for an edit button :(
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Interesting, HJ. Just trying to get a feel for their business model, as on the basis of what you say they sound very cheap indeed.
I presume you have to go to pick it up from the auctioneers yourself that day.
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Sounds like a good route to me - and use the money saved to pay warranty direct to cover the car !
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When I've bought for customers in the past, theres certainly a lot of trust needed BOTH ways, you are spending someone elses money, after all!
Reagrding how you collect the vehicle, normally it's delivered by the auction (or a trade plater), then you've got the chance to familiarise yourself, in more comfortable surroundings.You don't want to have to find all the knobs n switches on a wet & cold afternoon in Blackbushe carpark.When the key office can't find yours.& they've mis-laid the radio front.With a flat battery. With low oil.With no petrol & a car running on vapour.With a puncture.With no tax.With no insurance.With no MoT.
AH!!! The romantic world of the motor trade - don't you just love it!!!!
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Sounds like a good route to me - and use the money saved to pay warranty direct to cover the car !
Now that the consumer can easily buy a warranty for themselves, it seems to me that the only advantage left to s/h dealers is that they can offer test-drives and a bit more convenience.
I'm sure that there is market out there for an enterprising trader to offer her customers an all-inclusive package. Source and purchase car, arrange warranty and cleaning (where necessary) delivery to your door, and you'd be offering pretty much everything the dealer does except for the showroom and the test-drives.
The secondhnad dealer has to charge a lot to cover the cost of carrying stock and maintaining a premises and so on. Given an easy choice, a lot of people might choose not to pay for that provelige.
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Thats pretty much how I've done things, No Wheels. The customer then chooses how much to spend on preparing the car, after it's purchase.
I always tried to buy well within TOTAL budget, to allow for add on costs.
I'll shut up now, begining to sound like an advert!!
VB
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"I presume you have to go to pick it up from the auctioneers yourself that day."
I bought one through Julian Trim and he delivered it to the door (40 miles or so from his office) for an extra £30.
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