You state buying at auction is not your thing. So I presume you've never bought at BCA or any other auction. So how can you give advice or comment on the OP. He was looking for experience of both auction houses and you give the benefit of your "experience". I.E. None.
Well I've been using BCA in all its previous guises for 20 years and all the fees and other bits you pay out for are getting extortionate. They make money out of everything they can. Sometimes the hammer price with fees is no cheaper than private. I've not used Manheim, but have a look. They must be competing somehow for trade. Even the trade gets stung at BCA.
The point I was making is that if you know what the charges are you can make an informed decision. Personally i have 25+ years experience of both sides of the motor trade and if someone doesn't like the charges that they know about they don't have to pay (take their business elsewhere!). and to me it looked like the OP was whingeing (my words) about the prices he had to pay in fees. Is he a private buyer or "private trader" i read lots of "stories" on these and other pages and read one about a "private buyer/seller" complaining to honest john about fees and being roundly rebuffed for wanting the benefits of being a trader and yet complaing about being charged as a private seller, the same person also had an issue with trade plates... BCA are a business not a charity so if anyone doesn't want to do business on their terms thet are free to do otherwise. BCA exist because of the abominable state of the motor trade in the uk, the fact that RRP prices for new cars rarely bear any relationship to real prices and that everyone and his dog want something for nothing and dealers are stuck in the middle of this. Memory from my time in the motor trade at an upmarket dealers in Geneva. Customer, i want a discount, salesman : we don't sell them!
Yes personally I prefer and can afford to buy new/nearly new mid range cars with manufacturers warranty and abide by the conditions of that warranty and allow others to have the "fun" when i sell it when it develops a problem after the warranty expires. Example: lacetti1.6sw at 3 years old central locking faults/hazards flashing rough running, despite main dealer servicing, traded it in aginst another nearly new with nearly 3 years warranty.
you pays your money and makes your choice.
happy motoring
Edited by justadriver on 31/03/2011 at 14:33
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