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As stocks are relatively low it is a good time to sell your car, but in my experience when I do this privately you need to patience of a saint to deal with opportunists who pretend to be private buyers but hit you with the low end of trade in prices. And whilst for older cars selling privately on Autotrader or eBay or Car and Classic and the likes may be fine, I found it more difficult for slightly newer cars; say upto 5 years old.
Yes a trade-in for your new car at the dealership is most convenient as you drive up with the old and away with the new. But you can leave a fair bit of money on the table that way. Nothing wrong with it as everything has its price.
We all know we buy any car, yes I used them as a guide price, but that is at the low end. And the stories I hear put me off wasting my time going to them as allegedly they price it down when you are there.
I've sold two cars in the end through SellCar.co.uk. Both were high end Mercedes and they are up for negotiation in the right direction. I didn't like their first offer but on both occasions I've managed to increase the offer. I do get a feeling they are more interested in 'special' cars, mine were both AMG models (not just the trim level diesels).
The last car I sold was my wife's Audi A3 Black Edition with B&O sound. Quite a unique car in that spec which again the likes of wbac don't recognise, I also put it up on Autotrader and was being pestered and low balled. But then I discovered wizzle.co.uk and put it up there honestly and started getting loads of offers from dealers. In the end the highest offer was from an actual Audi dealer. They send someone to inspect, got the price agreed, and on the day of pick up and instant transfer. No hassle, no need to leave my home. It was lovely.
There may be other services like this. I hope it helped for some thinking of selling.
Yes a trade-in for your new car at the dealership is most convenient as you drive up with the old and away with the new. But you can leave a fair bit of money on the table that way. Nothing wrong with it as everything has its price.
We all know we buy any car, yes I used them as a guide price, but that is at the low end. And the stories I hear put me off wasting my time going to them as allegedly they price it down when you are there.
I've sold two cars in the end through SellCar.co.uk. Both were high end Mercedes and they are up for negotiation in the right direction. I didn't like their first offer but on both occasions I've managed to increase the offer. I do get a feeling they are more interested in 'special' cars, mine were both AMG models (not just the trim level diesels).
The last car I sold was my wife's Audi A3 Black Edition with B&O sound. Quite a unique car in that spec which again the likes of wbac don't recognise, I also put it up on Autotrader and was being pestered and low balled. But then I discovered wizzle.co.uk and put it up there honestly and started getting loads of offers from dealers. In the end the highest offer was from an actual Audi dealer. They send someone to inspect, got the price agreed, and on the day of pick up and instant transfer. No hassle, no need to leave my home. It was lovely.
There may be other services like this. I hope it helped for some thinking of selling.
