muppets who get shirty when you wont drop the price of a car
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I am selling a car at the moment. Its a bit specialist, but its a really nice example and is in near perfect condition. I have advertised it at perhaps the top end of what its worth, and stated no offers. I am in no hurry or need to sell.
I have had a few Emails and phone calls making me offers, some silly, but I politely say no thanks, not a problem, you can kind of respect people for giving it a try.
I have had 2 people to come and look at it now, and both have said its the best example they have seen, both have made offers, which I have declined. The first guy got a bit s
tty as he said it was a fair offer (£300 less than the asking price)... but went away after I said no, firmly.
The second guy who had travelled a fair way, offered me £1000 less in cash, there and then. I said no. He kept upping the offer until he was within £200 of the asking price, but I said "the price is the price - take it or leave it"
He got REALLY stty! Saying I was greedy and that it was the best offer I would get and I was a fool not to take it! He went on and on about the fact he never pays the asking price...!! he went after a while muttering "you will never get the asking price"
What is it with people? I told both people that I would only accept the asking price before they came. Didn't they understand "no offers"?
I hate selling cars.
I have had a few Emails and phone calls making me offers, some silly, but I politely say no thanks, not a problem, you can kind of respect people for giving it a try.
I have had 2 people to come and look at it now, and both have said its the best example they have seen, both have made offers, which I have declined. The first guy got a bit s
tty as he said it was a fair offer (£300 less than the asking price)... but went away after I said no, firmly.The second guy who had travelled a fair way, offered me £1000 less in cash, there and then. I said no. He kept upping the offer until he was within £200 of the asking price, but I said "the price is the price - take it or leave it"
He got REALLY s
tty! Saying I was greedy and that it was the best offer I would get and I was a fool not to take it! He went on and on about the fact he never pays the asking price...!! he went after a while muttering "you will never get the asking price"What is it with people? I told both people that I would only accept the asking price before they came. Didn't they understand "no offers"?
I hate selling cars.
There's no accounting for people not being able to understand the 'No offers' part of your ad. As someone has said, stick it up for £200 more than you want with no offers, when you get your offer, hum and hah for a bit and then shake the guy's hand. At least you're getting viewers with offers, some people aren't even getting that far.
ILoveLamp said:
If you increased the price by £200 and sold it at the price now, you would both be happy.
People expect to get a deal on a car, that's just the way it is.
They simply want to feel like they've got a better deal than advertised, even if your car is a stunning example.
This. Whack another couple of hundred on and then let the buyer barter down to the original amount. People expect to get a deal on a car, that's just the way it is.
They simply want to feel like they've got a better deal than advertised, even if your car is a stunning example.
If a car is advertised for an amount like £5195 then the buyer expects to get the car for £5000. Otherwise the buyer will expect to get it for £4800 if £5000 is the listing price.
Play 'em at their own game!
If the car is worth more than 3 grand then turning a buyer away for the sake of 200 quid is a bit silly if you ask me, especially if you admit it's top end.
If it's less than 3k then I can't think of many cars where you're not going to be into budget buyer territory where condition is likely to be lower down the list than price and value
If it's less than 3k then I can't think of many cars where you're not going to be into budget buyer territory where condition is likely to be lower down the list than price and value
The Wookie said:
If the car is worth more than 3 grand then turning a buyer away for the sake of 200 quid is a bit silly if you ask me, especially if you admit it's top end.
If it's less than 3k then I can't think of many cars where you're not going to be into budget buyer territory where condition is likely to be lower down the list than price and value
This. However, if it is as good as you say then the buyer is as daft.If it's less than 3k then I can't think of many cars where you're not going to be into budget buyer territory where condition is likely to be lower down the list than price and value
Have you ever paid the full asking price for a car?
I would probably be shirty if I'd come a long way to look at the car that was priced at top dollar and the seller wouldn't do a 'token' deal for £200 off.
You say you are in no hurry to sell which is fine but you seem to have a startling lack of understanding in how to sell cars. I'm not surprised you hate selling cars, it doesn't seem you're particularly adept at it.
Hold out for the full asking price by all means (and waste a lot of your free time showing punters around the car) but don't expect much sympathy on here.
(Bet you end up taking an offer after getting bored of seeing it sitting on your drive / taking up garage space)
I would probably be shirty if I'd come a long way to look at the car that was priced at top dollar and the seller wouldn't do a 'token' deal for £200 off.
You say you are in no hurry to sell which is fine but you seem to have a startling lack of understanding in how to sell cars. I'm not surprised you hate selling cars, it doesn't seem you're particularly adept at it.
Hold out for the full asking price by all means (and waste a lot of your free time showing punters around the car) but don't expect much sympathy on here.
(Bet you end up taking an offer after getting bored of seeing it sitting on your drive / taking up garage space)
v8will said:
Indeed, would you ask for discount on your groceries at the checkout?
No, because it's not the norm, unlike buying cars, where it is.I've known people ask GSMs for some form of discount when purchasing their staff copious amounts of alcohol for Christmas.
Personally, I wouldn't in a supermarket, for the reason outlined above.
doogz said:
So because you've had to travel a bit, the seller should sell you the car cheap, because somehow, that's his problem?
Do you know what i told the last person that tried that on with me? I wasn't polite, i'll put it that way.
I don't know what you said but I'm sure you were perfectly charming.Do you know what i told the last person that tried that on with me? I wasn't polite, i'll put it that way.
Selling cars has, and always will be, about doing deals.
I'm flabberghasted if this surprises you.
This thread all feels a little Daily Mail:
"Outrage at reasonable offer for secondhand car shock horror"
Maldini35 said:
The Crack Fox said:
I hate haggling and hagglers, seems so ungentlemanly, why are we obsessed with getting everything as cheap as possible ?
What a grubby, beastly business indeed...Worst - 'I've got a few quid and pretentions of grandeur' comment ever?
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