Auction charges

[matty hill]

Is it just me or are the prices of vehicles at auction going through the roof??
Does anybody know how to get around these charges? OR a cheaper way to buy trade?

[matty hill]

I am a trader and even on the gold card membership i can still pay £450 in additional costs wqhen i buy a £25,000 car..

it really is getting a bit much..

[matty hill]

Or does anybody know where else i can get ex fleet from??

[matty hill]

Well both at first the auction price was ok but now its all gone sky high, i just want another way of getting them.

thanks

[matty hill]

I just cant justify spending £400 to BCA for What??
Because the vehicel is more expensive? It has still had the same treatment as a cheaper vehicle...

Thats my issue...

[matty hill]

I Justthought there would be other companies that do it differently,

I know there is dealer auction which you can buy bits from but its not the 3 year old carsgoing through there etc.

[matty hill]

eltax91 said:

Quite

gone are the days of traders helping each other out...
Are any of you traders?

[matty hill]

To be fair its not the fact that the business is struggling or anything like that, it is puirely the fact of the extortion by the auction houses when it comes to charges.

I have been told that trade auction is an option and that 1 link do disposal of fleets which i may have a look at, i will let you know how i get on, because i am a trader who likes to see other independent traders do well and not the big franchises.

[matty hill]

That sounds like a fair evaluation, but it is simply the fact that they have inflated the charges if the vehicle is expensive then that is just the nature of the auction (most of the time) but the charges are terrible and it is based on the vehicle being sold for a higher price which gives the auction house incentive to sell for more..

I have had looked at dealer auction and sytner site aswell. seems better than BCA but the stock isnt really fleet.

[matty hill]

It seems like 1 link are the only other place i can get fleet and to all you scare mongers out there the charges are a flat rate!!!!!!!!

Dont get me wrong i will have to look through the stock and see if its suitable but that puts an end to the high charges!!!

[matty hill]

Again thats a pretty fair evaluation... to be honest i have had a look at the 1 link disposal stock now and i think the vehicles are cheaper, i may be wrong but if i am just adding on £50 per vehicle for fees then overall i think its cheaper, in fact i have just checked with a golf i bought last month from BCA and it worked out at £400 cheaper, ok the vehicle is not there infront of you but the vehicle reports are pretty good as well.

The sytner site isnt bad but its ex fleet i want becuase of the maintenence hisotory.

Any other good ideas to look at people?

[matty hill]

I also find that the price at auction meets cap and then i have the buyer fees on top, not all the time but most times.

[matty hill]

What places do you guys use?

[matty hill]

what are they like for fees? and do they do fleet?

[matty hill]

I was just trying to research other ways, oobviously some people cant help but be negative....

But in all honesty i have some really good feedback from felow traders.

[matty hill]

Well yes but even on the 1 link the sales price are lower, and you have less chance of the auctioneer bidding up the vehicles. As they are afterall on commission.

[matty hill]

oilslick obviously has too much time and no life..

[matty hill]

There are some good trade to trade platforms but sometimes when you go and collect the vehicle it isnt the best because when they said £200 prep they meant 3 new panels.

Thats why i wanted to buy from fleet becuase the vehicles are a better standard.
and the only places to buy direct fleet are the likes of manheim BCA SMA, 1 link disposal.
all of these are auctions but 1 link disposal has flat buyer rates. BCA seem to make it up as they go along!!!