Trade Sales

[interstellar]

hyphen said:

rocknrollrich said:

Pistonheader101 said:

Carswithnoreservereading on eBay is trade sale to customers.
Some good bargains to be had and their disclaimer is quite clear and would probably hold up in court.

I won an ebay auction with them a few years back. Went down to pick the car up. They told me to take it for a test drive for up to an hour and go from there. I drove down the m4, got it up to temperature and then had to pull into the services to give it some juice as it was perilously low. As soon as I stopped, the radiator emptied itself, I put a couple of quid petrol in, filled it with water, drove it back, explained what happened, they offered to knock some money off or I could walk away. I like the way they do business. I have bought a couple of cars through them, bargains to be had, but be careful. They are very good, treat you fairly and tell you if you're not happy you can walk away from the deal with no comeback. Most of the people who buy from their are traders as they're always sat in the waiting room with their trade plates, knowing they've got a bargain that needs a little bit of work to make perfect.

Where do they get their stock from?

They buy from the trade, mostly BCA and Manheim.

[The Mad Monk]

I have just put 'trade sale' into the 'keywords' box on AutoTrader. 672 cars came up.

[anonymous-user]

interstellar said:

They buy from the trade, mostly BCA and Manheim.

From auctions then, i can't see why the trade would get bargains from buying cars from as close to retail type business going.

Anyway it is interesting to google there name and see pistonhead topics, seems they don't have a great reputation.

Edited by anonymous-user on Friday 5th March 10:26

[interstellar]

No they don't as its rough and ready and people expect more from a dealer.

I wouldn't buy from there but do know someone who has and they were fair with him and he got a very cheap M4 that was a ex lease car.

You pay your money and take your choice!

[anonymous-user]

interstellar said:

No they don't as its rough and ready and people expect more from a dealer.
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We are talking about the trade buying from trade, as another poster said their rooms were filled with trade. That is what doesn't make sense.

[Deep Thought]

The Spruce Goose said:

interstellar said:

No they don't as its rough and ready and people expect more from a dealer.
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We are talking about the trade buying from trade, as another poster said their rooms were filled with trade. That is what doesn't make sense.

I think a percentage of private buyers will happily "accept" their trade sale conditions but then are outraged when later they have a problem and the dealer cant / wont help.