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Where you leave your car with a dealer to sell on your behalf... Normally you agree the price you want for the car he then advertises it can take in a part ex or whatever and he keeps whatever he gets in excess of what you want SOR means sale or return... The main problem with this form of sale even though you should have a contract with the car dealer people have had their cars taken off forecourts by liquidation companies when the dealer has gone bust and some have actually lost out in this way! Yes company's can be searched online I was just wanting to know if anyone had any local knowledge or had any dealings with Wayne as I have never met him personally.
Any reason for not selling it yourself? From what i can see, all SCC stock is way overpriced (possibly because all SOR) so you'd never get what you think market price is as it's just over inflated dealer prices.
Stick it on carsandclassics for a week or two and see what interest it gets.
Stick it on carsandclassics for a week or two and see what interest it gets.
MitchT said:
How can a SOR vehicle be "liquidated" when a garage goes bust if it doesn't belong to the garage? Surely the liquidators would have to establish what belongs to whom and return what isn't an asset of the business to its rightful owner?
Car gets sold, dealer delays payment to owner, company goes bust. Owner is then just another unsecured creditor. I think that's the worst case scenario.Never come across this aspect of Sale or Return and normal selling on commission seems a much better bet for both buyer and seller. And better than selling it yourself.
The seller does not have to cope with the time-wasting phone calls from people who haven't read the ad properly and many other aspects of private sale that get nowhere and when someone goes to look at something else, he may just spot your car that's in stock and find that it interests him..
The buyer can expect the car to be road legal and insured for a test drive (if it's being sold as a goer) and when he goes to look he may just spot another car that's in stock that interests him.
The seller does not have to cope with the time-wasting phone calls from people who haven't read the ad properly and many other aspects of private sale that get nowhere and when someone goes to look at something else, he may just spot your car that's in stock and find that it interests him..
The buyer can expect the car to be road legal and insured for a test drive (if it's being sold as a goer) and when he goes to look he may just spot another car that's in stock that interests him.
I wouldn't consider SOR!
OK, if the dealer goes bust you may be able to get your car back as it is your asset - assuming you find out quick enough!
But I viewed a car being sold that way 4/5 years ago and the trader let me go for a test drive on my own - would you do that with your own car?
OK, if the dealer goes bust you may be able to get your car back as it is your asset - assuming you find out quick enough!
But I viewed a car being sold that way 4/5 years ago and the trader let me go for a test drive on my own - would you do that with your own car?
I wouldn't consider SOR!
OK, if the dealer goes bust you may be able to get your car back as it is your asset - assuming you find out quick enough!
But I viewed a car being sold that way 4/5 years ago and the trader let me go for a test drive on my own - would you do that with your own car?
OK, if the dealer goes bust you may be able to get your car back as it is your asset - assuming you find out quick enough!
But I viewed a car being sold that way 4/5 years ago and the trader let me go for a test drive on my own - would you do that with your own car?
Kevin-sz0nv said:
Was really asking if anyone had any dealings or knowledge of this company not the ethics of SOR... Obviously they are not well known on here...
No naming/shaming of dealers allowed so you wouldn't really know if anyone had a bad experience with them 
there's a guy near me that buys classics. Mike Abbas. Give him a call and see what the offer is. This would be why people are reluctant to recommend SOR:
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
They had a decent rep before.
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
They had a decent rep before.
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