Auction buying
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Varied on the 2-3 visits I made to buy a car. Auctions currently full of Diesel cars, few petrol.
Some popular cars in good condition were £500 over private sale classifieds plus a £650 buyers fee on top.
On the flip side there were some unpopular decent 1 owner cars with full MDSH there in good condition that were pretty good value, e.g. a Beetle TSI220 and Citroen DS in particular both going for 2-3k less then advertised prices.
I thought I had got a good deal on a current model 66 plate Renaultsport Clio Tropy, but was told it was subject to a reserve and needed to wait a final seller decision. Was then offered it for 2k more which made it less compelling and declined.
Buyers fee table is on the wall, if you are a private customer its circa 6-8% of sale price, trade get a discount. Cars with 'assured status' cost £50 extra to cover costs of AA pre inspection and you get 24 hours to go back if there is a fault.
Some popular cars in good condition were £500 over private sale classifieds plus a £650 buyers fee on top.
On the flip side there were some unpopular decent 1 owner cars with full MDSH there in good condition that were pretty good value, e.g. a Beetle TSI220 and Citroen DS in particular both going for 2-3k less then advertised prices.
I thought I had got a good deal on a current model 66 plate Renaultsport Clio Tropy, but was told it was subject to a reserve and needed to wait a final seller decision. Was then offered it for 2k more which made it less compelling and declined.
Buyers fee table is on the wall, if you are a private customer its circa 6-8% of sale price, trade get a discount. Cars with 'assured status' cost £50 extra to cover costs of AA pre inspection and you get 24 hours to go back if there is a fault.
Edited by bennno on Tuesday 15th January 20:30
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