Parkers Car Guide
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maserati3200gt

Original Poster:

1,576 posts

263 months

Sunday 24th July 2005
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How Accurate is the Parkers Car Price Guide ?
Or are there more accurate guides out there ?

Thanks Guys

tuttle

3,427 posts

266 months

Sunday 24th July 2005
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Parkers isn't particularly up to date or accurate.
Reccomend Glass's-bit pricey tho.
www.glass.co.uk/uk/en/

They do a '1 car report' for £2.75 iirc,but the monthly books traders use are a hefty susbcription.

markmullen

15,877 posts

263 months

Sunday 24th July 2005
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maserati3200gt said:
How Accurate is the Parkers Car Price Guide ?


As accurate as an inaccurate thing can be. My heart sinks when a customer walks in clutching a copy. TBH save your £3 or whatever it is.

maserati3200gt said:
Or are there more accurate guides out there ?


Glasses or Cap Guide are the ones we use in the trade, for a one off give me a shout, if you are using them full time they cost approx £75 per month each IIRC.

tuttle

3,427 posts

266 months

Sunday 24th July 2005
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markmullen said:


Glasses or Cap Guide are the ones we use in the trade, for a one off give me a shout, if you are using them full time they cost approx £75 per month each IIRC.



Do you have old ( 2-3month) out of date copies of glass's that you would like to flog on,on a regular basis?
If so pm me, I'd be most interested.

Regards
Matt

>> Edited by tuttle on Sunday 24th July 16:49

markmullen

15,877 posts

263 months

Sunday 24th July 2005
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tuttle said:

markmullen said:


Glasses or Cap Guide are the ones we use in the trade, for a one off give me a shout, if you are using them full time they cost approx £75 per month each IIRC.




Do you have old ( 2-3month) out of date copies of glass's that you would like to flog on,on a regular basis?
If so pm me, I'd be most interested.

Regards
Matt

>> Edited by tuttle on Sunday 24th July 16:49


Afraid not mate, a quick look on ebay brings a few up though!

maserati3200gt

Original Poster:

1,576 posts

263 months

Sunday 24th July 2005
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markmullen said:

maserati3200gt said:
How Accurate is the Parkers Car Price Guide ?



As accurate as an inaccurate thing can be. My heart sinks when a customer walks in clutching a copy. TBH save your £3 or whatever it is.


maserati3200gt said:
Or are there more accurate guides out there ?



Thanks Mark,
Email Just sent to you !



Glasses or Cap Guide are the ones we use in the trade, for a one off give me a shout, if you are using them full time they cost approx £75 per month each IIRC.

lazyitus

19,931 posts

295 months

Sunday 24th July 2005
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markmullen said:

maserati3200gt said:
How Accurate is the Parkers Car Price Guide ?



As accurate as an inaccurate thing can be. My heart sinks when a customer walks in clutching a copy. TBH save your £3 or whatever it is.


Spot on. What makes it worse is that the customer thinks they have 'inside' info. Armed with this, they reckon they're super hero's.

They do, however, generally crawl back into their shell when you show them how inaccurate they are by showing them glasses or cap guides and explaining then why Parkers is comparatively cheap.

tuttle

3,427 posts

266 months

Sunday 24th July 2005
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markmullen said:


Afraid not mate, a quick look on ebay brings a few up though!


Not a prob chap,thought it worth a try tho

maserati3200gt

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1,576 posts

263 months

Sunday 24th July 2005
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Gazboy said:
Wasn't it Parkers that said a mint Escort Cosworth was worth £1850 tops?


Wow !
How do they get their figures ?

bigmoose

161 posts

254 months

Sunday 24th July 2005
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I use Cap and again for a one off give me a shout.