Anyone in the trade give me a CAP price for trade in?

[ACSC]

Anyone able to give me a price for the value of my car in trade in? Seems no one uses the Parkers price but no consistency in the offers at the moment

[Ootohere]

WBAC will offer you under what it is worth so that gives you an idea and many Sales People will now offer less than WBAC knowing they can punt it to WBAC.

 

So what are you selling, and how much are Dealers or Private Sales asking on Autotrader and are they selling or sitting not selling.

 

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Is it the Mk2 Fabia vRS?

What members are getting in the Briskoda for sales is a good indication,  many Dealerships will not touch with a barge pole, but Evans Halshaw takes some in, 

mostly Oil Users as it turns out, as do Arnold Clark and also Car Supermarkets getting WBAC cars.

[mac11irl]

1 hour ago, Roottootemoot said:

WBAC will offer you under what it is worth so that gives you an idea and many Sales People will now offer less than WBAC knowing they can punt it to WBAC.

 

So... WBAC's valuation is now the upper limit on what car is worth trade in??? 

[Ootohere]

No i have traded into Arnold Clark for more than WBAC would quote or pay, but then if they want to punt something to you trade ins can be good.

 

WBAC price offers in not top trade, it is crap because they are buying to sell or to go in auction, they have car supermarkets and BCA.

 

But a salesperson / trader will often check WBAC and know they can not lose out.

They might not have any interest in your trade in sitting with them, they just want you buying what they have to sell and signing the paperwork, take the finance, take the service plan.  Put the 12 month VED on the finance.etc.

Edited 2 August, 2019 by Roottootemoot

[Lady Elanore]

This is a rough guide, but only a rough guide. Dealers use CAP, Black Book etc etc and so the prices are always a little different to each other. Also good dealers. especially if they specialise in your sort of car, will have an idea what they are going for on the forecourt and at the auction. They often give the lowest figure

 

https://www.peoplescars.co.uk/value-my-vehicle/?gsh=0&lh=1&voilocationHash=2&voimake=3&voimodel=4&voidateOfReg=5&voiprice=6&voiimage=7&voicapId=8&voitype=9&voiurl=10&voivrm=11&voimileage=12&vrm=MM15AHU&mileage=23000

[Aspman]

Take what you think your car is worth and then knock off money until you get upset.

Then take off more until the tears well up in your eyes.

Then take off another £500.

 

That should be about right.

 

PArkers will give you a top end trade-in price. You can use a false email address to get that without them bothering you. But really you need to knock off another 10-20% from what they say.

[Lady Elanore]

1 hour ago, Aspman said:

Take what you think your car is worth and then knock off money until you get upset.

Then take off more until the tears well up in your eyes.

Then take off another £500.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depending on yours cars rough worth and age, you can always look at the forecourt prices and reduce them by £1500-2000 for a ball park trade in value, more expensive cars would be nearer £2k drop unless you are talented at the haggle-this is based on the SIV figure, not a 'cost to change' btw.

 

Older cars in general realise a lower figure than you might expect as many dealers will simply send the car straight to 'the block' (auction) and so have to aim low to protect themselves.

Most mid range and exec main dealers like newer cars (3 or perhaps 4 years old max), older cars are often sold on to traders or at auction. 

 

Anyone can ring up a dealer and ask to speak to the Sales Controller or the Buyer of stock and ask if they would like to give a price on a car. The first time I did it as a salesperson I was surprised how easy it was. Conversation would go like this...

 

 

"Hi my name is hotsalesgirl and I'm ringing from Burt's Super Wartburg and Mclaren dealership in 'insert appropriate place'. I wondered if you would like to give me a price on a trade in we might be getting? It's the famed 2.0 petrol Fabia!!! You would, great  it's a November 17 on a 67 plate, 12k miles, manual, full main dealer history, magic tree air-freshener and immaculate in and out. No scuffs on wheels even. Looks stunning in afterburner orange and only 1 owner".

 

"Hang on a mo, I'll just check with the Sales Manager as we struggled to sell the last one we had....    only kidding. It's a rocking horse $hit car. we could give you £55K for it"

 

" We might need a little more as we're flogging him a Mclaren. Can you up your figure? It's got some Murray mints in the glove box, unopened!"

 

"Well seeing as you put it like that, go on then. £58K...final offer"

 

"Great we are getting it in on Friday, I'll bring it round for you to check/you can send someone round to check it out and take it away around 4-5 o'clock"

 

 

In fact you can just as easily ring up a dealer as a punter and ask if they would like to buy the car for stock yourself. I've done it many times with my own PCP cars. You can also haggle a little with them. They offer you £8250 say, you reply I was looking for £8750 and hopefully you meet in the middle or something like that. The great thing is they wont chase you up with spam if either they don't want the car, or you aren't happy with their offer. Also they might not be interested today, but they may keep your car on their radar and if a customer come around looking for something similar, bingo! 

 

 

 

 

 

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Edited 5 August, 2019 by Lady Elanore

[KenONeill]

16 hours ago, Lady Elanore said:

It's the famed 2.0 petrol Fabia!

The last time I was in one of those some guy in a McLaren F1 tried to race me, but I took him like a king!