Re: Trade in or sell privately?

atec77 <atec77NOSPAM@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Mar 27, 2008 at 02:01 PM wrote:

 
>Mekon wrote:
>> Hello all, first thanks for all the replies to the Egas ute thread.
Very

>> informative and useful. Now I know what the issues are.
>> 
>> We have 3 cars a 99 318i BMW a 98 RAV4 5 door and a beat up old XF ute.

>> All running well.
>> 
>> We plan on buying a Mazda 6 to replace the BMW and a cab chassis Ford 
>> ute to replace the RAV and the XF.
>> 
>> We will be paying cash for the new cars.
>> 
>> Should we sell privately of trade them in? What are thre pitfalls?
>> 
>> (I doubt the XF would get a roadworthy certificate as it is.)
>> 
>> 
>> Mekon
>> 
>> 
>If you have the time do the private sale , it's more trouble but you 
>make considerably more and will be able to negotiate a better cash price

>on the new buys , win/win ?
 
Agree enitrely, but I still usually trade in for time and convenience
reasons, although not always. Buying used in particular - new not so much
'cos margins are slimmer -  you can often negotiate a discount on a no
trade sale that equals what they offered for the trade in (with no
discount) so *any* private sale price you get is straight profit... but
then there's the procession of no shows, timewasters and
ridiculous/abusive offers from potential buyers.

If you *are* trading and you're buying both newies around the same time,
suggest you ebay the XF unregistered and get valuations on both cars from
both dealers - maybe swapping the trades could prove more profitable,
maybe not, but it costs nothing to find out. Cheers    

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