Car swaps!!

pipsqueak

I was thinking during the week how hard it out there at the moment to sell car. So i had a dragons den kind of moment. What if you could bring your car/bike to a large open field/carpark and swap it with someone?

Obviously a bit of bargaining up and down would be required but would it work? Or does this allready exist (not the internet)?
Would anyone be interested??

biko

Sure, I'd go and have a look anyway.

pipsqueak

Magnus wrote: »

Sure, I'd go and have a look anyway.

would you pay a small fee? 10 euro ?

feylya

http://carswap.ie/

Something like that?

pipsqueak

feylya wrote: »

http://carswap.ie/

Something like that?

kind of but not on the net. big open field where you actually see the car and inspect it there and then. Face to face

nedoo

Sound cool

pipsqueak

Right , just got to find a big field now!!:D

Robbo

You'd want some kind of "negotiation chamber" midst this phalanx of parked cars. Perhaps a hemispherical construct where onlookers can climb the outside to look in.

THUNDERDOME!

pipsqueak

Robbo wrote: »

You'd want some kind of "negotiation chamber" midst this phalanx of parked cars. Perhaps a hemispherical construct where onlookers can climb the outside to look in.

THUNDERDOME!

Want to be managing director of this thunderdome? What payment do you require?:D

biko

pipsqueak wrote: »

would you pay a small fee? 10 euro ?

Let's say 100 people show up = €1000 to the organiser (probably untaxed), for supplying a field and some marketing?
Boot sales are free to enter because they're usually on church parking lots.
Perhaps you could charge successful swaps?

BlackWizard

Do you have to bring you car or can you just go look around at all the nice cars?

I've always liked the idea of car swapping. I know a lot of people who buy a car every year just because they want a change. Swapping would be cheaper and then maybe after a few years buy a newer car.

PauloMN

I always thought something similar would work for selling cars privately. A date and venue is arranged, a few hundred sellers shine up the cars they are selling and bring them along, and prospective buyers can spend the day browsing a field full of cars. Categorise them as much as possible, maybe stick them up on a website a week before the event. Charge the sellers a fee to sell the cars, buyers get in free.

Would be good for both buyers and sellers as far as I can see. Buyers can go see a few cars that interest them in one place like a car supermarket, sellers get people out looking at the cars in the flesh.

pipsqueak

Ah well since there is feck all interest in this ill declare my self out!!
if anyone else wants my idea its 1million euro!!mwaahha