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Getting a dealer to sell your car

  • 15-01-2014 11:49am
    #1
    Skybox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 109 ✭✭


    I posted an ad up on DoneDeal to sell my 2011 VW Golf. I got a text message a couple of hours later from a John O'Sullivan in Blackrock Motor Company offering to sell the car on my behalf. Wondering if anyone has ever dealt with the company and can offer advice??

    Have a number of issues, one being that I need to sell my car before I can get a replacement. I have no means of transport if I leave my car in a dealer's yard while being sold.

    What kind of commission would these dealers typically charge?

    It may be easier to sell going through a dealer as there is outstanding finance on the car. I assume I can arrange with the dealer to clear/transfer the finance on selling the car and this would give a lot of comfort to the person buying the car. Any thoughts?

    Thanks


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  • #2
    discombobulate
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,846 ✭✭✭discombobulate


    Skybox wrote: »
    I posted an ad up on DoneDeal to sell my 2011 VW Golf. I got a text message a couple of hours later from a John O'Sullivan in Blackrock Motor Company offering to sell the car on my behalf. Wondering if anyone has ever dealt with the company and can offer advice??

    Have a number of issues, one being that I need to sell my car before I can get a replacement. I have no means of transport if I leave my car in a dealer's yard while being sold.

    What kind of commission would these dealers typically charge?

    It may be easier to sell going through a dealer as there is outstanding finance on the car. I assume I can arrange with the dealer to clear/transfer the finance on selling the car and this would give a lot of comfort to the person buying the car. Any thoughts?

    Thanks
    Maybe ring them and get most of your questions above answered. I'd imagine a car with finance would be a difficult sell privately.


  • #3
    djimi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,237 ✭✭✭✭djimi


    Youre going to get a fair bit less for it than if you were to sell it privately (effectively you are trading it in, only for cash instead of against another car).

    If you do go down this road, Id expect cash up front rather than having the car sitting in their forecourt and waiting to be sold before you get paid.


  • #4
    murphym7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,036 ✭✭✭murphym7


    I'd say this dealer has a buyer in hand already, thats probably the only reason he contacted you. That, or he is confident of getting a buyer quickly. He is not going to fill up is forecourt with random cars, he has a buyer in mind I bet you.


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