Selling high value car privately

travist

It’s priced at 72,800 now

goochy

still dont know why they would not sell at one of their volvo dealerships with a volvo warranty - buying a vehicle like this from a car supermarket doesnt do much for the customers buying experience

locha

You did well OP - it’s now at 68,900.,,

higster

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119078917#Comment_119078917

Wow. I’m surprised tbh. Fantastic wagon, still miss it.

goochy

still cant see why they dont retail at one of their Volvo outlets with volvo warranty rather than a car supermarket ?

drunkmonkey

Did you change it for a xc40 in the end, my Mrs is thinking similar with her D5 while used prices seem strong.

User1998

Thats a bit mad, so they spent €67k to make a return of about €1,500 after tax? They would have made more from a car worth €6k

elperello

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119080612#Comment_119080612

Funny old business🙂

They hoped for more, you can't win them all.

And they haven't booked a loss on it yet.

higster

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119079305#Comment_119079305

She looked at (and was tempted by) the xc40 and c40 but ended up with model 3 purely for the better range on the dual motor model and very very happy with it (got it before recent price increase so ended up “costing practically nothing” 🤔)

mickdw

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119080612#Comment_119080612

They will have to rob someone's trade in now to make money on that deal.

locha

Back another €1,000. Margin is now very tight for them.

goochy

as said makes no sense to sell at car supermarket as opposed to one of their volvo outlets and give it a SELEKT used warranty

User1998

Similar situation a friend of mine sold a nearly new BMW to Windsor recently for €50k and they now have it advertised for just €53k. I suppose these big supermarkets have lots of money to play with so maybe aren’t as concerned about margins

Turbolounge

I wonder do they make decent money on financing?

locha

Now 65,800… I wonder is the top market cars getting harder to shift? Or is it that most people buying these machines like using PCP?

mickdw

Things are softening slightly I think.

Is new car supply improving I wonder.

bazz26

I don't think new car supplies areimproving, many dealers are giving unguaranteed delivery dates of 12 months or longer on many models.

Used car prices have been just going up and up for the last year or two so eventually it has to hit a saturation point of affordability. I'm looking at the same particular examples for sale online for a few months now and they are still not sold. Previous to that dealers had cars sold or had deposits on them before they even came into stock.

With talk of maybe a pending recession around the corner and the higher cost of living, inflation and rising interest rates kicking in now with many people, maybe paying overinflated prices for used cars is not as attractive as it was recently. Of course some people will feel it more than others.

beachhead

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118661693#Comment_118661693

Lewis certainly know how to charge for cars.Whether they give the seller a good price is another thing.

beachhead

Why did I post above.Is it board dom?