Cash is NOT king at Car Auctions.

[Jukie]

I tried with my last car, MB Carlisle were pulling out all the stops to avoid doing a deal.... They let me test drive a dirty, ill-prep'ed car which needed a bundle of "we'll fix that before you collect it" work done. Then they offered me bottom book for my 211, minus £300 to tidy up a small scratch on the paintwork, as a trade-in against top retail book on the car I wanted to buy. The 'salesman' then went off to his manager to see if they would move on the price... he offered to drop the price on the car by £200.... on a £24k sticker price... I walked straight out.

The dealership was like a ghostown all the time I was in, I wonder how they stay in business... I wasn't looking for a giveaway but I was looking for some sensible prices to change... a price I was able to get elsewhere without trying. The MB warranty bit isn't worth the extra thousands you pay to buy the cars there... I still got £1500 worth of work done by MB under warranty on my 6 year old car despite not being bought from an MB dealer.

Just out of interest (and sorry for going off-topic), when were you in MB Carlisle? Recently?

 

[robertjrt]

Why not try MB dealers. They give you a full 12 month approved used warranty.

My 12 month MB warranty was not worth the paper it was printed on

 

[BIG Sean]

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Franchise dealers can be great value for their "none franchise part exchanges" as a Merc dealer would never want to retail a secondhand Jag...no matter how good..........his business is to sell Mercs and vica versa

This may true in your neck of the woods but certainly not in mine - Mercedes Bolton has got a Mini in the prime spot, also got an IS200, an X5 and has had Porsche Boxters, 3 and 5 series, XJ8's etc etc all late models but not just MB's

 

[mirras]

Just out of interest (and sorry for going off-topic), when were you in MB Carlisle? Recently?

A couple of months ago, why do you ask?

 

[peterg1965]

This may true in your neck of the woods but certainly not in mine - Mercedes Bolton has got a Mini in the prime spot, also got an IS200, an X5 and has had Porsche Boxters, 3 and 5 series, XJ8's etc etc all late models but not just MB's

Same with MB of South Lakes, an Audi and a Volvo for sale and not many MBs!

 

[Shude]

The dealership was like a ghostown all the time I was in, I wonder how they stay in business...

By charging for labour like a plumber on Xmas day!

 

[mirras]

By charging for labour like a plumber on Xmas day!

Good point