Most one can haggle?

[karimi2009]

How much below list prices say in autotrader and pistonjeads etc do you think a car finally exchanges at?

i.e. what do you think is a reasonable haggle ?

if a car is being sold for £20,000 is it possible to push as a low as £18,000 or is this very unreasonable

trying to get a gauge of what people here think

thanks

 

[smurfett]

With haggling set a price you would be willing to go upto then start at the price you have mentioned and see how it goes, spect some would even try lower then that. Personally would try from about 17k depends how long its been on the market and how many faults you can find when you view it.

 

[Sparky 371]

interesting thread- been trawling the trader myself and wondering the same thing

also is a private buy a better bet for a bigger discount- tho suppose it depends how desperate the seller is

tho also i suspect they add on an amount and have a bottom line figure they will realistically let it go for- just a case of being good at haggling i expect

anyone who has sold on autotrader give a lowdown?

 

[chris846]

I've only ever sold a few cars through Autotrader. But each time the car was tip top - I'm sure they were much much better than some of the rubbish that gets offloaded.
Even so, I priced them medium, people came to look at them on the automatic assumption they'd be able to haggle a good bit off and still get a top notch car. I said I'm not ready to drop the price just yet - and I got the asking price each time from the first person to see the car.
I reckoned that pricing it keen got more people to look at it - and once they'd seen it they'd want it.
A car is worth what the keenest buyer is prepared to pay.

 

[finisterre]

Assuming a private sale I would explain that I have a glass's estimate (obtained so that I know what they could get as a trade in) and I am happy to add £500 - £1000 to make their mucking around worthwhile.

They may want more but will they get it?

 

[Setanta]

My experience with selling a car is that people think 50% of the asking price is a good opening. If it is on ebay, I just ban them or if they call over the phone, just hang up.

A stupid price as the opening offer says to me: chancer.

That being said, there are equally a number of 'overpriced' cars on the market and which will not sell at anything close to their asking.

So, it depends on the car and the asking price I suppose. If a sensible asking price, a small bit of room for movement. If cuckoo-land, then offer whatever is a fair value.

 

[Cabe]

Buying secondhand vehicles

Things to consider, sometimes the extra money from a dealer is worth it.

 

[Sparky 371]

course if you turn up with cash on the day- after you have determined the car is ok of course- and bid to take it away there and then it miight sway a few sellers who dont want the hassle of a long drawn out sale

 

[s500colin]

Personally I normally trade a vehicle in and find it a lot more effective to haggle over the trade value than the screen price you still get the price down.
We took my sisters last ford to the local main agent who offer £700 against a newer model after looking at several other cars We went to another branch of the same dealer and viewed a simular car but after a slight haggle the salesman offered £2200 for the same part ex
:bannana:

 

[Alps]

if its private and highly priced, then i would start at 12K, if dealer then £15K, more likely to get to your required price. bit of friendly banter normally helps, dont go in big headed (im not saying you do), if they dont agree then leave your details and walk away, if they dont sell and you dont find you may get a bargain.

ive bought a £8k car in the past for £4.5K.. fyi

 

[Setanta]

Funny timing of this thead actually. In the summer I looked at an S55 and chap was very pleasant etc and I thought, yep, this is a potential car. Price was just under £10,000 but it needed some bits and pieces done. Based on the condition etc I thought £500 less was fair offer and was going to offer £9500. Before I made the offer, and while going through the paperwork, he made it very clear that the price was fixed and was not negotiable and that since he had spent so much on it new, that was the price or it could just sit there.

Hmm. Decided that he had made his position clear and so off I went.

On the offchance I followed up whether he still had the car and was just informed that he had sold it for £7625 and that I missed out on a good deal.

Actually, he lost just under £2000 and took another two months to sell it.

If you say that the price is X, then you need to stick with X or else negotiate.