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Title: Cheeky barstewards
Post by: STEMO on 20 August 2017, 21:48:48
£3750 they gave me:

https://www.thecarpeople.co.uk/find-a-car/car-details/vauxhall-astra-wakefield-326842
Title: Re: Cheeky barstewards
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 20 August 2017, 21:53:12
That's about £1,500 wiggle room then... might offer them £4,500 for shits and giggles :D
Title: Re: Cheeky barstewards
Post by: STEMO on 20 August 2017, 21:56:16
That's about £1,500 wiggle room then... might offer them £4,500 for shits and giggles :D
I've bought at TCP four or five times now, there is virtually no negotiation on the price. They'll up the trade in offer and mess around with the finance, but hardly ever anything off the sticker price.
Title: Re: Cheeky barstewards
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 20 August 2017, 21:57:45
That's about £1,500 wiggle room then... might offer them £4,500 for shits and giggles :D
I've bought at TCP four or five times now, there is virtually no negotiation on the price. They'll up the trade in offer and mess around with the finance, but hardly ever anything off the sticker price.
But have they ever sold a car in that colour ::)

Apart from to you...
Title: Re: Cheeky barstewards
Post by: Lincs Robert on 20 August 2017, 21:58:51
£3750 they gave me:

https://www.thecarpeople.co.uk/find-a-car/car-details/vauxhall-astra-wakefield-326842

Fact of life really. I'm not excluding the markup, but they do have to pay VAT on the difference between buy & sell price, so the profit is "only" 80% what you think it is.  :-X
Title: Re: Cheeky barstewards
Post by: STEMO on 20 August 2017, 22:04:56
£3750 they gave me:

https://www.thecarpeople.co.uk/find-a-car/car-details/vauxhall-astra-wakefield-326842

Fact of life really. I'm not excluding the markup, but they do have to pay VAT on the difference between buy & sell price, so the profit is "only" 80% what you think it is.  :-X
Fair point.
Title: Re: Cheeky barstewards
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 20 August 2017, 22:56:17
Silky Shadow Green.......  ::)
Title: Re: Cheeky barstewards
Post by: Gaffers on 21 August 2017, 12:40:12
£3750 they gave me:

https://www.thecarpeople.co.uk/find-a-car/car-details/vauxhall-astra-wakefield-326842

Fact of life really. I'm not excluding the markup, but they do have to pay VAT on the difference between buy & sell price, so the profit is "only" 80% what you think it is.  :-X

There are ways of reducing that 20% ;)
Title: Re: Cheeky barstewards
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 21 August 2017, 12:47:17
I thought you said you were pleased with what they offered you. That it was more than you thought. :)

Anyway......£6000 for a 5 year old 1.4 Astra seems overly optimistic to me.
Title: Re: Cheeky barstewards
Post by: powerslinky on 21 August 2017, 12:51:48
Snotty Shadow Green.......  ::)

corrected that colour for both you & Sir Tig , Steve  ;)
Title: Re: Cheeky barstewards
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 21 August 2017, 12:53:15
Can't imagine a 1.4 litre Astra presented in 'poverty spec' and finished in a colour that may offend the more sensitive amongst us is worth more than £4000. :)
Title: Re: Cheeky barstewards
Post by: ronnyd on 21 August 2017, 13:14:00
Can't imagine a 1.4 litre Astra presented in 'poverty spec' and finished in a colour that may offend the more sensitive amongst us is worth more than £4000. :)
Probably why they have held off of posting a pic. ;D
Title: Re: Cheeky barstewards
Post by: STEMO on 21 August 2017, 13:17:05
I stuck it into parkers and they said £3400. WBAC offered £3150, so I was quite pleased with £3750. I never expected them to ask nearly six grand for it but, you know, that colour..... :-* :-*
Title: Re: Cheeky barstewards
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 21 August 2017, 13:45:13
I stuck it into parkers and they said £3400. WBAC offered £3150, so I was quite pleased with £3750. I never expected them to ask nearly six grand for it but, you know, that colour..... :-* :-*

Are you suggesting the colour has added a couple of grand to the price? :o :o :o :o :o

Six grand is a ridiculous figure. I think they will soon realise they have this wrong.

Expect a big reduction.
Title: Re: Cheeky barstewards
Post by: STEMO on 21 August 2017, 14:41:07
This one is £500 less, but has done 16000 miles more  :-\


http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201707227616375
Title: Re: Cheeky barstewards
Post by: ronnyd on 21 August 2017, 14:51:54
Dealers usually put a high price on their cars when first advertised, just to see who bites. Had that with my first Mig, bided my time and got it 900quid cheaper.
Title: Re: Cheeky barstewards
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 21 August 2017, 15:05:58
This one is £500 less, but has done 16000 miles more  :-\


http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201707227616375

2013. Your car is March 2012.
Title: Re: Cheeky barstewards
Post by: STEMO on 31 August 2017, 11:45:51
It's gone! Not that I'm surprised, it was a very desirable colour.  :)
Title: Re: Cheeky barstewards
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 31 August 2017, 12:29:00
It's gone! Not that I'm surprised, it was a very desirable colour.  :)

.....to be 'cubed' :)
Title: Re: Cheeky barstewards
Post by: STEMO on 31 August 2017, 12:31:27
It's gone! Not that I'm surprised, it was a very desirable colour.  :)

.....to be 'cubed' :)
One of the managers will have snapped it up before it went out on the forecourt.
Title: Re: Cheeky barstewards
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 31 August 2017, 13:20:10
It's gone! Not that I'm surprised, it was a very desirable colour.  :)

.....to be 'cubed' :)
One of the managers will have snapped it up before it went out on the forecourt.

A very junior manager, I imagine. :)
Title: Re: Cheeky barstewards
Post by: henryd on 31 August 2017, 19:34:53
It's gone! Not that I'm surprised, it was a very desirable colour.  :)

.....to be 'cubed' :)
One of the managers will have snapped it up before it went out on the forecourt.

A very junior colour blind manager, I imagine. :)

fixed  ;D ;D
Title: Re: Cheeky barstewards
Post by: STEMO on 31 August 2017, 19:54:51
It's gone! Not that I'm surprised, it was a very desirable colour.  :)

.....to be 'cubed' :)
One of the managers will have snapped it up before it went out on the forecourt.

A very junior colour blind manager, I imagine. :)

fixed  ;D ;D
No need, Enery. You know I was very fond of the old bogey.  :(
Title: Re: Cheeky barstewards
Post by: 2boxerdogs on 31 August 2017, 19:56:11
My Omega with FSH & 1 owner was up for £2995 in 2010, got it for £1995 + £600 trade in on my knackered Mazda 626 estate an absolute bargain at the time trouble free for the 5 years I owned it & sold it for £750 in 2015.