Selling your car advice 2023

SELLING YOUR CAR PRIVATELY

The difficulty in selling your car privately is the fact that you simply cannot tell when your vehicle will be sold and the money deposited in your bank. This issue is further compounded when a vehicle is under a finance contract or has multiple PPSR Interests. Sure you may get lucky, but we are forever hearing stories about customers attempting to sell cars privately without success even after months of advertising. Plus the stresses of how much to sell it for… have you ever asked yourself, “what is the market value of my car”?

Our online process and customer first philosophy is designed to make the process of selling your used car in New Zealand as easy and convenient as possible. Your security and our privacy is our business here!

HOW CAN I SELL MY CAR PRIVATELY?

This is one of the most common ways of passing on a used car from one person to the next. However, you need to keep in mind that this would often require more time and energy on your part to accomplish. Selling a car by yourself means that you will first have to determine its market value, do the advertising and then meeting up with potential buyers to answer their questions. This may also include visits from strangers to your home so they can do a test drive, which can be time-consuming and awkward.

With our online procedure and customer-first outlook at USED CAR GUYS, our entire car selling process is intended to make it as convenient and easy for our customers as much as possible.

TRADING YOUR CAR IN TO A CAR DEALERSHIP

A dealership will look at the vehicle and decide whether it is a car they want for stock or whether this is a car they would wholesale. If they want the vehicle for stock, it is in their interest to purchase the car as cheap as possible so they have a larger margin when they come to sell it.

It is easy to fall into the trap of looking at a trade-in price and assuming you have been offered a good deal. Most dealers will work on the fact that they have some margin in the car your buying and can inflate the price of the trade accordingly to make the deal presented more appealing, remember its the change over figure that’s important.

WHAT ABOUT SELLING AT A CAR DEALERSHIP?

Having your car traded at a car dealer’s shop is one of the common ways of moving from one car to the next. However, this isn’t always the best. The reason for this is because car dealers would often look at a vehicle and decide whether they want it for their stock or as wholesale.

If they want it for stock, they’d be interested in buying the car as low as possible so they have a bigger profit when sold. If they decided that they want it for wholesale, they would often have other dealers in mind that they can call to try and have the vehicle moved. Oftentimes the price that will be offered to you here would be done by the wholesaler or maybe at a lower price so that the wholesale transaction would be profitable for them.

Falling into this kind of scheme is very easy especially for people looking to do a trade-in. Many assume that it was a good deal after all without the right selling advice. Many of these dealers would justify that they need to have some sort of margin when you choose to buy a car from them and would inflate the trade price accordingly to make the deal a lot more appealing.

VALUE MY CAR AND SELL MY CAR FOR CASH IN FOUR EASY, NO FUSS STEPS!

At Used Car Guys, we will pay cash for any car, any make, any model, any age, any kilometres, in any condition, eliminating the hassle of selling privately and putting you in the drivers seat should you choose to negotiate a deal on a replacement vehicle.

Are you asking yourself the question, “How can I sell my car nowadays?” If so, then there are a range of choices available for you right now. There are more ways to sell a vehicle now compared to before. In fact, it is even possible to sell vehicles that are wrecked with the right buyers. Thanks to the Internet, you can now have more choices to have your vehicle sold in no time.