Gavin@Rousdon 137 Posted January 9, 2016 Had a stange one todayOn a 2013(63) Audi A4 Avant 42k £14450, which I know is value considering age, warranty etc etcThey test drove the car and liked it, proceeded to offer £12500 which I just thought was a low starting offer, I explained if I could make £2000 over a car I would be retired by now. It seems they were deadly serious. They pulled out print off's of a A4 Avants which were 61 plate, 12 plate and 62 plate with mieage between 37k and 49k. I explained a 61 plate was 2 years older to which they replied it didn't matter as it was just mileage they were interested in. The 61 plate has NAV and Leather(cream) and was priced at £13500 which seems a fair price but they refused to understand age has a bearing on value, and mine being 2 years newer would affect its value, they were then even offended when I told them an offer of £13k 'wasn't even close', seems the fact the other has 5k less miles on it maybe it worth so much more to them. I think it wasn't so much their logic that stunned me, they said they do 40k a year so they will only keep it for 2 years maybe but more the fact they genuinely had travelled a round trip of 140 miles (in a beat up Vectra !!!) expecting to have £1500- £2000 knocked of a car. My thoughts are they only have £13k to spend, so why not say and save themselves time and hassle of viewing cars. A simple phone call would have saved a lot of time !!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
metcars 397 Posted January 9, 2016 I'm surprised they didn't ask for a 'trade to trade' deal. Because these days "everyone" wants to buy at trade price and then claim to be 'private' if there's a problem! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GreenGiant 287 Posted January 11, 2016 Make sure they didn't nick the service book... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
umesh 336 Posted January 11, 2016 Gavin ! We'll never ever understand the logic !! AND how some of these buyers think , some simply do not understand WE have to buy these cars and pay good money to get them - they simply think we're desperate to GIVE them away ! .. All part of the job Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SC Derby 259 Posted January 11, 2016 I think a lot of it is through pure stupidity/ignorance that they don't realise we have paid an actual price for the vehicle, it wouldn't surprise me if some of them think if they buy a car off us for say £6k we make £6kI'm sure we've all been, at times, offered less than we actually paid for a vehicle by these dreamers!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gavin@Rousdon 137 Posted January 18, 2016 Amazingly the customer just phoned up !!! Asked if I remembered him and stated that we weren't too far away on price when he left (£1500 not far!!) Anyway with a bit of negotiation we did a deal at £14k.I didn't ask what happened to the 3 other cars he had printed off which he consider much better value then mine!!Not sure if its a case of a customer just not being very good at negotiating or having a 'head full of magic' and after looking at other cars reality set in. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GreenGiant 287 Posted January 18, 2016 Not sure if its a case of a customer just not being very good at negotiating or having a 'head full of magic' and after looking at other cars reality set in.I think we all know which one it is......as long as he leaves you with a bank account full of cash and then does a disappearing act without showing you his magic wand!! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
