I just checked out Glass's consumer values link on the exchange and mart web-site and the robbing b'stards have started charging £2.95 for EACH vehicle value!

£2.95 for a bloody valuation!

At least Dick Turpin wore a bloody mask!

 

Parkers charge aswell,

Its easy to get a free vaulation, just walk into any Franchise dealer and ask for an appraisal, then add about £1500 to thier best price. Best to go to 2 or 3 to get an average price

I learnt this from experience of giving the bloody appraisals [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img] when I was a car salesman

 

Even better idea. Post your car details here and i'll give you a FREE Glass's Guide & CAP price

 

June MY00 Sonic Blue UK Turbo 30k miles FSH, 17" gold alloys

 

Glass's
V reg: 8875
W reg: 9250

CAP
V reg: 10250 - £1375 difference
W reg: 10750 - £1500 difference

Assuming its a 4dr

 

Boro,

I assume they are trade-in values?

Also, why the difference between cap and glass's and which one do the trade use?

By the way....

2003 '03 plate Renaultsport Clio 172 Cup with 4,000 miles?

 

Yes they were trade values but not part-ex prices. P/X prices "should" be higher.

Dealers generally use Glass's but alot will use both and use the lower values as their starting point.

2003 '03 plate Renaultsport Clio 172 Cup with 4,000 miles?

Glass's: £10525
CAP: £10050

 

Glass's arrive at their prices using the following criteria:-

Auctions: Auctions are visited and the major players contribute a breakdown of prices paid nationwide 'under the hammer'

Advertised Prices: Taken from the national and provincial press advertising by franchised and non-franchised dealers. These are gathered daily from all over the UK.

Dealer Returns: Active dealers with a broad geographical spread send in regular returns of actual buying and selling prices.

Fleet, Rental and Leasing: The major companies supply the Guide with their disposal prices and the market trends in their sector. Block disposals can have significant effects on pricing month to month.

Manufacturers: Disposal prices

 

One thing I always found was you had the punter come in armed with thier Parkers guide and the difference between that and glasses was quite a bit, the look on peolples faces when you told them how much thier pride and joy was worth was part of the reason I quit, too soft hearted for the job.

Still had fun wrecking a few of the bangers in the yard. sold to scraper for 50p afterwards.

 

W reg

glad they are trade prices and not private sale prices

 

Parkers Guide should be sued under the trade descriptions act Talk about unrealistic!

 

Strangely enough on private sale, my car was the same on Parkers, Glasses & CAP, bar a few quid either way

 

glasses reckoned my my00 was worth 10400!, i put it up for that and a little extra for mods and wasted 2 weeks of my time, in real life i reckon was worth what i got - 8k (standard)

 

and my local dealer gave 10,500 for a sonic blue (same as ours/your old one) and sold it the same day for 12, and could have sold it 100 times over

 

I got £4k more than Peccy reckons a MY00 is worth on my trade-in.

Theres no way the dealer had margins of that amount to work with either......

 

Looking at maybe part-ex two cars:

1996 (P) Peugeot 306 XSi 2.0l 8v 3 door, 68k
2001 (51) Ford Ka Collection, 18k

Cheers
Andy

 

talizman, what did you trade it in against, a fleet of sti's?!

subaru dealer near northampton offered me 7,500 for my my00 (55,000miles) and that was against a 15,000 scooby

 

Amen to that - when I used to work in a dealership if the customer had a Parkers you knew you were never going to sell then a car because whatever Parkers said they would add another £1000 on top of that for good measure as its 'thier car & why shouldnt it be worth that' & when you kick em in the nuts & tell them its actually worth £4000 less than they thought you are a bit stuck where to go lol!

But its always fun doing it to the smartass pr1ck who thinks becuase he has a copy of Parkers he is Mr Trader Extrodiaire who in reality, unfortunately hasnt got a fecking clue how the motor trade works

 

Peccy.... Traded in against an STI 8, 6 months old and £3000 off new.