Try to sell my car...dealer frustration. Is this normal?
07-31-2017, 12:52 PM
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07-31-2017, 12:59 PM
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Originally Posted by BradB
I guess I can see their point. They already have nice cars on their lot so why would they want to pay for yet another and have no chance at a new sale to you. I can also see why they would have to low-ball you because they need to resell it. Regular Carreras are not rare so there is no pent up demand which would guarantee a quick, profitable sale of yours if they bought it.
Good luck, though. What other car, if any, are you buying?
Good luck, though. What other car, if any, are you buying?
Originally Posted by John Ferguson
Buying your used car for cash is not in those pcar dealers business plans. Simple way to end your frustration ... go to Carmax, get their 7-day quote. Pay for a membership to sell it here and list it for a couple K more with good pics. Carmax gave me 2K cash more than my local dealer would give me trade on my last deal, and it was the third new pcar purchased from the same dealer.
Lowball offer...of course. They always lowball. Even when backed with facts. I had a lowball offer from a dealer that was $10k lower than auction pricing. He told me my number wasn't realistic. I sent him Manheim auction results, as well as retail pricing that was $10k higher than what I was even asking for a car. Never heard back as I guess he realized he didn't have a sucker.
In any event, if the dealer isn't calling you back, that's odd. Dealers live selling used cars.
07-31-2017, 01:04 PM
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Approached my two local Porsche dealers by phone call to sell my low mileage 2017 C2S. Car is in good shape and fully covered with PPF by Xpel.
The first one, who I have purchased a car from before, basically ignored me for 3 business days then after confronting my SA in a nice but firm way he then told me "we are not interested" and refused to give me any reason why. SA Kept asking if something is wrong with the car...there is nothing wrong with it.
Second one did give me a low ball price so I am trying to negotiate up a bit and keep getting "we have to contact our buyer"...again over multiple business days.
If I wanted to buy something I would have already had three high prices and multiple phone calls.
What gives..? Am I breaking some code because I want to move on and NOT buy something from them?
I thought for sure a dealer would want this car. It is in great condition. I did not want to deal with the hassle of trying to sell to the general public....so far dealing with a dealer is not much better.
Rant over I guess...just frustrated. I don't have time to drive the car to every dealership in the area begging for them to buy it.
The first one, who I have purchased a car from before, basically ignored me for 3 business days then after confronting my SA in a nice but firm way he then told me "we are not interested" and refused to give me any reason why. SA Kept asking if something is wrong with the car...there is nothing wrong with it.
Second one did give me a low ball price so I am trying to negotiate up a bit and keep getting "we have to contact our buyer"...again over multiple business days.
If I wanted to buy something I would have already had three high prices and multiple phone calls.
What gives..? Am I breaking some code because I want to move on and NOT buy something from them?
I thought for sure a dealer would want this car. It is in great condition. I did not want to deal with the hassle of trying to sell to the general public....so far dealing with a dealer is not much better.
Rant over I guess...just frustrated. I don't have time to drive the car to every dealership in the area begging for them to buy it.
07-31-2017, 01:32 PM
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Any newer car, 1-2 years old is a pain to get rid of. Dealers just don't need them (exceptions of course for rare models and great builds). You are not going to do better than a depressing, low ball, less than wholesale offer. Even ads on Cars.com or autotrader result in a lot of scam responses with precious few bona fide responses.
The private market for your car is restricted to those buyers who can arrange their own financing or can pay cash. You are going to have to beat anything the dealer can arrange and expect to be well under what a dealer will charge for the same car. It sounds like your car is already CPO, so that helps you.
GLWS.
The private market for your car is restricted to those buyers who can arrange their own financing or can pay cash. You are going to have to beat anything the dealer can arrange and expect to be well under what a dealer will charge for the same car. It sounds like your car is already CPO, so that helps you.
GLWS.
07-31-2017, 02:05 PM
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Disagree with this. Dealers make WAY more on used cars than new cars. Even Porsche dealers.
Lowball offer...of course. They always lowball. Even when backed with facts. I had a lowball offer from a dealer that was $10k lower than auction pricing. He told me my number wasn't realistic. I sent him Manheim auction results, as well as retail pricing that was $10k higher than what I was even asking for a car. Never heard back as I guess he realized he didn't have a sucker.
In any event, if the dealer isn't calling you back, that's odd. Dealers live selling used cars.
Lowball offer...of course. They always lowball. Even when backed with facts. I had a lowball offer from a dealer that was $10k lower than auction pricing. He told me my number wasn't realistic. I sent him Manheim auction results, as well as retail pricing that was $10k higher than what I was even asking for a car. Never heard back as I guess he realized he didn't have a sucker.
In any event, if the dealer isn't calling you back, that's odd. Dealers live selling used cars.
07-31-2017, 02:08 PM
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Not a pain at the right price. Problem is, most people are not realistic about what their car is worth. They price it too high, it takes way longer to sell and they have to deal with way too many people, and...in the end they get a much lower price than what they asked originally. If you want to sell a used car quickly and painlessly, price it right from the get go and it will sell.
It's always funny to hear someone bitch and moan about how hard it was to sell their two year old car on Crackhead's List with an ask $5k under sticker.
It's always funny to hear someone bitch and moan about how hard it was to sell their two year old car on Crackhead's List with an ask $5k under sticker.
07-31-2017, 02:08 PM
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07-31-2017, 02:27 PM
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Best advice on the thread...
There may be some validity to this. I'd certainly want to know the car's history. If the history and the car itself are clean, and the reasons for its sale, twice, are no big deal, you'll do well to explain that up front. Paint meter readings, a body shop inspection, service records, and over-rev readouts would go a long way toward making it a non-issue for me.
07-31-2017, 02:40 PM
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I bring up an alternative that has not been discussed. I became bored with my 2013 991 C2 PDK after 14 months of ownership. I first went to my local deakership and tried to trade it for my present 2015 GTS. I then advertised it on Cars.com and had many REAL BUYERS within 3 days. I sold the car for more than the dealership offered me in trade. Yet, at closing for the GTS, the tax far exceeded my anticipated profit on the 2013. I am providing a lesson. Please research ahead. Pure stupidity on my part is not an excuse.
07-31-2017, 03:04 PM
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I bring up an alternative that has not been discussed. I became bored with my 2013 991 C2 PDK after 14 months of ownership. I first went to my local deakership and tried to trade it for my present 2015 GTS. I then advertised it on Cars.com and had many REAL BUYERS within 3 days. I sold the car for more than the dealership offered me in trade. Yet, at closing for the GTS, the tax far exceeded my anticipated profit on the 2013. I am providing a lesson. Please research ahead. Pure stupidity on my part is not an excuse.
07-31-2017, 03:09 PM
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07-31-2017, 04:00 PM
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I bring up an alternative that has not been discussed. I became bored with my 2013 991 C2 PDK after 14 months of ownership. I first went to my local deakership and tried to trade it for my present 2015 GTS. I then advertised it on Cars.com and had many REAL BUYERS within 3 days. I sold the car for more than the dealership offered me in trade. Yet, at closing for the GTS, the tax far exceeded my anticipated profit on the 2013. I am providing a lesson. Please research ahead. Pure stupidity on my part is not an excuse.
But because I traded on another car that was only 7k more, I only had to pay sales tax on 7k rather than 107k. That saved me $7000 in sales tax, essentially making up the delta between my trade-in value and what I could have maybe sold it for. Without any hassle; show up, swap keys with the dealer, drive home.
Of course,
a) OP may be just unloading the car, not replacing it, or
b) some states don't work that way.