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Welcome to sell-a-car.org, the online one stop shop for the best free advice on how to sell your second hand car quickly and achieve the best possible selling price. Below you will find information about what steps to take in order to sell your car, including how to decide on the price, the best places to advertise for maximum exposure to the appropriate buyers, helpful tips on how to present your car in the best way, and how to close the deal and walk away with the most cash.
Whether your car is relatively new, slightly older, or fast becoming a classic, it will always have a market value. Even the most worn out rust heaps will be of some value to someone. The goal of selling any car is to obtain the highest possible market value from a willing purchaser, within an acceptable period of time. There is no one ideal method to do this, in fact the best way to sell a car will be slightly different for almost every car. From how to decide on the value, to where to advertise, to how best to prepare the car for potential purchasers to view it – all of these aspects depend upon several factors including the type of car and the timeframe in which you wish to sell it.
Steps to Selling Your Car
1. Decide on the appropriate value
The easiest and most reliable way to decide how much your car is worth is to look at what prices are being asked for similar cars in your area. There are a number of ways to do this, ranging from freely available online tools, to trawling through local newspapers and magazines. Click here for more information on deciding the best price for your car.
2. Decide whether to sell privately
This section mainly concerns those who are selling their car in order to replace it with another car. If you are purchasing a new car from a dealership you will have the option to trade in your existing car. Depending on many factors, this can be a good or a bad financial decision. You may also be able to trade your car in to a smaller, private dealer. There are also some car dealers who will buy your car from you even if you are not buying another car.
3. Prepare the car for sale
Preparing your car to be sold can be rather more in depth than simply giving it a quick wash! There are many other ways in which a little bit of time and money spent could help achieve a far greater sale price in the end. It all depends on how much hassle you are prepared to go to in order to get the best price.
4. Decide on where to advertise your car
Advertising your car in the right places is very important in order to reach the maximum number of interested buyers, and more importantly attracting the right kind of buyer. You have literally dozens of options, and which options you choose will depend on the car you are selling and how much money you are prepared to pay for advertising it. There are many free services to take advantage of, and a few options which cost a bit of money but could well be worth it in the long run.
5. Know what to do when people come to view the car
When people actually turn up to look your car over and decide whether to buy or not, there are a few important things you need to consider doing, besides the obvious such as giving it a good wash! You stand a much better chance of selling the car if you are well prepared. Know the history of the car, and have documentation such as receipts, service history and old MOT certificates ready to show the potential purchaser. Also, do your best to appear a good careful owner – as the old saying goes, you can tell a lot about a car by its owner.
6. Negotiating the price and completing the sale
Don’t expect to be offered the full price for the car straight away. Buyers will always try to haggle on price and get themselves a discount. The key is to not appear inflexible, be prepared to reduce the price a little, but still obtain a decent amount of cash for yourself in the end. For example, if you are asking for £2000 and the buyer offers £1750, you might decide to accept at £1900. The buyer still feels like they have got a deal, but you have only given up a 5% discount, which probably won’t make that much difference in the long run. The small discount could convince a previously unsure buyer that they should agree to buy. The best way to be paid for a car is always in cash – never accept cheques from someone you don’t know. If the buyer hasn’t got enough cash on the day, you can offer to take a deposit of a few hundred quid to secure the car for them, but make it conditional that they come to collect with the rest of the money within a week or so. Make sure you get the V5 documentation signed and dated properly and send it off yourself, otherwise you could be liable for the new owner’s speeding tickets!
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