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brcacti |
Dec 11 2020, 11:47 AM
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1974 914 1.8 Group: Members Posts: 674 Joined: 17-July 19 From: PHX AZ 60 miles south Member No.: 23,302 Region Association: Southwest Region |
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914forme |
Feb 18 2021, 03:05 PM
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Times a wastin', get wrenchin'! Group: Members Posts: 3,896 Joined: 24-July 04 From: Dayton, Ohio Member No.: 2,388 Region Association: None |
Loads of cars are moved around in the collector world by this arrangement. A BMW place right out the back gate of my office does this all the time. See all sorts of cars come and go, and most of them are (IMG:style_emoticons/default/drooley.gif) The dealer has built a network and you are hoping that that network will appreciate your car, and or they will have a customer who has been looking for your car. If they sell it they work out the deal, and you sell your car. They will most likely charge a fee, arrange transport, you can remain a bit anonymous and not deal with tire kickers, and people who want to test drive your car or just look about your place. That can be worth the dealers take on a sale. Out of my last three cars two of them where purchased via a similar arrangement. I know a guy, who knew the owner, who dealt with a dealer, all good networking. In the end everyone got what they wanted. I even got a fair deal to boot. And I picked some very epic cars in the process. |
mountainroads |
Feb 18 2021, 04:23 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 210 Joined: 19-February 12 From: Seattle Member No.: 14,145 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Loads of cars are moved around in the collector world by this arrangement. A BMW place right out the back gate of my office does this all the time. See all sorts of cars come and go, and most of them are (IMG:style_emoticons/default/drooley.gif) The dealer has built a network and you are hoping that that network will appreciate your car, and or they will have a customer who has been looking for your car. If they sell it they work out the deal, and you sell your car. They will most likely charge a fee, arrange transport, you can remain a bit anonymous and not deal with tire kickers, and people who want to test drive your car or just look about your place. That can be worth the dealers take on a sale. Out of my last three cars two of them where purchased via a similar arrangement. I know a guy, who knew the owner, who dealt with a dealer, all good networking. In the end everyone got what they wanted. I even got a fair deal to boot. And I picked some very epic cars in the process. Thanks for offering an explanation. I get that. What I don't understand is why THIS particular car (as well as several others) keeps coming up for sale as regularly as it does. Are the "buyers" just other dealers and the car is never really "sold", just moved around? Otherwise, there are costs associated with each transfer, sales tax among others, which will eat into any appreciation profit if you are a flipper. Not to mention whatever is "invested" into the car along the way. Or, do some guys just get quickly bored with their new toys so they move on to the next one and the expense really doesn't matter to them? Just curious. As I said, I would expect a car apparently as nice and somewhat rare as this, to disappear into a collection for an extended period of time. - MR |
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