Beverly Hills Car Club, Bad Economy I Guess? Options

[windforfun]

My car is pristine & 99% stock with only 49K miles. I sent these guys some pics just for the hell of it. Their verbal offer was really sad. These guys are typical horse traders.

And at my age:

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[Freezin 914]

I know this will sound crazy, but I have sold BHCC 2 cars. Both times were very easy, an virtually painless.
Yes, they don’t want to pay top dollar, yes, they mark the car up quite a bit more than they pay. They also, pick them up, ship them across the country, which isn’t cheap.
One car was a project car, had some rust issues, but a car that should have been fixed. The other was my weekend driver. Very reliable, but was also a very nice project car that could be driven as it was fixed up.
In both circumstances, I personally didn’t want to have 200 phone calls and untold amount of texts, 10 test drives, then deal with, do they even have the money. Both times I had money in my account within an hour. The cars were picked up within 3 days of sale.
Do they sell some junk, YES! They do!
But with any sort of volume buyer/seller that is going to happen. I am sure they have a few good cars come through their hands as well. The buyers need to be educated and ask questions. But this is true with any vintage vehicle purchase, or they could get burned.
At the end of the day, the seller needs to be comfortable with the sale price. And the buyer if a retailer, needs to make money or they won’t stay in business. For me, it was a bit less money. For the trade off of less questions, less time for sale, no test drives, less pictures/videos sent, etc.
Anyone trying to sell to a dealer, most likely is not going to get the same money as they would selling to a collector/ enthusiast. If the car is an excellent example, there are definitely better avenues to take other than BHCC.
My .02 cents.