It is a difficult one, part of me gets irritated at a circa £2000 profit for driving it 30 miles and sticking it in Autotrader but yes I realise it’s a business and has overheads etc etc.
Lets face it anyone with internet access and, ideally, a digital camera can sell a classic car these days. Ebay, Car & Classic the main avenues IMHO with numerous also rans, but when it comes to dealers who is buying them?
I can only assume it is psychological, a perception that a private seller is more likely to be “tucking you up” whilst a dealer is upright and honourable and of course you’ll have lots of consumer legislation to back you up should things go wrong. Though a recent high profile case (see this weeks Classic Car Weekly for the FULL story ) does rather give a lie to this.
I’m not fully conversant with the facts but as I understand it a women bought a 1930’s Bentley which she though was an original Speed Six, paying a whopping £95,000 :shock: ….some time later she finds it wasn’t a Speed Six, thus worth a lot less and not what she wanted so she tried to back the car and when they said no she sued the dealer. She won at the County Court but lost when they appealed to the High Court the judges ruling it was her responsibility to check the car thoroughly to make sure it was genuine, the dealer blurb I believe did not categorically state it was a Speed Six but I think may have give the general impression and implied it was.
Caveat Emptor may only be two words but they carry so much wisdom. :| :| :|
