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Ken
Member Since: 20 Feb 2006
Location: Here
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Very Annoyed wrote:Am I right in thinking that you deal with a dealership beginning with B?
Depends on what I'm buying why want me to get you a Mini
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 21st Sep 2006 9:42 pm |
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DN
D3 Decade
Member Since: 24 Jun 2006
Location: W.London.
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No, I think it must be Mrs VA's replacement for the D3, so Mr VA can have that and the RRS all to himself. (well thats what I'd do FWIW). 
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| 21st Sep 2006 9:45 pm |
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Ken
Member Since: 20 Feb 2006
Location: Here
Posts: 10865
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Very Annoyed wrote:Thinking about a cooperS conv, Auto!
Long wait for the new one
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| 21st Sep 2006 9:50 pm |
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azure111s
Member Since: 20 Sep 2006
Location: Wiltshire
Posts: 155
 
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To explain further and answer the query....
Had planned to buy from local dealer. Originally looking at a 6 month old car but also considering new. To say that I was faffed around by said dealer over the course of a couple of days is an understatement. Thought to myself that I must be able to get a better deal (and better service!) - you know - how you just sense that their pledge of "the best they can do", really is some way short of what you think they ought to be able to do.
Then, stumbled across Broadspeed and thought I'd give them a try. The important bit is that they're NOT a vendor themselves. They search for the best deal for you and put you in touch with that dealer. Turned out that I needed to drive just 30 miles for a massively better deal and the sort of service that I knew the original dealer was failing to provide. The car was bought as though I had made the initial enquiry - as though I rang them myself or walked in off the street. Knowing that I had a good deal before even speaking to the dealer made for a healthier relationship IMHO.
Seems that Broadspeed make their money by charging the dealers to advertise their best deals with them. The consumer does not pay any extra - just the price that the dealer offers through Broadspeed at initial contact. Sure, it means that you might not get the exact spec you're looking for (which suited me as I was just after an S spec with towbar), and it's probably already in stock (a good thing, not a bad thing, I thought).
I had already decided not to part-ex, but sell privately. Broadspeed would have offered a part-ex deal but I didn't ask.
Should stress that I have absolutely no association with broadspeed - just 'speaking as I find'.
Nick.
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| 21st Sep 2006 10:27 pm |
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wiggs
Member Since: 03 Sep 2006
Location: Manchester
Posts: 14368
 
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I have just purchased a SE in black with privacy glass (manual) .
I went into my local dealer with the best internet price of £34,164..(there list price was £37,910) and said if you can match that i will buy it today...i didn't need the car till November so i was prepared to wait/haggle .
He disapeared out the back for 10 mins and said if i take it before the end of the month then YES..
So signed my life away and now picking it up tommorow. 
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| 22nd Sep 2006 3:13 pm |
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Ajolious
Member Since: 01 Aug 2006
Location: Plymouth
Posts: 118
 
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My deal has been slightly different but the basic idea behind the internet brokers is that they do the leg work for you, just like the thousands of other price comparison websites for all sorts of things. In the end you are put in contact with a dealership with whom you foster a normal customer/vendor relationship. The Sale of Goods Act 1979 and the Sale & Supply of Goods to Consumer Regulations 2002, still apply. The broker either takes a slice from your pocket or that of the dealer, but this tosh about dealing with someone in loft somewhere or not being able to take it back is completely wrong.
It all comes down to what price you are happy to pay - do you want it now (end of year 06 model to clear for the sales figures), are you happy to wait (07MY being delivered next week), are you happy to pay more to deal with your local dealer, or want to save money because you are happy to buy from a more distant dealership? Let's not get hung up on it all, someone somewhere either wins or loses what ever method we use to buy them - you do it however it suits you best. Suggest we draw this all to a close and get out there and drive....
"De Lana Caprina Rixari"
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| 27th Sep 2006 3:00 pm |
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