Offloading a car to a dealer?

[Keyser Soze666]

I have Mazda 2 bought in 2013, top spec, cost Bt707,000.00 It's had one moderate accident, front side, that got fully repaired (as far as I can see) That aside, it looks almost as good as new still. 

 

Thinking of getting rid, but to advertise it and go through all that process of 'interested' parties coming to view etc, just seems like hard work.

 

So I'm thinking of seeing if a dealer/garage will take it. 

 

Would anyone like to guess how much I might get for it? And generally speaking, how much less would you one typically get from a dealer compared to a private sale?

 

Thanks for any help. 

[northsouthdevide]

Take it to Quick and ask how much they will give you for it, then surf some car sale sites and see what your model is going for. 

Usually, used car sales are quite buoyant here in Thailand, but I guess everything is up in the air at the moment. 

[Keyser Soze666]

8 minutes ago, northsouthdevide said:

Take it to Quick and ask how much they will give you for it, then surf some car sale sites and see what your model is going for. 

Usually, used car sales are quite buoyant here in Thailand, but I guess everything is up in the air at the moment. 

Yep, not a great time. Is Quick the best place to go, it's a rental joint, right?

[thequietman]

220,000 private. At a dealer, less. ????

[ExpatOilWorker]

200k sound about right if it has low mileage. 

Please share ur findings after you have visited a few tents.

[1FinickyOne]

you don't mention mileage but we just bought a mint one, maybe from 2012, 80k km and clean as a whistle, never hit, for 200k... sort of came with the house we were buying... people said we could get 250,000... ??

[gjoo888]

There are many used car "tents" where there are multiple dealers in one place, and areas where there are many dealers in close proximity to each other. Probably best to try a few and see what they offer. Just like in other countries, you'll get less than if you sold it yourself, but it's a lot less hassle to sell it to one of the dealers where they take care of everything. As others have said, the car market is pretty much dead right now. I have no idea what it's worth at a dealer, but I think 200,000 is at the very high end of what you might be offered.

[cracker1]

My experience observing dealers at auctions is they are not interested in buying cars that have been damage and they can tell ones they are.

[Scouse123]

I have sold three cars and got decent prices for them in cash quickly through a free ad on baht sold.

 

If you sell to a dealer, they only ring around and sell to a tent.

 

https://www.bahtsold.com/

[petermik]

7 hours ago, Scouse123 said:

I have sold three cars and got decent prices for them in cash quickly through a free ad on baht sold.

 

https://www.bahtsold.com/

If the price is right anything will sell quite easily....problem though is the difference between what the seller is asking and the buyer is prepared to pay

[Scouse123]

1 minute ago, petermik said:

If the price is right anything will sell quite easily....problem though is the difference between what the seller is asking and the buyer is prepared to pay

 

 

Of course you are right,

 

But Baht sold attracts a lot of private guys looking for a good deal for themselves, whereas the tents are looking to sell on so will offer very poor deals.

[Bob A Kneale]

A repaired, accident-damaged 7/8-year old Mazda 2 is unlikely to attract dealer offers over B200k.

[Satcommlee]

I have some experience in this.  The dealer will spot the repair job immediately, it will impact the price.  Whether by line group or whatever, you can guarantee that every dealer in the area will be told what was offered and nobody will offer you more than the initial offer.

[Know not me]

Just as an example I had a 2016 Toyota Prius which I sold to a private party for 450,000. The Toyota dealer dealer offered me 300,000. Better to try and sell it outright. A little more hassle but 125,000 is a fair amount of money.  Good luck.

[Don Mega]

That age with accident damage history, I reckon they will offer 150k at best as they will flip it for 250k.

[Vigilante]

Terrible time to try to sell anything right now.

[mr mr]

my family buffalo is sick and need help sir. can trade you rice for car ? have car my father can go get medicine too. so good for our family. please send green book for transfer. 

[Don Mega]

On 6/13/2020 at 6:21 AM, mr mr said:

my family buffalo is sick and need help sir. can trade you rice for car ? have car my father can go get medicine too. so good for our family. please send green book for transfer. 

When attempting to be funny please try to be accurate otherwise you will look a bit silly.

 

Cars have blue books.

[LawrenceN]

I had an Isuzu DMax that I sold two years ago. Went to two dealers, one independent, one a Toyota Sure lot. Both offered me ฿400,000. Good enough for me. I set the price at ฿450,000 and kept asking around. A golfing buddy bought it for 440,000.

 

Spend a few hours, not days, collecting offers for your car, and checking prices of similar cars on lots. Price between what they're offering you and what they're selling for on the lot. 

 

What are you replacing it with?