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    Default I hate waiting!

    Was meant to be picking up the new vectra on Thursday, maybe Friday depending on when the dealer could get it serviced and valeted. No biggie, I booked both days off work.

    I was intending on trading the Astra if it did not sell privately but there was a glimmer of hope on the horizon! A young lad saw it yesterday and wants it, but cannot raise the funds for another 10 days.

    So, my (easy to choose) dilemma is, do I just tell the lad to forget it and trade the Astra, not losing out on days off etc etc or do I wait the extra week and sell privately?! Talking about £1250 price differential minus what I would get for the extra bits I have for the Astra, maybe about £4-500 at the most.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RobW View Post
    Talking about £1250 price differential...
    Are you saying that's the difference between what you'll sell it for to the guy and the trade-in price? If so then I'd say wait the 10 days, I would for an extra £1250. To avoid the guy letting you down, I'd ask him for a deposit (£500 maybe) and that'll soon show how serious he is.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Duncan View Post
    I'd ask him for a deposit (£500 maybe) and that'll soon show how serious he is.

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    Agreed... get a deposit otherwise you wont see a penny !!

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    Yeah same as duncan get a deposit of the lad thatll show if he wants it.

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    Go for £200 deposit, if he's serious he'll pay it, if not trade it.

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    Good thinking.

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    Well, to be fair to the lad, when he came to see the car he refused a test drive because he was not insured. Kinda proves he is not a test-pilot!

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    Or he doesent want it and is selling a similar car and came to see competetion, not everyone is trustworthy get a deposit chap

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gregg View Post
    Or he doesent want it and is selling a similar car and came to see competetion, not everyone is trustworthy get a deposit chap
    Do people still go to all that trouble when flogging a secondhand car!?

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    maybe i am synical.
    Soldmy astra sri 3 weeks back i had a chap turn up who didnt want a test drive but had a good poke around, 2 days later on pistonheads an Astra sri comes up for sale from the same person who had been to view mine (well same contact details anyway)

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