Parker's or What Car? for used car prices

Jon D

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Apr 26, 2007, 2:33:20 PM4/26/07

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Which gives a more accurate price for a used car?
"Parker's"
"What Car's Guide To Used Car Prices"

Online these guides vary by 10% or so.
(Am sure Glass's is better but they charge online for each lookup.)

Am not seeking a spot-on price but I want to browse a range/model and
see relative prices. Doing this online can be slow work.

Thanks.

SteveH

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Apr 26, 2007, 2:36:20 PM4/26/07

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Jon D <j...@nomail.com> wrote:

Look for the exact model, spec. and year you want on Autotrader, take
the average of the lowest and highest price and that's probably more
accurate than either Parkers or What Car....

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Dr Zoidberg

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Apr 26, 2007, 3:26:37 PM4/26/07

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You can get free Glass's trade in valuations on the vauxhall website.
They won't tell you retail or private sale prices obviously , but you can
guesstimate a fair margin on top and if you want to compare prices of
different models they'll be fine
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Jon D

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Apr 26, 2007, 6:03:28 PM4/26/07

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On 26 Apr 2007, SteveH <st...@italiancar.co.uk> wrote:

> Jon D <j...@nomail.com> wrote:
>
>> Which gives a more accurate price for a used car?
>> "Parker's"
>> "What Car's Guide To Used Car Prices"
>>
>> Online these guides vary by 10% or so.
>> (Am sure Glass's is better but they charge online for each lookup.)
>>
>> Am not seeking a spot-on price but I want to browse a range/model and
>> see relative prices. Doing this online can be slow work.
>
> Look for the exact model, spec. and year you want on Autotrader, take
> the average of the lowest and highest price and that's probably more
> accurate than either Parkers or What Car....
>
>

But what about the extra uplift in price for haggling purposes which
will have been included in the Autotrader prices?

SteveH

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Apr 26, 2007, 6:08:29 PM4/26/07

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Jon D <j...@nomail.com> wrote:

> > Look for the exact model, spec. and year you want on Autotrader, take
> > the average of the lowest and highest price and that's probably more
> > accurate than either Parkers or What Car....
> >
> >
>
> But what about the extra uplift in price for haggling purposes which
> will have been included in the Autotrader prices?

See that word 'average'.......

Jon D

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Apr 26, 2007, 6:22:56 PM4/26/07

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On 26 Apr 2007, SteveH <st...@italiancar.co.uk> wrote:

> Jon D <j...@nomail.com> wrote:
>
>> > Look for the exact model, spec. and year you want on Autotrader,
>> > take the average of the lowest and highest price and that's
>> > probably more accurate than either Parkers or What Car....
>> >
>> >
>>
>> But what about the extra uplift in price for haggling purposes
>> which will have been included in the Autotrader prices?
>
> See that word 'average'.......

But even the average is going to be uplifted if all the prices are
uplifted!

SteveH

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Apr 26, 2007, 6:23:34 PM4/26/07

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Jon D <j...@nomail.com> wrote:

But the 'low' price will include those that are priced at bargain
basement prices because their either fucked, being sold by a numpty
seller, being priced to get shot of ASAP or a combination of all 3.

Nick Finnigan

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Apr 27, 2007, 4:38:47 AM4/27/07

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Jon D wrote:
> Which gives a more accurate price for a used car?
> "Parker's"
> "What Car's Guide To Used Car Prices"
>
> Online these guides vary by 10% or so.

IME recently Parkers is always high, What Car more realistic.
Might be different down South though.