5 Reasons to sell your car privately, with us

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5 Reasons to sell your car privately, with us

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The debate on how best to sell a private car is persistent, as there are benefits to any chosen route, depending on how you view the whole exercise. If driving to the nearest dealer and trading the car for whatever you’re offered is acceptable to you, then all good and well. It is simple and quick. Remember to ask them to drive you home again before you hand over the keys! If, however, you’d prefer to glean a legitimate value - more closely aligned to the value you place on your car - then selling privately is the only way to go. Wheel Index offers a complete concierge assistance service when selling your car. We can ensure that the sale of your car goes as smoothly as it possibly can, acting as your agent and facilitating the sale every step of the way.

Selling your car involves a quality of experience, not just the money involved. If you’d like to remain in complete control, be able to pitch a bottom line and have a pleasant experience of the transaction, private selling is the answer. Selling your car to a dealership can admittedly be very pleasant too, although there are different dynamics at play. Dealerships are industry players and swayed by manufacturers’ and peers business practices and often have to deal within a limited range of options. It’s a retail environment and salesmen have to make money. That said, one can understand that a dealership has overheads many times in excess of a private seller’s, whose are often just about zero when it comes to vehicle trading. All of which comes down to the price. A dealership is a reseller and can seldom afford to offer you anything like what you’ll fetch on the open market.

Here are five excellent reasons to sell your car privately, when you enlist us as your agents. Anyone who has ever sold a car will recognise the issues outlined here. Remember, it’s the quality of the experience of selling your car that you’re left with, long after the car is but a memory, and that starts right at the outset.

Selling your car with Wheel Index

Skills & competence
The reason most of us call an electrician when something goes “Fssszzzz!” on the DB board is because an electrician has the experience and expertise to look at a situation and fix it pronto, understanding as they do all possibilities and having seen it a dozen times before. Likewise, car valuations and sales are our daily workload. When you think about it, how often does the average citizen sell a car? With Wheel Index on board, we’ll bring years of experience to bear on your unique circumstances and desired outcomes, making the sales journey a pleasant and optimal one too. Employing our Car Valuation App, we’ll sort out the starting point and take the whole sales process in hand, while you keep the car in your possession.


Speed
Wheel Index operates within a short time frame on car sales. Precisely because we have all ducks in a row and needed intel and facilities on hand, we typically look at a one week to two months time frame. Most cars we handle are sold within a week or two, however, again because we have a great process at play and relieve both parties of much of the hassle of organising the sale and purchase of a car.


Transparency
We come with a simple offer: we’ll wrap up the entire sales process with all accompanying admin and charge you 3.5 percent of the value of the sale. That’s it. As transparent as it’s possible to be. If you’ve ever watched a dealer’s face while he stares at a screen trying to figure out just how little he can offer you, you’ll know that upfront costs and a fixed, agreeable price are huge reassurances. With a Car History Check on hand, the buyer too is reassured of the legitimacy of the sale, they’ll know that you’re prepared and committed to the sale, and this also helps filter out window shoppers and others who have no serious intention of buying.


The convenience of pre-qualified buyers
We come to you. You keep your car. We organise a professional local photographer to take the needed photos of your car and we advertise it. We do all of the conversing, screening and showing of your vehicle, in your presence. No difficult moments when papers are missing or essential items are absent. We’ll prepare you, your car and all needed admin to make the sale as seamless and pleasant as possible. There’s no running around and no sudden changes of plan. We’ll manage the sale of your car as and when suits you and always with your car’s value and your peace of mind uppermost. Do you really want to keep coming home and showing your car to those who are “just looking”? Let us do the heavy lifting while you enjoy knowing that everything is under control and set to attain your target price.


Safety
The point above on convenience carries another benefit. With us as your agents, you’ll never have to meet and greet buyers alone. We accompany all prospective buyers and connect you with only qualified buyers. We’ll even assist buyers with financing by putting them onto our nominated outlets for smooth and quick transacting. We’ll provide administration, facilitation and an on-the-ground presence whenever you show your car, keeping you free of attention from opportunistic scammers.

All of which makes for a pretty nifty selling experience! Enlist Wheel Index as your facilitators and we’ll make the sale as pleasant and professional as it’s possible to be. Contact us - call us, mail us or send us a text - we’ll come right back to you and get to work making your car sale the best it can be.
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