australiamaybe

Contrary it is quite obviously going down. No need to make it money making but then again no point in making it money losing.

ray2gill

[QUOTE=sammyg;7373243 We were going to use A1 but thought it was a bit suss. you have to pay a non refundable deposit and THEN they start the reverse auction. [/QUOTE]

Well it's an auction how is the deposit going to be paid otherwise?

Like any auction you set a reserve i.e. the maximum price you will pay in this case. The only problem with payent we incurred was transfering the money as there is a daily limit set by banks to 3rd party accounts (not yourself).

Because of the deals going on at the time we actually purchased the car in July but didn't take delivery until mid September. The dealer stored it for us as was requested in the spec.

If using an auction to buy a car then make sure you specify everything you require in the specification beforehand.

Geelong Gent

Like these?

http://www.offthebeatentrack.com.au/

http://www.outbackcampers.com.au/index.htm

Car volumes have dropped over 30% in last few months so even bigger discounts coming. Have my eyes on the new 200 to sit next to our existing Prado. During the sales first work out what model and extras you want. Then email around 10 surrounding dealers and start the haggling.
We started at $105k (list price with extras) and got down to $65k

desperatehousewife

Just like those

Exactly what we intend to do, if things there are anything like here then there are huge discounts to be had esp for the higher end motors

Lindsay x

No Dramas

Do you have a web link for AI Car Brokers?

slipshot

www.carbroker.com.au

No Dramas

Cheers, I will take a look. I am arriving in September and looking for a deal on a Toyota Kluger.

Broad Shoulders

Toyota Prados are a cheaper 4x4 8 seater alternative to a LandCruiser. I believe they start at around $50k, might be cheaper in these times. Mitsubishi are running some very aggressive deals right now and their Pajero seems to be an Aussie favourite plus have 5 year warranty.

We bought a Toyota Tarago (Previa in UK) about 18 months ago. The retail was $56k but we managed to get the dealer down to $48k, then we put the trade-in on top of that. I followed a bit of advice a mate of mine gave me. He was ex-car salesman and said I should send an email to all the Toyota dealerships in the region with the model and extras of the vehicle you wanted (colour, options etc) so the dealers know exactly what you want and told me not to provide any contact details other than my email address so I wouldn't get hounded on the phone day and night. I set them a week deadline in the email saying that the cheapest deal would get my business, guaranteed.
They were litterally fighting to get my business and I kept playing them off each other. Once we agreed on the price of the vehicle, only then did I tell them that we had a trade-in, to avoid them ripping me off and making up what they lost on the new car on the trade-in. I ended up getting $9k on a car that redbook.com.au reckoned I would only get $7.5k for.

I know we got a really good deal because I originally went through some brokers, who claimed that they didn't make any money on the actual vehicles and only took a flat fee $500 commission from me once the sale went through. The best price they were able to get me was $52k, a whole $4k more than going myself through the dealerships. When I told them this suddenly they said they could match it, funny that! I didn't trust them anymore so I ended up doing it myself through the dealership.

In these difficult times for dealerships I reckon you could easily do much better than I did

Broad Shoulders

They were the brokers I am referring to in the above post. Don't use them, you will do better without them and they will lie about not taking a cut of the vehicle price

DrWho

I'd be more than careful about stating that in a public forum. Australia has some of the harshest defamation laws in the Western world. FWIW I used them and they beat every dealer easily...