Bad day

[Flying Carrot Steve]

38 minutes ago, Craigieboy said:

Still waiting for an offer, hopefully in the next few days.

 

 

Fingers crossed they give you a good offer and don't mess you around mate. 

[Captain Colonial]

My personal experience with writing off a tin top or two is that the offer might be low.  Don't be afraid to reject the offer if it doesn't match your expectations.  Reject it politely and firmly, explaining in detail (include evidence of the sale price of other Westfields of similar age and equipment levels) why you think the valuation is too low in your opinion, and tell them to go back and reconsider, then contact you back.

[Craigieboy]

Thanks, sound advice.

I understand that the rule of thumb is to reject the first offer. Indeed the member of staff i spoke to on Tuesday, went over rejecting it too, so they must be expecting it.

[Rhett Turner - Black Country AO]

As Captain said, prepare and give them your expectations and sound rational. I too have been through the pain with a tin top and did just that, list of cars with similar mileages, specs and ages. they could not really argue too much once the evidence was provided.

 

it may be quite easy with a factory spec Mondeo but as it's potentially difficult to find an exact match for a Westi you may have to provide some higher and lower spec cars and justify where yours sits. You may even be able to talk to people like toy box on the likely price they'd be selling a car of that spec for. 

good luck