car brokers

SWMBO likes the Citroen C2 (yeh, yeh), and is seriously thinking about
buying one, but the prices Citroen dealers are asking seems high to me,
even with the discounts.

I told her it would be cheaper to buy from a broker but then got stumped
by "what broker ?", not having gone that route before.

has anyone used a broker (who) and what were your experiences ?

thanks
LJ

in2minds wrote:

has anyone used a broker (who) and what were your experiences ?

I used one a couple of years ago to buy a new Vauxhall Zafira. Can't
recall who I'm afraid, but found him via the internet. It was excellent
- basically, he simply offered a price on the car which we accepted - it
was way, way lower than anything we could get conventionally from a
dealer. He then put us in touch with a franchised Vauxhall dealership
about 100 miles away, and the vehicle was ordered through them in
exactly the normal way. We paid a deposit direct to the dealership,
with the balance on collection; and fees or commission earned by the
broker came direct from the dealer I presume - we paid him not one
penny. The only disadvantage was having to travel to the dealer to
collect the car, otherwise the transcation was just the same as if we'd
done it at my local dealership (just several K cheaper!). A win-win
basically.

David

On Wed, 25 May 2005 13:03:50 GMT and in uk.rec.cars.misc, Lobster wrote....

in2minds wrote:

has anyone used a broker (who) and what were your experiences ?

I used one a couple of years ago to buy a new Vauxhall Zafira. Can't
recall who I'm afraid, but found him via the internet. It was excellent
- basically, he simply offered a price on the car which we accepted - it
was way, way lower than anything we could get conventionally from a
dealer. He then put us in touch with a franchised Vauxhall dealership
about 100 miles away, and the vehicle was ordered through them in
exactly the normal way. We paid a deposit direct to the dealership,
with the balance on collection; and fees or commission earned by the
broker came direct from the dealer I presume - we paid him not one
penny. The only disadvantage was having to travel to the dealer to
collect the car, otherwise the transcation was just the same as if we'd
done it at my local dealership (just several K cheaper!). A win-win
basically.

A mate used a broker for his Scenic Grande and saved about 5 grand. Was
messed about for around 6 months though but he still prefered the 5 grand.

--
sme

SWMBO likes the Citroen C2 (yeh, yeh), and is seriously thinking about
buying one, but the prices Citroen dealers are asking seems high to me,
even with the discounts.
I told her it would be cheaper to buy from a broker but then got stumped
by "what broker ?", not having gone that route before.
has anyone used a broker (who) and what were your experiences ?

I have recommended many friends to Pat Lawless at Carfile - a long
established and reliable firm.

One of those friends got a fantastic deal on a Citroen.

You pay Carfile nothing (they receive a commission from the dealer), your
transaction is entirely with a Citroen main dealer who will deliver the car
direct to your door, all included in the price quoted by Carfile.

www.carfile.net (they can get any car, not just the handful listed on the
website).