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So I put my 2013 50th Anniversary edition Gallardo Spyder up for sale a couple of weeks ago. My asking price is $139,995, which I think is a very fair price (and maybe a bit low), but hey, I'm selling it as a private owner and not a dealer so I figure it probably needs a private seller discount, especially since someone who buys it from me would not get the tax benefit of a trade in. So today I received a text from a woman asking if I have the service records. It's her only question in the text. The answer to that question of course is absolutely - they are all in order and scanned to a single pdf file for easy emailing. So I email it off. Within 3 minutes of getting my service records she offers me $130,000 for the car and tells me she buys used cars for a local BMW dealer. My BS meter is already on high alert given all the stories I've heard from guys who have tried to sell their Lambo by themselves, so I decide to call said local BMW dealer and see if this woman exists. To my utter amazement she indeed exists and truly does buy used cars for the dealership. Says all I need to do is bring the car in with the title, they check it out and if it's as advertised (i.e., no undisclosed damage) they write me a check for $130k and I'm on my merry way in 45 minutes.
I have to admit the idea of selling the car to a dealer is appealing --- no worries about checks clearing, people just taking the car out for a joy ride, me wasting my time, etc. Has anyone else done this? Is there any room to negotiate in these deals? Also I kinda feel like maybe I priced the car too low if the dealer is offering $10k below my asking price.
In addition to all of that, I have to admit that I'm a bit emotional. This is my first supercar. Like so many others on this forum I had the Lambo poster hanging on my wall as a kid and it was quite an exhilarating day when I bought the car almost five years ago. And it's been a PERFECT car in all aspects, including mechanically. My emotions are all over the place! I could be a character in a Hallmark romance movie right now....
Advice welcomed!!
I have to admit the idea of selling the car to a dealer is appealing --- no worries about checks clearing, people just taking the car out for a joy ride, me wasting my time, etc. Has anyone else done this? Is there any room to negotiate in these deals? Also I kinda feel like maybe I priced the car too low if the dealer is offering $10k below my asking price.
In addition to all of that, I have to admit that I'm a bit emotional. This is my first supercar. Like so many others on this forum I had the Lambo poster hanging on my wall as a kid and it was quite an exhilarating day when I bought the car almost five years ago. And it's been a PERFECT car in all aspects, including mechanically. My emotions are all over the place! I could be a character in a Hallmark romance movie right now....
Advice welcomed!!