Price guide

DannyEss said

yeah but asking for ?2000 for a car with no mot or tax thats 30 years old is abit extreme whatever car it is.

Its quite clear to me that this car won't sell AT THIS PRICE. It might be a 'starting point' for negotiation or it will remain unsold.

penny said

The best guide to price is to monitor what prices similar mk1s having been selling for in the past month or so, that would give you the "market price" so to speak.

The problem is, I suppose, for prices of an s1 which don't come up for sale as often. The sellers, with a much rarer and arguably desirable mk1, have the luxury of going for whatever price they wish!! And on that basis you can't really complain.

Remember, where not communists!!

Yes but in addition to monitoring headline prices, there needs to be follow up to check 1. that the transaction went ahead and 2. what the price was. Since this is private between the buyer and seller then an assurance that individual sales won't be revealed, plus a level of reputation in the compiler (hence club input) would be needed.

Price of the car is dertermined by the condition of the car & the spec as opposed to a guide.

It depends on the seller of the car how much he wants for his car & the Buyer howmuch he wants to pay.

I dont think a guide is useful for classic cars.

is there a price guide on here then?

Where? :dontknow:

I am sure there was one seen it here before  :roll:

whatalotafun said

is there a price guide on here then?

Where? :dontknow:

The Mk1 Golf Owners Club

funnyfarm said

whatalotafun said

is there a price guide on here then?

Where? :dontknow:

The Mk1 Golf Owners Club

Welcome to the club.

You should go to the Newbie Forum and introduce yourself mate. We always offer a very warm welcome to everyone!

What do you drive?

T

cheers tian, and thanks for the link.

but i still can't find it myself!!

where is it found? :dontknow:

I didn't do anything bud, it was funnyfarm with his/her first post!

Have you clicked the link?

T :?

Tian said

I didn't do anything bud, it was funnyfarm with his/her first post!

Have you clicked the link?

T :?

i have clicked the link. it works fine.
ijust can't see how to get to it on the site! :dontknow:  i'm trying

whatalotafun said

Tian said

I didn't do anything bud, it was funnyfarm with his/her first post!

Have you clicked the link?

T :?

i have clicked the link. it works fine.
ijust can't see how to get to it on the site! :dontknow:  i'm trying

hi guys sorry to make such a weird first post the price guide is found on the home page to the right hand side i found it earlier

i currently looking at a mk1

ops: of course ops:

thanks for that funnyfarm
welcome, i'd say you've gotten off to a good start mate.

Wow, I've not been on for a while but it's nice to know that I've not missed out on much.

Still debating the price guide eh? A classic scenario of those who are happy with it and realise that it's always going to be slightly meaningless defending it against those who arn't happy with it but expect those that are happy with it to put the work in to update something that they're already happy with. Pointless.

Surely we must assume that those who want it changed just want higher prices displayed so that they stand a better chance of recovering what the car 'owes them'. Maybe you could just set up your own website and stick some made up prices on there so you can point to that as what your car is 'worth', it's still not going to make a difference to your sale price + you can't be bothered to do the research in the first place anyway so it's all a bit of a no go plan.

I'll side with those who are happy with it as it is.

Matt

MATTG said

Wow, I've not been on for a while but it's nice to know that I've not missed out on much.

Still debating the price guide eh? A classic scenario of those who are happy with it and realise that it's always going to be slightly meaningless defending it against those who arn't happy with it but expect those that are happy with it to put the work in to update something that they're already happy with. Pointless.

Surely we must assume that those who want it changed just want higher prices displayed so that they stand a better chance of recovering what the car 'owes them'. Maybe you could just set up your own website and stick some made up prices on there so you can point to that as what your car is 'worth', it's still not going to make a difference to your sale price + you can't be bothered to do the research in the first place anyway so it's all a bit of a no go plan.



I'll side with those who are happy with it as it is.

Matt

:clap:  :clap:  :clap:  :clap:

And now lets put it to bed…night night

Good night John Boy.

T

How many for, how many against the price guide as it is then (outdated)?

Why don't you create a new one based on how you see the market and then have a vote on whether people think that it's more accurate than the current one? That'd be a sensible way to do it.

At the moment you're asking people to choose between something and nothing.

Nobody ever got anything from nothing.

you dont get owt for nowt, as my Grandad would say

LOL!

bits of it are out of date imho - but as a guide as opposed to a bible it's okay.

though if anyone uses the guide to offer me ?50 for my '83 1.5 GX with 63k miles and a full engine rebuild I'll politely tell them where to go  

I just sold an 83 GL for ?750, which is way above the guide price for it, but it was what the car owed me, and the buyer was happy to pay it for the car he received.  

Any markets dictate their own prices by what vendors and purchasers agree…

Simple one guys


If your not happy with it

Rather than pass judgement or comment

Put your hands up and offer to re-write it

After all, this club is run by members for members - no one gets paid and its voluntary!!!

volunteers please step forward………..