Why Should I Choose Car Arena to Help Me Sell My Car?

Each day more and more people are choosing to sell their car through Car Arena, the safe and secure way to get the best possible offer for your car. We’re now providing a viable alternative to the traditional ways of selling your car.

When you consider the alternatives and their drawbacks, it is easy to see why people are switching over to Car Arena for a quick, hassle free sale at the best possible price.

Traditional Methods – Selling My Car Privately

Whilst this method can attract a premium price to what you may receive when selling to a dealer, it is also the most difficult and risky way to sell your car.

Some of the pitfalls you may face when trying to sell your car privately:-

• Expensive to advertise and not guaranteed to sell.
• Test Pilots and Dreamers may turn up but without enough even money to buy your car for what you are asking.
• Some will arrange a time with you but fail to turn up at all.
• They may need to come back with a friend who is a mechanic to have a look over the car and then pull it to pieces to try and get you to reduce your asking price.
• Insist on a test drive without valid insurance.
• If you are lucky enough to sell your car – how do you accept payment securely
  • Cash – is it counterfeit.
  • Bankers Draft – Only means the funds were in their account when the draft was produced.
  • Bank transfer – who keeps the car whilst you wait for the funds to clear?

Traditional Methods – Part Exchanging My Car.

Sometimes this is the easy option for people who are buying a new or newer car from a dealer. The problem is that the dealer may not necessarily want your old car, so to offer you an acceptable price for your car they use the profit out of the car you are buying to subsidise it. Often you can get a better discount off the car you are buying if you don’t have a part exchange. Many part exchange cars are sold on in the trade or at auction and dealers have to factor in potential losses in the deal for your new car.

Dealers are also aware that once you have made up your mind on your new car, the deal is virtually done so they may feel they can offer less than what it is really worth, knowing how much you want that new car. Saying things like, they have had a lot of interest on the car they are selling, if you go away trying to sell your car it may not be there when you return.

Modern Methods – Selling Your Car to a Cash for Car Company

In recent years, with the growth of the internet and the online tools to help companies’ value cars it has become easier and often safer to sell your car online.

Simply by entering your details on a website you receive a cash offer for your car. Some companies are more ethical than others. It is worth dealing with a company you can discuss the deal with on the phone so you are certain they have valued the car including any dents, scuffs or scratches. Some companies insist you drive the car to them and then reduce their offer because of damage they claim you hadn’t told them about. They then can take up to five days to pay for the car.

Why is Car Arena Different to Other Cash For Car Companies?

Yes we are a cash for car company but we differ in the way we operate. Instead of buying your car and hopefully selling it on for a profit, our network of registered car buyers, dealers and traders will make us offers on the car as soon as you have listed it for sale on Car Arena.

This means that we don’t have to hedge our bets by making lower offers to reduce the chances of being stuck with a car that can’t be sold for profit. We can make strong offer safe in the knowledge that is what one of our dealers has already offered for the car.

We never send your personal details out to our registered users, all they see is enough information on your car that allows them to make a genuine offer.

Once we have what we consider a good offer, we will make this offer to you. You only ever have to deal with your account manager at Car Arena. We only get paid when a dealer buys a car from Car Arena so we work hard to get you the best deal we can. We will discuss our offers with you to ensure they are as accurate as possible. Any offers you receive are genuine cash offers; there are no hidden admin charges, collection fees or TAX contribution fees to be deducted from this.

We use an independent collection company to come to you at a convenient time to collect your car and you are paid in full by secure bank transfer. This takes 10 to 15 minutes to clear into your account. Our drivers wait with you until you can confirm you have the cleared funds before we leave with your car

The best bit is, this comprehensive service is completely free to you the seller of the car, you really have absolutely nothing to lose by seeing what you could sell your car for on Car Arena. If you are not happy with any cash offers you receive to sell your car you are not under any obligation to accept them. Just let us know and we can remove your details from the system.