Selling your vehicle in New Zealand
There is a lot of information on the internet about buying a vehicle, but not as much about selling your vehicle in New Zealand. You have three options:
Dealer Buyback. With this method, you get the dealer to give you a written guarantee that they will repurchase the vehicle from you when you want to sell it. The significant advantage to this is that you don’t have to worry about how to sell the vehicle. You can keep it until the last few days of your trip. The disadvantage is that you will get only about 50% of what you paid for it.
Sell it Yourself. Put an ad in the local newspaper or on the internet and sell the vehicle yourself. This method can get good results but is more time-consuming than other ways of selling.
The Ellerslie Car Fair. This place is not as well known to foreigners as the other places listed above. However, is the best place to sell your vehicle if you are not using a dealer buyback. It is merely a parking lot. You rent a spot which costs $35.00 and people go there to buy a vehicle. It is open only Sunday mornings from 9 to 12 (8 a.m. for sellers). There are mechanics on hand to do vehicle inspections and people to help you with the change of ownership and other details.
It is located near the Ellerslie Race Course on Green Lane in Auckland. I had set aside the last three weeks of my trip to sell my vehicle, but it took me a total of three hours to sell it at the Ellerslie Car Fair. I actually had other buyers waiting in line to buy it if the first deal fell through. If you don’t sell your vehicle at the Ellerslie Car Fair, your price is too high. Lower the cost and try again next week. It is also an excellent place to shop for vehicles, but I didn’t know about it when I was looking for mine.
Buying a Vehicle in New Zealand
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