Thinking of selling your car? Ensure you’re getting what it’s truly worth

If you’re selling your car, and it’s got some scuffs, chips and dents, should you fix it before selling?

According to the car buyers at get\Worth, it’s not worth it. Most buyers will do an inspection and factor the condition into the price that they pay. Then the dealer will bring the car up to showroom condition. But they have relationships, so can normally get the work done at a lower price. So you might actually spend more on repairs than the difference it would make to the price; plus you have to go through the trouble and inconvenience. Quality is also a factor – the worst of all would be if your repairer does a poor job and the dealer has to repeat the work.

If your car is out of plan, should you keep servicing it? 

Absolutely yes, according to the people at get\Worth. Services are there to keep your car running smoothly. If you miss a service, you risk reducing the mechanical reliability of your car. For the same reason, it can also affect the price you get for your car when you sell it.  

If you’re driving very little mileage and you miss an annual service, make sure you still hit your mileage services (normally every 10 000 to 15 000km).

Buying or selling a car is a big deal and sellers should be rewarded for looking after their cars, as this increases the quality and safety of used cars in the market.

Get\Worth has therefore created a product specifically designed to help the consumer sell smart. This is a first-of-its-kind product for car sellers. It pays an upfront cash amount when the seller sells their car to the company.

Get\Worth then markets the car at a realistic price that the seller has specified in their contract. When the vehicle sells, they pay the seller a bonus amount – which is the difference between the actual selling price and the upfront cash amount already paid to the seller with fees and all necessary reconditioning costs. 

One of the biggest challenges in this industry is to determine a realistic value for a car. Get\Worth offers an innovative solution for motorists looking to sell their vehicle. Their tech uses a variety of factors, including economic indicators, repo rate and inflation, to help them accurately predict values on a retail and trade level.

All their offers are based on live market data, not generic or assumed values. This means clients are receiving fair value based on what the market has to offer. More importantly, get\Worth focuses on good-quality vehicles – an integral part of both the buying and selling process.