expatgirl Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 I'm looking to sell my car, and was told that a typical practice is for the used car dealer to take it on a 3-month consignment. Is this common? There's no guarantee it will sell (though a minimum price is agreed upon), and if it doesn't, I will have lost 3 months of both the use of my car and the opportunity to sell it otherwise, with the dealer not assuming any risk that I can detect. Are there alternatives? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat paul Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 Hi,We sold our Clio last year usinghttp://www.argusauto.com its the French equiv. of 'Autotrader', I think !. If I remember correctly its a national publication but there are others which are more local. You could try a internet search for 'voitures occasion'.good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunday Driver Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 Apart from relinquishing use of the car for that period of time with no guarantee it'll be sold, there are other important risks involved.If you give your car to a dealer to sell on a sale or return commision basis, then anyone who buys it from that dealer gets full title to that car under what's called a mercantile agreement. If the dealer then goes bust before remitting the sale funds to you, then you have lost the car and you are just an unsecured creditor with little prospect of recovering your money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renaud Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 Why not try and sell it to a Brit on ebay? If it is left hand drive, and French registered it is interesting.Bon chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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