Sell Your Car
We operate purely as a brokerage, i.e. selling customer's vehicles from our premises on their behalf. We have a showroom, sales hall and forecourt complex capable of housing in excess of 250 vehicles.
Vehicles are entered into our system with a reserve price agreed with the owner. No vehicle may be sold under the reserve price without the owners express agreement verbal or written.
All vehicles are exposed to our comprehensive advertising package which includes entry to the AutoTrader and Exchange and Mart internet sites.
- No charges are rendered until the vehicle is sold or withdrawn from the system
- All vehicles are comprehensively insured while in our custody
- Advantages to our system
Finance
We are FSA approved licensed credit brokers, and can arrange competitive finance packages. This greatly broadens the customer base for a vehicle, and allows us to effect a sale where a private vendor could not.
Warranties
We are a WMS Warranty approved dealership, and can supply warranties on every vehicle sold. Obviously this helps to give peace of mind to a potential buyer.
Part Exchange
We have the facility to take any vehicle in part-exchange. In no way does this effect the vendor, who is paid out in full. Again, this facility enables us to effect a sale where a private vendor could not.
Internet
As part of our service the internet enables buyers to make a bid on your vehicle even while we are closed, from anywhere in the world, making this a 24hr a day sale service.
These facilities represent the four major reasons why members of the general public choose to purchase a vehicle from Portway as opposed to buying privately. By selling your vehicle through Portway Motor Centre, these essential sales aids will become available to you. Plus peace of mind with no unwanted callers at your home or office, no dubious cheques or counterfeit cash.
What does this service cost?
We offer a fully inclusive package for our brokered sales system. When you entrust your vehicle to us, we cover all aspects of the sale, including the display and marketing of the vehicle, general advertising, and internet exposure via numerous highly successful websites. Our charge for this complete brokered sales package is £30 + VAT per week.
Please be assured that this is a FULLY inclusive fee, covering all of the benefits previously mentioned. We will also fully comprehensive insure your vehicle, covering your vehicle against any eventuality whilst in our care, including test drives and demonstrations. The cost of the insurance is dependent on the value of the vehicle.
| Value Of Vehicle | Insurance cost per week |
|---|---|
| £0.00 - £7,500 | £5.00 |
| £7500 - £15,000 | £10.00 |
| £15,000 - £22,500 | £15.00 |
| £22,500 - £30,000 | £20.00 |
| £30,000 - £50,000 | £25.00 |
| £50,000 & over | £30.00 |
For example if you have a vehicle valued at £5500 the cost of using our brokerage system will be £30.00 entry fee to cover all advertising and placement on our sale pitch and £5.00 insurance per week. So it will cost a total of £35.00 + VAT per week to sell your vehicle through us.
How we earn our money
You, the seller, give us the net figure that you would like returning for your vehicle and we try to earn our commission on top. For example, you want £3000 returning for your car, we will have to mark your vehicle up to £3499.
This gives us the chance to take bids on the vehicle and also the opportunity to take a part exchange. The difference between your reserve figure and the actual sale price achieved represents our commission.
The next step
Simply bring the vehicle along to us, where one of our sales staff will appraise it, and offer constructive advice regarding valuation for your reserve price. Details of the vehicle will then be entered onto our computer system, a process taking around 10 minutes.
An entry form is then produced, showing full details of the vehicle, along with the reserve price which we will aim for. Please bring all of the documentation that you have relating to the vehicle, i.e. log book, MOT certificate, service history, bills etc.
A detailed description and full colour image is available to be viewed on both Limelight's and over 100 other websites in the UK within a day of the vehicle's arrival, so we really do get to work straight away! You can then relax, secure in the knowledge that everything possible is being done to sell your vehicle in the quickest possible time.