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Im looking at getting something like a kombi type van but struggling to determine what is a fair market price for one since there seems to be a much larger range in values than I see when buying a car.

Any tips or tools for this (like parkers) or simply research and keep a track of them -noting those that sell and those that don’t.


 
Posted : 11/09/2024 10:28 am
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Pick the model you want, and follow a few on Autotrader for a couple of weeks. All vans are over priced at the mo particularly VW's, so don't expect a bargain.


 
Posted : 11/09/2024 10:35 am
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Look at private sale asking prices along with trade prices, factor in things like service history and mileage and get a feel for what's reasonable or not.

A lot of dealers are still asking big money for vans, despite prices dropping significantly in the last 6 months or so.


 
Posted : 11/09/2024 10:36 am
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Condition varies massively with vans, knackered builder's van or mega-miles courier van to rarely used bike transporter. You don't seem to get the same variation with cars so age/miles seems to correlate more to price with them than it does with vans


 
Posted : 11/09/2024 11:00 am
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With the imminent arrival of the T7 there are good deals to be had on T6/T6.1 ATM, both used and new


 
Posted : 11/09/2024 11:02 am
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Use the reg no to check webuyanyvan.com, that's obviously trade or rock bottom so work out how much over that you are willing to pay.


 
Posted : 11/09/2024 11:32 am
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Prices are all over the place, they have been for a few years.

As said above keep an eye on likely candidates for a few weeks, and watch what they sell for, eBay and market place are better for this.

I spent a few months around two years ago looking for my Vito, the good ones were getting snapped up immediately for strong money, so I knew there was going to be very little haggling when I found the right one.

12.5k for a 9 year old van, but two years on its been the best vehicle I've had.


 
Posted : 11/09/2024 12:25 pm
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Price shown with or without VAT makes a huge, (well, 20% difference) too.


 
Posted : 11/09/2024 12:38 pm
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Thanks. The number of different variables does make it quite a bit harder to find vans that tick the right boxes which is perhaps why they command a premium, since the result is there aren’t many ‘comparable’ vehicles.

12.5k for a 9 year old van sounds quite ‘cheap’ from what I can see of asking prices!


 
Posted : 11/09/2024 5:08 pm
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12.5k for a 9 year old van sounds quite ‘cheap’ from what I can see of asking prices!

Depends on the context, I remember before everything went mental with brexit, covid, Ukraine and whatever else that was the going rate for a pre-registered Vivaro/Traffic


 
Posted : 11/09/2024 5:14 pm
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Context being current asking prices!


 
Posted : 11/09/2024 5:20 pm
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Over priced - dont expect a bargain - doesn't compute.

Surely over priced wont sell?

Asking as I want to sell a T5 and haven't a clue where prices are!


 
Posted : 11/09/2024 8:14 pm
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Try a Stealth ad on stw and see if any takers…


 
Posted : 11/09/2024 8:46 pm

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