French members, please speak up !!

COLVERT · 29th May 2020, 21:29

I've been over here in France for the last 20 years and here also now and then before that for another 10.

I've found that the French vastly over-value things. Especially cars.

However, after having said that the guy you are dealing with will never get anywhere near what he's asking for his car.

Make him a silly offer and if he says no then just walk away from it after giving him your phone number.

If that car went to a French garage with all those faults that French guy would have to take out a mortgage to pay for it with what French garages charge.----

I've done that silly offer thing with two houses I've purchased over here and in both cases got many thousands of pounds off the asking price.--

£11,000 in one case and £40,000 in the other.

29th May 2020, 21:29	#35
COLVERT This is my second home R75 Saloon. Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: France/or Devon. Posts: 14,003 Thanks: 3,851 Thanked 2,167 Times in 1,816 Posts	I've been over here in France for the last 20 years and here also now and then before that for another 10. I've found that the French vastly over-value things. Especially cars. However, after having said that the guy you are dealing with will never get anywhere near what he's asking for his car. Make him a silly offer and if he says no then just walk away from it after giving him your phone number. If that car went to a French garage with all those faults that French guy would have to take out a mortgage to pay for it with what French garages charge.---- I've done that silly offer thing with two houses I've purchased over here and in both cases got many thousands of pounds off the asking price.-- £11,000 in one case and £40,000 in the other.