Is Parkers Price guide any good?

Is Parkers Price guide any good? The real prices I see advertised on autotader website seem way higher than what Parkers say they should be.

Are there any other online price guides, preferably free to use.

Reply to
P Parsons
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The message from P Parsons contains these words:

They're not "real" prices - they're the level at which the dealer would like you to start haggling.

Reply to
Guy King

Depends where in the country you live. Best bet is to buy a copy of your local free-ads paper and see what similar cars are being advertised at then price yours accordingly.

Darren

Reply to
Darren Jarvis

What about Lady Penelopes?

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Martin

The message from "Martin" contains these words:

You suggesting The Pink Lady's cheap?

Reply to
Guy King

I agree. Parkers can be used as an indication how certain cars vary but, in common with other guides, can be £1,000 out either way! Use the local paper as a guide to see how your region compares with the guide.

We recently bought a car in the trade for more than 'book' retail and sold it for far more than that. Equally, I took in a T Reg Peug 106 without power steering for £800 under book yesterday.

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Alan Steele - Steeles of Worthing

Yus m'lady

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Martin

The message from "Martin" contains these words:

She'll twist the knob on her teapot if you're not careful.

Reply to
Guy King

I always go by Autotrader for current prices, as these are the prices that people are actually asking for and selling cars at (most of them, some people ask some silly prices, but they drop it next week after no calls). Sometimes, Parkers and Glassess (spelling) say something is worth, £5000, but you never see them going for that in AT, you see them at £4500 or £4000, so this is a more realistic price. Can go the other way as well. Normally, this is on the more specialist type of cars, where they seems to be at least a grand either way on the prices the guide says and the prices that they are actually selling for. As for your mainstream cars, there fairly close, but like I said, I'd go by AT.

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8unker

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