Argh! Nothing's ever easy is it? You are usually a helpful lot, so here we go.
I need to move a flat's worth of stuff from Durham to London. I reckon it'll all fit into a medium sized van - say a SWB transit or Vivaro or something like that. After hunting around and ringing up companies today the best I've been able to get quoted is 150 quid, with unlimited mileage, pick up at Newcastle Airport and drop off somewhere in London, in the space of 24 hours. Enterprise were cheaper but they don't rent vans out to under 25's (I'm 23).
That seems a bit steep to me, and I reckon it's because of the one-way business. But bringing a van back up here and then getting the train back down (another 250 miles of diesel and a 60 quid train fare) is a bit of an arse.
So, how about I buy a van, something reasonably decent, that I can sell on for the same (or nearly the same) money? I would have to pay for insurance, but can't you claim back months that you haven't used or something? I could probably come up with 1500 quid, provided I have a decent chance of getting almost all of it back.
What do I do?