Advantages of buying directly from owner

Directly buying car used by owners from owners themselves shall be a very attractive proposal because of the fact that the vehicle would have been mostly handled properly. You also need to check the age of the person who was using the car. If the car was used by a youth, then you need to ensure the condition of the car before you proceed for purchasing the same.

Secondly it can end up in a real good bargain if you are going to buy the car directly from the owner. The price of a second hand car will be definitely expensive if you are planning to buy from a second hand car dealer because he would have added his profit margin, plus all the repairs and refurbishments which he would have done to give a face lift for the car.

Disadvantages of buying directly from owner

If you are going to buy directly from the owner, all the paper work needs to be done by you. You need to ensure the compliance part is adequately taken care to effect the sale, like contract paper, all taxes involved, insurance documents which as per the requirement of your state.

If you are buying car directly from the owner in many circumstances you will be buying the used car in ‘as is’ condition. If the condition of the car is slightly not good with few dents and damages, you will have to spend money to get the same repaired at your own cost. Most important thing is you will not be getting the warranty or customer service which you shall get from a used car dealer.

If you buy cars directly from the owners then you need to refurbish the car yourself. The working conditions should be thoroughly checked, and if you are not an expert in that subject then you may end up buying a wrong car at a wrong price. The cost of refurbishment at your used car dealers place will be definitely cheaper than what you do it yourself.

Although this may add up to its selling price; but the cost is very minimal compared to doing the refurbishing yourself at your local car shop.

Many a times the purchaser will not know the exact price of the car in the specified location and this may end up in purchasing the car at relatively higher price, than buying from a used-car dealer in the locality.

To conclude, you should buy a used car directly from the owner only if you know him personally and if you are sure that the person will not cheat you. Otherwise it is always better to purchase a used car from the used car dealer only, which will be good in terms of price as well as condition most of the time.

Madhan Kumar is a expert to comment on Repo Cars. For more great information on cars used by owner, visit http://repocarsforsale.info .