As I wrote in”Scrap my car(BMW 135i)(2)“, I had the 135i bought by an accident car buyer.
http://curo5170.s1008.xrea.com/x/20240207_post-1855/
I got sidetracked in the previous article, so…I’ll sum it up.
To put it simply, the response of a company called “Accident Car/Scrap Car Purchase Tierod” was really good.
I thought about withholding the name…well, since it’s a good reputation, and as mentioned later, the word “tierod” is key, I’ll leave it as it is unless I get scolded.
When it comes to appraisals, I think it’s usually by email or phone, but this one was a bit different. They have LINE.
Once you register as a friend, they will reply immediately and ask you to send information and photos of the car you want to be appraised.
It’s easy because it’s LINE. Just attach photos and list them one by one. It’s easy because you don’t have to think about the text as much as you do with email…
Looking at this, I thought they would decide whether to appraise it and if necessary, they would come to see the actual car within about a week…
“We want to take our time to come up with a price, so could you please wait until tomorrow?”
The reply was. Eh? I was surprised that they could come up with a price so suddenly.And the next day, “How about 400,000 yen?”
The appraisal result came out of the blue. At this point, there was no information other than this appraisal amount, so I decided to think about it.After all, they had outbid the insurance company in the appraisal, so I couldn’t judge whether it was better to sell or not until the conditions of the insurance company came out
And so I waited for a month. Finally, the insurance company gave an appraisal, and after further consultation with a lawyer, I reached an agreement with the insurance company to dispose of the vehicle first in mid-January.
I thought that the price would change if I left it for a month, so I decided to get a re-quote and a comparative quote.
The reason is that the semiconductor situation is heading towards resolution worldwide, and the price of scrap iron is fluctuating slightly due to currency movements, so I think the used car market has moved slightly downward in the past two months.
Also, as a rule, I always get at least two quotes for work. However, for this scale, two companies. Nowadays, you can request a bulk appraisal, so it’s easy to request a large number of appraisals.
But, everyone misunderstands that “comparative estimation is not easy”.
The reason is that there is basically no such thing as a completely identical quotation. Even in a seemingly single case like “I’m selling a scrapped car,” there are differences between companies in various tangible and intangible aspects such as how far they are willing to guarantee the accessories, the price arrangement if one is missing, the risk of canceling the transaction, the company’s credit risk, and the method of payment.
So when I do comparative estimation at work, I foresee these things in advance, define them as conditions, evaluate the differences that I can’t align in various ways, and compare them. There are also things that simply can’t be black and white.
There are also sales techniques that make the actual conditions look better than they are, and because I am familiar with these techniques, I can order the best construction while making multiple comparative estimates.
So, simply getting a bunch of quotes and choosing the one with the highest price, or the one that seems to have good conditions even if it’s not the highest, is not a comparative estimate, but a matter of luck, or in other words, “which one should I choose?” It’s not much different. If so, it would only be a waste for both parties to have to estimate.
If you can compare relatively easily in fields you are not familiar with, I think it’s up to two companies.
So I asked another company, but it was about half the price, so I declined. On the other hand, Mr. Tierod said that if the current situation has not changed, the previous price is fine. Decided.
So all that was left was to discuss the pickup schedule, and we quickly reached the collection date.
As I wrote in the previous article, the salesperson at the used car shop where I was storing it was a bit off, and he had a terrible attitude towards the scrap car buyer, but he laughed and let it slide, saying “I’ve heard that their attitude changes when they have to buy a new car.”
http://curo5170.s1008.xrea.com/x/20240201_post-1755/
When I casually asked what they were going to do with this car, they said they had their own sheet metal repair shop and they were going to try to repair it there.
廃車買取屋さんの見立てでは、アーム類を交換して外装を直せば治るんじゃないかなと。
According to the scrap car buyer’s estimate, if the arms are replaced and the exterior is fixed, it should be fine.
http://curo5170.s1008.xrea.com/x/20240105_post-1520/
My estimate, as I said, didn’t seem to be far off.
Of course, if the car becomes a car that needs to replace the fender or such, even if there is no functional problem, the appraisal value will drop, so if you buy it for 400,000 yen and spend 1 million yen to repair it, it won’t pay off. After all, you can buy an unblemished one for about 1.8 million yen…
I guess they will skillfully repair it by looking for used parts using their side connections, doing the work when the factory is free, and so on.
I may have to be upset about losing money if the car I sold thinking it was irreparable turns out to be “actually not a big deal and could be repaired,” but when I was talking about “This car is super fast, isn’t it?” and “MT must be fun,” I ended up hoping that the shop would make a good profit if it was repaired cheaply.
Well, the accident was a shock and I was surprised by the sudden change in the used car shop, but I thought it wasn’t all bad. Share.
