ADVERTORIAL Why suffer a sale when you can auction? Selling your car can be a
personal vehicles on the
private buyers. After spending
painful process. Apart from
website. That means that all
considerable time showing off
getting your vehicle sales-
you need to do is list via a
her car, she decided to load
ready, you need to figure out a
simple, interactive platform
her car via the Woodford Bid
price and then deal with
– and then watch as verified
website, and within three days,
buyers trying to cut thousands
dealers bid on your vehicle
the car was sold for R358 000.
off that figure. Then there’s
during weekly auctions, with
the admin and safety aspect.
the sale only going through
The process to load and
Having prospective buyers
once your reserve price is met.
auction your car is not only
coming to see the car and
What’s more, you can sell for
simple and easy, it’s safe,
fielding questions and queries
more than you expected, if the
secure and free from the
can not only be exhausting –
dealers keep bidding beyond
hassle that’s associated with
during a pandemic, it can
your asking price.
the logistics of selling a car.
Take Joyce*, for example, who
During the auction, the
Luckily, there’s a new and easy
successfully auctioned her
seller will receive real-time
way to sell your car AND get
2017 Ford in March 2021 on the
notifications and updates,
the price you want.
Woodford Bid platform.
including when the reserve
be dangerous as well.
is met and when the vehicle In an industry-first, Woodford
After owing the bank around
is sold. There are no hidden
Bid – an established auction
R350 000, she made the
fees or commission charged,
platform for selling cars to
tough decision to sell her car,
other than a listing fee of R50
a large database of trusted
but was only being offered
and an admin charge only
dealers – is now offering the
between R300 000 and
once the vehicle is sold. The
public the chance to list their
R310 000 by local dealers and
real appeal, however, is the
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