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It was just last month that we were in one of the city malls
where we saw this promotion of a new Honda car. We were so tempted that we went
there and had a look on the features and the car interiors. It had such
advanced technology that were not present in our existing car. We were so
impressed with the car that we could not stop thinking about it.
Next day during breakfast a thought just occurred in my mind
and I asked my husband that why don’t we buy a new car (actually the one that
we saw yesterday). He took a pause and then said yes. We will buy the new Honda
car that we saw yesterday.
But after analyzing our finances, we realized that maintaining
two cars will be very difficult for us. We can buy the new one only if we sell
our old car which will also help us in financing the new one. But then we
thought that it is so difficult to get a right agent who can help us to get a
good price for the car.
Then we saw an advertisement about Quikr Nxt where we can
sell old goods and direct deal with the buyers. We thought let us try this out.
We registered ourselves on Quikr Nxt and posted an advertisement on it. Along with a good description about the make
and condition of the car we also posted few photographs of our car.
The next day of our post, we started getting inquiries about
our car. The good thing is we don’t need to speak to the people over phone. The
chat feature is so useful. The initial exchanges can be over chat where we
answered the queries about the car. My husband had also installed the mobile
app, so that he could connect to the buyers while he is on the go.
After chatting with lot of inquiries, we found 4-5 genuinely
interested buyers who wanted to visit and check out the car. We called them at
one of the meeting places and allowed them to have a test drive of the
car. Once they were satisfied with the
car, we had negotiations with 3 of them.
After negotiations we finalized the deal on the price which
we had initially thought of. The whole process just took a week and was so hassle
free. The other good thing was that there was no agent or mediator involved.
The entire deal was direct between us and the buyer. So none of us had to give
any commission to anyone. Also the entire process was transparent and none of
us felt cheated.
The next week we got the money from the buyer and completed
the selling formalities. While we were in the process of talking to the buyers,
we had already booked our new car. So once we got the money from the buyer we
paid this money to the new car dealer and for the rest of the amount took a car
loan. So within another week’s time our new car was at our door steps. We were
so happy with our decision. And since we got a good price for our old car
(thanks to Quikr Nxt) it did not caused any financial burden on us.
The dream that we both saw while were in mall checking out
the car, finally came true..!!
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