Gone are the days of going into a showroom to buy your new vehicle, nowadays thanks to a global pandemic, more and more people are buying their used vehicles online. With car showrooms closed across the UK right now, Click and Collecting your new car has become an easier option.
But what is the best way to buy used vehicles online? Well let us help you, it may seem a strange concept at first, we are used to buying groceries and clothes online but cars! It seems a big expenditure to buy something online especially when you have not seen it.
When you buy used cars online you can obviously be sent pictures or even a video from the dealership or salesperson, but nothing beats seeing the car in the flesh really, well if the photos and video are of good quality essentially it should be the same! You can even ask the salesperson to face time you and ask him to walk around the car and show you all the nooks and crannies.
When you buy used vehicles online, most dealerships will offer you a 14-day money-back guarantee so if when you receive the car it is not what you asked for or expected you can hand the car back no questions asked. You would normally pay a refundable deposit and if you were not happy with the car, they would give you that back. That is of course worst-case scenario, chances are the car is just what you wanted, and you will be happy with your new purchase.
As with all new or used cars you should be given a warranty, normally when you buy used vehicles online you will get at least a 3-month warranty that will cover any problems that may arise on the car within that time.