[Help] Drivethedeal.com - any views please?

Goldstone1976

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• Thursday at 6:43 PM

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the best deal I could get at a VW dealer for a new car was £900 off the List Price.

Drivethedeal have offered £9k off.

I don’t pay them, I pay a main dealer, they say.

5.0 on Trustpilot, 4.9 on Google. With hundreds of reviews.

Can I trust them?? Or is it all too good to be true?

Thanks.

 

happypig

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May 23, 2009

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• Thursday at 8:33 PM

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Is the price from them under £30k ?
If so, pay a deposit on a credit card and Section 75 protection applies to the whole amount.

 

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• Thursday at 8:39 PM

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Goldstone1976 said:

the best deal I could get at a VW dealer for a new car was £900 off the List Price.

Drivethedeal have offered £9k off.

I don’t pay them, I pay a main dealer, they say.

5.0 on Trustpilot, 4.9 on Google. With hundreds of reviews.

Can I trust them?? Or is it all too good to be true?

Thanks.

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You want to buy a brand new car ? More money than sense, you're on your own

 

South Stand Bonfire

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• Thursday at 8:39 PM

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Goldstone1976 said:

the best deal I could get at a VW dealer for a new car was £900 off the List Price.

Drivethedeal have offered £9k off.

I don’t pay them, I pay a main dealer, they say.

5.0 on Trustpilot, 4.9 on Google. With hundreds of reviews.

Can I trust them?? Or is it all too good to be true?

Thanks.

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Are they effectively doing a similar search and buy service that Carwow does? If so, and you are still buying from a main dealer but at a cheaper price than you could arrange on your own, then I can’t see the problem myself?

 

Weststander

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• Thursday at 8:51 PM

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I bought a new VW through them in 2009. Yes, trustworthy, as were the dealers. Who delivered the car to my home from Gloucester at no charge …. I had been prepared to get trains there.

 

Goldstone1976

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• Thursday at 10:02 PM

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Weststander said:

I bought a new VW through them in 2009. Yes, trustworthy, as were the dealers. Who delivered the car to my home from Gloucester at no charge …. I had been prepared to get trains there.

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When they delivered it, I assume they drove the car to you (ie, they didn’t put it on the back of a lorry to deliver it)?

 

trueblue

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• Friday at 1:29 AM

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I used Carwow for my last car 8 years ago. Got a great price and it was brilliant to have dealerships fighting over my custom, rather than the usual one-sided bartering.

 

Goldstone1976

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trueblue said:

I used Carwow for my last car 8 years ago. Got a great price and it was brilliant to have dealerships fighting over my custom, rather than the usual one-sided bartering.

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Yeah, that was the other broker I used to get a price.

They offered £2.5k discount (vs £900 from main dealer vs £9k from dtivethedeal). Some of the online reviews I’ve read say that drivethedeal are particularly good for VAG cars (I’m getting a VW).

 

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• Friday at 6:36 AM

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Goldstone1976 said:

drivethedeal are particularly good for VAG

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Weststander

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• Friday at 7:31 AM

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Goldstone1976 said:

Thanks!

When they delivered it, I assume they drove the car to you (ie, they didn’t put it on the back of a lorry to deliver it)?

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16 years ago, sorry I can’t remember. I’ve had several new cars, some do that, others driven down and they get trains home. Obviously adds the same mileage you would’ve clocked up yourself from the dealers.

 

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• Friday at 7:41 AM

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Goldstone1976 said:

the best deal I could get at a VW dealer for a new car was £900 off the List Price.

Drivethedeal have offered £9k off.

I don’t pay them, I pay a main dealer, they say.

5.0 on Trustpilot, 4.9 on Google. With hundreds of reviews.

Can I trust them?? Or is it all too good to be true?

Thanks.

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I have used them, I think you have nothing to worry about.