Buying a used car can be tough, or easy.  It’s all going to depend on what you make of it.  If you plan on using a private seller, or a dealer, I wanted to show you some pros and cons concerning the both of them.   After reading, hopefully you’ll be able to make a decision on who you want to go through.

PRIVATE SELLERS

Pros:

• Private sellers are usually easier to work with.
• You can haggle with the price a little bit more.
• You get to see the person that actually drove it (most of the time)
• You’ll get your questions answered because they have drove it.
• Going to be cheaper in terms of pricing.

Cons:

• The financing is going to be a little rougher.  You’re going to have to most likely pay by cash, or cashier’s check.
• You’ll have to do all the registration, and title stuff yourself.
• You can’t get a warranty on it.
• You’ll have to get a mechanic yourself if you want it inspected.
• They don’t care about reputation.

DEALERS

Pros:

• They care about their reputation, and they don’t want to rip you off.
• They have financing available for you.
• Mechanics are on site to answer any questions.
• They do the DMV work for you.
• You can look at more than one car.
• You can get a warranty.

Cons:

• Prices may be a little higher.
• Used car dealers are known to be shady.
• Try to upsell you on another car, and they may not listen to what you want.
• Hard to know the history.
• Don’t know the driver.
• Harder to haggle.

These are all things to consider when determining if you want to use either a private seller, or a dealership.  As you can see they both have their ups, and downs, and it’s your choice to pick out who you want to deal with.