New Defender through a broker.

**austastar** · 28th March 2010, 03:40 PM

Hi,
I'm looking at a new 130 single cab chassis (cash & no trade in), and was considering using privatefleet.com.au

From initial discussions with them, the deposit is payed to the broker, and the final payment is to the dealer who comes in with the best deal.
Obviously an interstate trip would only be value for more than $1k or so, but normally the vehicle is delivered to your door with a full tank of fuel.

Has any one any experience with using a third party broker?

cheers

**KarlB** · 28th March 2010, 04:24 PM

I found PrivateFleet the next best thing to useless when I was after pricing for a new Defender 90. Emailing or telephoning dealers is easy and then you can play one against the other to get the best price (ie they will usually say "get back to us with your best price and we will at least match it").

**austastar** · 28th March 2010, 04:34 PM

Yes, they couldn't give me a price on the phone, it was a matter of waiting till the quotes came in to them.
Their claim was that as a bulk purchaser, the dealers could be reasonably certain that a genuine inquiry was being made and that other dealers would be competing, so it was worth while putting a bid in.
cheers

**solmanic** · 28th March 2010, 04:53 PM

Defenders are hardly ever discounted, so I would not expect to save anything from going straight through a dealer. The only thing you may benefit from is jumping the queue a bit by them being able to find a dealer with an un-allocated vehicle. This was what we got when using a purchasing agent - who happened to be a relative. We got our new Defender in only five weeks instead of the standard 6 months dealers were telling us. Only got $1500 off the sticker price but then paid some of that back due to our vehicle having to be trucked up from another dealership in Sydney where it came off the boat.

**scarry** · 28th March 2010, 06:25 PM

I will continue with the trend,have bought a few LR's & many work vans,new,cash,no trade,& never ever had a better price from a broker than what i could get myself from a dealer.

I tried again on a new Hiace about 4 months ago,& the broker admitted he couldn't compete with the price i had already got from a dealer.

**NCF 110** · 28th March 2010, 06:33 PM

Have a look at Perth dealers , my be some hale damaged Defenders they would like to shift .

**flyreels** · 28th March 2010, 06:57 PM

the first 09 one sounds ok theres a fair bit of difference in prices

2009 LAND ROVER DEFENDER 130 09MY Cars For Sale in VIC - carsales.com.au - carsales.com.au

2009 LAND ROVER DEFENDER 130 09MY Cars For Sale in NSW - carsales.com.au - carsales.com.au

**austastar** · 1st April 2010, 09:27 AM

Originally Posted by flyreels

2009 LAND ROVER DEFENDER 130 09MY Cars For Sale in VIC - carsales.com.au - carsales.com.au

Hi thanks for that, I was all set to make the final phone calls re air fares over and boat back, when a call to the local dealer got an agreement to match the price and white instead of silver as the one in Geelong is.
Got to be happy with the price!
cheers

**flyreels** · 1st April 2010, 09:32 AM

Hi, I glad it worked out for you, I thought that sounded like a really good price for what you were looking for, heaps cheaper than the rest i have seen.
Cheers Peter

**KarlB** · 1st April 2010, 09:54 AM

Sounds good austastar. Only warnig may be to check the VIN. For example, of the two you provided links for, the one in Vic was indeed a 2009 model while the one in NSW, despite the 'headline' was a 2010. Not that there would be much difference between the two, you simply need to be careful that the dealer is not trying to fob a 2007 vehicle off on you without being open about it. The early Pumas had a few little problems that can all be sorted out, but it is better if the fixes are all done before it has left the factory.

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