SpecDscooby

A mate went to a place in Basingstoke, a **** used car dealer, tiny place on an industrial estate; it is NOT a carcraft centre, he was selling a clapped out BMW 3 series, and got £695 for it. Our nearest Carcraft is Swindon, yet he was told to goto Basingstoke, so clearly they have certain places for certain value cars.

dpb

Still not shot of that old 'classic' impreza of yours ?

billythekid

Sold my car a few weeks ago, WBAC offered £21k. Sold for £27k. And it sold in 24 hours of being on PH.

But that said, tried the wifes car and they offered £13k for it, and we only paid £11k for it? Did not sell it as was just interested but even if they marked that offer down by 20% it was not that bad. So some cars they want, others not.

Terminator X

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If he even had one FFS

TX.

webuyanycar

Hi,

My name is Katie and I work for webuyanycar.com I just wanted to address some of the issues here;

Firstly, to answer the initial question we sell cars through set disposal routes and not to the general public. We certainly do not, this is a promise, sell cars to the Branning Brothers!

Secondly we are no longer part of the UK Car Group or CarCraft we are now a separate legal entity with a separate management team!

Hope this helps,

Katie
webuyanycar.com

DCI Gene Hunt

Thanks for clearing that up

Now, to business... are you a hottie and do you have a camera and access to a bread loaf?

pslewis

Interesting turn of events here on an old post.

If WBAC.Com do not sell to the public - then, the middleman must take a profit before selling into the Public Domain.

It means the prices paid MUST be the lowest of the low, they must be at the bottom of Auction prices since dealers can buy there in any case.

No wonder they offer a price online and then mark it down at the £80 Valuation!!

tony de wonderful

Sure the customer (seller) is effectively paying for the convenience of selling their car easily with no hassle.

Getting fed up with your diesel Pete are you and looking for a quick way to offload it?

SpecDscooby

I need closure.....Katie we require a picture please, of course only to prove you work for WBAC....

so WBAC shirt, loose fit, hair up, heels long, glasses, red lip stick, sitting on your desk, perhaps chewing a pen>?......shoe colour your choice


has to be said WBAC are a succeeding business in a world of failures...no one is forcing peeps to sell their cars...given the economy surely smart business??...

deepy

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Interesting article here:

http://www.oft.gov.uk/news-and-updates/press/2011/46-11

An OFT investigation found that nearly 96 per cent* of customers who sold their car to webuyanycar.com received less for their vehicle than the original website valuation, sometimes by hundreds of pounds.

EddScott

I fail to see why anyone would bother. They are never going to give you a good deal.

For the lazy and idiotic IMO. I put my old golf through and they quoted me the handsome sum of £50.

The processing fee was £70. It would have cost me £20 to sell my car to WBAC

I fairness its worth £100 at best



Katie - bread to be sure please

Gear Head

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Offered me £400 for my old almera. Sold it privately for £1000.

pslewis

Offered me £18,000 for my Honda Diesel - these things really are rare beasts now, obviously.

nick172sport

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so how come i go into your rochdale branch a yellow zr runs in to the showroom with a loads off lads in it i asked the salesperson how much is it reply cant till we prep it load off rubbish wat youve said lol

mamoon2

I've just read that 3 times and still don't understand a word of what you have said

fatherpierre

Your post made me read it 5 times and, like you, I'm in the dark.

Maybe maths is his strong point?

PaulC72

They are what they are, use them if you want shot and cannot sell elsewhere or cannot be bothered. The admin fee can be waived ;-)

nick172sport

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right three chavs turn up in a zr rover at them premises they check it out i ask them how much is that car had a loud exhaust etc cant need to prep it first

fatherpierre

A friend of mine sold his car to them. I think it was a Focus, about 5yrs old. They gave a good offer via email but kicked the tyres and tried to knock about £500 off when they turned up.

He took the offer due to being lazy. I reckon he would have got a grand more with a private sale and a bit of effort.

They also offered £275 for my brother's E30 M3 - a £7000 car.

For the lazy and foolish only, unless you don't care about a good deal.

speedking

By "them premises" do you mean CarCraft who Katie said webuyanycar.com is no longer part of?

Carlh

Carcraft do indeed own WBAC

Fulmentaljack3t

is nick172sport speaking in a different language?

Fulmentaljack3t

[quote=webuyanycar;9977617]Hi,



Secondly we are no longer part of the UK Car Group or CarCraft we are now a separate legal entity with a separate management team!

So Katie are you saying that we buy any car ltd is not a subsidiary of Uk car group? Does it share directors in common with Uk car group or Carcraft? Who owns the shares of we buy any car ltd? The same shareholders of Uk car group and carcraft by any chance?

deepy

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[quote=Fulmentaljack3t;9982292]
No doubt true, but since both Carcraft and Webuyanycar.com operate from the same address and one buys cars and the other sells them I suspect it would be fair to suggest that both are dependent on each other for their business.

It would be interesting to know the percaentage of cars bought by webuyanycar which are then sold on to carcraft and the percentage of cars sold by carcraft which come from webuyanycar.

So yeah they are two separate companies etc. but reliant on eachother for trade?

Fulmentaljack3t

I was asking the question as 'Katie' who posted under the username webuyanycar was suggesting that webuyanycar.com is completely independant entity from UK car group and carcraft which I believe not to be true. Although it may be a seperate legal entity as it is a registered ltd company in its own right but if it is owned by the same people then its not independant at all!

MJW

The last time I dealt with WBAC.com I had to buy a new keyboard, as the tears of laughter at their joke valuation ruined my existing one.

Gordo

errrr - nothing to do with CarCraft other than you're owned by a common shareholder (the same family that owns CarCraft). Hmmmm.