f1_fan

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Has anyone sold a car to these people?

My mate has a pretty good valuation from them, but I said I could see them knocking him down when they actually see the vehicale.

How does it work? Any ideas?

Ant

my wife took her megane cab once offered her 3,900 got there offered 1500. they're a waste of time

f1_fan

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Cheers, I suspected as much

Tee-

iTrader: (3)

my mate worked for them they bought a 51 plate micra of some women about 50k miles 1 owner for £50 he told me every 1 that comes in gets the same treatment and then they sell the same car for about 2-4k profit

r32

I think you have to be brain dead to deal with them, better off setting fire to it.

EddScott

They offered me £50 for my Mk3 Golf Driver.

The admin fee was £70

MDS_WRX

iTrader: (1)

The agents have a target to knock 28% off the initial valuation, so work out what that price would be and if you would be happy with it or not. Chances are you won't be...

badboyz666

there is another one on telly the same (cant remember name) with tim healy as the voice over,they claim to pay exactly what they quote you without trying to knock you down when they get there!!

SRSport

How are we buy any car still going? You have to be a mug to sell to them. I got quoted online for my cougar back in the day £950, garage offered part exchange £1200 so sold on ebay. Got a better deal by £200 on the impreza as I was buying cash with no trade in and sold it 5 days later for £1750 completely hassle free! If I had the time or patience £2000 wouldnt have been too optimistic.

SiPie

Father in law emigrated to NZ last Thursday so needed a relatively quick sale....used them and got around book value, less £100 for dents etc....

So, to my amazement they seemed pretty fair !

Jaybird-UK

Just for comparison I stuck my car in, although I had to select 09 model as Parkers didn't provide a '10 model value

Whatcar valued at £23,330
Parkers valued at £21,205
We buy any car valued at £17,515

The Zohan

Yup good valuation over the phone turn up on site and they will nit pick on everything and invariably lower their offer.

I worked above their offices in Northampton (KC business centre) for a while and saw this in action!

Steve vRS

I had a valuation for my wife's A3 in April - £2200ish.

Had a revaluation last month - £1200.

I reckon their valuation model must think that as I've come back for a second valuation, I am desperate for a sale and so the value drops.

CAP value the car at £2000 ish.

Steve

DJ_Jon

iTrader: (7)

Wow, they bid me 8k for mine, I'd have to be on drugs or clucking for a fix to sell for that amount. I bet that they would knock you down on the price too.

*****

SRSport

And highly irritating ads as as well.

nick172sport

iTrader: (6)

thats carcraft for you they own we buy any car .com and sell there cars then at ridiculous apr finance

Volks

To be fair though, Whatcar and Parkers don`t actually buy cars though do they.

WBAC will use any defect, however minor, to knock the price down. If you really need to sell in a hurry they might be worth a punt.

I`d rather put up with tyre kickers and sell privately.

SinghSuperStud

iTrader: (2)

there is another one out there if you check out moneysavingexpert and they actually are a bit fairer - trouble is they only deal with cars less than 7 years old !

Petem95

I got a valuation last year on my 330d - just out of curiosity, and they came back with £12,800 which was a fair bit below bottom book at the time and probably a couple of grand less than a dealer would have offered for it.

I've heard for lower value cars (sub £5k) that the valuations sometimes come in fairly good, and not really much less than you'd get from a private sale, so I can see it being worth a look if you want an easy sale.

Volks

But unless you were actually quoted a fair bit more by a dealer at that time your suspicions are just that, suspicions.

I`m in no way defending WBAC by the way.

Petem95

Yeah true, but whenever I've asked for a valuation at a dealers they just bring up glasses guide on screen and pretty much offer the book valuation adjusted for mileage/condition etc, and the WBAC car was a fair bit under book, so assumed same under dealer offer.

Volks

Fair enough. Most people vastly over-value their car though.

PaulC72

Other problems are if you are not buying another car or you want one that is considerably older then the one you are selling you would never achieve book price from a dealer as they don't like buying cars when not selling one also and certainly the price they offer will be lower.

mamoon2

If anyone is considering selling a car, PM me, I can offer much more realistic prices.

Alternatively, just contact any independent dealer, they are always looking for stock.

WBAC are generally about 15/20% below CAP values

stann01

i bought a golf deisel from the auction for a run around £800, turned out there was something wrong with the block.
whoever had it before had shelled out a fortune trying to rectify it i.e new head/headgasket/waterpump etc.
i took it to we buy any car, online valuation was £1230!!
by the time he took off for the dents/scuffs etc i got £875 lol
not all bad pmsl.

Terminator X

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They're nothing more than a modern day Dick Turpin ...

TX.

tony de wonderful

I don't know what sort of 'tard would sell to them, other than people who are say leaving the country in a hurry or need to pay their drug dealer/loan sharks on short notice?

RJM25R

iTrader: (1)

They are just a pawnbroker for cars, without the buy back option. You need money desperately quick or with less aggro, they provide that service. Be aware that they are making a profit by selling the crap at auction and the good stuff at Carcraft Supermarkets so they'll offer you the least amount possible to maximize their profits!

If you go to cash generator you'll seempeople selling xbox's for a tenner and games for 3 quid and I liken it to that!