I'm not a dealer, but I do know 3 people who have tried to sell their car to "We buy any car". All 3 got knocked down on the agreed valuation when they turned up. Also; all 3 walked away.

@JurggenDietrich

4 ай бұрын

Both houses & cars have become too expensive for most Americans these days, most especially for single people and/or single-income households. Even a lot of 2 income households can't afford them.

@Plemmonsscott

4 ай бұрын

This issue has been exacerbated by the practices of insurance companies, which can have negative effects as well. Some insurance companies may contribute to rising prices by providing coverage that encourages risky lending and speculation. Additionally, certain insurance policies can be expensive, making it even more challenging for families to secure affordable properties. It's important for individuals tor consider diversifying their income streams, independent of government reliance, as a wise approach in the current situation.

@GreggVElrod

4 ай бұрын

What if you don't know how to trade any of these? I mean, see your point some people have the money and are willing to invest, the question is where to.

@Nicholas.Durante

4 ай бұрын

I agree, that's the more reason I prefer my day to day invt decisions being guided by a invt-coach, seeing that their entire skillset is built around going long and short at the same time both employing risk for its asymmetrical upside and laying off risk as a hedge against the inevitable downward turns, coupled with the exclusive information/analysis they have, it's near impossible to not out-perform, been using a invt-coach for over 8months+ and I've netted over 360k

@corbynsmithe

4 ай бұрын

Many people tend to lean towards spending money on things that don't generate income, like liabilities, rather than investing in assets that can bring in profits. It's important to understand the long-term benefits of investing in assets and making wise financial decisions.

I have found a way to beat "we buy any car" as a dealer who needs good used cars. When I start getting low on stock I stick my lad down in the local Morrisons car park where they are based. He waits to see who turns up with a car, if its something we would buy he approaches the owner before the WBAC rep comes out his little porta bin, sorry office, .......and we make a sensible bid before they get whacked by WBAC. in the last month I have secured 10 cars, all good cars for less than I would normally have given for them and the owners are getting way more than WBAC car will actually pay......because as we all know they give a false price to get you there and then wack you for every little mark, blemish etc, one guy was told they wanted 200 quid off because it had got dirty driving it there 🤣 they have now resorted to trying to get me removed from the car park........but its public and I am not committing any offence.........other than being a nuisance to WBAC! 🤣

@markfoden765

5 ай бұрын

Good on you,they tried to screw £800 for 1 scuffed alloy on my sons car thinking he would just say yes

@volt8684

5 ай бұрын

Love it 😂😂😂😂😂

@iamyourfuture808

5 ай бұрын

Brilliant!

@jonathanpork-sausage617

5 ай бұрын

You should def upload a video. Well done.

@tomf4547

5 ай бұрын

Nope. They gave me more money than first quoted when I arrived to hand over the car. The deal only took a couple of days and I didn't have to endure months of time wasters without 20 grand in their pocket. So, they ain't all bad.

One of the biggest scammers in the UK and fully legal.

Dealers annoy me when they say they’ll only give we buy any car prices as trade in value. I always say but yeah we buy any car send to auction where you buy from and you have to pay fees and transports costs on top! Funny they never have an answer to that.

I recently used a company called ‘ money 4 your motors’ who did the usual knocking down of the offered price but their final price was still more than what ‘we buy any car’ initially offered.

@jamrolypolypud

3 күн бұрын

I think they've changed how they do it now. I have sold 2 cars with them and got the price they agreed over the phone (good price and more than what I reckoned they were worth). It seems they have made redundant all their buyers and now they go straight to auction after you have taken 100 photos, a short video and documentation proof. So from doing it on the day, it can now take several weeks....not good if you're wanting to buy your next car pronto.

@scorcha100

3 күн бұрын

@@jamrolypolypud i got them to come round and do their own inspections and videos as i couldn’t be going through that polava. They initially wanted me to do the video but my phone wouldn’t do the video call which i later found out was due to the settings. The woman who came round was quite fair but you could tell that i her hands were tied as to how lenient she could be due to minor defects. The car was slightly frosted over and i even had to clear every last bit

@jamrolypolypud

3 күн бұрын

@scorcha100 that's a good way of doing it. It's a shame they couldn't stick with the old way. It was much better. Mind you, they used to buy the car on the day, but in my last car they took 4 weeks to collect it...flat battery and they had to push it, not easy pushing a landy.

Very useful advice, and an honest review of we buy any car Joe. I’ve used them once, the initial offer they made was lower than I would have hoped for. I made it clear that, firstly I wasn’t desperate to sell to them, and due to my car being in very good condition, unless they gave the agreed price, I was willing to take the car home again. After various attempts to wear me down, and a phone call made to management, the salesman reluctantly gave me the agreed initial offer. I wouldn’t say they offer generous prices, and of course, the price they offer is rarely the price they give the customer. However if someone wants to sell a vehicle quickly, hassle free, then they are a viable option.

My friend just sold her car to them. We knew that they'd bid us down. But we didn't know about the £50 admin fee which knocked the price down even lower.

Recently sold my daughter VW golf GT, WBAC offered £8250, but dealer paid £11872, and on his forecourt next day £13450, everyone happy, except WBAC 😢

They are part of the Constellation Group who also own BCA (British Car Auctions) and Cinch amongst others. WBAC gets used cars in cheaply and sends BCA and Cinch and also will have stock for Dealers in the group as well. It's a complete eco system which gives a steady stock to everyone in the group instead of just the traditional acquisition routes. Clever idea, wish I'd thought of it. The objective of WBAC is to acquire stock with a profitable margin available to the chain hence the offers are squeezed down as far as possible.

@eqofriendly4300

2 ай бұрын

Worked for them for a bit... As a manager- What they do. Is sell at CAP but take 20%, from their auction fees. 5000-16000 cars are sold to them weekly...

Don’t forget their admin fees.

We buy any car price on our car was £4500 less than we sold it to our local Vw dealer. Their price was £3k less than we were offered in px on our new car . A bit of leg work paid off .

@Eastbarn1

5 ай бұрын

Did you pay the best price for your new car?

@stephentalbot509

5 ай бұрын

@@Eastbarn1 Got a decent discount off the new car so happy all round .

My son was offered £20,000 for his car and then got emails raising it until after two weeks they offered him £25,000. He thought why didn’t they offer that to me in the first place and walked away.

@Mark-qc5ts

4 ай бұрын

No one believes this.. 😂

@momac9657

17 күн бұрын

If you leave it a fire days or weeks They also keep putting the value up to get you to come then offer you less than 25% to start a real scam they should be shut down by the fraud squad

They offered me £199 and then said there's a £99 charge to do documentation lmfao. Sold the said car for £450 the next day.

Long story short - Webuy any car sent my car to Bca, car still had a tracker on it via bmw app, car went for a joy ride around Burnley / mosque and other places then they reneged on the deal saying “linked to trade” (despite previously saying ok as had owned for a year in my name and serviced insured privately) came back damaged / dirty (as previously evidenced otherwise). Sued them in court and they settled out of court for damages. Driver said Bca they get to take cars home which ever they want etc (at some centers) - even worse if you’ve bought from Bca had an appraisal and get the car thrashed after with no come back.

Dealers want the part exchange as they will have money at both ends of the deal especially if they can re retail the part exchange, a cash customer means only one lot of profit. Simple 👍👍👍

@FatHead1979

5 ай бұрын

Couldn't have said it better myself...100% agree

Would it be correct to say that originally the rise of we buy any car, came about because at inception they were offering generally more than a dealer would give? As time has gone on and they want to increase profits that gap has generally reduced?

@ShiftingMetal

5 ай бұрын

Yes quite possibly!

I would never consider selling to WBAC. I have always sold my cars for the last 50 years privately from my front drive. Never had a problem and got the highest price.

@iamyourfuture808

5 ай бұрын

this

@maximuswong3092

5 ай бұрын

OK boomer

@volt8684

5 ай бұрын

Me too, however I sold a car to Joe after I bought my daughter a car and then she to,d me she was emigrating and I wanted my cash back. I contacted Joe and had a very decent price, smooth process. Josh picked it up. Car was a very nice serviced, nice tyres etc but I wanted a quick turn around. I would recommend. Although I haven’t used wbac I know people have and they are far from above board and rip the #### out your car. Joe offered a fair price, iPhoto and described it fairly. Job done

@volt8684

5 ай бұрын

I sold a car to Joe. I would totally recommend him. The car I sold was serviced, in lovely condition, new tyres etc but I needed a no hassle sale. Out the blue as a subscriber I contacted him. Offer, pick up and payment done 150 miles away. Totally satisfied.

@highdownmartin

4 ай бұрын

Apparently my 1961 Landrover that I use daily, A doesn’t exist and B they’re not interested

Great video and I always thought I’d be better buying with cash but after watching your video I’ll definitely ask the dealer to see what I can get for part exchange 👍

WBAC offer ridiculous low prices

@matthewhester5891

4 ай бұрын

They are now, taking public for fools, for instance, merc e63s 2018, dealer selling them at £55000, WBAC Offer for same car, £32000. Don’t touch them

Tried to use WBAC but was warned they will offer 18% less than the initial price quoted on inspection. That’s exactly (to the penny) what happened. I walked away and called in at a local second hand car dealer who bought it from me at WBAC’s original offer. Try your local dealers before you give your car away to WBAC.

@Hirovard

4 ай бұрын

Even the original offers are under valued

Well balanced presentation. Good luck, keep it real, keep it honest.

Not a fan of wbac but they started off giving consumers another avenue to sell cars easily and now it’s a whole industry in it self. So many times I’ve picked up cars when the customer went to main dealer and they offered far less than these selling platforms and then the same main dealer buys off the these selling platforms. It’s crazy why the original main dealer not make a good offer in the beginning

To be fair to WBAC, they don't claim to offer best price for your car, but they do justifiably claim to make selling your car simple just as it says on the screen. That "service" is unsurprisingly going to come at a cost.

I live near a busy shop and always sell my cars with a notice in the windscreen. The Quickest was a VW Polo, sold it in 20 mins.

I just checked my M4 and WBAC was £18295 and Motorway was £19929 - thats some difference but even at £19929 I won't sell as similar cars are retailing at £25 to £26k

Thanks for the video and I really enjoyed your auction video with Chops.

Very interesting Joe. I found WBAC to be ripoffs. Had a brand new 535d at the time and tried a quote years ago, less than half price and my car had only 72 miles on the clock. Just did it out of curiosity. Still gets me, half price lol bloody chancers

What Webuyanycar offer for cars is a joke. I was offered about a tenth of what my car was worth.

The other thing is Bca was busy buying all the lease cars as they arrived and then sent them to cinch if they were retailable. Some go for referb too and then put on sale All the crap is then sent to Bca which is still only trade only . I stopped my account two years ago

Drove past this morning, loads of cars there and a bca transporter outside loading them up, mostly late cars 69 plates, probably hard to sell privately if finance is on them, it'd be hard for a private buyer to be sure finance is paid off, or the other way round, probably the car just makes the outstanding balance and they just walk away and buy a banger.

I remember when they started putting their cars through Mannheim Wimbledon. CC car sales. We were watching literally hundreds of cars going through. The auctioneers were banging them through and they were cheap. I guess at the start their funding wasn’t as big then. Fantastic idea fair play to them. Being trade we only use them to get rid of vehicles with serious problems which we bought from BCA !

Just needed to sell my car and WBAC offered £8550 and when I sold it through Motorway gor £9450 with no fees whereas i know i would have fees with WBAC.

A friend at work, got just shy of a grand more than the online quote, a 2015 polo. We were all flabbergasted as he had told them it needed a new door as it had a big shunt! Crazy eh

Great video mate well done 👍🏼 always dropping facts, love the we buy any car ad 😂

Use to own Carcroft......that says everything

Really good and interesting video and thanks 👍👏👏

I worked for we buy any car for 6 weeks last year I came from a professional company and could not accept misleading the consumer and forever backtracking when they turned up to justify the reduction to the offer price online We only purchased 40% if vehicles from appointments for the reasons you mentioned I left could work for such a misleading deceptive company'

I used Motorway a few months ago. No hassle and a good price.

When I changed my car last July I checked the value on WBAC and they offered £15,500 and would most likely have been less once they viewed it and picked holes in it. I went to a dealer that had the car I wanted and they gave me £17,500 for my car in part exchange.

My car has lots of expensive extras,wbac said they dont recognise that so they give you the basic model price… I’m not interested and they keep reminding me every week they want to buy it…

Be interesting to know what sellers fees WBAC get charged by BCA , being owned by the same company, it’s just shifting profit around under the same umbrella. I wonder if there’s a business opportunity for a trader with a BCA account to offer a service to private sellers, where they charge a flat fee to transport car to BCA and the customer gets selling price minus fees

They gave me a quote for 510£ for a perfectly working car, ulez compliant and full service history. The reason why it was the rear bumper had some scratches and I had lost one of the keys. Sold privately the same day I aired the ad for 1400£ to the first viewer.

I just sold my car to wbac. Their advertised buying price was knocked down by £200.00, and I thank God that on the day, the mother of all rain storms hit. They did a cursory visual check, didn't even start the car and although it had an almost complete service history, 11 month MOT and a full tank of fuel... I feel as if I got a fair price. What seems odd though, wbac seem to have opened their places in supermarket car parks. I sold my car, went shopping, came out thinking 'where have I left my car'.

I sing along to the AD with 'we buy any car 'cept yours'. They offer a price then inspect the car like it is a pre- delivery inspection.

I used them over 10 years ago and I got about 2/3 of what we had agreed to for my car. Never used them again, rip off merchants in my opinion.

It’s always been hard work hard to please the public so different when I sold cars your actually your doing great never gets easier we buy any car is for desperate sellers

We buy any car will only offer you the "Trade Price" which will often be lower than what a dealer will offer for a car that is in good condition and one they would buy for stock. The days of getting a discount for no trade in and paying with cash are long gone. Do your homework before accepting any offer from car buying services.

Another thing to note with the WBAC family is that the stuff going to auction is, essentially the dross that Cinch didn’t want…

@thestig779

5 ай бұрын

As Cinch and BCA are the same company that goes without saying. Which is the biggest reason there’s a shortage of used stock for dealers. BCA has monopolised the industry.

@jonathanpork-sausage617

5 ай бұрын

And lost millions in the process............the modern world rolls on.@@thestig779

When I helped my dad get rid of his old C max we buy any car were fair and did give a bit more after dealing a bit. Car would have been worth more with service history and a new MOT but ideal way to get id of a car you don't need or want.

Thanks for tip!

Hi mate, I used to work for them, so we weren’t allowed to grade cars incorrectly but we didn’t really grade them we just input the damage and then the system decided the grade, now if £1000 was taken off in damage we could use a thing called “flex” to give back a percentage of that again decided by the system but it could be up to 30% of the damage value. Tbh the damage values were sometimes unfair or sometimes under what they should have been for the damage occurred. For example a bonnet peppered in stone chips would be the same as a bonnet with 5 stone chips, if it’s over 5 it’s classed as such no matter how many it has. It’s a weird system, in terms of the bonus you get for buying the cars you don’t always get it. So you should get £10 per car purchased, but that’s only if you hit your branch conversion target which is often around 50% normally just under (that’s all appointments booked on even if they cancel or no show which happens a lot, you must convert 50% of them across a week then weekly in the month if that makes sense) to achieve the £20 a car you must be +10% over your branch target for the entire month. Then you get £20 per car, You must also have a very high grade matching so I can’t remember the percentage but it was quite high so your grade must be at or above what they grade it at when it gets to the auction house, if your above that percentage only then do you qualify for the bonus but you only get paid on the cars you matched, so that could be say 75% of the cars you bought you matched so you’d only get paid on those if you hit your conversion target as well. When I worked there for the first quarter of the year I was 2nd in the country for amount of vehicles purchased, which was around 600 across 3 months. But I think a few weeks I didn’t even hit conversion target. Just some insight for you it may even help anyone looking to sell their car to wbac in the future they can ask about flex

They also don't "buy any car". They wouldn't buy my Peugeot 205 because it was "too old". They wouldn't buy my Mitsubishi FTO because it was an "import". And they wouldn't buy my Citroen C4 coupe because the mileage was too high. I wouldn't even bother trying them again.

@E6EES

4 ай бұрын

I think they’d appreciate that

They used the same audio advertising for carcraft. I still remember the carcraft of Rochdale song.

They are a great place to dump doctored up lemons......they don't test drive them at all....they just look at how shiney it is and make an offer, yes low but great for off loading crap

@blueman46

5 ай бұрын

indeed i sold a ford ka to them years ago and asked the guy are you not going to test drive it and he said no need you drove it here, could have had gears missing or a bad clutch for all he knew

@dan44zzt231

5 ай бұрын

Dumped my mum's Ka there too. Had a cracked head like most Ford EcoBooms and they didn't even check it 😂

@jammybadger6514

4 ай бұрын

Haha sold a Pug 207 to them years ago. Faulty auto gearbox. Didn't check it, job done.

Myself apart from two instances where i sold privately i have always px my cars less.hassle and a lot easier as long as the garage as not got a bad attitude then i take bussines else where but generally have no problems accept i always lose out cause my heart rules my head if its a car i truly want...

They say they buy any car but when I entered the Registration number of my then 1932 Morris - it declines to make an offer with no suggestion of what to do.

@testpilotian3188

4 ай бұрын

Same for our 2002 Nissan Micra.

My experience. My car a, a 3 year old VW T-ROC, was destroyed in the Luton Airport fire. I wanted all the information available to claim from insurance. My first step was to see what We But Any Car would offer, as it was easy. They offered me £15K. After doing research elsewhere I eventually received £19k. The interesting thing was, after the offer elapsed they sent me a new offer which was less.

I went to them many years ago, with the assumption that if they are buying cars, they must also be selling them. The person I spoke to said that they are not allowed to sell, and all of them are taken away by transporters. He made it sound very much as though he did not know where the money for them to buy cars was coming from. He could not even buy any that he liked himself. When I wanted to sell my last vehicle, which I bought a couple of weeks after seeing We Buy Any Car, even they didn't want it, and neither did any of the scrap yards.

I bought a Focus St Diesel in lockdown from BCA £12k the. Sold it to we buy any car for 16k two years later ! Two days later it was on Cinch for £19995 I couldn't get £15k for it

During the pandemic they were offering very high prices and more than dealers were willing to pay as a part exchange. Sold my wife’s Audi A3 and got top money for it. Things have changed now though….

@ShiftingMetal

5 ай бұрын

They were offering more than my retail prices at times and I took them up on it!

Only use similar once, used Motorway and got £2k more than WBAC, I retired and we had 2 cars, one had to go, so Sold my BMW X5, actually got more than expected plus this beast was comming up for a new set of tyres, that alone would have been £1,300. If I was buying another I know dealer give you more, we recently part ex'd our other BMW to Stratstones at leeds, we had it for 4 years and only got 4,300 less than we paid for it, was low milage and in really good condition but, the depreciation was very low

I just ignored WBAC offer and they increased their offer twice. I sold it privately for twice their final price.

The awkwardness of striking a 'deal' online with WBAC, then having to drive to their depot, find they knock the price down on inspection, then having to get home....just not worth it.

@stevena9305

4 ай бұрын

They won’t knock the price down if you declare all viable cosmetic issues with the car on the assumption page of their site.

@bobstirling6885

4 ай бұрын

@@stevena9305 yes they will, they never pay pre-agreed price.

I took my Ford Kuga Vingnale to WEAC. The guy comes out of his office and starts looking for reasons to knockdown the price. My car was in pristine condition. Next he points to what he sees as a mark. I ask him to show me. He says its difficult to see as its been raining. I told him to forget it and walked away. I part exchanged the car with a dealer who gave me more than WEBC even offered. Remember this, the guy who checks your car, earns his money by knocking money of their original offer that's how he earns his living.

They provide a service, for which there are costs, which are paid ultimately by the seller. If enough sellers find this acceptable or good value, they have a business.

The last time I spoke to a dealer they were using We Buy Any Car to value the Part Exchange.

I got a very good deal from them on my car. I gave them a car in the condition they required and I got the price they offered. No admin fee involved and the money straight away. An easy transaction and no test pilots to deal with.

My daughter and son both got more money from WBAC than our local dealers was offering as part ex. (their cars wernt old cars either) They then went to the dealer and bought the car they wanted. Cant complain about WBAC for offering a great service.

We sold a car using "motorway". It was an unbelievable experience. They made an offer which we accepted. Couple of days later a guy turned up in a taxi. He didnt even look the car over. Made a phone call and the money was transferred, then he drove off. Easiest sale ive ever made, and we made money on it.

@WankerZoff

4 ай бұрын

Motorway offered me £1000 more than We Buy Any Car. Wouldn't touch WBAC!

During Covid WBAC gave me £6k more than I had paid for a (used) car 12 months previously......and didn't try to knock me down on the quoted price. WBAC are back to their normal selves now.....offered me £13k less than I paid for a (new) car 6 months ago........not that I'm selling, just curious.

Constellation Automotive Group posted a massive pre-tax loss of £140.7 million last year. Most of that from BCA and Cinch.

Yes they are lying underpaying beeps, give you one example i had a van that went too sell & they valued at £2,500 i sold it for £11,500

Would never use WBAC.

Quick question why are UK spec cars bought abroad often quoted a lower price for part ex?

All car buying services are the same, all low ball and knock you down. Go private to sell every single time.

@stermindelves4251

5 ай бұрын

And keep a local independent in a living, if you have a trusted source.

@Tpavra

5 ай бұрын

How many people drive around with £25k in their pocket etc, and are willing to buy a car for that price privately without a warranty? 🤔

This time last year my grandson wanted to buy a 2 year old Seat Leon, and we had a 69 plate Picanto GT line S with about 35 k on the clock. Thexseller was a car supermarket in Cannock. They offer him 8900, so I just bought the Seat for cash. Anyway we struggled to sell the Picanto privately so we tried the usual online culprits. Motorway came up with the best price of 9575, so we thought we sold it to them. But in the event, the same Cannock car supermarket were the buyers. They had to come to my house and collect the car and paid me nearly 700 quid more than they iffered in part exchange. Strange, or what.

I've always used WBAC as a baseline / absolute bottom, good for when you're selling privately and you get the chancers offering you half your asking and saying that's all it's worth. Although I almost took them up on it when I urgently needed to sell my car as their valuation of £15.5k beat motorway and carwow at £12-13k offers. Managed to sell it privately by pricing it as cheapest on the market for £17.5k in less than a week.

Great stuff but how do I contact them.

We buy any car are useful in some cases, i owned a car for almost 4 years and put 40k on it (100k on the clock). We buy paid £7k less then my purchase price in 2020. Hardly a loss considering it was literally impossible to sell due to mega miles on it and car prices falling almost 20% recently. The we buy any car guy was quite decent, my car was in decent condition so he didnt knock too much off but they try it on with couple of small things. He graded it as a 3 and later on i seen it as a grade 4 on bca. Also in 30 miles it somehow had a huge amount of damage to body with really bad swirls, scratches and front end littered with stone chips heavily.

WBAC valued my 51 plate Volvo V70 2.4 SE (170) with 132K at £470 it didn't have FSH or 6 months MOT so would have been knocked at the till (I reckon) Sold on CarandClassic for £3525.

I own a very popular MPV in excellent condition, I've seen the same model on Autotrader for between £6000 and £9000 (maybe with a little less mileage, although mine has low mileage anyway) WBAC offered me £3700 because there was a microscopic dent in the front offside wheel arch. Yep! I walked away! Autotrader valuations are equally derisory.

Great info pal

Ripped off my elderly parents on a two year old 4k mile car in showroom condition during COVID peak. They knocked price down from 12k to 11k because they said market had changed over the weekend

Have disposed of the odd French car and of course any Volvos, via WBAC. They were fair enough to deal with, haggled our car up a couple of quid and we actually did business with them in the end, unlike Motorway who were chancers, allegedly. With another car, Car Wow were also good & professional to deal with and offered a half decent trade offer, from a dealer principle, only bettered by a straight private sale in the end. God bless them. Was a good car too. Happy days.

I can still remember Cold Seal windows 0800 phone number, years after they closed down. Audio advertising is brilliant. Let’s have a cream cake, naughty but nice.

Great video Joe

WBAC seem to be taking the AutoTrader suggested retail price and slashing it by 50%. My brother has a Ford Kuga which is mint. He is OCD on it looking clean and polished. No rust, dings or dents. 4 alloys perfect. Full Ford service history and 11 month MOT with no advisories. AutoTrader suggest a retail sale price of £7450. WBAC offered £3600. I would think that CAP clean will probably be around £5300. So he advertised the Kuga on Autotrader at £6950 and it sold within a week at full asking price. I would suggest people don't waste their time going to WBAC.

I sell my cars through motorway or carwow. Both get much better prices and you don’t even have to leave your home as they pick up the car!

How long did it take you 2 edit this video ? and find those clips.. im guessing best part of 2 days ?

Interesting video. The comments section is full of stories about their offers being reduced when presenting the car at the WBAC unit. I can explain how to avoid this. The very surprising fact is that the offers the WBAC site generates is on the basis of the car being in ‘as new’ condition. This does not take any consideration of the age of the car in to account and is regardless of age. This is a surprise to many people who present say an 8 year old car to them ( that would normally re considered to be in excellent condition for its age) only to have the offer reduced after the WBAC inspector spots a chip on the windscreen and/or a stone chip on the number. Things that are virtually expected on a car thats a few years old. But that is how their appraisal system works. The only ways around that are to list every cosmetic fault on the valuation sites assumptions section or to present a car that’s in as new condition. Having used them twice in the past 18 months I got the quoted price on both occasions and was very happy.

I had a low mileage two owner 2009 Colt. It was 12 years old at the time. WBAC quoted me £1500. I took it down for full valuation and they walked around it. They proceded to point out every single minor scratch, ding or mark totally expected on a car of its age. They ended up offering me £850. Not a bad price, but why the original offer? To get me down there of course 😂. The agent was extremely surprised that I didn't accept the offer. I ended up getting £1200 in part exchange.

Had the same, online value was £600 got there it went down to £200, told me the scratches would have to be fixed before it went to auction, yeah right, walked away and sold it on eBay for £800

A mate in the trade challenged me (and I challenge you Joe!) to buy a car out of the auctions and sell it back to a car buying service that sells back into auction for a profit. And I managed it, well only just… a red smart car quite a late one wrapped red over white, sat nav not working BCA declared colour change and made a song and dance about sat nav. Bought online BCA brig house pulled wrap off gave it a wash, back dated the log book if you know you know and got a £200 profit from an online car buying service 😀 he didn’t check the sat nav and I wasn’t going to tell him and he obviously had access to BCA records because I heard him on phone saying but this made xyz two weeks ago 🤣 It wasn’t WBAC but another service so BCA are obviously sharing their trade pricing data to car buying groups!!!

Have to say sold a couple of cars to WBAC. And they've given me more than what the garage i was buying my new car from offered as a PX. It also saves a lot of hassle from selling privately. One thing i will say is, never accept their 1st quote. They'll come back with 2 more after a few days, obviously much improved.

Wish I'd sold my 2012 Corsa to them last year as got a pittance against trade in at Big Motoring World, then saw car for sale a few weeks later 100 miles away at 4 times what I got paid :(

No really? What you mean they’re not up front and honest……gosh, I’m shocked.

Had dealings with them in 2015 and 2018. 1st time I broke even. 2nd time i made just over £900. All these people who cry they knock price down when you get there. As you say need to make sure the assumption's are correct. I wouldn't go past them for getting rid of a car.

I've used WBAC once. My wife's utterly ruined 07 XC90, which had been used for horse towing and general livery yard grief - almost 200k miles, had a myriad of niggly faults, and looked like it had lost an argument with a horse inside and out. Gave me trade in book of £1800 for the thing. I took that cash and ran for the hills. Aside from the cosmetics, it needed a good three grand spending on it. So surprisingly it is currently taxed and MOT'd, so someone took it on. Can't see how WBAC made their money back though - anyone in the trade would have given £500 max for it.

We buy any car does have its benefits. In my situation, I owned a peugeot 207 that gave me absolute hell over 10 years ownership, and I had it from a peugeot dealer from new. New cylinder heads, timing issues, awful driving, I really should have offloaded it sooner. It made me lose faith in all petrol engines when it blew up and needed valves etc. for over £2000. Then the clutch went at 25000 miles. I decided to buy an Electric car from cinch. Cinch has a px service, but on this occasion it wasn't working, and I didn't want to miss out on the car I had chosen. I owned both for a week, and then took the peugeot to WBAC. During that week the ABS light came on, but the thing was still driveble. When I got there, they knocked me down 20 percent on the price they initially offered. Realistically though, I just wanted the peugeot gone, and at that stage even if it had been 50% less I would still have let them have it. I just didn't want to heap that peugeot on anyone, and I couldn't find the car I wanted to replace it with anywhere else. I just wish I'd had the peugrot scrapped when the engine blew. So, in my case, WBAC came to the rescue. I later traced the peugot to a garage 150 miles away, for 4 times what they had offered me for it. I still felt happy, my Knight in shining armour.

I sold a car recently through Motorway. You agree a price then they market the car. If it doesnt reach your agreed price it doesnt sell. My car sold very quickly and they came and took the car away. All smooth and effortless. Id never lower myself to WBAC.

@retroadventurer

4 ай бұрын

Same I used motorway last year and I got a whopping 1800 more than the dealer was offering me as a trade in. Easiest transaction ive ever done, the guy who collected the car didn't even look at it. They just did the bank transfer and drove it away.