We Buy Any Car .... your experiences/alternative recommendations ?

Motorway I found to be excellent. I received less than their valuation but I thought their estimate was high but worth trying. I got 500 less than their reserve, but about 10 percent more than I'd hoped for if I'd sold privately, so I accepted the highest offer.

They were very professional and kept me informed at each part of the process.

I’ve used them twice. First time they gave me exactly what they’d quoted online. Second time they gave me more than what they’d quoted online because I’d mistakenly declared it as a non-runner when, despite a lot of mechanical issues, it did run (in a fashion). I’ve no complaints and would use them again.

I’ve sold two cars to WBAC, 1st car they took a couple of hundred off for some scratches , it was still a good price , second car gave what they quoted , both times hassle free selling, very happy with the experience and I would use them again.

I've used WBAC twice now.

I'm sure I could have got a bit more money selling another way, but it was completely hassle free and made things much less stressful.

I'd definitely use them again!

I sold my car thru motorway. It's takes a bit longer than WBAC but I got more than the WBAC. Think from start to finish took a week.

We sold ours at the weekend. They offered us a price was less than we wanted and so we told them we would leave it as we wanted a set amount. They gave us the price we wanted so you can get them up a bit from what they offer.

Motorway.co.uk were really good. Paid the price they said they would and came to collect the car.

Another vote for Motorway here, got far more than we expected. They ask for a good number of specific photo's but it does mean no quibbling over price when the dealer collects.

Our mechanic and a local garage both told us our car wasn't worth more than £1000. We'd had it many years from new - bodywork and interior looked excellent but there was a lot of rust underneath which needed attention.
WBAC gave DH £3000 for it after inspecting it 😁. We were amazed.
The guy told DH that they send the cars straight to auction - overall it's profitable.
We saw it a few months later being sold by a dealer on Ebay for about £5000. As far as we could tell they'd smartened up the underside with black paint...

We got quotes from WBAC and Motorway. Motorway valued the car higher so we went with them.

They auction the car to registered dealers, so we had a couple of times where the dealer involved backed out (nothing to do with the car). I think it took about three weeks to get a confirmed offer and then the dealer just turned up on the day, inspected the car and then sat on our driveway to do the payments (one to pay off our finance deal and the extra to us).

Get your GCSE drama skills ready and act like you will walk away if you don’t get the right price!

I used WBAC years ago (similar experience to others, they chipped the price down on the day) and used Motorway to sell more recently.

I recall taking lots of pics for Motorway which then gives less scope for later haggling as if there are any obvious chips etc you have already declared them. I’d definitely use motorway again, there was no haggling when they came to collect, just a thorough inspection then transferred money & left. That’s the other advantage - they come to you whereas WBAC you have to go to their location.

Motorway are much better and they don't take a fee

I would take it to the badge dealer, we did that with my car and got 2k more from them as dealers are looking for stock

I've sold 2 cars through them. Be prepared for at least 10% off their quoted price

DH took his 12 year old just expensively scraped through an MOT car to motorpoint. They took it for a test drive and gave him far more for it than WBAC were even offering online.

I'd definitely take the 80 grand assume that's a typo

Motorway was much better than wbac for us.

They offer it to a range of dealers and you accept which ever offer you want (or none!)

Dealer came to house to collect car, no quibbles or reducing, very fair.

Similar experience. Mine was in excellent condition for its age (literally ‘one careful owner’) and exactly as described when they quoted online. In person they dropped it down loads for almost imperceivable things. I was only using them for convenience so didn’t care that much but definitely wouldn’t use them to optimise on sale price.

We used WBAC a few years ago for a very cheap old car and it wasfine. But when we wanted to sell a slightly nicer car, they really tried to take the piss. We used Motorway and got a really good offer that we were really pleased with and it was pretty painless although we did have to take lots of photos and itemise small scratches etc.

Most of these places work by buying low and selling high. The ones that don't go out of business.

Standard practice seems to be to lure you in with the maximum you are likely to get, then deduct once the car is taken for a viewing and hope that you either need the money fast or don't want the hassle and want to get rid of it on the spot. TBF taking on old cars can be a risky business, as some often require huge amounts of hidden work to be done, so high margins are needed to cover those sorts of possibilities.

You can always try selling privately instead. But it's more often than not a pain in the backside.

I used them.

They dropped a couple of
Hundred off when they saw it as it wasn't quite in good condition.

I felt that was fair.

I don't know if I could have got more elsewhere.