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Selling to webuyanycar.com

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UsernameN0Tavailable · 24/08/2020 14:20

Has anyone sold to them and can help me understand the process?

Their online estimate says they'll give me around £1500 more for my car than a garage has offered me for part exchange, but I need to know exactly how much I'll get to know what the budget is for my new car.

I need about 1-2 weeks between finding out how much it is worth and giving up the car so I can arrange a small loan and find/buy my new car, but I cant be without the old car for that long as I need it daily for work.

Do you have to give them the car there and then or do they say this estimate is valid for 2 weeks or something?

£1500 is a lot of money, but it seems like a lot more hassle than part exchanging!

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CraftyGin · 24/08/2020 14:23

DH sold to them. It was so easy. He got the price on the website and then simply dropped of the car with them.

qwertypie · 24/08/2020 14:23

In my experience, the estimate was far higher than what they actually paid me (they paid me half of the estimate, despite having declared faults on the estimate form)...

I wouldn't use them again. I'd never sold a car before, so wanted a quick way to do it, but it left me feeling like a total gullible chump!

Hoppinggreen · 24/08/2020 14:23

They offer you a certain amount online and then arrange an appointment for you to go to one of their centres.
When you get there they will inspect your car and after a lot of teeth sucking offer you quite a lot less than the online valuation and pressure you to accept it because if you come back later they may not even be able to honour THAT valuation.
Once you come to an agreement if you want to be paid by cheque you will have to wait a week for it to arrive and thats only after several phone calls

MondeoFan · 24/08/2020 14:26

I wouldn't use them. The whole thing is a con. Offered me £1400 for my car which was actually the market value. When I got there they pointed out every little mark on the seats and body ( very minor) said they could only offer £900 and I would be lucky to get more than that if I didn't accept their and then.
Declined and sold it on eBay for £1550

LupinsNotLilys · 24/08/2020 14:27

You'd probably get a better deal by part exing your current car?

LupinsNotLilys · 24/08/2020 14:28

Posted too soon..

Their offer online will be reduced once they see the car and give reductions for every nick, scratch and mark on the vehicle and wheels

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UsernameN0Tavailable · 24/08/2020 15:28

Thanks all, I had heard they reduced the price when they actually saw the vehicle. Its in pretty good shape but there are a couple of fine scratches on it.

The part ex price ive been offered is low, so j might just have to shop around. I just can't get my head around the logistics of joining up selling, finding a car, getting a loan and buying a new car without any gap between vehicles so maybe part ex and car finance is the easier way to go, even if is worse value.

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SlipperyLizard · 24/08/2020 15:31

We used them to sell a car, and our experience was like others - after a lot of teeth sucking the online estimate was reduced. We still sold it to them to avoid the hassle of selling privately (we weren’t buying another car), but you might want to take it to them for a “proper” price before you decide either way. I can’t recall if we were pressured to sell that day, sounds like the kind of tactic they might use - we really just wanted to sell though, you at least have a part ex offer to fall back on.

NainAGP · 24/08/2020 15:33

Another one advising against. We had a go but after the teethsucking bit we gave up and were able to get double the price at a local dealer who took cars to auction so didn't mind a couple of scratches, and they were nicer to deal with.

VinylDetective · 24/08/2020 15:36

Car dealers are desperate to shift stock at the moment. Go back and haggle.

CherryRipe1 · 24/08/2020 15:50

Agree with the teeth sucking and haggling down posts. They will nit pick every little thing. I actually got more from a licensed scrappage company in the end!

PigletJohn · 24/08/2020 16:07

Sell it privately.

They will reduce the price when you turn up and you will regret it.

Valleydad99 · 24/08/2020 16:16

Only positive is they are quick in my experience. Sold a junk KA to them and got the low price offered online and paid quick. Any other car I wouldn't sell to them as they put you through the wringer before paying far less than you'll get elsewhere despite offering more.

weathervane1 · 24/08/2020 16:19

Sell it privately.

BamboozledandBefuddled · 24/08/2020 16:25

We got a quote from them but ended up using wewantanycar.com From memory, the online price quoted was reduced by about £150 when we actually took the car in. Very quick and simple to deal with and the money was in our bank account within 10 minutes of us agreeing the price. Yes, we could have got more by selling privately but didn't need the hassle at the time. In this area, the reviews for webuy were terrible - wewant had far better reviews. That might be something that's worth you looking at.

IrmaFayLear · 24/08/2020 16:26

I had a very positive experience. Very easy and prompt payment.

Of course they’re going to point out the faults - otherwise people would say their car is in tip top condition and expect tip top price, and then turn up with a wreck.

And private buyers will expect to test-drive your car and they too will go over it with a tooth comb and potentially offer you less - and all with a load of hassle of waiting for people, security, worrying that they actually have the money etc.

FartingInTheFence · 24/08/2020 16:27

I wouldnt even sell those fuckers a flushed turd from a month ago.

Utter thieves, chancers and morons.

billyt · 24/08/2020 23:06

When I leased my present car a couple of years ago, I was looking to sell my existing car. I contacted WBAC and Evans Halshaw (both their local places are a five minute drive/20 minute walk away from my house so no real inconvenience to me). Booked EH for the Sunday lunchtime with WBAC booked for the Monday AM. WBAC offered me £6400 online with EH offering me £6800.
Took my car along to EH, they had a good look at the car and offered me £6600 (I wold have been happy with anything over £6k).
As this was more than WBAC had even offered me online (and I have seen of stories where they offer a lot less in person, perhaps hoping you'll take anything rather than look around to sell elsewhere) AND they charge a fee based on the sale priceAngry I took the EH offer(no additional fees). Signed the paperwork, handed over the keys etc and walked home a quite happy man. Contacted WBAC and cancelled the appointment as I had now no car to sell. Not only did WBAC call me a couple of time during the following week asking to see my (ex) car but questioned why I had sold it to EH and not them!!

I was happy with the money I got, only took me an hour or so, and I didn't have to deal with private buyers, payment concerns and other hassles.

Ultimatecougar · 24/08/2020 23:10

Webuyanycar just put the cars into the auction. You can probably get a better price by putting it into the auction yourself.

FoxyBadger · 24/08/2020 23:13

Sold my car last year to Arnold Clark. Can't remember figures now but much better offer than WeBuyAnyCar. No haggling. Very quick. To be fair though, my car was low mileage and very good condition. Put off WeBuyAnyCar by stories of them doing anything and everything to reduce price.
Offer is only valid for short time - 48 hours? - and yes, they would expect you to sell to them there and then to get that price.

HexyAndIKnowIt · 24/08/2020 23:24

Another negative experience here. They knocked hundreds off ours on inspection and it was absolutely mint. In fact, all of the 'marks' pointed out were dirt from the journey up there (been washed the day before but had to use for work so it had 24 hours of being out). We said no and sold it elsewhere for a lot more than WBAC offered.

I used them for a quote the other night or my car, only to give me a good idea of what to put it on auto trader for.

Timeonmyhandsfornow · 25/08/2020 00:46

WBAC is owned by BCA, and use various channels to dispose of the vehicles they buy. Some will go to their own auctions, some to their supermarket outlets and the cream will be actively remarketed to trade buyers.

If a customer queries a px price I've offered I'll actually suggest they sense check our valuation by visiting the WBAC website, but ask them to bear in mind that I've actually seen and driven their car prior to making our offer

I've heard mixed accounts about them, from the brilliant to the terrible, but overall would suggest they're useful at the very least for giving you a rough idea of a car's value from someone who'll actually buy it, rather than rely on online price guides from organisations who won't ever write a cheque for a car.

justinhawkinsnavalfluff · 25/08/2020 01:03

You will also find once you've had the original quote if you dont go ahead and ask for a further quote a month down the line it will have mysteriously gone down for no reason!

YesIDoLoveCrisps · 25/08/2020 09:23

I sold my car to them and they offered a price but I pretended to think about it and they offered more. They paid in a couple days and I didn’t have to deal with annoying potential buyers so I was happy.

BubblyBarbara · 25/08/2020 09:40

Got roughly the quoted price from them twice so your mileage may vary you can always walk away

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