Anyone used Car take back.com?

[It's a me]

A friend of mine has an Mot failure Escort, he's been looking around for the best scrap price. Car take back have quoted £170 and will collect it.

Has anyone had any experience of this company? I have told him that it's very unlikely they'll pay £170, and will just knock him down in price.
Am I wrong, or has scrap value shot up again recently? I just can't see them gaining anything from it.

[It's a me]

Take it! I told my mate to expect around £80 for it if he was lucky!

[It's a me]

dave8019 said:

Like 'Itsame' said- at £170 I would snap there hand off!

My dad used Car Take Back to get rid of his old Sierra and was really impressed- he got about £150. He was quoted a different amount for having it collected from my house than from his house. (He was told that scrap metal is worth different amounts in different parts of the country because of competing companys and how far away you are from the scrap yard which sounds believable). My dad was also very careful of who he used because DVLA will fine you if you dont do it properly- Car Take Back work for the car companys so I dont think they are allowed to use pikeys like ‘TheEnd’ said.

How long ago was this?