Autotrader car buying - similar to WBAC but better prices

[manracer]

I commented on the WBAC not buying thread but didnt seem to get noticed so thought id start a thread

I was looking around Autotradrer website the other day and noticed that they are now offering to buy cars, similarly to WBAC but their prices seem to be a bit better (i did like for like quotes on 3 cars in my household).

They also appear to guarantee the price on screen.

Anyone else noticed/come across this?

[IamJacksContempt]

Is this separate to valuation tool which shows how much you would get for a private sale and part exchange ?

I was planning on maybe selling my car to Arnold Clark but it’s good to have more options especially if they’re now giving more generous valuations.

[FlyingPanda]

Maybe it’s me, but I can’t see where they offer that service. Do you have a link?

[The Mad Monk]

Nah. It's a plug for one of their ads, surely?

They aren't actually offering to buy the car from you. They are saying "sell your car with one of our ads and get £1254 more for it".

[manracer]

its a new service called instant offer, seems they have partnered with Manheim (BCA rival)

I selected value my car at the top of the page, entered my reg and milealge and then there is the "instant offer", says its new.

[manracer]

The Mad Monk said:

Nah. It's a plug for one of their ads, surely?

They aren't actually offering to buy the car from you. They are saying "sell your car with one of our ads and get £1254 more for it".

The Mad Monk is incorrect it seems.

[Jamescrs]

I used Wizzle recently when selling a car and I found that better because you put in all your car details including pictures and you get instant quotes from a number of the car buying services (don't remember if it was 4 or 6 now) and you can choose which ones you wish to make contact with from there. Worked for me.

[Ron99]

As I might soon be changing car, I tried the Autotrader buying page a few minutes ago but after putting in some details it seemed to crash and got stuck on a blank white page.