WeBuyAnyCar valuation and deductions
Discussion
My gran has failed her sight test and is giving up her licence, so has asked me to sell her car for her. It's a 2004 Yaris 1.3 Auto, 47k miles, owned and garaged from new. The value of autos seems incredibly high, and webuyanycar have offered £3.5k.
I haven't looked at the car for a couple of years, but suspect there will be scratches here and there, and am told that the remote locking doesn't work on the drivers door. Does anyone have any experience with how WBAC deductions work, is it a fixed value per scratch or defect, or a proportion of the value maybe up to a limit?
I'm going up there in a fortnight and will probably take it in to WBAC, but if the advice is that they are likely to knock off most of it's value I won't bother and will sell on eBay as is.
I haven't looked at the car for a couple of years, but suspect there will be scratches here and there, and am told that the remote locking doesn't work on the drivers door. Does anyone have any experience with how WBAC deductions work, is it a fixed value per scratch or defect, or a proportion of the value maybe up to a limit?
I'm going up there in a fortnight and will probably take it in to WBAC, but if the advice is that they are likely to knock off most of it's value I won't bother and will sell on eBay as is.
If its not far from you then you'll maybe get a little more from a private sale with the faults described. Question is, is it worth the hassle as you'd really need to go over to meet any buyers. Your gran won't want to do it. And if the car is registered to her address then that's where most buyers will want to view it. For the sake of not much money I'd just take it to wbac or similar personally.
ChrisH72 said:
If its not far from you then you'll maybe get a little more from a private sale with the faults described. Question is, is it worth the hassle as you'd really need to go over to meet any buyers. Your gran won't want to do it. And if the car is registered to her address then that's where most buyers will want to view it. For the sake of not much money I'd just take it to wbac or similar personally.
I'm with you completely, describe the faults and stick it on ebay at 1750 and it should go pretty quick. If WBAC would actually pay £1250 that's fine, I'll just take it there and save the hassle. I don't want to waste my time taking it to WBAC if they are likely to knock it down to £500 though. The car is in Norwich and I'm in Kent, so if the steer from this thread is they're likely to give 40% of their offer despite some scratches and the door lock I will drive up. If those with more experience with WBAC than me think there's a risk it'll be lower than that I'll get the train up and drive the car back, with all the hassle of the train, insurance, selling it privately etc. etc. that entails.
Rough101 said:
You can do a detailed valuation on line and add all that in. If you’re thorough, they won’t chip you very much. They have a bit of leeway too.
I'll play around with that and see what it suggests, without having seen the car to know exactly what the issues are it'll invoice some guesswork. What's the reckoning, bumper corner scratches and wing mirror scrapes...Depending how handy you are you could have a go at fixing the door lock. If all the others work it's most likely the drivers door actuator which is £20 on ebay and should be a fairly simple job to change.
Otherwise, as said, do a full wbac quote listing all faults. In your original post you mentioned they quoted £3.5k but then your last post says £1250. At that money I don't think I could be bothered messing around, your gran most likely just wants rid.
Otherwise, as said, do a full wbac quote listing all faults. In your original post you mentioned they quoted £3.5k but then your last post says £1250. At that money I don't think I could be bothered messing around, your gran most likely just wants rid.
I sold a car to them a few years back. They went over it with a fine tooth comb and deducted a fixed amount for every mark. I can't remember how much - something like £10-£20. It didn't sound much but when you included every single stone chip it added up to a few hundred.
I assumed it was their way of getting the price down without getting into the ins and outs of mechanical wear and tear issues. You can't really argue with their assessment when it's based on stuff you can see with your own eyes.
Mind you, the car I was selling was pretty unpopular (Subaru Legacy 2.0 litre). I would imagine they might be less piggy with your example in today's market.
I assumed it was their way of getting the price down without getting into the ins and outs of mechanical wear and tear issues. You can't really argue with their assessment when it's based on stuff you can see with your own eyes.
Mind you, the car I was selling was pretty unpopular (Subaru Legacy 2.0 litre). I would imagine they might be less piggy with your example in today's market.
Based on my experience with WBAC last year, I wouldn’t declare any damage at all if I was doing it again.
I declared every bit on mine and the guy still went round picking out all the same bits and making a note of them. I explained I’d already noted these on the online valuation but he didn’t want to listen and still reduced it a further £500 or so mumbling about more chips and scratches.
I think they will try and knock a certain amount off no matter what you’ve already declared so may as well not bother and let them do it when you’re there, I’m sure you’ll get a better price that way.
I declared every bit on mine and the guy still went round picking out all the same bits and making a note of them. I explained I’d already noted these on the online valuation but he didn’t want to listen and still reduced it a further £500 or so mumbling about more chips and scratches.
I think they will try and knock a certain amount off no matter what you’ve already declared so may as well not bother and let them do it when you’re there, I’m sure you’ll get a better price that way.
A couple of years ago I had a lease car coming and a privately owned 7 year old BMW to sell.
Foolishly I assumed the WBAC valuation would be at least near to what I would actually get and took it to them the day before the lease car arrived.
IIRC the valuation was £5500 and after much pointing out of tiny stone chips and invisible to the human eye scratches the WBAC con man offered me £4500 then went through a charade of talking to his manager to try to get me more for it, in the end I think I got £4600 which I took given the imminent arrival of the lease car and have been shouting at the telly or radio ever since when one of their stupid ads comes on.
For me the issue was that they offered a price for a 7 year old car then inspected it as if they expected it to be a brand new car instead of basing their valuation on a reasonable expectation of it's condition.
Foolishly I assumed the WBAC valuation would be at least near to what I would actually get and took it to them the day before the lease car arrived.
IIRC the valuation was £5500 and after much pointing out of tiny stone chips and invisible to the human eye scratches the WBAC con man offered me £4500 then went through a charade of talking to his manager to try to get me more for it, in the end I think I got £4600 which I took given the imminent arrival of the lease car and have been shouting at the telly or radio ever since when one of their stupid ads comes on.
For me the issue was that they offered a price for a 7 year old car then inspected it as if they expected it to be a brand new car instead of basing their valuation on a reasonable expectation of it's condition.
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