We Buy Any Car - Offer increases
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I have just received a new lease car, so was deciding to sell my Octavia VRS 15 plate. WBAC have been increasing the prices from range of £12800 last december, to £14,000 last month.
I eventually got a valuation with intent on monday after one cancelled appointment (they rang to say they were double booked). After a detailed report of every minuscule mark on black paint offered £12,200. I said they were a million miles off. The offer was increased to £12,890.
I went to Evans Halshaw and sold today for £13,500 without any haggling. They knocked off £286 for a tyre which was snagged ( a little from a curbing) and also chips on the front bumper.
I eventually got a valuation with intent on monday after one cancelled appointment (they rang to say they were double booked). After a detailed report of every minuscule mark on black paint offered £12,200. I said they were a million miles off. The offer was increased to £12,890.
I went to Evans Halshaw and sold today for £13,500 without any haggling. They knocked off £286 for a tyre which was snagged ( a little from a curbing) and also chips on the front bumper.
From recent experience, I'd recommend giving Tootle a try - it's free to advertise - so nothing to lose.
I had a dealer *ring* me within *4 minutes* of posting my car on Tootle, we agreed a price within the next 5 mins. Funds transferred, car collected off my driveway less than 4 hours later !
Price agreed was around £800 more than WBAC on-line quote. Brilliant - absolutely 100% hassle free
I had a dealer *ring* me within *4 minutes* of posting my car on Tootle, we agreed a price within the next 5 mins. Funds transferred, car collected off my driveway less than 4 hours later !
Price agreed was around £800 more than WBAC on-line quote. Brilliant - absolutely 100% hassle free
They can be decent if you just want a quick no hassle disposal. Screen price can move a bit apparently based on hammer prices of their subsidiary company BCA.
I took a car along to them £10500 was the screen offer, they counted 2 wheels, 2bodyshop repairs and 3 smart repairs....the car was 5yrs old and had been drove every day so had some honest marks. They offered 9480 as a result of the marks. I said the minimum I was prepared to take was £10200 and I’d happilly walk back out the door at the initial offer. Very quickly we got to 10k. I was happy with that, it was needing a tyre, the exhaust was corroded and needed replaced and it would be due a mot and service soon. I had ordered it’s replacement and it had to go. I may have got another couple hundred selling private but that carries its own risk.
I took a car along to them £10500 was the screen offer, they counted 2 wheels, 2bodyshop repairs and 3 smart repairs....the car was 5yrs old and had been drove every day so had some honest marks. They offered 9480 as a result of the marks. I said the minimum I was prepared to take was £10200 and I’d happilly walk back out the door at the initial offer. Very quickly we got to 10k. I was happy with that, it was needing a tyre, the exhaust was corroded and needed replaced and it would be due a mot and service soon. I had ordered it’s replacement and it had to go. I may have got another couple hundred selling private but that carries its own risk.
I took a car down to them a few years ago. They dropped the price from online offer from 5k to 4,200 after the inspection.
I had declared all the scrapes but they still dropped the price. I was amazed how uninterested they really were in the car, it’ was all visual 10 second walk around and turn the ignition for dash lights.
I told them the offer was nonsense as it was all declared. There was a big show and dance of ringing ‘the boss’ for a better price. They went back up to 4,350 and I said goodbye. I was told that offer would expire there and then.
This was followed by them ringing me seconds after I had left with a better offer. This kept going on for at least three days until they were offering the 5k. By this point I was sick of them and had to ignore the calls.
I had declared all the scrapes but they still dropped the price. I was amazed how uninterested they really were in the car, it’ was all visual 10 second walk around and turn the ignition for dash lights.
I told them the offer was nonsense as it was all declared. There was a big show and dance of ringing ‘the boss’ for a better price. They went back up to 4,350 and I said goodbye. I was told that offer would expire there and then.
This was followed by them ringing me seconds after I had left with a better offer. This kept going on for at least three days until they were offering the 5k. By this point I was sick of them and had to ignore the calls.
RSpiston said:
From recent experience, I'd recommend giving Tootle a try - it's free to advertise - so nothing to lose.
I had a dealer *ring* me within *4 minutes* of posting my car on Tootle, we agreed a price within the next 5 mins. Funds transferred, car collected off my driveway less than 4 hours later !
Price agreed was around £800 more than WBAC on-line quote. Brilliant - absolutely 100% hassle free
Tootle schmootle. I had a rather spiffy 335d Touring that I was looking to offload a few months back, lots of options etc. I had a pretty good idea what it was worth but the site wouldn't let me enter the price, it kept saying it was too high and had to lower it. I eventually put in my local dealer's offer - 22.5k but it still kept saying it was too high. Gave up in the end and sold it privately for 23.5k. Weird.I had a dealer *ring* me within *4 minutes* of posting my car on Tootle, we agreed a price within the next 5 mins. Funds transferred, car collected off my driveway less than 4 hours later !
Price agreed was around £800 more than WBAC on-line quote. Brilliant - absolutely 100% hassle free
Yes you also find with WBAC they if you don’t sell to them your model of car is suddenly ‘in high demand’ about a week later, and a flood of emails start, I’ve always got more elsewhere and wouldn’t bother going the 400 yards to my local branch in the future, they just think everyone is desperate for money.
I sold my Yeti via Tootle. The site would not let me put in a price as high as I wanted. I put in the max value allowed of £8500.
Within in minutes I had offers, some over the value. I agreed to sell at £8800 and the car was collected within 2 days. Money in the bank before he car left the drive.
Within in minutes I had offers, some over the value. I agreed to sell at £8800 and the car was collected within 2 days. Money in the bank before he car left the drive.
Just sold my civic, quote increased from 9700 to 10k and got 9750 Incl. Admin fee.. Noting alloy kerbed badly and various scratches and chips on bonnet. Good service but was odd how offers changed almost daily... Best to try to phish for the highest offer and this is what it seems they start to reduce from... So higher the better..
WBAC increased their online offer to my partner's '14 208 GTI which was a bit higher than Evans Halshaw.
Totally new the game, we fell for the higher offer and took the car over and to have the person inspecting the car knock off £400 due to a kerbed alloy and 2 'smart' repairs needed, and a further £100 for missing the original service book, and another £200 for claiming it was an import.
A few days on, Evans Halshaw took the car off us as their real offer was £200 more and far nicer people to deal with.
bmwmike said:
2012 530i 11.2k now, was 10.6k a couple of weeks ago. I check weekly and it goes up and down quite a bit, not sure why
Interested to see if they have a sneaky system that with these increases such cars are focused more on price knocked down when you actually relent and go in. I e. You'd be offered 10.7 actual
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