We buy any car.com?
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Backtobasics said:
ShadownINja said:
Backtobasics said:
Plenty of threads on here. Most do not make good reading. A friend needed to shift his car due to working abroad and got 70% less than they bid online. Seem to recall the guys who come out get a commission for getting a car for less than the wbac site quotes.
Why is that bad? He could have walked. Supply and demand. He could have sold the car privately. He needed the money. Perhaps he should have taken it to the DSS; he might have got a better offer there as they seem to throw money at people.davidspooner said:
Backtobasics said:
ShadownINja said:
Backtobasics said:
Plenty of threads on here. Most do not make good reading. A friend needed to shift his car due to working abroad and got 70% less than they bid online. Seem to recall the guys who come out get a commission for getting a car for less than the wbac site quotes.
Why is that bad? He could have walked. Supply and demand. He could have sold the car privately. He needed the money. Perhaps he should have taken it to the DSS; he might have got a better offer there as they seem to throw money at people.Webuyanycar threads always divide opinion.
If you want the most ££ for your car:
Wash, valet & detail it.
Advertise through classifieds.
Wait for phone calls, wait for someone to maybe turn up, let them test drive, repeat, until sold.
Or email/ring WBAC, give full description, let them collect & pay (Do they turn up with a pile of readdies)
If you want the most ££ for your car:
Wash, valet & detail it.
Advertise through classifieds.
Wait for phone calls, wait for someone to maybe turn up, let them test drive, repeat, until sold.
Or email/ring WBAC, give full description, let them collect & pay (Do they turn up with a pile of readdies)
madtriumphman said:
A girl at work just got scammed by Carcraft. Paid £5500 for an 03 plate Micra. They gave her £50 p/x for her T plate Sceicento which had 11 months MOT. Yes she could have walked away but she is a young girl who hasn't a clue regarding car values etc.
Like I said and I will say it again, CARCRAFT ARE A BUNCH OF t
tS!!!
Trying to work out who exactly is the tLike I said and I will say it again, CARCRAFT ARE A BUNCH OF t
tS!!!t here.TVR Moneypit said:
I've just been out to the garage to get the reg number of one of the cars in there. Thought I'd give 'we buy any car.com' a try and see what they come back with.
The vehicle details are as follows.....
"1951 Frazer Nash Le Mans.
Competed in the 1951 Le Mans 24hr's, finishing 10th overall.
Won the Sebring 9hr's in 1952.
Re-bodied in 1953 as a Targo Florio, competing in the 1953 Targa Florio, (finishing position unknown). Also competed in the 1954 Le Mans 24hr's in it's Targa Florio coachwork, but retired after just 49 laps.
Has since competed in the Goodwood Revival, Tour Auto and Mille Miglia retrospective amongst many other prestigious events.
In outstanding original condition."
Lets see what they offer then.
Did you put all that info down extra into the quote section of the website?The vehicle details are as follows.....
"1951 Frazer Nash Le Mans.
Competed in the 1951 Le Mans 24hr's, finishing 10th overall.
Won the Sebring 9hr's in 1952.
Re-bodied in 1953 as a Targo Florio, competing in the 1953 Targa Florio, (finishing position unknown). Also competed in the 1954 Le Mans 24hr's in it's Targa Florio coachwork, but retired after just 49 laps.
Has since competed in the Goodwood Revival, Tour Auto and Mille Miglia retrospective amongst many other prestigious events.
In outstanding original condition."
Lets see what they offer then.
I have a *feeling* that when specialised things like this come up they may very well, try and ring round specialists etc to see what they are likley to be able to get for it. They *probabaly* have some guy doing it right now.
Did you put a genuine phone number into the enquiry?
Alternativly if they can't be bothered with the hassle you'll get an automated quote of £75 quid.
Of course all of the above is just what I think might happen
This company gets more airtime here than the fecking APR on doorstep loans hysteria. It's not that hard to grasp.
They make offers for cars, simple as that. In much the same fashion that an insurance company offers you a price to insure you for a year - if they don't especially want your business, they'll give you an offer you're more than likely to reject.
I know it's obvious, yet still there's no end of people baulking at the fact they've offered £50 for a car that would fetch a few grand at market value, I really don't see the problem? They don't want your car, easy as that. If it's an offer that's not a piss take, but is still substantially lower than market value they'll take it off you, and sell it on. Of course they're going to make a profit from it, but it's at their risk, and they exist to make a profit. If you want shot of a car fast it's about your only choice without advertising it for sale, or part exing it against something else. If you don't like what they offer, so be it.
ts, or sharks preying on idiots, they're a business trying to make a profit, who have decided that selling to idiots is profitable.
I'd suggest if your friend doesn't fall into their 'ideal customer' category, she's either stupid for going there in the first place, or stupid for not doing her research before committing to spend thousands of pounds. Really, how long does it take to google something, or spend 4 quid picking up a magazine with used prices in?
Sorry but my biggest problem with these companies, and the doorstep loans lot, are the customers. They wouldn't exist if people didn't feel entitled to shiney new cars and big TV's they can't really afford, and learned to live within their means.
They make offers for cars, simple as that. In much the same fashion that an insurance company offers you a price to insure you for a year - if they don't especially want your business, they'll give you an offer you're more than likely to reject.
I know it's obvious, yet still there's no end of people baulking at the fact they've offered £50 for a car that would fetch a few grand at market value, I really don't see the problem? They don't want your car, easy as that. If it's an offer that's not a piss take, but is still substantially lower than market value they'll take it off you, and sell it on. Of course they're going to make a profit from it, but it's at their risk, and they exist to make a profit. If you want shot of a car fast it's about your only choice without advertising it for sale, or part exing it against something else. If you don't like what they offer, so be it.
madtriumphman said:
As they are linked to Carcraft avoid them! Carcraft are a bunch of robbing wkers who overprice cars and tempt the members of the public into a great monthly deal at 19.9% or whatever it is APR that they 'can drive away today'!
They are just sharks preying on people who cant afford to buy the same car for cash from a private vendor or another trader. A girl at work just got scammed by Carcraft. Paid £5500 for an 03 plate Micra. They gave her £50 p/x for her T plate Sceicento which had 11 months MOT. Yes she could have walked away but she is a young girl who hasn't a clue regarding car values etc.
Like I said and I will say it again, CARCRAFT ARE A BUNCH OF ttS!!!
No, they're a business. They exist solely to make profit. They also operate in an area of the market where the customers are usually scummers, or people with awful credit history that know fine well it's their only chance at getting a newish car without them having to actually borrow the money. If someone can't get a car from a 'normal' dealers forecourt, these catch the fallout. Of course they charge through the nose, and of course they slap rediculous APR's on their finance agreements, it's how they make a profit. Deal with scummers, or people who can't manage their finances well enough to stay in good credit, and there's a massive risk involved, thus taking this risk has to be worthwhile for the seller. Sorry, it's not that they're a bunch of tkers who overprice cars and tempt the members of the public into a great monthly deal at 19.9% or whatever it is APR that they 'can drive away today'!They are just sharks preying on people who cant afford to buy the same car for cash from a private vendor or another trader. A girl at work just got scammed by Carcraft. Paid £5500 for an 03 plate Micra. They gave her £50 p/x for her T plate Sceicento which had 11 months MOT. Yes she could have walked away but she is a young girl who hasn't a clue regarding car values etc.
Like I said and I will say it again, CARCRAFT ARE A BUNCH OF t
tS!!!ts, or sharks preying on idiots, they're a business trying to make a profit, who have decided that selling to idiots is profitable.I'd suggest if your friend doesn't fall into their 'ideal customer' category, she's either stupid for going there in the first place, or stupid for not doing her research before committing to spend thousands of pounds. Really, how long does it take to google something, or spend 4 quid picking up a magazine with used prices in?
Sorry but my biggest problem with these companies, and the doorstep loans lot, are the customers. They wouldn't exist if people didn't feel entitled to shiney new cars and big TV's they can't really afford, and learned to live within their means.
Agree with the previous poster 100%. If businesses couldnt make money of consumers who didn't know they could get a better deal elsewhere then, well, it'd be hard for anyone to make any money in the world. Stupids don't *have* to pay 20% APR to get a financed ecobox from Carcraft, but they do.
WBAC are obviously only interested in cars they can retail or shift quick, no point complaining they aren't interested in your old Bentley etc.
WBAC are obviously only interested in cars they can retail or shift quick, no point complaining they aren't interested in your old Bentley etc.
As has been said before it's all about making money, but from my experiances with the company it was complete lack of professionalism that wound me up.
Did the online quote, it was low but fair, and the car was acurately described, it was fractionaly higher than a local dealer was willing to buy from me for cash, so as the local branch was on my way somewhere else I arranged a visit.
My local branch is the one at Donington.
I arrived on time, well a little early, drove straight past the place, turned round and spotted the ad board in the car park, in said car park was a car with a piece of A4 in the window with a phone number and webuyanycar hand writern on it.
Phoned the number, got told we're running late be with you soon, so had to sit in the car for over 1/2 an hour waiting, then someone comes out of a faceless office building and reluctently lets us into the unmanned reception, another 1/2 an hour passes the tyre kicker eventually goes and rips the car to bits and over an hour and a 1/2 after arriving we get bid a silly low ball offer, by now I'm ready to smack the bloke for wasting my time but I just tell him where he can stick his offer and walk out telling the people waiting what a joke the place is.
Funnily enough while the tyre kicker was 'assessing' the car I took a call from a private buyer who 2 days later bought it.
Did the online quote, it was low but fair, and the car was acurately described, it was fractionaly higher than a local dealer was willing to buy from me for cash, so as the local branch was on my way somewhere else I arranged a visit.
My local branch is the one at Donington.
I arrived on time, well a little early, drove straight past the place, turned round and spotted the ad board in the car park, in said car park was a car with a piece of A4 in the window with a phone number and webuyanycar hand writern on it.
Phoned the number, got told we're running late be with you soon, so had to sit in the car for over 1/2 an hour waiting, then someone comes out of a faceless office building and reluctently lets us into the unmanned reception, another 1/2 an hour passes the tyre kicker eventually goes and rips the car to bits and over an hour and a 1/2 after arriving we get bid a silly low ball offer, by now I'm ready to smack the bloke for wasting my time but I just tell him where he can stick his offer and walk out telling the people waiting what a joke the place is.
Funnily enough while the tyre kicker was 'assessing' the car I took a call from a private buyer who 2 days later bought it.
I sold them my focus st-3. it was in the classifieds for a few months at £12.5k, no takers (i would have accepted £12k). WBAC offered me £12k and as i had described it fully was given the full amount minus a £50 admin fee. prompt payment, job done. no hassle.
but yes if you want to sell anything over 10 years old you should probably look elsewhere.
but yes if you want to sell anything over 10 years old you should probably look elsewhere.
I can't see the issue.
1. Company give a price of x on website.
2. They turn up and offer you 0.5x.
3. You laugh.
4. They walk away having wasted their time.
5. You sell for 10x though Pistonheads.
Its no different to you selling a car, someone coming to see it, they offering a bit less because they think they can get away with it.
Anyone who thinks is some sort of scam needs to grow up, or they will not survive in the big wide world.
1. Company give a price of x on website.
2. They turn up and offer you 0.5x.
3. You laugh.
4. They walk away having wasted their time.
5. You sell for 10x though Pistonheads.
Its no different to you selling a car, someone coming to see it, they offering a bit less because they think they can get away with it.
Anyone who thinks is some sort of scam needs to grow up, or they will not survive in the big wide world.
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