We buy any car .wotsit

[John h]

Well as the frustration mounts and the tyre kickers form an orderly queue
has anyone used the we buy any car site to move a car on ?

[Kwakka666]

no, but they will give you just above what you'd get part ex.
Not worth it IMO.

[Bonk]

Not sure if it would be the same for all cars but when I got a quote from them for my previous car (no, no, no. I'm not saying what it was) they offered me roughly half it's private resale value.

Unless you're really skint I'd steer well clear.

[Black Sheep]

I've used them once but they are a last resort. When you trade in the garage is usually quoting you the trade value or what they would expect to get at auction. We Buy also sell the car at auction, so to make a profit they need to undercut the expected auction price and offer you silly money. You will get an online quote but when you go to the appointment they will reduce the offer following an inspection of the car and pointing out defects. I was briefly a car salesman and I walked out of We Buy telling the rep that I thought I had robbed a few people in my time but he was taking the pi $$!

[Shadyadie]

I've never used them, but have looked at the online quotes and unless it is a run of the mill mainstream car less than 5 or 6 years old, it seems pointless to take it any further.

Plus everyone who has tried them tells stories about getting there and being offered less than online quote.

[John h]

Thanks Chaps, it was an option I thought about, I start my new job in Wakefield next week, so now I can get another Surf ! The Xtrail was good for the M1 and M62 150 miles a day and returned 35mpg but oh so .....indescribable really ( Bland maybe ?)

[dazandcaz]

Well i'll start the bid at £20 and a pickled egg but I bet yoshie got there before me

[John h]

Make it a packet of M&Ms and its a deal ! Yoshie wouldn't darken his door with such mundane non descript,bland awfulness

[Sancho]

I've used one of them. Not that one, another whose name I forget. In every aspect other than the quantity of money involved, they were great. I had a bit of a shop around to find out who would pay the most.

[Sancho]

Right, it was bestcarbuyer.co.uk

Like I said, they were well under what I wanted (£4,500 for a car that would have eventually sold privately for comfortably over £6k), but way more than the others and they did what they said they would all the way through.

[John h]

Many thanks Sancho, I will give them a try

[ian2144]

We buy.......were only offering me £475 for my 3rd Gen. their system flaged it up as a "4 Runner"

Sold it at my local auction for £1200.

[Rob5464]

don't know about any of the others but webuyanycar is as crooked as they get. They make you an online offer then when they inspect the car they kick it down on anything they can find and pressure you to let it go for peanuts. The salesmen actually get paid commision and they get more money for kicking the price down to actively encourage them. They also go onto forums and write fake reviews and such.

Then the car goes to carcraft (the same company) and they sell it for a fortune over its actual value.

[John h]

Well Best car buyer much better offer quite comprehensive in reporting etc a good grand more than the carcraft crew,having seen the carcraft stuff on tv last night I must admit I am even more sceptical. I think now I have secured a new job I will use some of my compromise agreement funds to get a Surf then flog off the other on autotrader
will keep you posted
Thanks once again for your help

[tashtego]

don't know about any of the others but webuyanycar is as crooked as they get. They make you an online offer then when they inspect the car they kick it down on anything they can find and pressure you to let it go for peanuts. The salesmen actually get paid commision and they get more money for kicking the price down to actively encourage them. They also go onto forums and write fake reviews and such.

Then the car goes to carcraft (the same company) and they sell it for a fortune over its actual value.

Very true. That's how a profit is made but such companies. TBH it's the same worldwide. Tesco come here and haggle the farmers down, pay 1p for an avocado that they will then sell in a store near you for a quid. "Every little helps"!