WeBuyAnyCar experience

edwardmluk

Has anyone used them? How close to your online quote was the final price? How thorough are their vehicle inspections? My vehicle is still driving fine, but will need lots of repairs first which makes it not worth doing, and I don't think I could sell it privately. Just wondering how other MSEers have found WBAC.

Regards.

mattyprice4004

They usually try to knock you down on daft things, so if your car needs lots of repairs I'd be prepared to lose a good chuck of the price.

Lifeforms

Having just gone through an inspection today, they basically say it'll take 15 mins to look over the car (more if you aren't honest during the internet inputs)
The chap today had a good look over checking for scratches, dents, chips etc, as well as interior conditions.
Seller today was honest, and marked almost all the scratches (which was 3, and the chap found 3 more for scratches/chips/dent) So their final price was pretty close to the online/phone valuation.
There was no pressure selling, he got in with the seller, and drove it around for a few mins (presumably to check it sounds ok, and does actually run/brake) Then offered us a price which was a couple of hundred less than the original perfect condition price (before even the noted scratches were put on)

If you are honest about it, you'll get close to what you are quoted, if you are unrealistic and call 5 different scratches as one then they'll be marked down.
Looking at the computer work there are lists of prices for repairs for scratches and dents etc that they work from. They also said there is no charge for a valuation with them, the fee is applicable upon deciding to sell. So you could take it along to your local place to get a value before you sell.

Overall experience was very good, nice chap who dealt with us, was realistic and showed us the scratches the seller had missed, and the small dent). It however was a lot simpler than having to privately sell in a remote area, and deal with wannabe car hagglers, long test drives, and hum'ing and hah'ing by a potential buyer. The admin charge was fair, and whilst, in reality, a fee for them buying the car off us, the seller would've paid that amount in selling fees anyhoo.

Payment is in 4 working days, or you can pay about 25-30 for 2 working day transfer.

You wont get the value you might if you privately sold and kept waiting for that perfect buyer, but it's like trade in, you lose some to shift a car quickly.

forgotmyname

Lifeforms, Do you work for them.

Your thread seems to be mixed. Are you the buyer or the seller?

I think your post is tainted with some meaty sandwich substance.

Google them and see the silly prices offered and their naughty behaviour in some cases.
My mate was told his almost new car had been crashed and resprayed. Utter rubbish.

motorguy

forgotmyname wrote: »

Lifeforms, Do you work for them.

Your thread seems to be mixed. Are you the buyer or the seller?

I think your post is tainted with some meaty sandwich substance.

Google them and see the silly prices offered and their naughty behaviour in some cases.
My mate was told his almost new car had been crashed and resprayed. Utter rubbish.

They're traders selling predominantly on to other traders. They will always lowball you, and try to chip you back.

If you dont like them dont use them. simples.

Also, how do you know your mates car HASNT had paintwork??

motorguy

edwardmluk wrote: »

Has anyone used them? How close to your online quote was the final price? How thorough are their vehicle inspections? My vehicle is still driving fine, but will need lots of repairs first which makes it not worth doing, and I don't think I could sell it privately. Just wondering how other MSEers have found WBAC.

Regards.

Personally, i'd stick it on ebay, list the main faults, describe it honestly, and start the auction at 99p.

You will invariably get more than WBAC will give you.

Lifeforms

forgotmyname wrote: »

Lifeforms, Do you work for them.

Your thread seems to be mixed. Are you the buyer or the seller?

I think your post is tainted with some meaty sandwich substance.

Google them and see the silly prices offered and their naughty behaviour in some cases.
My mate was told his almost new car had been crashed and resprayed. Utter rubbish.

I knew I was going to get "are you working for them?"
No, but unlike others I'm happy not to splash the details of someone elses transactions over the web. As I said I went along, I was not the seller, nor should I need to say who the seller was, or sex, or age, or car prices :P Hence the Seller reference, and not he, she, granny aged 90, young lad aged 20 etc.
Either way, it's a really short process, which did leave us (me and the seller ;D) thinking oh, we just sold a car pretty easily.

Yes you can sell privately, even part exchange (despite their adverts saying P/E would give you less) but it was just a simple quick way to shift a car. If you happen to need to shift a car quickly, and are happy with the price, it works. But then what something is worth is always in the eye of the beholder, and unless you can find someone else to think the same and pay the same, you have a car that you think is worth X even when it might be worth Y.
They do not force you to sell for their price.

I will say the seller got well over the price they really were thinking it was worth selling it for. But that, to me, comes down to their lack of foresight and actually pricing the car in comparable terms, ie not even looking up adverts of the same car/same year/same condition. They had a figure in their head and to them that was what it was worth. On their part, they benefited because they actually got more than expected. (that also reverses too, on people thinking their car really is worth more than it is)

However their need to shift the car out weighed ebay, car adverts, visiting buyers, haggling (which they did not want to deal with)

It is also comparable to why people sell higher valued goods in likes of CEX, or Cash Converters. It's usually quite less money, but it's instant. Ebaying things, or any other method of selling takes time.

albionrovers

I got £60 less than my quote and I damn near bit the guy's hand off. Great company if used properly. Morons who take new cars to them.....why????

dampdaveski

I've used them 3 times to get rid of old vans
one was a bit lower than I hoped, but I think that was more me being romantic!
the other for an escort van was reasonably fair
For an old knackered vito van i sold last I was extatic with the offer (and I had been honest about it)
I think the thing with these people is that you aint going to get top dollar, you might be surprised, BUT you don't have to deal with tyre kickers

theashkinsdiet

I just sold my 10 year old car privately for £1100 (very near what it's worth). Out of curiosity I looked on we-con-any-mug.com (although I think they use the terms 'buy' and 'car' instead) and their valuation was.... drumroll please... £245. Yes, £245. I wrote it twice just in case you thought it was a typo.

I nearly fell off my chair laughing. Bear in mind that that wouldn't be the amount that they actually gave me for it either AND they charge a £49.99 transaction fee for the pleasure of taking you to the cleaners and back, so I'd probably walk away with less than 1/10th of the car's value if was foolish enough to give them my car.

THEY ARE CON ARTISTS, GIVE THEM AN EXTREMELY WIDE BIRTH. How else do you think they fund their endless bombardment of annoying adverts??!!!

Guest101

No, they're not con artists, they're quick sell company.

Whatever your valuation on the web, knock off about 10%, that's what you'll get.

Be honest, stand your ground. At the end of the day, you agree to seel and they agree to buy, its a two way street.

I sold my last car to them, got about £75 less than id hoped for, but was still near enough the 4.5k id hoped for