We buy any car devaluation

Mercdriver

fred246 said:

It's very motor industry. "Oh we can't give you much without stamps in the book. Never sell it". Then advertise it with full service history. "We'll give you the service history when you pick it up", "The service book will be in the post".

No.  It will be with your servicing lessons - online.  All of my servicing records are.

onlyfoolsandparking

The_Rainmaker said:

onlyfoolsandparking said:

People would have to be desperate to sell their car to WBAC, their valuations are way off and to add insult to injury the few 'fools' I know who have used them say they get offered a price only for them to drop it further when they inspect the car, utter madness!!

In your view, they have plenty of happy customers who want a no hassle means of selling their car.

Have you any personal experience in dealing with WBAC or are you just spouting?

Obviously its my view, LOL and can you read? I said I know people who have had dealings with them who accepted a lot less for their cars than they could have got on trader or even ebay! or am I just spouting 

fred246

Just checked what difference a full service history would have made. Not 1p extra! I reckon I would have paid over £5K extra for garage servicing (including 3 cambelts and brake pads & discs). And it wouldn't have added a penny to the value. I think it should actually be worth less if a garage had serviced it. I really don't think it would still be on the road if it had been to the clowns in the garages. There's only so much abuse a car can take.

giraffe69

Many people go to a garage to have their car serviced. They may not have the skills to do it themselves (I don't), they may have a plan which makes it cost effective. It's not been my experience that all people in garages are "clowns" as you put it. with relatively modern cars what used to be the service book is now found online which sometimes makes you think that dealerships are seeking to make it harder to go to an independent. Garages are far from perfect but your monomania about them is quite odd.

Car_54

fred246 said:

Just checked what difference a full service history would have made. Not 1p extra! I reckon I would have paid over £5K extra for garage servicing (including 3 cambelts and brake pads & discs). And it wouldn't have added a penny to the value. I think it should actually be worth less if a garage had serviced it. I really don't think it would still be on the road if it had been to the clowns in the garages. There's only so much abuse a car can take.

As someone has already told you, WBAC don't want your car, service history or not!

I suspect their system has noted your regular requests for quotes and marked you as a time-waster.

Supersonos

onlyfoolsandparking said:

People would have to be desperate to sell their car to WBAC, their valuations are way off and to add insult to injury the few 'fools' I know who have used them say they get offered a price only for them to drop it further when they inspect the car, utter madness!!

I sold a car to WBAC in about 2011.  It was junk.  A 2007 Volvo that I had ragged to pieces, one of the electric windows was intermittent, the aircon didn't work and the cost to get it repaired was not worth it, and a few times the engine had randomly died.  It also had real trouble starting in the winter.

I couldn't believe the valuation online, took it down there, they looked it over and offered more!  I took the money and ran.

motorguy

fred246 said:

It's very motor industry. "Oh we can't give you much without stamps in the book. Never sell it". Then advertise it with full service history. "We'll give you the service history when you pick it up", "The service book will be in the post".

Dont worry about that, when they give you your £50 its next stop will be the scrapyard. 

motorguy

fred246 said:

Just checked what difference a full service history would have made. Not 1p extra! I reckon I would have paid over £5K extra for garage servicing (including 3 cambelts and brake pads & discs). And it wouldn't have added a penny to the value. I think it should actually be worth less if a garage had serviced it. I really don't think it would still be on the road if it had been to the clowns in the garages. There's only so much abuse a car can take.

Yes - much better to do as you have been recommending people do if they cant do it themselves - get a mobile mechanic out so you can watch them work.

How did that pan out for that woman on here recently?  The mobile mechanic did a runner didnt he?  She had to take it to a reputable garage  - you know, like the ones we all recommend people use - to get it fixed.

motorguy

Car_54 said:

fred246 said:

Just checked what difference a full service history would have made. Not 1p extra! I reckon I would have paid over £5K extra for garage servicing (including 3 cambelts and brake pads & discs). And it wouldn't have added a penny to the value. I think it should actually be worth less if a garage had serviced it. I really don't think it would still be on the road if it had been to the clowns in the garages. There's only so much abuse a car can take.

As someone has already told you, WBAC don't want your car, service history or not!

I suspect their system has noted your regular requests for quotes and marked you as a time-waster.

£50 sounds about right for some ropey old Audi that someone has been watching youtube videos and tinkering at themselves.

onlyfoolsandparking

Supersonos said:

onlyfoolsandparking said:

People would have to be desperate to sell their car to WBAC, their valuations are way off and to add insult to injury the few 'fools' I know who have used them say they get offered a price only for them to drop it further when they inspect the car, utter madness!!

I sold a car to WBAC in about 2011.  It was junk.  A 2007 Volvo that I had ragged to pieces, one of the electric windows was intermittent, the aircon didn't work and the cost to get it repaired was not worth it, and a few times the engine had randomly died.  It also had real trouble starting in the winter.

I couldn't believe the valuation online, took it down there, they looked it over and offered more!  I took the money and ran.

Nice one, I like your style, you must have either got a trainee valuer or caught the valuer when they was a bit 'non compus' lol.

I'm not saying EVERY deal with WBAC is rank but I still believe they're not the company to sell your car to IF you want a decent price. I actually did try them with my bike (WBAB) I'm assuming the business model is similar, in fact thinking about it I would say they're the same, anyway I valued my bike at around £6495 although I would have been happy with anything above £6k, I only paid £6800 (nicked it for that price in reality) for it and rode it for 2 years but was buying a new one so it had to go

They offered me £4100 LOL then revised their offer to £4800 LOL again, then rang me saying they would give me £4900 IF it was showroom (which it was by the way), I told him to jog on and if he thought bidding me in the bo****ks and then upping his offer would buy it he was dreaming and that was the end of that. I stuck it on trader for £6495 and took £6200 for it, sold it to a sound fellow who appreciated how nice it was.

Moral of the story is I guess if you cant be ar**d dealing with tyre kickers, chancers, time wasters and dreamers and your not bothered about money like the millionaire Schofield that advertises them then WBAC could be for you.   
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