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We buy any car valuations

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  • photome
    photome Posts: 16,714 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Bake Off Boss!
     maybe should have tried Cazoo ( not sure how they are trading at mo), I recently sold a car to Cazoo for 1.7k more than WBAC offered and they didn’t change the price when I took it to them, money in my account 15 minutes after arrival
  • caprikid1
    caprikid1 Posts: 2,520 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    It very much depends on what you are selling, failry new with a good market top dollar no haggling, old dents keys missing you get chipped on price.

    You could have probably taken the car to 20 dealers and each one would have said not interested at the age and one key.

    Reason they buy cars is selling privately can be far more of a nightmare with a lot more price chipping and threats etc etc.
  • A key can cost well in excess of £200 to programme and supply, which they would have had to have done. So knocking off £200 seems fair enough, even if they did know beforehand.
  • Stateofart
    Stateofart Posts: 349 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 100 Posts
    edited 19 March 2024 at 4:23PM
    Your gripe is £200 off a car sale?  It's totally normal and that's before knowing what WBAC are like !!
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