Peoples experiances of WBAC and the like

ratrace wrote: »

Places like wbac are in the business to make money and are willing to buy your car on the spot albeit for not very much, unfortunately that is the price for convivence


I went to them when i had a car i was selling and the chap went over it meticulously and picked faults that most of us would consider wear and tear due to age and miles, he offerd me a silly price so i just walked away and then sold the car privately but the amount of tyre kickers i had to deal with was crazy hence why some people choose to sell thier car via such places.



op, take your car down see what they offer if its to low walk away simple

I can usually tell a tyre kicker very quickly. I had a few who said they'd come and never arrived then a few who asked for loads of photos of really obscure things (like the wheel arch liners) and then never got back to me. Nowadays, I just list it and state that if they are interested to come and view..... ultimately, if someone wants a photo of the wheel arch liners, then they are probably the kind of person to kick off and moan about something trivial at the time of purchase or after. They can come and view the car and work out for themselves whether it's right for them, I'm bored of stupid games though.

Head_The_Ball wrote: »

Or, better still, drive away.

LOL :rotfl:

m0bov wrote: »

Thanks for the info and comments, I will try and sell privately, and look at WBAC as a bonus if its a good price.

Regarding selling privately, would it be unreasonable to ask to see the buyers insurance (not just third party cover) and ID if they wanted a test drive? Also, ask to met at my bank when taking the payment in case, pay in and then hand over keys??

CHeers.

I would say asking to see a driving licence as a form of id is not being unreasonable after all its a stranger turning up to view it, although most people a good honest people you never know who will turn up so yes its best practise



there was a chap i know who had his car stolen on a test drive and if you look online there are videos of people taking cars under the pretence of buying but they are generally high value cars (not trying to scare you but just a heads up)



You will get more by selling private so from an mse point of view its the way to go , you can always fall back on the wbac or trade in



good luck hope you get what your after from it