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[pscocoa]

Anyone used these people. Some problems on valuation when you attend the appointment after getting online valuation.

Feedback whether positive or negative would be appreciated.

[Elite Pete]

I've heard once you get there they start to pick faults and the price offered online is reduced

[bob.dent]

They're bloody rubbish from what I've seen and heard.
They offer stupidly low money regardless of how good your car is. Might be ok for getting rid of an old banger.

[karlus 693]

A friend of mine used them and the value dropped loads when they did the check. So stay clear if i where you!

That said they only offered me £70 for my trusty rusty so i dont think they like miggys 

[steve_daly]

I did an online valuation on my Galaxy before I sold it.

1996 Galaxy 2.8 GHIA, 120,000 miles, usual dings but certainly not a shed by any stretch of the imagination, full MOT and 6 months tax.

£70

I'd say, they are a bunch of complete wasters just hawking on people trying to raise a quick buck.

[pscocoa]

Just cancelled appointment for tomorrow with them. They quoted £4160 for a Fiat Panda Auto not yet 2 years old with just 4800 miles on clock a few days ago and today just dropped the valuation by email to £3755 the day before we are due to meet them. As said in other posts - then they will start to pick holes in it.

[sir moanalot]

rip off.......

[joshwyatt]

They are rip off merchants...they prey on those who are desperate for cash, and that's the majority of people who enquire seriously with them.
They sell the vehicles then on to the trade, and make sometimes a lot of profit on certain vehicles - which is fair enough and how it goes.
But they always try to find faults with the vehicles, sometimes they pick up on ridiculous things, like the depth of the paint.
I've experienced it first hand, they 'annoyed' me somewhat so I enquired as to the value of 'RX56 UJN' (I'll leave someone to find out what vehicle that is) 
I then took said vehicle to them, to see how they would try and knock the price down...they didn't know what to do or say really with this vehicle. Most of the 'experts' who work there know nothing, it was fun telling them all about the car and them not understanding what I was saying.

A good friends sister wanted to sell her car, but 'didn't want to trouble me' with asking to sell it for her etc. So she took it along to webuyanycar and accepted their offer of £240. When she told me I was angry, not at her but at them. So I tracked down the vehicle, bought it from auction for £750 then sold it for £1275 and gave her the profit; it taught her to be more careful. This illustrates the need to even spend a few minutes researching. Book prices are useless, I know only one trader who uses them, and he's a moron. The most important figure is 'realistic retail price' which CAP are sometimes good at getting near to. Book prices are only indicitive, actual listed prices of similiar vehicles on ebay and autotrader give the best results, sometimes this will be higher or lower than book price...and no matter what you use as a guide, webuyanycar will offer you considerably less.

So, no matter what...please never let anyone you know go to webuyanycar!

[hercules]

They are rip off merchants...they prey on those who are desperate for cash, and that's the majority of people who enquire seriously with them.
They sell the vehicles then on to the trade, and make sometimes a lot of profit on certain vehicles - which is fair enough and how it goes.
But they always try to find faults with the vehicles, sometimes they pick up on ridiculous things, like the depth of the paint.
I've experienced it first hand, they 'annoyed' me somewhat so I enquired as to the value of 'RX56 UJN' (I'll leave someone to find out what vehicle that is) 
I then took said vehicle to them, to see how they would try and knock the price down...they didn't know what to do or say really with this vehicle. Most of the 'experts' who work there know nothing, it was fun telling them all about the car and them not understanding what I was saying.

A good friends sister wanted to sell her car, but 'didn't want to trouble me' with asking to sell it for her etc. So she took it along to webuyanycar and accepted their offer of £240. When she told me I was angry, not at her but at them. So I tracked down the vehicle, bought it from auction for £750 then sold it for £1275 and gave her the profit; it taught her to be more careful. This illustrates the need to even spend a few minutes researching. Book prices are useless, I know only one trader who uses them, and he's a moron. The most important figure is 'realistic retail price' which CAP are sometimes good at getting near to. Book prices are only indicitive, actual listed prices of similiar vehicles on ebay and autotrader give the best results, sometimes this will be higher or lower than book price...and no matter what you use as a guide, webuyanycar will offer you considerably less.

So, no matter what...please never let anyone you know go to webuyanycar!

wot a guy

[moggy]

They are rip off merchants...they prey on those who are desperate for cash, and that's the majority of people who enquire seriously with them.
They sell the vehicles then on to the trade, and make sometimes a lot of profit on certain vehicles - which is fair enough and how it goes.
But they always try to find faults with the vehicles, sometimes they pick up on ridiculous things, like the depth of the paint.
I've experienced it first hand, they 'annoyed' me somewhat so I enquired as to the value of 'RX56 UJN' (I'll leave someone to find out what vehicle that is) 
I then took said vehicle to them, to see how they would try and knock the price down...they didn't know what to do or say really with this vehicle. Most of the 'experts' who work there know nothing, it was fun telling them all about the car and them not understanding what I was saying.

A good friends sister wanted to sell her car, but 'didn't want to trouble me' with asking to sell it for her etc. So she took it along to webuyanycar and accepted their offer of £240. When she told me I was angry, not at her but at them. So I tracked down the vehicle, bought it from auction for £750 then sold it for £1275 and gave her the profit; it taught her to be more careful. This illustrates the need to even spend a few minutes researching. Book prices are useless, I know only one trader who uses them, and he's a moron. The most important figure is 'realistic retail price' which CAP are sometimes good at getting near to. Book prices are only indicitive, actual listed prices of similiar vehicles on ebay and autotrader give the best results, sometimes this will be higher or lower than book price...and no matter what you use as a guide, webuyanycar will offer you considerably less.

So, no matter what...please never let anyone you know go to webuyanycar!

wot a guy

I aggree with hurc,your a star nice people on oof

[Tony H]

rip off.......

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Totally agree they are a bunch of rsoles

[Vamps]

1999 1.0L Saxo worth more than a 1998 2.0L Mig estate, only went on for a play, valued every car I could remember the reg of one night....

[Banjax]

laughably low valuations - used them once out of curiosity a year ago, never again 

[John Lewis]

www.takeitdownthescrapyard.com

 

[johny5]

i did an online valuation when i had my vectra sri V6 estate, it was a 98 R with 147k on the clock, tidy tho for its age, fresh mot. They quoted £200, sold it a week later on the bay for £750 lol.