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[Misc] Selling a car
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Glawstergull
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I recently used motorway. Car was 4 years old.
I got £1k more than webuyanycar
I got £1k more than webuyanycar
Greg Bobkin
Silver Seagull
- May 22, 2012
- 16,061
If you're buying a car, Britain's favourite – by far – is Auto Trader (apparently). 
Kids, ask your parents
Kids, ask your parents
southstandandy
WEST STAND ANDY
- Jul 9, 2003
- 6,048
Gumtree
schmunk
Why oh why oh why?
Webuyanycar is part of the same group that owns Cinch, who sponsor Palace.
Just sayin'...
Just sayin'...
Motorway was best for me but I think it depends on what you are selling and how attractive it would be to dealers. I was selling a fairly new Audi A6 and got a good deal.
nicko31
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Unless you need to offload something with a real issue I just can't see the point of Webuyanycar. Prices very poor and that's before they knock you down.
dolphins
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Another vote for Motorway - absolutely superb. Got a LOT more than we would have done through other places when we used them recently, and they come and pick up the car too.
Icy Gull
Back on the rollercoaster
- Jul 5, 2003
- 72,015
I was offered £1k more by WBAC than Motorway and 3k more by a dealer. I had no intention of selling, was just being nosey
Glawstergull
Well-known member
I was offered £1k more by WBAC than Motorway and 3k more by a dealer. I had no intention of selling, was just being nosey
Motorway don't buy it they put it up for auction and guarantee a reserve value. The bidding is where the gain is. Webuy would also have tried to knock me down in my experience.
Icy Gull
Back on the rollercoaster
- Jul 5, 2003
- 72,015
Thanks, interesting
I sold a car on Autotrader last Summer and got about 7-10% more than the comparable quoted offer prices from We Buy Any car and similar sites. I used the video/picture option which cost more but I recall it had an unlimited advertising period. You do get a lot of chancers (Traders who just want a quick bargain to then sell on) but it was worth it in the end (3-4 weeks) depending how quickly you need to sell it
dolphins
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I was offered £1k more by WBAC than Motorway and 3k more by a dealer. I had no intention of selling, was just being nosey
The thing with WBAC is that it's a very quick quote, but I think relies on it being absolutely spotless and perfect. That's why it's so quick ("It's now 30 seconds, Phil!") Once you take it to one of their collection centres (one of which is up at Brighton Racecourse) they will tend to systematically knock down the price. If you decline their offer, they can be "persistent" afterwards. That was the experience of a couple of (separate) people I know.
Motorway do it the other way; they gather information about the car, including getting you to supply photos of all angles/aspects (the app makes this a doddle), before coming up with a price. When whoever has bought it, comes to pick it up, they'll also do a once-over of the car, but unless you've lied or had a prang since, there should be nothing to worry about.
Old banger? Classic? Decent runabout?
Facebook seems a popular option these days, though I'd say better for selling than buying judging by the amount of "be sad to get rid of our great family car" "selling for my uncle" and similar posts you get where of you look at the sellers other items you discover they've got at least half a dozen cars to upgrade in the family and enough uncles to suggest the grandparents were wide hipped and horny devout Catholics.
Facebook seems a popular option these days, though I'd say better for selling than buying judging by the amount of "be sad to get rid of our great family car" "selling for my uncle" and similar posts you get where of you look at the sellers other items you discover they've got at least half a dozen cars to upgrade in the family and enough uncles to suggest the grandparents were wide hipped and horny devout Catholics.
Last car I sold, I got more from the scrappie than We Buy Any Car offered.
I think WBAC are focussed on age, regardless to some extent how nice the old car is, and how well it runs. I wish I could hack their website so that when they offer somebody a couple of hundred quid for a 15/20 year old car, I could contact the would be seller, see if the car was actualy any good and then offer them twice that. Win all round!
I think WBAC are focussed on age, regardless to some extent how nice the old car is, and how well it runs. I wish I could hack their website so that when they offer somebody a couple of hundred quid for a 15/20 year old car, I could contact the would be seller, see if the car was actualy any good and then offer them twice that. Win all round!
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RandyWanger
Je suis rôti de boeuf
Motorway was good for me. Car valued at 19k on webuy... sold for 21k on motorway.
Another vote for Motorway. More work for you up front, but the price they quote is the minimum you'll get (or you can choose not to sell). Our experience, we got a lot more than anyone else was offering through them.
FWIW, at the time we were told that the difference between WBAC and Motorway is that the latter simply acts as an intermediary putting your car into the dealer auction. They then take commission from the dealer who wins, and when they come to pick up the price is guaranteed unless the dealer can find a significant fault that wasn't declared. Pre-Cinch, WBAC were buying the car from you directly and then flipping it in the auctions themselves (hence why they always try to knock the price down - they want to buy at a price low enough that they can be certain of a profit at auction). Post-Cinch, they'll be buying it as low as possible and then selling as high as possible via Cinch (for those cars that meet the Cinch business model).
Motorway - because they work via commission - don't have that business-driven need to lowball the price. In fact, they want to help you achieve the highest price possible - and we found that they made it very easy to do.
FWIW, at the time we were told that the difference between WBAC and Motorway is that the latter simply acts as an intermediary putting your car into the dealer auction. They then take commission from the dealer who wins, and when they come to pick up the price is guaranteed unless the dealer can find a significant fault that wasn't declared. Pre-Cinch, WBAC were buying the car from you directly and then flipping it in the auctions themselves (hence why they always try to knock the price down - they want to buy at a price low enough that they can be certain of a profit at auction). Post-Cinch, they'll be buying it as low as possible and then selling as high as possible via Cinch (for those cars that meet the Cinch business model).
Motorway - because they work via commission - don't have that business-driven need to lowball the price. In fact, they want to help you achieve the highest price possible - and we found that they made it very easy to do.