Webuyanycar scenario - your thoughts

[moggy]

UPDATE:

Transporter arrived this morning to collect the car.
I said it wouldn't be released until my storage fees has been met.
A price if £200 was finally agreed and money was transferred so car now gone
1-0 to the common man

P.s. Car was sold with engine management light on. The diagnosed code is for camshaft sensors. I said I changed one of them and probably needs the other one doing, they knew this when I sold it.
However, I did actually change both and it turns out it needs a new timing chain which will cost £2500
As the engine has to come out and it's 29hrs labour.
They never researched the diagnosis so it's their problem now.
The car cheats have lost on this one!

 

[JCL - the new kid in town]

I agree - I got a price for my old car from WBAC and they offered £1.2k - part exchange I got £3.4k !!!!

yeah i don't understand these adverts that claim they saved people thousands. Supposedly on their advert one person saved £5k, what sort of car was he trading in and how do they come to that figure?

 

[Rowdey]

£2500? Really?
As WBAC are part of British car auctions, it will prob just run through blackbushe anyway with some euro on the receiving end.

 

[moggy]

£2500? Really?
As WBAC are part of British car auctions, it will prob just run through blackbushe anyway with some euro on the receiving end.

£2500 was quote from caffyns to fit new timing chain
Car was a vw touareg

 

[JBenno]

From my understanding a private individual cannot charge storage as you incur no actual 'overheads' from actually storing the car. That said the commercial going rate is about £20/£25 per day in a compound with security. Give it a go by all means, but they will probably refuse. Good luck anyway

This is about right, I work in car rental and have dealt with the reverse of the OP scenario countless times. Where customers try and charge storage because they believe we should have collected our vehicle more quickly.
Looking at registered car impounds as a guide, their storage rates are between £20-40 per day. so your £50 would be way above what is considered reasonable anyway.
Unless you had an agreed storage fee with this company, i'm afraid you would struggle if they tried to recover the vehicle through the courts.

You may be better quoting a storage charge as example and then offering them to pay a 'gesture of good will' fee (say £100) if they can collect it within next 24 hours.

 

[moggy]

This is about right, I work in car rental and have dealt with the reverse of the OP scenario countless times. Where customers try and charge storage because they believe we should have collected our vehicle more quickly.
Looking at registered car impounds as a guide, their storage rates are between £20-40 per day. so your £50 would be way above what is considered reasonable anyway.
Unless you had an agreed storage fee with this company, i'm afraid you would struggle if they tried to recover the vehicle through the courts.

You may be better quoting a storage charge as example and then offering them to pay a 'gesture of good will' fee (say £100) if they can collect it within next 24 hours.

Did you read my post above and see they've paid me £200 to settle?

 

[JBenno]

Did you read my post above and see they've paid me £200 to settle?

No apologises missed that, Well done. Sounds like a result.

 

[smeariestbat]

I personally dont like these companies. The majority of individuals that use them do so as a last resort because they cant afford to keep the car, or need cash quick, and as such they know they can get away with offering a low price as they hold the aces.
That said, the people that use them because they cant be bothered to advertise themselves cant really complain about the low prices offered, if you dont like it sell your car yourself or stop complainning!
Unfortunately, as with payday loan companies, there is a market for them, if there wasn't then they wouldnt have a business, and i'm sure many people are grateful for the quick cash no hassle means of offloading their moneypit of a motor.

 

[helipilot]

UPDATE:

Transporter arrived this morning to collect the car.
I said it wouldn't be released until my storage fees has been met.
A price if £200 was finally agreed and money was transferred so car now gone
1-0 to the common man

P.s. Car was sold with engine management light on. The diagnosed code is for camshaft sensors. I said I changed one of them and probably needs the other one doing, they knew this when I sold it.
However, I did actually change both and it turns out it needs a new timing chain which will cost £2500
As the engine has to come out and it's 29hrs labour.
They never researched the diagnosis so it's their problem now.
The car cheats have lost on this one!

Hey Moggy you may want to go back and edit your post... I'm not sure admitting to lieing when selling a car openly on a public forum is the best thing to do. You mayfind it ends up 2-1 to the car cheats if anyone finds out!

 

[moggy]

Hey Moggy you may want to go back and edit your post... I'm not sure admitting to lieing when selling a car openly on a public forum is the best thing to do. You mayfind it ends up 2-1 to the car cheats if anyone finds out!

I'm not lying to them, told them what the diagnosis code means.
They knew of the fault code, it's up to them if they still buy it or not. They made the offer to buy it so it was sold with a known fault. If they couldn't be bothered to research the possible outcomes, then that's their look out