Advise Please Chaps - Quick car sale

[buller89]

I am looking to get rid of my second car fairly quickly as I need the cash and I no longer drive it. Do you have any suggestions of good companys that will come and collect or good garages that will buy used cars around Sussex?

I have tried to sell privately a few times without success and am now just looking to get rid at a reasonable price. It is no longer insured to allow buyers to test drive etc.

Any suggestions you can give I would be very grateful. I have been warned away from webuyanycar for obvious reasons, but has anyone had any good experiences?

 

[southstandg]

webuyanycar.com - sorry didn't read the last bit of your paragraph.

 

[stonski]

What is it? and how much do you want for it?

 

[buller89]

BMW 316i. 1.9 litre. 1999 V Reg. 90000 Miles. Looking for around £1200.

 

[Del Boy]

Have you tried using http://www.carcargalore.com/. It's a fellow nscers site!

 

[sully]

I have been warned away from webuyanycar for obvious reasons, but has anyone had any good experiences?

What obvious reasons would they be?

If you want rid quickly, it's surely the best option.

 

[buller89]

What obvious reasons would they be?

If you want rid quickly, it's surely the best option.

They are being investigated by the OFT for knocking down the price that they should be giving you by massive amounts.

OFT takes action against Webuyanycar.com - April - 2011 - Which? News

 

[sully]

They are being investigated by the OFT for knocking down the price that they should be giving you by massive amounts.

OFT takes action against Webuyanycar.com - April - 2011 - Which? News

Interesting. If it helps, I had no such bad experience with them, got what I was quoted on the website and was advised that the next day payment charge was optional, etc. Perhaps the guy in Plymouth is just better than most.......

He did say, though, that the biggest reason why valuations are reduced is because people aren't honest about their car's condition. I had identified all the knocks and scratches, so there was nothing to be deducted.

 

[beorhthelm]

What obvious reasons would they be?

they give poor valuations for older cars and turn up to collect and routinly knock the price down (got refered to OFT or someother recently for this). i put in my car, not expecting a great price, they offered less than the remaining value of the tax disc!

try ebay. im told you can happily sell a car for more/quicker than might be on autotrader and such.

 

[Shropshire Seagull]

Sold my old mans car at HH car auctions few years back [are they still going?] - quick sale and poor price but it was a tricky car to sell anyway so best pos outcome.
You'll need transport or temp insurance to get it there mind.

 

[markw]

Ebay is the best and easiest, you will get the most money this way. Webuyany car is just a bunch of crooks.

 

[Garage_Doors]

Only slightly off topic, what do webuyanycar do with the cars they buy ?
Don't see them advertising to sell them ?