Can’t stand the company, they quote one price on screen then pull your car to bits and offer nothing for it….absolutely vile way to do business, preying on the desperate and needy!
Definitely. They knocked one of my cars down quite a bit once saying this and that needed doing before selling. They then advertised it with none of the work being done.
They only do that if you don't go into the bit to tell them about any damage, faults or in this case been a write off. They are more than fare if you give an honest description. I've actually made money the 3 times I've sold to them. No problems at all.
On site offer for my Mito was substantially below their on line estimate. Minor scratch deducted £400 off etc. but did up offer when I went to take the car away. Young mum before me was in tears.
Blimey I'm speechless! I really thought that when We Buy Any Car bought your car, the price was so fab that you got out and danced around the car lot singing - just like their TV advert 😂
No, I'm afraid not. They are just desperate people, who think they are in show business, and don't mind throwing away any vestige of dignity for a couple of pennies.
Xf owner here. This video has helped me decide not to look for another car!! My xf has 93000 fsh drives excellent great condition, only expense was a rusty rear crash bar replaced for £50!!!! Cheers mat
Keep it. I had an 11 plate one from new, and when it got written off I replaced with a new one (in 2021). BIG MISTAKE! It's not a patch on my old one despite all the "advancements".
We had the same experience with our Volkswagen beetle. Late model with just 50k on the clock, full of factory fitted extras ,heated seats ,sound system all the creature comforts. It had a years MOT full service history. The offer £150 . We sold via the VW owners club for £3500 .
Bought one of these 14 years ago, same colour but the light interior. I absolutely loved it, a delight to drive and own. Looks a bit dated now but a lot of car for that money.
Just completed a trip south in my 14 year old dirty diesel Golf , we did 800 miles in a week and been back 6 days and still on the same tank of fuel. On paper this car is worth nothing but there's probably another 100k left in the old girl.....I'd give it away to a needy family before I'd sell it for pennies to some profiteering company like we buy any car. Great vlog mate 👍
mine is twenty years old and looks like a refugee from the ukraine war but runs fantastic been through its last 4 MOTs no advisories 2004 golf gt 1.9 tdi
My 19 year old Lexus gs300 is worthless, but it’s likely still got another 120-170k miles of engine life left at least. Never let me down and I’d be an idiot to get rid of it, especially not for 50 quid to wbac
@@josephberrie9550I just sold my totally reliable scruffy 2003 1.9 tdi Golf, that never broke down, never went wrong, had rusty front wings, 180,000 miles, 50 mpg, the coldest air con ever without a re-gas for over 17 years and regret every moment l sold it 😢
4 years ago I contacted WBAC about my 1993 Mercedes SL 300 with 127,000 miles, the computer listing came back at £475. I sold it privately for £7,500!!
We Buy Any Car's price for classic cars is always atrocious because they don't want them as they're hard to sell and they don't have the expertise in that area. They want humdrum cars that they can provide an inflated initial offer for and then pick apart reducing its value greatly. They want people of modest means who are desperate to sell so they can take advantage of them. That's it.
Sold my wife’s car last week. Really clean 2016 mini clubman Cooper D with 66k and a FSH. WBAC initially offered £7200, took it down and the boy said it was a grade 4 and the best he could do was £5100! Put it on carwow and got £7600.. I see the cars now advertised by the dealer for 10k. WBAC are a disgrace, just ripping people off!!
I had the same experience a couple of years back, a mint 2015 Mini Cooper fully loaded. Was initially offered 7500 and they put it as a grade 3 and offered 6000. Ended up selling it to car store for 7250
@rickybaskerville4489 Went there with an '11 Range Rover Sport a few years ago. Almost spotless FSH, belts done, gearbox service....£5.5k. Needless to say I refused dumb founded.
Had a similar experience recently selling my dads q3. It's a 2017 on 105,874 miles and ex taxi so not gonna be worth all that much on these sites but I expected at least 7k. Put it on wbac and they offered 8.2k but when I took it down there they offered £5,120😂😂listed it on carwow and got an offer for £7200 dealer came on Friday and we sold it for £7000. They've now got it up for £9995. Not bad tbh nice easy experience with carwow 🤷♂️wbac was awful 😂
We buy any car should be investigated for breaking advertising rules. They are conning vulnerable and desperate people who for whatever reason need cash quickly. Despicable practices
Well, what advertising rules aere they breaking? They're also not "conning" anyone. I don't want to sound like I'm defending them but they quote a price and you the seller dont have to accept it. What's the problem?
@@redcardinalistSpot on. Their ToB are clear. That’s why the offer is indicative, subject to inspection. Yes the inspection is to take the piss but with their unsophisticated advertising their market is those who are desperate to sell.
I bought a car from Matt in 2020, perfectly happy with the deal and the car. Still Have it. I arrived in a 94 volvo 940 estate. Told his colleague that we didnt want to part ex it. Sold it privately to a good home instead of to the half wits that wanted to make it a drift car, a banger racer and the other cretin eludes me now. Any way sold it for the £1000 I knew it was worth all day long. We buy any car £50.00 bid only valid for 14 days. My response, second word was off.
I took your advice, Matt. I've just had my 15 year old Mercedes serviced, including transmission and the differential. I plan to keep it going for years. All being well🤞
I had a similar experience, I took my car to a dealer for a part exchange against his vehicle, "he stated he used" we buy any car" for the valuation regarding my vehicle he returned with insulting offer on my car, so it seemed fair that I used "we buy any car" to value his vehicle it's fair to say he was most upset on his vehicles valuation "he did spout about something regarding overheads" We parted me smiling he was still rather crimson faced Sold my car privately, brought the car I wanted privately
Yes indeed you would no doubt make that assumption after reading my experience on a complete selfish & corrupt dealer however on the contrary to resembling the Arthur Daley car lot on the minder program with the caravan,The garage I unfortunately drove onto having made an appointment prior was a carbon copy of HIGH PEAK AUTOS his attitude certainly changed from the person on the phone ,on arrival he became arrogant,self important sapien , who obviously suffered from SMS or short man syndrome, and me being six foot seven no doubt made him feel shorter than his five foot & change , you have to remember people are bullies he assumed I needed to sell asap “ not the case “ he used a corrupt system of valuation on my vehicle,I used his system on his car the expression on his face was priceless I drove away he lost out
@@garyfoster7992 Ive noticed recently that some car dealers just check WBAC and give you that offer as a trade in price against your possible purchase.
Love these videos Matt. Completely open and honest. I come from a Ford family, so cars and motorsport have been in my life forever. For people who have no clue about the used car market, your videos are invaluable. Gives a true unbiased look into said world. Keep them coming mate, and all the best for your business 👍👍
I once had a really nice E34 518i. Low mileage and not a spot of rust. Just out of curiosity I got a quote from we buy any car and they offered me £50. Yes fifty pounds. The best bit was they also had an “administration fee” of £50 so the offer was actually ZERO. Suffice to say I passed.
My partner sold her Fiat Panda to WBAC last week. 2008, Full service history, two elderly ladies from new. Lovely condition. £450 valuation on phone - £160 on viewing. She took the £160.
Motorway offered me £1000 more than We Buy Any Car on a 14 plate Fiesta eco boost. Was very satisfied with offer from motorway. Would recommend them. Quick sale, money straight in my account and no come backs.
The person that got the cash from the write off is the real winner with this one. I got 7000 euros for my 2013 Mondeo that just needed two new doors. Also 64 pound? Even if it didn't run I'd pay that to sit in it, I bet the speakers are good.
Similar story 7k car written off for relatively.light damage on two doors and the sill. Saved us from the likes of WBAC or the headache of private sale. Anyone who expects to get the original quoted (low) price from any of these rip off merchants is going to get an unpleasant surprise in 99 cases out of 100. It is also a feeder for dodgy dealer recycling of faulty vehicles. It really is a minefield
I recently bought a car from Hilton garage and considered part exchanging and they offered me £150 for a 2011 Fiesta with 87k miles...this price was then knocked down to £105 due to wheels being curbed, how companies can get away with this when scrapyards will offer more is madness.
Toyota offered me £100 for a 2003 VW Golf MK4 1.9 SDI it had 257000 miles on and the condition wasn't great and obviously not a car that a main dealer can do anything with so I understood I rejected them and sold it on for £350. This was back in 2019.
@@flippingcarsrepairs I sold it private for £1995 just to get it gone but yeah madness, anything under 2010 with more than 70k miles I can’t imagine the offers they give people.
Great video once again. Had a similar experience years ago with my old '99 Mondeo. By time they had finished all the checks the final offer was £17 !! Car was a runner with 6 months MOT lol
I put my registration into we buy any car tonight it's a 13 plate se Corsa in white very clean and tidy 11600 miles had a engine fitted a year ago with only thirty two thousand on original engine went bang so runs nicely good body no rust on wheel arches where they usually go the offered me 540 quid 😮most corsas that age are fetching at least two grand so I think il hold onto my Corsa a bit longer.ive just put the same car into motorway sell your car got offered 1322 pounds still not enough but a lot better than we buy any car.
Great video Matt, I went through the same process as yourself last year, for my old banger, was offered £78 but ended up selling to a mate for £500. Just met up with him yesterday and he says it still runs like a dream. Your video just shows what a bunch of rip-off merchants WBAC are.
Anyone whos ever sold a banger for under a grand on gumtree or marketplace will be so demoralised by all the calls from knuckledraggers and Innit Bruvs that suddenly scrap value looks really appealing.
It can be a long process, but id rather deal with that, compared to being ripped off by a dealer or we buy any car. No to disrespect a dealer, they are business making money. But an offer of what 500 he said for that car? worth so much more than that. Ill put with the calls for triple the money. to think auto trader said its worth over 3k on a forecourt too
@@geoffshelis jaguar quality ISNT poor far from it, there very probly the best car out there for someone who knows how to look after one and if you can do your own maintanance..what is piss poor is the amount of youtube experts who know nish about cars REALLY making blanket statements .
A few years ago a friend got offered £19.75 for her Yaris , the bodywork was a bit tired but it had 10 months MOT , a decent service history and 4 new tyres . She got £1200 part ex from a local dealer , who had it on sale for £2395 a week later , it is still going I see it occasionally on the way to work .
We Buy Any Car want humdrum cars but under a certain age and not with obvious issues that make them subsequently impossible to retail. They can then stick them through an auction and make an easy grand or so. They'll provide an inflated initial offer and then pick the car apart thus reducing its value greatly. They want people of modest means who are desperate to sell so they can take advantage of them.
Interesting stuff, thanks. Just moved a 209K Jax XF Portfolio. Got £450 from a scrapper as the engine was good and bound for foreign parts. The rest, tatty, and a second turbo stuffed. Reflects my experience, and about right
Thanks for this as it really shows that the glamour and glitz of the adverts is not what it’s cracked up to be. That only saying. If it’s too good to be true, then it is.
Hi Mat, My workmates and me were putting in the registrations of our motorbikes into WBAC for a laugh. Bearing in mind my Honda CBF1000 was only 4 years old, mine from new, had only 9000 miles on it and full Honda service history, they offered me £900! What a bloody cheek! Anyhow, kept my bike until it was 10 years old and sold it privately for £3000! Moral of the story is you've got to be pretty desperate to sell your vehicle before you use those bandits! Great vid as usual!👍👏👏👏♥️
Sold a 2011 Mondeo on Motorway in January. Initial guide price was £4300, after submitting all the details they set a reserve at £3750. The auction finished at £6450! Buyer sent someone to pick it up and they knocked me down to £5300 because they said the fuel pump was noisy - which is normal for the Ecoboost engine - but given I was happy to take about £4000 for it - what I’d paid for it 18 months earlier - and wanted it gone I didn’t push back and was very happy overall.
I had this. 2018 S3 with absolutely no issues, not even stone chips. The guy got sent round and tried to convince me there's a dent in the bonnet... Turns out the buyer overpaid to beat everyone else to try knock it down on pickup.
I found that really interesting, the last two I've traded in at main dealer because can't cope with tyre kickers. So I think I won't be changing my method
That doesn't surprise me Matt! I took my old 2004 Jaguar X-Type to my local WeBuyAnyCar (also on a Morrison's car park). They offered me £70, but my local scrap dealer offered me £275!! I took the scrap dealer's offer.
My Jag a year older with 95 k miles still drives superb, spent roughly £600 on it in 8 yrs, handbrake n satnav issues so decided to absolutely run it into the ground rather than spend another £10-15K on another car.
That’s crazy. I’m so glad that your work colleague offered us a good price for our 2003 CRV. We were reluctant to sell given the fact that we spent £4K over the two years we owned it with all work done at PCH, with £700 spent on its last MOT. But you guys are the best. I recently spotted the CRV in Offerton and I nearly cried, we still miss the old girl.
Great video Matt. I found this is standard practice for we buy any car - I took a 10 year old black ford focus ghia to them (heated leather seats, nice car, 35,000 miles , no faults or damage, 6 months MOT, online offer was about £1800 then, they advised they would have to prepare it to a show room condition and spent 30 mins marking it down £25 for every scratch they found greater than half a cm in length - they eventually offered just under £400. Its a shame the car is only good for scrap at 15 years old and 114,000 miles as it seems like a nice one.
@@janheinink5387 no you wouldn't. This is a Cat N repaired car, 15 years old with over 100,000 miles on it. If it was immaculate, if it wasn't accident damaged then you might get more, but there isn't demand for cars like this hence the price is never going to get that high.
@@Jagggggg88 That's complete bollocks. They'd be cheaper if sold abroad, but they aren't cheaper in Britain due to being RHD. One third of the world drives on the left using RHD cars.
@@sandersson2813 In Europe, at least in Portugal, car's don't get tagged with a "Category" if they get crashed. You kinda have to find out the history, so lot's of times you are buying a car that is really fucked. With newer cars you can run a carvertical check or ask dealerships if the car was on an accident, but cars older than 10 years old, good luck my friend. And "Damaged / repaired cars" are in the market as "New", really scummy market. I guess other countries follow those conditions, even 160.000km is not that much, at least here in Portugal the cars are as overpriced as the Netherlands. Cars in the UK are dirt cheap. 2000€ will get you a decent Renault Clio 1.2 16v in Portugal from 2001 with 200.000km xD
My experience of Motorway was decent. They did over value by a grand but because i had access to trade numbers knew it was high. Bids from 3 dealers were received and were dead on trade price. Still better than the trade jn price I'd been given. Sale process was very straightforward.
I am so glad you did this video , Mat. I took a pristine one owner FBMWSH 3 year old BMW 320 in once, with less than 30k on. They bid me cheap initially, then still took a grand off. I was gobsmacked! Shyster company, in my opinion. Motorway were very underbook. Carwow was such a fart on, i gave up.
Ive actually sold two cars with motorway and the price they quoted is the price I got. The first guy who picked up my car did a quick test drive and said all was okay. With the second car the driver literally turned up, transferred the money before even starting the engine. They paid me about 1k and 1.5k over any others.
I must have been unlucky with motorway, got a price I was happy with. Chap and his dad came over didn’t have any issue with the car then said “how much do I want for it” which i wasn’t expecting as he had been the highest bidder with Motorway. It ended up being a haggle which wasnt what it was supposed to be. Wish I’d told him to sod off now. It isn’t like he “found” anything wrong to justify a different price. I’d taken the day off work and it was the second attempt at selling on the platform so just wanted out. Reported it but heard nothing. Next day it was on his website and sold in a couple of days. Expect he didn’t even clean it as it was immaculate
Sold my Passat last year for £11300 through Motorway. The website initially gave me a valuation of £10500. WeBuyAnyCar offered £7500. The main dealer offered £7000 against my new car. I was sceptical about Motorway. However it was straightforward. The dealer who won the bid came and test drove it. He then he paid the outstanding finance and the balance to my bank account. It really was as simple as that.
I had a scenic diesel with engine light, had exhausted all options for getting it fixed by local garages, car was in ok conditon otherwise plus had service history. We buy any car gave me way more than i was expecting.
Worthwhile vid, giving good info to the public who do not understand the used car business. Good work, exposing a scamming business model. The instant house offer companies are just as predatory.
The old "that's it worth vs what's it worth, to you?" conundrum. I tend to read a low bid as an "I don't want it!" price. WBAC are at the bottom of the food chain, a 15 year old Jag probably costs them more to process than they can get rid of it for. Maybe £65.01 is £270 - £50 to pay the lad to collect it & drive it to the scrap yard, - £50 to pay the guy who inspected it, - £50 to run the switchboard, -£50 to pay for the TV ads etc, & - £50 to fend off the taxman...
I got a quote for a 2015 Aston Martin Vantage roadster with 15,000 miles,full history, no damage…£28,000. A dealer gave me £41k. The car buying company would have probably sold it to them and creamed the £13k. Apparently the market for that type of Aston was rubbish. They sold it for £47,950.😊That was 5 years ago.
I had two great experiences with them over a decade ago - since sold on a few cars and each time they were diabolical. Had one that was less than a year old and absolutely mint - they offered the best price than even a trade in on new - turned up, they made a load of stuff up (plastic tray underneath engine was ‘scuffed’) - knocked £1,700 off the price. I walked out without saying anything and drove off. Right now, Motorway have been the best for my last few cars but this is because you’re selling to dealers - not straight to auction or, like WBAC the care warehouses. Everyone should know you only ever lose money on most cars but the variance between specialist and even main dealers is just a reminder you mean only one thing to them - profit.
Had the same experience with my grandsons car on phone a tad short of 2 grand face to face £500.00 sold it privately £1.400. they are con merchants don't touch them ,I'm glad you pointed this mob out fair play to you people will take note of what you say best of luck.
Recently sold my X5 on motorway. Was pretty good to be honest nowhere was offering me over 34k. BMW offered less than 31. I sold it on motorway for 37.5 which to me was great. Easier than I expected it to be anyway lol
Excellent informative information, not that I live in the UK or are looking to sell a car but just thought the video for those that are is really good advice.
UK car market is crazy compare to EU mainland. I just looked up price in Finland for the one with 272 000 km on the clock 2008 2.7 Diesel Premium Luxury and they are like 4500-5000 euros.
Thats because they have fewer used cars on the market than then Western Europe. It's the same here in Estonia, with only a population of 1.3 million. It's cheaper to travel to Germany or France and buy one there, even with the time and cost of driving it back. I know people who do this and sell them on here for a good profit.
You said it in the first minute of the video, it’s quick and convenient. That’s why people use them. I was sick last year and needed to sell my X5 and didn’t want the hassle of selling privately. Yes, they knocked me down a bit but I expected that. And I bet they get lumbered with some complete crap. It was a ridiculous offer and you don’t have to take it - it was however the offer you got unless you scrap it.
Yeah, We Buy Any Car don't want the car. They want humdrum cars but under a certain age and not with obvious issues that make them subsequently impossible to retail. They can then stick them through an auction and make an easy grand or so.
Sold a Fabia via carwow last year and it was a very easy process to be fair. Dealer came and looked at the car (which was very clean to be fair) and paid the price that was offered. Wish I could say I can’t believe WBAC offered £64, but if I’m honest I’m not even shocked. They hold an unrealistic standard for the condition of used cars and will knock you down at every slight opportunity.
Couple of years ago the celica owners club would have the odd member pop in for a laugh . They would offer for a clean GT4 from say 1997 .......... £25 minus a paperwork charge of a quid lol . Thinking of running my swift sport into there just to see
@@godzillas6301 I think they’ll give me about 5 grand for mine and that’s without them pegging me back on it for tiny marks. Saying that the car itself is about £8500 retail I think that’s slightly taking the p*ss 🤣
@@15swiftsport speaking to a neighbour it all depends on where you take them also . He took his to an out of town and they hardly looked at it and gave him full price even though a different branch had offered him half the worth ! .
Sold my car the other day at WBAC, managed to get an offer at Part Exchange price which I was happy with in the end. Although I would have liked to have sold privately the convenience and knowing I had to clean the car to make it presentable and sort out (or cover up) any problems I would either lose the gains I made or potentially burdening a private seller with maintenance fees it didn't sit right with me going down this path. Either way a seemingly good car with plenty of life left is crazy to get such a low price!
if a place isnt interested in your car they will just give you a terrible price. They obviously think that not many people want a damaged high tax & insurance car.
We honestly don't know the engine light was nothing or something. As with all jags their looks are always stunning. Even at 16 years old they look more beautiful then the current new rubbish.
Different budget tyres is a big red light for me, because then you know that the last owner has spent as little as they possibly can get away with on it.
Can only assume they just plug all found issues into a magic 8 ball and it spits out a price. “WeBuyAnyCar” - they’ve kinda stung themselves with their stupid name, they’re forcing themselves to buy anything but will offer silly offers because they don’t want it.
Neighbour sold an 07 Maserati to WBAC for £5k under the valuation elsewhere. he " forgot" to tell them he'd had a quote from the dealer for £8K for an intermittent gearbox fault.
The other side of the coin. Car dealers/traders would only offer me between £300-£400 for my ancient 20 year old Toyota Prius. WBAC gave me £1400. Go figure! I snapped their hand off.
I had similar issues 2 months ago when I was selling my old 2016 Dacia Sandero. Motorway and Car Wow pulled out when there were no obvious issues, We Buy Any Car started at £1800 which dropped to £1200. I ended up selling privately. £2945 less the cost of a valet and a new set of carpet mats.
I had a liveried van that I considered selling. I took it to WBAC and they went around noting all of the stone chips (and there were some) and took an amount off for each "touch up". They then said that they would have to respray the whole van as the liveried colour wasn't suitable so took a further amount off for that too. I could have accepted the need for a respray OR stone chip removal, but not both. I sold the van privately and got far more for it.
@@saimk4239 £20k!! For a 13 yo Jaaaaaag? What country is that? USA? Funnily enough here in the UK we're jealous of all those beautiful old V8's you can buy for buttons in the states.
The reason for the low prices is the insurance costs. I also live in Germany and my 24 yr old bmw 330i Cabrio, manual, wirh 125tkm is going for around 12k Euros. In the UK, id be lucky to get 4k for it. In Germany, i pay only 400 in insurance a year with 8 years no claims. To insure this car in the UK on a new policy could cost easily 2k a year, depending where you live. So this cost pushs down the residuals of second hand vehicles...
What an absolute insult! They probably hope that by offering the semi decent price to start with reeling you in, then the time you take to fill in the form, take it to the appointment etc. You're just going to end up saying F it and give it them 😂
I would probably have been happy to pay £250 for the Jag, probably more if HPA had sorted the engine fault. Don't think my wife would have been happy though. Still have my eye on a couple though. Great vid Matt, I always had by doubts about those sites, now you've just confirmed them!
Once got offered 150 quid for a ford ranger with new MoT. Then they keep bombarding me with emails with a renewed offer, which was usually a fiver more, although in one particular instance, a 100 less. Actually despite the obvious pitfalls, ebay is a good a site as any for shifting an old car, as the average buyer is pretty clueless on what a vehicle is worth. And no concerns on them arguing the price. (Although it has been known).
Wasn't the case a year ago, 5 years ago they were even cheaper. Reason beeing that UK can not sell cars to the continental Europe, and people had more money than common sense so insted of having an oil changed, they just changed the car. So there were more used cars than people could possibly buy. And as cars from 2000 to 2010 were very relaiable (compared to what was before or is now), they still run theese days.
They used to be far better. Used to be able to buy an old banger with a years MOT for £500 and the used car market was great I got a 2016 Toyota Auris 1.2T with 40k miles for £9500 back in 2019. Now the equivilant used car would be £14000 so sadly not so cheap anymore.
Yeah, just had a look on sales site. This type of car given without engine fault but that fast fixed is around with the same amount on the odo is 11k€ . There are cheaper ones but those have around 300-400k km on the clock. Uk market is insane and you just get mad when you se it
@gravemind6536 there's a 2018 Auris with 40k at a Toyota dealer for 10k approved used! Think your a bit off with your price there, car prices have been high but have dropped fast in the last few months
Can’t stand the company, they quote one price on screen then pull your car to bits and offer nothing for it….absolutely vile way to do business, preying on the desperate and needy!
Definitely. They knocked one of my cars down quite a bit once saying this and that needed doing before selling. They then advertised it with none of the work being done.
They only do that if you don't go into the bit to tell them about any damage, faults or in this case been a write off. They are more than fare if you give an honest description. I've actually made money the 3 times I've sold to them. No problems at all.
@@colinhandy5998Fair not fare...😂
@@colinhandy5998 How long have you worked for them?
I actually turn off the TV or radio when their poxy adverts come on. Hate them with a passion.
Thank you for exposing these crooks. Their online estimates are completely meaningless. Love your videos by the way.
On site offer for my Mito was substantially below their on line estimate. Minor scratch deducted £400 off etc. but did up offer when I went to take the car away. Young mum before me was in tears.
Any video slating we buy any car gets a like from me straight away 👌🏽
Blimey I'm speechless! I really thought that when We Buy Any Car bought your car, the price was so fab that you got out and danced around the car lot singing - just like their TV advert 😂
Only when they're being paid to do so.
You can still dance - £64 should be enough to get you drunk.
Only in an alternative universe 🤨!
Na ,the guy is not dancing, he is having an epileptic fit .
No, I'm afraid not. They are just desperate people, who think they are in show business, and don't mind throwing away any vestige of dignity for a couple of pennies.
I did over 150,000 miles in my old S-Type then sold it to a friend's brother for £50. He had it for another 5 years. Bloody loved that car.
Xf owner here. This video has helped me decide not to look for another car!! My xf has 93000 fsh drives excellent great condition, only expense was a rusty rear crash bar replaced for £50!!!! Cheers mat
I sold my late husbands car to WBAC they said it had been resprayed he’d bought it from new
@@sandrahibbert8982absolute idiots are WBAC. Scammers
If you change your mind, I'll give you £64.02p 😉
@@truthteller99999
Let me think about that!!!!!!!
Keep it. I had an 11 plate one from new, and when it got written off I replaced with a new one (in 2021). BIG MISTAKE! It's not a patch on my old one despite all the "advancements".
Phillip Schofield put me right off we buy any car.
😂😂😂😂
@@flippingcarsrepairsThat was before the recent revelations.
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Gross
he put me right off my breakfast
Sell it to high peak autos , they will buy anything and then overspend fixing it .
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It’s not broken enough for Matt
😂😂😂😂 classic
And then force the owner to say, "I fear I may have overspent on the repairs."
"Massively" overspend.😊
We had the same experience with our Volkswagen beetle. Late model with just 50k on the clock, full of factory fitted extras ,heated seats ,sound system all the creature comforts. It had a years MOT full service history. The offer £150 . We sold via the VW owners club for £3500 .
Bought one of these 14 years ago, same colour but the light interior. I absolutely loved it, a delight to drive and own. Looks a bit dated now but a lot of car for that money.
Just completed a trip south in my 14 year old dirty diesel Golf , we did 800 miles in a week and been back 6 days and still on the same tank of fuel.
On paper this car is worth nothing but there's probably another 100k left in the old girl.....I'd give it away to a needy family before I'd sell it for pennies to some profiteering company like we buy any car.
Great vlog mate 👍
I'm the same. I'd rather give my car away than sell it to those pieces of shit.
Great work.
mine is twenty years old and looks like a refugee from the ukraine war but runs fantastic been through its last 4 MOTs no advisories 2004 golf gt 1.9 tdi
My 19 year old Lexus gs300 is worthless, but it’s likely still got another 120-170k miles of engine life left at least. Never let me down and I’d be an idiot to get rid of it, especially not for 50 quid to wbac
@@josephberrie9550I just sold my totally reliable scruffy 2003 1.9 tdi Golf, that never broke down, never went wrong, had rusty front wings, 180,000 miles, 50 mpg, the coldest air con ever without a re-gas for over 17 years and regret every moment l sold it 😢
4 years ago I contacted WBAC about my 1993 Mercedes SL 300 with 127,000 miles, the computer listing came back at £475. I sold it privately for £7,500!!
We Buy Any Car's price for classic cars is always atrocious because they don't want them as they're hard to sell and they don't have the expertise in that area.
They want humdrum cars that they can provide an inflated initial offer for and then pick apart reducing its value greatly. They want people of modest means who are desperate to sell so they can take advantage of them. That's it.
TBF they don't do classics
SO! JOE ROGAN SHORT!
@@paulhayes2189 Why on earth are you interested in being 'fair' to WBAC? They certainly won't treat you fairly.
Sold my wife’s car last week. Really clean 2016 mini clubman Cooper D with 66k and a FSH. WBAC initially offered £7200, took it down and the boy said it was a grade 4 and the best he could do was £5100! Put it on carwow and got £7600.. I see the cars now advertised by the dealer for 10k. WBAC are a disgrace, just ripping people off!!
I had the same experience a couple of years back, a mint 2015 Mini Cooper fully loaded. Was initially offered 7500 and they put it as a grade 3 and offered 6000. Ended up selling it to car store for 7250
@rickybaskerville4489 Went there with an '11 Range Rover Sport a few years ago. Almost spotless FSH, belts done, gearbox service....£5.5k. Needless to say I refused dumb founded.
@@michaeljames1468hope you kept good while longer.
You don’t HAVE to accept their offer!
Had a similar experience recently selling my dads q3. It's a 2017 on 105,874 miles and ex taxi so not gonna be worth all that much on these sites but I expected at least 7k. Put it on wbac and they offered 8.2k but when I took it down there they offered £5,120😂😂listed it on carwow and got an offer for £7200 dealer came on Friday and we sold it for £7000. They've now got it up for £9995. Not bad tbh nice easy experience with carwow 🤷♂️wbac was awful 😂
We buy any car should be investigated for breaking advertising rules. They are conning vulnerable and desperate people who for whatever reason need cash quickly. Despicable practices
Well, what advertising rules aere they breaking? They're also not "conning" anyone. I don't want to sound like I'm defending them but they quote a price and you the seller dont have to accept it. What's the problem?
@@redcardinalistSpot on. Their ToB are clear. That’s why the offer is indicative, subject to inspection. Yes the inspection is to take the piss but with their unsophisticated advertising their market is those who are desperate to sell.
They are British Motor Auctions
People want a communist world
I never get tired of watching your posts.
Very interesting and well presented.
I bought a car from Matt in 2020, perfectly happy with the deal and the car. Still Have it. I arrived in a 94 volvo 940 estate. Told his colleague that we didnt want to part ex it. Sold it privately to a good home instead of to the half wits that wanted to make it a drift car, a banger racer and the other cretin eludes me now. Any way sold it for the £1000 I knew it was worth all day long. We buy any car £50.00 bid only valid for 14 days. My response, second word was off.
Did the first word begin with an f end in a k and have a uc in the middle? 😆😆😆
Halfwits... ironically.
Halfwits... ironically.
@@JConfrey Have you always been so perceptive?
94 Volvo 940 Estate. Top car ❤
Have to say the webuyanycar ads are head wrecking .anyone else agree?
Yes. The only ones dancing are the WBAC staff celebrating another steal.
😂😂 especially the big lass dancing 😂😂
@@JConfrey As soon as I see one coming on I mute the sound and look away rapidly.
100%.... instant radio turn off when that shit hits my ears
I would never deal with them.
Well done Matt - most informative video I've seen in last four weeks and enjoyable to watch. Thanks 😀
I took your advice, Matt. I've just had my 15 year old Mercedes serviced, including transmission and the differential. I plan to keep it going for years. All being well🤞
I had a similar experience, I took my car to a dealer for a part exchange against his vehicle, "he stated he used" we buy any car" for the valuation regarding my vehicle he returned with insulting offer on my car, so it seemed fair that I used "we buy any car" to value his vehicle it's fair to say he was most upset on his vehicles valuation "he did spout about something regarding overheads"
We parted me smiling he was still rather crimson faced
Sold my car privately, brought the car I wanted privately
OVERHEADS ?..a portacabin in a carpark ??
Yes indeed you would no doubt make that assumption after reading my experience on a complete selfish & corrupt dealer however on the contrary to resembling the Arthur Daley car lot on the minder program with the caravan,The garage I unfortunately drove onto having made an appointment prior was a carbon copy of HIGH PEAK AUTOS his attitude certainly changed from the person on the phone ,on arrival he became arrogant,self important sapien , who obviously suffered from SMS or short man syndrome, and me being six foot seven no doubt made him feel shorter than his five foot & change , you have to remember people are bullies he assumed I needed to sell asap “ not the case “ he used a corrupt system of valuation on my vehicle,I used his system on his car the expression on his face was priceless I drove away he lost out
@@garyfoster7992 Ive noticed recently that some car dealers just check WBAC and give you that offer as a trade in price against your possible purchase.
Love these videos Matt. Completely open and honest. I come from a Ford family, so cars and motorsport have been in my life forever. For people who have no clue about the used car market, your videos are invaluable. Gives a true unbiased look into said world. Keep them coming mate, and all the best for your business 👍👍
I once had a really nice E34 518i. Low mileage and not a spot of rust. Just out of curiosity I got a quote from we buy any car and they offered me £50. Yes fifty pounds. The best bit was they also had an “administration fee” of £50 so the offer was actually ZERO. Suffice to say I passed.
Loving the variety of videos recently, Matt! Really keeps things interesting 👍
My partner sold her Fiat Panda to WBAC last week. 2008, Full service history, two elderly ladies from new. Lovely condition. £450 valuation on phone - £160 on viewing. She took the £160.
Motorway offered me £1000 more than We Buy Any Car on a 14 plate Fiesta eco boost. Was very satisfied with offer from motorway. Would recommend them. Quick sale, money straight in my account and no come backs.
The person that got the cash from the write off is the real winner with this one. I got 7000 euros for my 2013 Mondeo that just needed two new doors. Also 64 pound? Even if it didn't run I'd pay that to sit in it, I bet the speakers are good.
£64.01 not £64 :)
Similar story 7k car written off for relatively.light damage on two doors and the sill.
Saved us from the likes of WBAC or the headache of private sale.
Anyone who expects to get the original quoted (low) price from any of these rip off merchants is going to get an unpleasant surprise in 99 cases out of 100. It is also a feeder for dodgy dealer recycling of faulty vehicles.
It really is a minefield
Same, I got almost £2000 for my 2008 Astra that had a broken front bumper. And that was after buying it back from the insurer!
My Lotus Elise S1 was valued at £1200 by wbac. Sold it for over £20k
I recently bought a car from Hilton garage and considered part exchanging and they offered me £150 for a 2011 Fiesta with 87k miles...this price was then knocked down to £105 due to wheels being curbed, how companies can get away with this when scrapyards will offer more is madness.
That's stupid cars worth 1500 easly
Toyota offered me £100 for a 2003 VW Golf MK4 1.9 SDI it had 257000 miles on and the condition wasn't great and obviously not a car that a main dealer can do anything with so I understood I rejected them and sold it on for £350. This was back in 2019.
@@flippingcarsrepairs I sold it private for £1995 just to get it gone but yeah madness, anything under 2010 with more than 70k miles I can’t imagine the offers they give people.
@@connor6585 result on that 👏
I wouldn't have bought a car off them!
Great video once again. Had a similar experience years ago with my old '99 Mondeo. By time they had finished all the checks the final offer was £17 !! Car was a runner with 6 months MOT lol
I put my registration into we buy any car tonight it's a 13 plate se Corsa in white very clean and tidy 11600 miles had a engine fitted a year ago with only thirty two thousand on original engine went bang so runs nicely good body no rust on wheel arches where they usually go the offered me 540 quid 😮most corsas that age are fetching at least two grand so I think il hold onto my Corsa a bit longer.ive just put the same car into motorway sell your car got offered 1322 pounds still not enough but a lot better than we buy any car.
Great video Matt, I went through the same process as yourself last year, for my old banger, was offered £78 but ended up selling to a mate for £500. Just met up with him yesterday and he says it still runs like a dream. Your video just shows what a bunch of rip-off merchants WBAC are.
Anyone whos ever sold a banger for under a grand on gumtree or marketplace will be so demoralised by all the calls from knuckledraggers and Innit Bruvs that suddenly scrap value looks really appealing.
It can be a long process, but id rather deal with that, compared to being ripped off by a dealer or we buy any car. No to disrespect a dealer, they are business making money. But an offer of what 500 he said for that car? worth so much more than that. Ill put with the calls for triple the money. to think auto trader said its worth over 3k on a forecourt too
completely agree, so many time wasters or just dont turn up and then try to mug you on your doorstep, bloody vultures.
I had to hang up and block loads. You have to try and get a feel for a genuine buyer.
I just find it tragic that a luxury car like that is worth so little .I sold a bycycle last week for more .what a throw away world we live in .
It's the road tax. It makes some perfectly usable cars worthless. Not very green to scrap a car prematurely....
That's the problem,luxury brand,the repairs to that engine system fault could cost over £1000.jaguar quality is poor,repair costs are extortionate.
@@geoffshelis jaguar quality ISNT poor far from it, there very probly the best car out there for someone who knows how to look after one and if you can do your own maintanance..what is piss poor is the amount of youtube experts who know nish about cars REALLY making blanket statements .
I totally agree, if I took that exact car to anyone and they offered me £600 I would laugh in their face. I would 100% sell it to someone privately.
Great video but gutted we buy any car didn't make an acceptable offer. Was looking forward to seeing you do the dance Matt.
I dealt with them once and believe me, once was enough.
A few years ago a friend got offered £19.75 for her Yaris , the bodywork was a bit tired but it had 10 months MOT , a decent service history and 4 new tyres .
She got £1200 part ex from a local dealer , who had it on sale for £2395 a week later , it is still going I see it occasionally on the way to work .
We Buy Any Car want humdrum cars but under a certain age and not with obvious issues that make them subsequently impossible to retail. They can then stick them through an auction and make an easy grand or so.
They'll provide an inflated initial offer and then pick the car apart thus reducing its value greatly. They want people of modest means who are desperate to sell so they can take advantage of them.
Good video donut want £600 for the jag
Not donut would you want sorry predicted text
Interesting stuff, thanks. Just moved a 209K Jax XF Portfolio. Got £450 from a scrapper as the engine was good and bound for foreign parts. The rest, tatty, and a second turbo stuffed. Reflects my experience, and about right
Thanks for this as it really shows that the glamour and glitz of the adverts is not what it’s cracked up to be.
That only saying. If it’s too good to be true, then it is.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, FINALLY SOMEONE HAS TAKEN CARE OF THIS MATTER.
I WARN ALL POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS,
STAY AWAY FROM THIS COMPANY!!!
This is your best video yet, Matt.
Keep em coming
Hi Mat,
My workmates and me were putting in the registrations of our motorbikes into WBAC for a laugh. Bearing in mind my Honda CBF1000 was only 4 years old, mine from new, had only 9000 miles on it and full Honda service history, they offered me £900! What a bloody cheek! Anyhow, kept my bike until it was 10 years old and sold it privately for £3000!
Moral of the story is you've got to be pretty desperate to sell your vehicle before you use those bandits!
Great vid as usual!👍👏👏👏♥️
Unfortunately a lot of people are and that's what these sharks take advantage of.
Sold a 2011 Mondeo on Motorway in January. Initial guide price was £4300, after submitting all the details they set a reserve at £3750. The auction finished at £6450! Buyer sent someone to pick it up and they knocked me down to £5300 because they said the fuel pump was noisy - which is normal for the Ecoboost engine - but given I was happy to take about £4000 for it - what I’d paid for it 18 months earlier - and wanted it gone I didn’t push back and was very happy overall.
I had this. 2018 S3 with absolutely no issues, not even stone chips. The guy got sent round and tried to convince me there's a dent in the bonnet... Turns out the buyer overpaid to beat everyone else to try knock it down on pickup.
Very informative and to the point, excellent video - 10/10.
I found that really interesting, the last two I've traded in at main dealer because can't cope with tyre kickers. So I think I won't be changing my method
That doesn't surprise me Matt!
I took my old 2004 Jaguar X-Type to my local WeBuyAnyCar (also on a Morrison's car park). They offered me £70, but my local scrap dealer offered me £275!! I took the scrap dealer's offer.
Wanna bet WeBuyAnyCar turns around and sells these lowball offer cars to the scrapper?
@@will89687 definitely
My Jag a year older with 95 k miles still drives superb, spent roughly £600 on it in 8 yrs, handbrake n satnav issues so decided to absolutely run it into the ground rather than spend another £10-15K on another car.
Absolute criminal! They are a company who just prey on people who are desperate. Don't do it!
Again, a great informative video, keep up the good work!
That’s crazy. I’m so glad that your work colleague offered us a good price for our 2003 CRV. We were reluctant to sell given the fact that we spent £4K over the two years we owned it with all work done at PCH, with £700 spent on its last MOT. But you guys are the best. I recently spotted the CRV in Offerton and I nearly cried, we still miss the old girl.
Great video Matt. I found this is standard practice for we buy any car - I took a 10 year old black ford focus ghia to them (heated leather seats, nice car, 35,000 miles , no faults or damage, 6 months MOT, online offer was about £1800 then, they advised they would have to prepare it to a show room condition and spent 30 mins marking it down £25 for every scratch they found greater than half a cm in length - they eventually offered just under £400. Its a shame the car is only good for scrap at 15 years old and 114,000 miles as it seems like a nice one.
We Buy Any Shed won't leave you alone now, constant emails saying they've revalued your motor!
I still get emails about a Transporter I sold in January 2022, ridiculous.
Never put your real details in just make them up and get their live valuation on the screen then laugh!😂
had it for 3 years since i valued a car with them...
That is criminal. Over here in the Netherlands you would get around € 6000,- for it. They should be in court.
Yes but you in Netherlands have the steering wheel on the correct side of the car... Cars in UK are worthless because of that...
@@janheinink5387 no you wouldn't. This is a Cat N repaired car, 15 years old with over 100,000 miles on it.
If it was immaculate, if it wasn't accident damaged then you might get more, but there isn't demand for cars like this hence the price is never going to get that high.
All uk cars are a lot cheaper due to the rhd…
@@Jagggggg88 That's complete bollocks. They'd be cheaper if sold abroad, but they aren't cheaper in Britain due to being RHD.
One third of the world drives on the left using RHD cars.
@@sandersson2813 In Europe, at least in Portugal, car's don't get tagged with a "Category" if they get crashed. You kinda have to find out the history, so lot's of times you are buying a car that is really fucked.
With newer cars you can run a carvertical check or ask dealerships if the car was on an accident, but cars older than 10 years old, good luck my friend.
And "Damaged / repaired cars" are in the market as "New", really scummy market.
I guess other countries follow those conditions, even 160.000km is not that much, at least here in Portugal the cars are as overpriced as the Netherlands.
Cars in the UK are dirt cheap.
2000€ will get you a decent Renault Clio 1.2 16v in Portugal from 2001 with 200.000km xD
My experience of Motorway was decent. They did over value by a grand but because i had access to trade numbers knew it was high. Bids from 3 dealers were received and were dead on trade price. Still better than the trade jn price I'd been given. Sale process was very straightforward.
NOW THATS WHAT I CALL A GOOD UP LOAD WELL DONE YOUNG MAN /MEN !!!!!!!!!!!!
Wonderfully enlightening video. Thanks for this. Just scrapped a 1999 Jag XJ8 for £250. Sad to see her go but seems like I was quids in.
Sold a Clio to them for £50 a few years back because I needed rid of it. Worst thing I ever did
Huh? Why wouldn’t you just scrap it? Surely you’ll get at least £100 that way
@Drenwickification they probably sold it for £300 scrap 😂
Don’t worry. If that’s the worst thing you EVER did then you’re clearly a decent human 😁
Why? Even on a bad you'd get £150 in scrap.
If that’s worst you’ve done… try harder
I am so glad you did this video , Mat.
I took a pristine one owner FBMWSH 3 year old BMW 320 in once, with less than 30k on.
They bid me cheap initially, then still took a grand off.
I was gobsmacked!
Shyster company, in my opinion.
Motorway were very underbook.
Carwow was such a fart on, i gave up.
Ive actually sold two cars with motorway and the price they quoted is the price I got. The first guy who picked up my car did a quick test drive and said all was okay. With the second car the driver literally turned up, transferred the money before even starting the engine. They paid me about 1k and 1.5k over any others.
Had the same good experience with Motorway and got the price they quoted. Wouldn't hesitate to use them again in future.
I've sold two cars through motorway with much the same results, though both times the cars were clean for their age and with FSH.
I must have been unlucky with motorway, got a price I was happy with. Chap and his dad came over didn’t have any issue with the car then said “how much do I want for it” which i wasn’t expecting as he had been the highest bidder with Motorway. It ended up being a haggle which wasnt what it was supposed to be. Wish I’d told him to sod off now. It isn’t like he “found” anything wrong to justify a different price. I’d taken the day off work and it was the second attempt at selling on the platform so just wanted out. Reported it but heard nothing. Next day it was on his website and sold in a couple of days. Expect he didn’t even clean it as it was immaculate
Yep, I bought a fiesta as a run around for £400 and sold it to motorway for £1300 4 months later
Sold my Passat last year for £11300 through Motorway. The website initially gave me a valuation of £10500. WeBuyAnyCar offered £7500. The main dealer offered £7000 against my new car. I was sceptical about Motorway. However it was straightforward. The dealer who won the bid came and test drove it. He then he paid the outstanding finance and the balance to my bank account. It really was as simple as that.
I had a scenic diesel with engine light, had exhausted all options for getting it fixed by local garages, car was in ok conditon otherwise plus had service history. We buy any car gave me way more than i was expecting.
Worthwhile vid, giving good info to the public who do not understand the used car business. Good work, exposing a scamming business model. The instant house offer companies are just as predatory.
11:50 you could take any component of the interior and it'd sell for more than 64 pounds. What an insult.
The old "that's it worth vs what's it worth, to you?" conundrum. I tend to read a low bid as an "I don't want it!" price. WBAC are at the bottom of the food chain, a 15 year old Jag probably costs them more to process than they can get rid of it for. Maybe £65.01 is £270 - £50 to pay the lad to collect it & drive it to the scrap yard, - £50 to pay the guy who inspected it, - £50 to run the switchboard, -£50 to pay for the TV ads etc, & - £50 to fend off the taxman...
If they get buy the car they just ring up the scrapper and get a quick profit. Easy work.
Win win isn’t it? They do it for you
I got a quote for a 2015 Aston Martin Vantage roadster with 15,000 miles,full history, no damage…£28,000. A dealer gave me £41k. The car buying company would have probably sold it to them and creamed the £13k. Apparently the market for that type of Aston was rubbish. They sold it for £47,950.😊That was 5 years ago.
I had two great experiences with them over a decade ago - since sold on a few cars and each time they were diabolical. Had one that was less than a year old and absolutely mint - they offered the best price than even a trade in on new - turned up, they made a load of stuff up (plastic tray underneath engine was ‘scuffed’) - knocked £1,700 off the price. I walked out without saying anything and drove off. Right now, Motorway have been the best for my last few cars but this is because you’re selling to dealers - not straight to auction or, like WBAC the care warehouses. Everyone should know you only ever lose money on most cars but the variance between specialist and even main dealers is just a reminder you mean only one thing to them - profit.
Had the same experience with my grandsons car on phone a tad short of 2 grand face to face £500.00 sold it privately £1.400. they are con merchants don't touch them ,I'm glad you pointed this mob out fair play to you people will take note of what you say best of luck.
Loved my XF. Lovely car
Cool experiment. God video, Matt.
Recently sold my X5 on motorway. Was pretty good to be honest nowhere was offering me over 34k. BMW offered less than 31. I sold it on motorway for 37.5 which to me was great. Easier than I expected it to be anyway lol
Brilliant video. What a scandal, always suspected WBAC were a load of crap.
Excellent informative information, not that I live in the UK or are looking to sell a car but just thought the video for those that are is really good advice.
Insulting is the word. I'd never go to them. Ever.
Great video.
Just sold my A45 with car wow, very good experience. Great dealer, no haggling. Was going to sell it for 15k private, got just over 14
Call em out mate … brilliant 👍🏼
Brilliant videos.....i love them even though I'm not a petrol head.....brilliant delivery!
What an eye opening film! Who’d have thought scrapped it would have fetched more?!
UK car market is crazy compare to EU mainland. I just looked up price in Finland for the one with 272 000 km on the clock 2008 2.7 Diesel Premium Luxury and they are like 4500-5000 euros.
Thats because they have fewer used cars on the market than then Western Europe. It's the same here in Estonia, with only a population of 1.3 million. It's cheaper to travel to Germany or France and buy one there, even with the time and cost of driving it back. I know people who do this and sell them on here for a good profit.
I knew a woman who after getting a quote from any car told them she would rather keep it as a pidgeon toilet😂😂
We have those in the U.S. too. They were with in a couple of hundred dollars of what a dealer gave us on trade in.
You said it in the first minute of the video, it’s quick and convenient. That’s why people use them. I was sick last year and needed to sell my X5 and didn’t want the hassle of selling privately. Yes, they knocked me down a bit but I expected that. And I bet they get lumbered with some complete crap.
It was a ridiculous offer and you don’t have to take it - it was however the offer you got unless you scrap it.
Had similar experience would not go back,
I went to Motorway and was very happy with the offer.
64 quid is basically naff off we're not interested, They are basically pricing it for scrap and still wanting to make a bit of profit
they will put in auction and get £500.00 and also £300.00 for the auction commision
I think the extra .01p was just to rub slat in the wound.
Yeah, We Buy Any Car don't want the car. They want humdrum cars but under a certain age and not with obvious issues that make them subsequently impossible to retail. They can then stick them through an auction and make an easy grand or so.
@@josephberrie9550will make more than 500 at BCA
Passenger rear door in a different colour always a bonus
Yep, I noticed that. Surprised matt didn't point it out on the walk around, but I guess he wanted to save that for the cat s part of the video.
@@andrewoakley4957 to be fair to Matt paintwork on a camera can look completely different to in the flesh
Sold a Fabia via carwow last year and it was a very easy process to be fair. Dealer came and looked at the car (which was very clean to be fair) and paid the price that was offered. Wish I could say I can’t believe WBAC offered £64, but if I’m honest I’m not even shocked. They hold an unrealistic standard for the condition of used cars and will knock you down at every slight opportunity.
Couple of years ago the celica owners club would have the odd member pop in for a laugh . They would offer for a clean GT4 from say 1997 .......... £25 minus a paperwork charge of a quid lol .
Thinking of running my swift sport into there just to see
I used Carwow to get rid of a Jaguar the other month and was pleasantly surprised at what I got and how smooth the process was.
@@godzillas6301 I think they’ll give me about 5 grand for mine and that’s without them pegging me back on it for tiny marks. Saying that the car itself is about £8500 retail I think that’s slightly taking the p*ss 🤣
@@15swiftsport speaking to a neighbour it all depends on where you take them also .
He took his to an out of town and they hardly looked at it and gave him full price even though a different branch had offered him half the worth ! .
I had good experience with motorway. Just sold my 2011 xf facelift model
Sold my car the other day at WBAC, managed to get an offer at Part Exchange price which I was happy with in the end. Although I would have liked to have sold privately the convenience and knowing I had to clean the car to make it presentable and sort out (or cover up) any problems I would either lose the gains I made or potentially burdening a private seller with maintenance fees it didn't sit right with me going down this path. Either way a seemingly good car with plenty of life left is crazy to get such a low price!
if a place isnt interested in your car they will just give you a terrible price. They obviously think that not many people want a damaged high tax & insurance car.
High tax and insurance is debatable. The tax on mine was less than my mk3 mr2, and the insurance was only 140 quid more as well for a 3.0L V6
We honestly don't know the engine light was nothing or something. As with all jags their looks are always stunning. Even at 16 years old they look more beautiful then the current new rubbish.
Used cars in the UK are so cheap.
That Jaguar would easily sell for more than 3000€ somewhere else in Europe.
Different budget tyres is a big red light for me, because then you know that the last owner has spent as little as they possibly can get away with on it.
WBAC just play the percentages, add a cushion, then send them to auction.
Send the car to auction yourself.
How on earth did they calculate the 1 pence into the offer?
I am also wondering mate....
£64.01 and not a penny more.
Can only assume they just plug all found issues into a magic 8 ball and it spits out a price.
“WeBuyAnyCar” - they’ve kinda stung themselves with their stupid name, they’re forcing themselves to buy anything but will offer silly offers because they don’t want it.
They realised that a 64 pounds flat offer had no chance of being accepted.
cos they'd taken off the £49.99 admin fee from the full offer of £114 (look at the brief screenshot at 11:23). Still shocking offer though!
Neighbour sold an 07 Maserati to WBAC for £5k under the valuation elsewhere. he " forgot" to tell them he'd had a quote from the dealer for £8K for an intermittent gearbox fault.
😂😂😂😂
Nice they deserve it 😂
The other side of the coin. Car dealers/traders would only offer me between £300-£400 for my ancient 20 year old Toyota Prius. WBAC gave me £1400. Go figure! I snapped their hand off.
I had similar issues 2 months ago when I was selling my old 2016 Dacia Sandero. Motorway and Car Wow pulled out when there were no obvious issues, We Buy Any Car started at £1800 which dropped to £1200. I ended up selling privately. £2945 less the cost of a valet and a new set of carpet mats.
I had a liveried van that I considered selling. I took it to WBAC and they went around noting all of the stone chips (and there were some) and took an amount off for each "touch up". They then said that they would have to respray the whole van as the liveried colour wasn't suitable so took a further amount off for that too. I could have accepted the need for a respray OR stone chip removal, but not both. I sold the van privately and got far more for it.
Thats a lot of car for 600 quid - even considering age/mileage/other issues.
yep ..... cant help but think its worth however long the mot is . If theres say 10 months its a grand to anyone even with the minor faults
Just UK car prices in a nutshell. The same car exact car in my country would be atleast 20k pounds.
@@saimk4239 £20k!! For a 13 yo Jaaaaaag? What country is that? USA? Funnily enough here in the UK we're jealous of all those beautiful old V8's you can buy for buttons in the states.
@@saimk4239what country is that?
@@bannjaxx Even in finland most of these go for 10k+
The used car prices in the UK are absolutely ridiculous. Unbelievable. I thought it would be crazy here in Germany.
The reason for the low prices is the insurance costs. I also live in Germany and my 24 yr old bmw 330i Cabrio, manual, wirh 125tkm is going for around 12k Euros. In the UK, id be lucky to get 4k for it. In Germany, i pay only 400 in insurance a year with 8 years no claims. To insure this car in the UK on a new policy could cost easily 2k a year, depending where you live. So this cost pushs down the residuals of second hand vehicles...
What an absolute insult! They probably hope that by offering the semi decent price to start with reeling you in, then the time you take to fill in the form, take it to the appointment etc. You're just going to end up saying F it and give it them 😂
I would probably have been happy to pay £250 for the Jag, probably more if HPA had sorted the engine fault. Don't think my wife would have been happy though. Still have my eye on a couple though. Great vid Matt, I always had by doubts about those sites, now you've just confirmed them!
Once got offered 150 quid for a ford ranger with new MoT. Then they keep bombarding me with emails with a renewed offer, which was usually a fiver more, although in one particular instance, a 100 less.
Actually despite the obvious pitfalls, ebay is a good a site as any for shifting an old car, as the average buyer is pretty clueless on what a vehicle is worth. And no concerns on them arguing the price. (Although it has been known).
UK used car prices are so cheap! Incredible.
Wasn't the case a year ago, 5 years ago they were even cheaper.
Reason beeing that UK can not sell cars to the continental Europe, and people had more money than common sense so insted of having an oil changed, they just changed the car. So there were more used cars than people could possibly buy. And as cars from 2000 to 2010 were very relaiable (compared to what was before or is now), they still run theese days.
Unlike Finland.
They used to be far better. Used to be able to buy an old banger with a years MOT for £500 and the used car market was great I got a 2016 Toyota Auris 1.2T with 40k miles for £9500 back in 2019. Now the equivilant used car would be £14000 so sadly not so cheap anymore.
Yeah, just had a look on sales site. This type of car given without engine fault but that fast fixed is around with the same amount on the odo is 11k€ . There are cheaper ones but those have around 300-400k km on the clock.
Uk market is insane and you just get mad when you se it
@gravemind6536 there's a 2018 Auris with 40k at a Toyota dealer for 10k approved used! Think your a bit off with your price there, car prices have been high but have dropped fast in the last few months
Another option is to give it a toothbrush valet and fire it into an auction yourself.