webuyanycar.com - sure you;ve seen the ads.
To get the valuation, enter any old random shit into the contact box, as long as it seems good ie snipped-for-privacy@ao.com for email address, 999 for phone number.
Values your car (or of course anyone elses).
Surely one can get a valuation for one's car by just using the correct contact details too?
Presumably not if you're fuckwitted...
Do you want twenty tonnes of spam? Anyway, the point is that its a 'fuckwitted valuation' , they'll offer you £50 for a £500 car - £4,000 for a £12,000 car etc.
Its a site designed to shaft the desperate , would want to give real details to them?
I'm also a little concerned that its yet another erosion of privacy - if I want to check out what Mr Jones motor is worth next door I can get his exact model and its age, without even a token identity check on who's asking. (I know I could do it with an car guide, but this is just bit easy - for instance I *could* look up my ex's personal plate and find out what car its on now and its value).
You don't.
Not quite.
Well, for some cars, the valuations and amounts paid out are pretty close to what you'd get privately. But only if it's the kind of var they can retail on a 5 year, 30% APR finance deal to the desperate.
So, that'll be any fleet fodder up to around 5 years old.
You, Sir, are a certified nut case.
Have you signed up?
Well its just done *exactly* that with two of my cars....
Example?
I like to try and blend with the rest of the punters in here.
I have.
No spam as a result of it.
Obviously not the kind of cars they want.
Passat 2.0TDI SE. 120k miles. 55 plate. Valued at £4200.
Dealer price: £5300.
Sounds about right for a trade sale.
You're in the wrong group.
I'm sure there are groups for tin-foil hat wearing lunatics out there somewhere, though.
And a registration number to prove it?...
This is more like it BF55 PYA
PEUGEOT 206 HATCHBACK SPECIAL EDITIONS 1.1 Zest 40k
Thanks for valuing your car. Your valuation is £3,035* and webuyanycar.com would be delighted to buy your car straight away.
Dealer price is high 4's.
Nice little profit.
ROFL.
'High 4s'
More like mid-to-high 3s.
Which makes the valuation more than fair for a straight sale to trade.
If you have a car they can retail and you need a quick sale, then it's a pretty good way of doing it. You maybe get a bit less than you would from a private sale, but that's offset by the lack of hassle.
Well?
Try this one then:
Have you actually got any *proof* of a reasonable offer from them, or are you just going to wibble?
People over on Pistonheads have sold cars to them - yes, they knock off bits here and there - but, those who have sold based on the online valuations have been more than happy with the service.
I guess it all boils down to the fact that people have *vastly* differing views of what constitutes age/mileage-related wear and tear in terms of interior and exterior. If someone describes something as "Overall very good condition" and it turns out to be a shed, of course they'll get offered considerably less.
As for the prices - a trader offering £3k for a car that an over-optimistically-priced trader would put on a forecourt at £4995, and one that's perhaps living much more in the real world might put up for £3995 or so doesn't seem like a huge rip-off to me. The more overpriced a car is, the more they'll make you think it's a fair price by inflating trade-in prices, etc etc.
They offered nearly 2K for the wifes almost 8 year old focus - not too bad IMO.
MattF
...until their 'on-site valuation agent' makes you the *actual* offer, apparently...
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