We buy any car versus private sale ???

[qureshia]

We Buy any car states my wife’s GTI is worth £12,980 – what should we look to get private sale for it ?

Over and above the details that can be entered into WBAC site are,  it has just been serviced (been put on service plan which means next two services are half price and any parts will be 10% off)  has just had 4 brand new tyres fitted, has front park, some crossion on the wheels.....thinking we should be able to beat WBAC price by selling private say by 10% 

Therefore dose is £14,250 sound good, bad or ugly for a 07 plate, 5 door, DSG, good spec with 21k miles?

I normally just stick our cars on ebay and let the market decide. However my last car sold within 12 hours of the add going up and the one before that was back on the market 6 months after I sold it at more than 25% more. I get the sinking feeling I may have undersold both :embarassed:

[Steve_PD]

look on auto trader, PH, ebay etc and see what a a mk5 gti the same spec as your is going for. the WBAC price will be alot lower than what you will get for a private sale

[Steve_PD]

just looked on autotrader and there is 1 car below 13k and the rest are between 14.5k and 17k

[the dude]

Of cause you will not get full value from WBAC, they are going to sell it on so need to make a profit. It is a safe and easy way to get rid of your car, just depends if you are willing to answer hundreds of silly questions and allow lots of tyre kickers to come and look at it!

[zdebx]

When selling a car that is worth 13k, it's better to give it to a company and ask them to sell it for you.

Of course, they will take a small fee, when the car is sold, but you won't have to do anything....

[qureshia]

I thought the WBAC bid was Ok - not really a kick in the nuts??


I have seen the ones in the ads at £17k  but personally I don’t put much weight on advertised prices as they are either low and hiding a poor car or just unrealistic sellers (who often end up trading their cars after months of no selling  for much less)

Anyone currently looking or recently sold shed any light on real prices being paid ?

[2007GTI]

every car is obviously a different condidtion and spec, so its hard for anyone to give you an asnwer.

if I were you and you aren't desperate to sell, stick it on pistonheads or autotrader for a few weeks and see what happens.

I thought the WBAC bid was Ok - not really a kick in the nuts??


I have seen the ones in the ads at £17k  but personally I don’t put much weight on advertised prices as they are either low and hiding a poor car or just unrealistic sellers (who often end up trading their cars after months of no selling  for much less)

Anyone currently looking or recently sold shed any light on real prices being paid ?

[AlanD]

I wouldnt touch WBAC with a barge poll.

Just stick it up for sale, someone out there will want it (this is assuming your not in a rush to sell it)

[DJGTi]

A quick search on Autotrader shows similar cars up for £13k to £15k.

This makes the WBAC offer look very reasonable. You could probably get £14k for yours if you tried, but you'd be up against dealers offering warranties, p/x and finance. Never used WBAC, but I wonder whether they'd try to reduce the offer when they see the car by being REALLY picky?

[wuker]

A quick search on Autotrader shows similar cars up for £13k to £15k.

This makes the WBAC offer look very reasonable. You could probably get £14k for yours if you tried, but you'd be up against dealers offering warranties, p/x and finance. Never used WBAC, but I wonder whether they'd try to reduce the offer when they see the car by being REALLY picky?

They are very very picky about any type of dent or scratch on the car.. They also look at the wheels and if there is 1 mark on them they will take £50 per wheel to get them re-furbished..

As someone else said they are in the business to make money and will do by buying cars cheap off people who need to get rid of their cars quickly

I would go for the AT option