Got a 2011 Mazda that has seen better days. I’ve had it for years but haven’t exactly looked after it well (I was a student – no money). It squeaks and groans but runs very well otherwise, never broken down.
Is it worth going through the pain of selling it privately considering how many issues it has? Or should I just use one of those quick-sell companies?
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I always sell mine on auto trader. And got few hundred £s more that way even after haggling and cost of advert. We buy any car offered the lowest. Also when they come out they can point out faults and offer even less
We buy any car.con are sharks. They’ll tell you online that your car is worth £X. Then you take it to them, and the job of the person who looks it over is to deduct money from the valuation. Used cars are at a premium at the moment, so while your car isn’t worth a fortune, you’ll get more with a private sale.
We Buy Any Car live up to their name, my mate rang them up, agreed a price based on it being driveable, they drove it to their site and on the way the head gasket blew, it limped into the site, they went in, showed them that they had driven it there and got the agreed price. If your car is one step away from massive bills then go with them but if it’s in decent condition you can do it privately or sell it to a dealer if you can’t, or won’t, spare the time to deal with private buyers.
Private unless you have a newer car that’s in demand
I did well out of we buy any car. They will knock you down a bit normally, however I suspect theres also a lot of people who would classify a car as immaculate when I wouldn’t consider it such.
We buy any car basically give you a terrible price because they are a quick cash company. Think cash converters for cars. If you can wait, sell privately, you will get more money.
You could always get a quote and then check sold prices on Auto trader for similar condition then you can decide.
Sell it privately. It’s hassle sure but you’ll get thousands of pounds extra.
My experience of “We buy any car” (and similar) is that you will be offered lower than scrap value for something that is running and has a full MOT
I have always sold my old vehicles via Autotrader or an advert in the local paper. More effort but at least you stand a better chance of getting what it’s worth.
Check if you have a local auction. A very hassle-free way of selling a car, as there is no comeback from the buyer. If it can be done at minimal cost, get a new MOT just before selling it.
They’re ok if you want to get rid of a car quickly and aren’t expecting to sell at the highest possible price. I’ve used them once before, they did knock a chunk off the sale price due to a warning light that would come on and off periodically (we took the car to the garage a few times and they could never find the issue) and it happened to come on as we were driving to the place annoyingly. But from what I remember the guy dealing with us was friendly and not overly pushy, we knew what we were getting into with them, we just wanted rid of the car quickly as we’d already got a newer one. It wasn’t going to sell privately for much more than what we got so it worked out for us.
If I wanted a decent price for a car in future I’d probably put it on auto trader. But if you know what you’re getting into webuyanycar is fine. The adverts with Phil Schofield are enough to put me off using them though.
We Buy Any Car are fine. I’ve sold a couple of cars through them. If you’ve been honest in the car’s condition then the price they offer will generally be the price they pay. Just don’t lie and say it’s got no scratches etc because then when they turn up they’ll spot them and knock a load off.
I generally got the low end of the price of similar cars on Autotrader. So not necessarily the maximum I could have got, but not so far under the max price that the ease wasn’t worth it.