MatthewR
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Registered: 21st Oct 02
Location: Rickmansworth
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Morning all,
just had a really good quote on my Astra which im about to sell (mrs is pregnant and need something more practical) after checkibg places like Autotrader/Ebay/forums the price they offered me was very competitive and would save me all the hassle of selling it privately.
So i have the viewing on Sunday, anyone had bad/good experiences of said websites or similar? Just wanna check everything out before i go ahead with anything and live to regret it.
Cheers guys
Matt
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mattk
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Registered: 27th Feb 06
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they will check it over and give you half what they offered, Im thinking of taking mine in tbh, its only a mile down the road
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MatthewR
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Registered: 21st Oct 02
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Yeah they are based 2mins from wheree i live so im going to go and see what they offer regardless, i just want to know of other peoples experiences with them
Im not a mug or desperate for the funds but they offered 5k for my 08 astra with 57k miles, v good offer imo
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Munchie
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The offer will be much lower than 5k....trust me
make sure there isnt any scratches on the car...wheels etc as well
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Nath
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Somebody on here works/worked for them. Can't remember who though.
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IvIarkgraham
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Registered: 27th Mar 04
Location: Ellesmere Port, Cheshire
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offered my brother 4k for a car that was worth 8k
initial offer was 7k
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MatthewR
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Hmmm ive read a few things saying the same mate  thought it was too good to be true
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Whittie
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Registered: 11th Aug 06
Location: North Wales Drives: BMW, Corsa & Fiat
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I had a corsa up for £5k, which people were ringing about etc.
Went to them with their offer of £4800, offered me £3800 after going round the car and pointing to shit like kerbed wheels and scrathced bumper, Sold it to them too, for some unknown reason 
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Fonz
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i asked for a quote when i wanted to know what the Nova is worth. they valued it at £50 and have a £25 "admin" charge so before they had inspected it had already cost me 50% of the quote just to process it!
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Jas
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Registered: 13th Oct 04
Location: Mid Wales
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quote:
Originally posted by Whittie
I had a corsa up for £5k, which people were ringing about etc.
Went to them with their offer of £4800, offered me £3800 after going round the car and pointing to shit like kerbed wheels and scrathced bumper, Sold it to them too, for some unknown reason
drug addiction
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baza31
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Registered: 19th Apr 03
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what do they do with the cars?
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IvIarkgraham
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Registered: 27th Mar 04
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sell them through some car place i cant remember the name of
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
Location: Worcestershire Drives: Defender
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id love to take an absolutely spotless car then when they offer less ask why
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jrdn7
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My Uncle got a quote from them before selling his Range Rover. Market value was £4k, they first off offered £3500 and when they looked at it they offered £400. 90% rate apparently cause of 2" square of lacquer was flaking around rear quarter panel, and there was 'only' 7mm left in the tyres. Scam artists spring to mind!
Their sister company (as far as I know) webuyanybike.com are even fuckng worse!
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Whittie
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Registered: 11th Aug 06
Location: North Wales Drives: BMW, Corsa & Fiat
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quote:
Originally posted by baza31
what do they do with the cars?
They're car craft, so just clean them and put them on forecourt.
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BarnshaW
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Registered: 25th Oct 06
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colonel_g on here used to work for them, they sell the cars off to auction.
obviously they are going to offer less because when people enter details on the site they always say good condition etc, would you turn up to buy a car without haggling? they will obviously knock off money for defects.
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IvIarkgraham
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Registered: 27th Mar 04
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car craft thats it!!!
i understand knocking money off but to offer 50% of the price is a piss take
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BarnshaW
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Registered: 25th Oct 06
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dont sell it to them then
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T21SVJ
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Registered: 14th Sep 06
Location: formby Drives: Company Cars
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Just go around a few local indi dealers with a good rep, they should buy car from you and offer you a price just as good.
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baza31
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Registered: 19th Apr 03
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Car craft charge double am slam people with terrible finance deals , sure they charge you £50 then let you take the car
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adiohead
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We want any car pay more apparently. Offered me £2100 for my LCR 
Probably the only way I'll sell it
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richardworrall
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Registered: 20th Sep 05
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There men are on commission for the more they can knock you off the original offer price
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M2RTY
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they AIM for 40% less than quoted to you originally
big con, ill give you £50 then they offer you
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colonel_g
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Registered: 11th Jan 09
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quote:
Originally posted by M2RTY
they AIM for 40% less than quoted to you originally
big con, ill give you £50 then they offer you
not true. i used to work for them and i would offer 99% less than your offer if i could get away with it. my bonus was based on how much percentage i could knock off of the original estimate and then extra bonus for the tax, which is included in the valuation, and then given to you to claim from dvla and then taken off the valuation, very crafty trick as you get the same money so you dont think anything of it, but obviously we have then paid even less.
horrible job to have if you have any morals so i left
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IvIarkgraham
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Registered: 27th Mar 04
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how much is the most you have ever knocked off and had it accepted (%)
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