My Review About Selling My Car To WeBuyAnyCar.com

02/10/2018

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I had decided I was going to be selling my car using WeBuyAnyCar.

I know there is a lot of chatter about the service and what happens, so I thought it would be good to document it for anyone looking at using them

This weekend I said goodbye to my beloved Frank The Tank. A little nickname he has been given since he is a 3 litre Super charged Range Rover Land Rover

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Using WeBuyAnyCar

I decided it was time to say goodbye to my car, for various reasons mainly due to the running costs.

As you can imagine the cost of fuelling Frank was a mind blowing £130 for a full tank of diesel.

His fuel consumption came in circa 20 mpg I felt like I had been burning money. Road tax alone was nearly £50 per month. Without the cost of insurance as well as any maintenance needed.

I also have another car. So Frank has merely been a luxury I have been indulging in for nearly 3 years and it had become time to call it a day.

I transferred my private number plate off and made my first advert on Autotrader advertising his sale.

There were a few phone calls, some from dealers and some from other companies who were trying to get me to advertise on their sites too. This seems to be a common practice when listing a car on Autotrader.

But I only got 4 calls from people who seemed like genuine people who might have wanted to buy him. But these enquiries led to nothing and months later I still hadn’t sold my car. It seems that people were not so keen on buying my fuel guzzler.

Decision Time

I decided enough was enough with all the waiting, and I put the registration and information into the WeBuyAnyCar.com website.

The figure I was given was a fair bit lower than I wanted for him from the sale.

However, weighing it all up I decided I would go ahead with the WeBuyAnyCar.com quote. Considering what I had already spent in advertising with Autotrader and some other websites this cost was now mounting up as well. Plus having the car still meant that I was still paying to use and maintain it

I made an appointment at a branch local to me and we set off for our last ride

Selling My Car To WeBuyAnyCar

Using the website was easy and so was making the appointment. I got a phone call shortly from the branch confirming what information I would need to take with me

I arrived for my appointment and was surprised at how many other people were there trading their cars in too. There were some other people waiting there for their time slot

Their representative spoke with me and went over the car marking down on his sheet any damage or issues he could see on the body and interior of the car

Now Frank was in really good condition. But I was deducted repairs for 2 panels and 1 slightly scuffed alloy. This amount was then taken off the initial quote I was given online

One was for the driver’s door, the edge had a few little marks where the door had been opened on something. The second was for the underpart of the front bumper, the grill effectively, as it has a few small stone chips from driving. These were minor as far as I was concerned but something to consider if you are planning on using the service

Each part would needed to have been sent to body shop repair apparently. I’m pretty sure polish would have hide the door mark. The bumper, well under the front grill, who on earth checks down there anyway

So thats nearly £400 taken off my initial online quote. The two body shop repairs and then the mark down for the scuffed alloy

Also, their is their £49 transaction fee to deduct too

I was a bit annoyed at these further deductions considering the quote I had online was less than I wanted

WeBuyAnyCar.com do not do anything to the cars themselves. The mark down for the repairs didn’t mean they were actually going to do the repairs. The cars are bought and then sent straight off to auction as they are, no touch ups done

The Handover

Nevertheless, I agreed to the sale and signed the used car purchase invoice

They transferred the ownership there and then online with the DVLA and I was emailed to the same effect instantly

Payment is sent via bank transfer, I chose the free option which means I get the money 5 working days later. However, if you want it sooner you can pay £25 for a next working day payment

WeBuyAnyCar Review

Selling my car to WeBuyAnyCar was not a rash decision. It was something I had been thinking about the whole time I had it up for sale. If I had been able to secure a private sale I would have preferred that especially considering I would have got more money.

However, I did find the whole process extremely easy and the staff were amazing. They explained absolutely everything and were happy to answer all my questions. I really can not fault that part of the service at all.

My advice to anyone who is looking to trade their car in using WeBuyAnyCar, be prepared to have more money taken off the quote you see online.

The smallest imperfections are picked up by the staff. You will be deducted from the final quote.

A private sale would is the best way to get more money back for my car, but WeBuyAnyCar was definitely the easiest.

If I wanted the sale price I should have held on for a private sale. But for the convenience, I am glad I sold it this way.

Yes, I would use them again if I found myself in the same situation.

See How to choose your next car carefully for some car buying tips.

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