Another ripoff - Webuyanycar.com - No they wont!
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I put my Rover on and they wouldnt offer me anything.
I tested it with my mothers car which is worth about £5000 and they offered £150
Total bunch of lying con artists.
Always suspected even from the lame adverts that were suspect.
Avoid at all costs!
Once a cheat always a cheat!
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Excellent info Omendata, you reminded me that eldest son gave them a call to see if they would be interested in his £3000 car and was offered a paltry £50 and yes he told them where to stick it!
I'm glad you brought this one to light I thought this type of advertising was outlawed and watched by the ASA... the thieving, greedy wotsits...
Yeah another bunch of con artists is also Mazumamobile.com.
Wait a while I bet they are done as well.
I put my blackberry on and they offered me £10 - lol
What a ripoff
Actually criminals who steal mobiles are well known to use Mazumamobile¬
Thats probably where they earn all their money - no questions asked ahem...
From what has been said, I'm surprised anybody ever sells them a car at all!
I tried Webuyanycar.com a few years ago and they offered £4,500 for my car which retailed brand new 3 months earlier at £10,000 plus they are a bunch of con artists who must be living in cloud co-co land or constantly on the whisky. Steer well clear of these people.
From what I have heard in the past about Webuyanycar.com, people who offer to sell 'popular and fast moving' used cars such as BMW Minis or late Fiestas or Corsas may get a valuation of 75% of the private sale value, no doubt reduced in formal inspection. Such cars can be turned over through the trade or at auction for a minimum £500 profit after costs, I am told.
The whole system of Webuyanycar.com depends on people needing 'fast bucks' and simply selling to need rather than logic. The TV ads are slick and glossy, especially the latest ones where we see people with expensive cars in front of expensive houses gloating over how much they have just sold their car for. Those adverts need some rigorous questioning!
It's a glitzy business backed up by sharp practices and I suspect the kind of business with a limited 'shelf life'. Perhaps the people who create such businesses know this and come in with the aim to make money and make a speedy exit.
The motor trade has always been one to 'watch your back over' and this is no different. In fact it is worse. Perhaps the OFT could get these people to display a 'health warning' on all their advertising ..."You may receive a cash offer substantially less than a fair market offer and while this is not illegal, you should take independent advice as to a fair offer for the vehicle. People who agree to the terms of Webuyanycar.com do so at their own rosk".
Too right, Snoops. All these thigs are aimed at people who are making 'stress' decisions.
Yes, Omen, I read that report on the BBC website a couple of days ago, and wasn't in the least surprised at the OFT's findings.
Perhaps they should change their name to webuyanycarbutwedontgiveyouafairprice.com...?!
And as for that advert...isn't it the most annoying one ever?!
These creeps take advantage of people that have realy hit hard times and this organisation should be outlawed and forced out of business they are a bunch of profiteering creeps.
Very good point, Noddy. Only somebody who was desperate and vulnerable would do business with these cowboys.
I just decided to check this out and got a quote of £995 for my immaculate 2004 MG with 8.5k on the clock.
Rip-off or what?
That's shocking, Feline!
8.5K Wow
Love the MG pity it is a nightmare for faults.
Have you had any problems with electrics?
Rovers are well known for their electrical glitches especially electric windows etc.
At least you can get the parts really cheap on ebay!
Tip for you there Feline- If your MG develops a problem and needs fixed - buy the part on ebay and take it to the garage to fit dont let the garage charge you for parts.
I am a member of various Rover clubs so can get really good deals - got a new fuel tank for my Rover - Garage wanted £170 not including fitting I got it on ebay for £45 brand new and installed it myself.
Always go to the garages to get a quote then do the job myself!
lol
Thats is really disgraceful quote!
Good Lord this company needs bringing to order.
How can they get away with this?
BTW did you know they are the sponsors of Top Gear on one of the satellite channels?
I wonder if those plonkers Clarkson,Hammond and May can really endorse this rip off company.
The only problems I've ever had with it have been electrics, Omen, and I had exactly the same problems with my previous car which was a Rover 216. Fortunately we have a local garage specialising in electrical problems and I've been able to get things sorted reasonably cheaply.
And they don't patronise me because i'm a girly, which is worth it's weight in gold! I think it helped when I took the car in and said I thought there was something wrong with the ECU - the guy seemed to quite impressed that a mere female had ever even heard of an ECU.
I know what a ECU is too! :-)
Ooooh, you're an MG girly, eh Feline. I always know there was something racy about you.
Fruity, of course you know what an ECU is! I'm surprised you don't carry a spare one in your handbag with the hammer and the monkey-wrench :-)
Well, Snoops, I don't know about racy - I never exceed the speed limit.....
Funny you should say that, Feline, wondered why my handbag was so heavy... ;-)
Funny, moi....
Made me giggle...but then again that might just be the, umm, coffee?!
Do you know what girls? When I was an AA man back in the 70's, I could diagnose an electrical fault in five minutes. I could probe any 'dead' socket and within fiven minues I had it hummin'. Well cars were a damn sight simpler then.
Yes, you have to watch that bloody coffee, fruits, it can creep up on you.
If I'd known you were an ex AA Man, Snoops, I would definitely have called you out to check out my socket.
It's a long time since I checked out a socket Feline ... they seem to have got a lot bigger and brighter nowadays ... but I guess once you've seen one, you've seen them all. It's a bit like not having ridden a bike for years, you just climb back on ...
Bigger and brighter, Snoops? Whatever do you mean?
What do I mean Feline? Well you open any bonnet nowadays, and there's a big, bulging diagnostic socket right in your face .... just needing something to plug in it. AS I said, it's been a long time.
Oh, I get it now, I have to start wearing a bonnet...
Oh, Feline, you crack me up...don't go all Cranford on us, will you?!
Oh, I don't know, I can just see me living in an earlier age, fruits. You know, when men were men and women were women.....
And beneath every bonnet was a decent socket ...
Sorry, Feline, just can't see you in a spriggy dress, button boots and a massive bonnet racing along in your MG! :-)
Sorry, guys, but since all the comments started going backwards, I keep getting my bottom confused with my top! My coffee must be too strong... :-)
I'm sure both are equally as attractive as the other.
lol
>;o)
Aww, Omen, you say the sweetest things! :-)
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Happened to us too. We had a Mondeo to sell and thought we'd just see what webuyanycar would offer - sure enough they said £50 over the phone, but even that depended on us taking the car to their place where it would be checked and then a 'formal' offer would be made. You can be sure the £50 was not going to be increased!!! Steer clear.