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Re: A Day At The Auctions
« Reply #30 on: 18 September 2018, 13:56:00 »



Given the very low prices WBAC offer, shouldn't you have wanted more for a P/X rather than just letting them match it?  :-\
WBAC prices, more or less, match the trade in price given on Parkers.

The figures:
Renault captur 1.5dci nav. List price ~£17500. We got ours pre reg, 2 months old, 7 miles on the clock for ~£12250.
Two years on, captur now done 18,000 miles, we got £8500 against the astra.
Vauxhall astra 1.6 cdti auto. List price ~£18000. 12 months old, 9000 miles, we got it for £10,120.

So, we gave EH our captur and £1620 for the astra which, as I explained at the time, we needed because the wife was having trouble with her left leg and needed an auto.

We were very happy with the prices paid for both cars and the trade in we got, and that's what matters.
Cue the maths teachers.

 :-*

I'm just surprised and am now wondering if WBAC has become the benchmark for trade prices.  :-\

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Re: A Day At The Auctions
« Reply #31 on: 18 September 2018, 14:14:35 »



Given the very low prices WBAC offer, shouldn't you have wanted more for a P/X rather than just letting them match it?  :-\
WBAC prices, more or less, match the trade in price given on Parkers.

The figures:
Renault captur 1.5dci nav. List price ~£17500. We got ours pre reg, 2 months old, 7 miles on the clock for ~£12250.
Two years on, captur now done 18,000 miles, we got £8500 against the astra.
Vauxhall astra 1.6 cdti auto. List price ~£18000. 12 months old, 9000 miles, we got it for £10,120.

So, we gave EH our captur and £1620 for the astra which, as I explained at the time, we needed because the wife was having trouble with her left leg and needed an auto.

We were very happy with the prices paid for both cars and the trade in we got, and that's what matters.
Cue the maths teachers.

 :-*

I'm just surprised and am now wondering if WBAC has become the benchmark for trade prices.  :-\

Only one kiss. :)

I didn't want to make you jealous.  :-*
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Re: A Day At The Auctions
« Reply #32 on: 18 September 2018, 15:08:27 »



Given the very low prices WBAC offer, shouldn't you have wanted more for a P/X rather than just letting them match it?  :-\
WBAC prices, more or less, match the trade in price given on Parkers.

The figures:
Renault captur 1.5dci nav. List price ~£17500. We got ours pre reg, 2 months old, 7 miles on the clock for ~£12250.
Two years on, captur now done 18,000 miles, we got £8500 against the astra.
Vauxhall astra 1.6 cdti auto. List price ~£18000. 12 months old, 9000 miles, we got it for £10,120.

So, we gave EH our captur and £1620 for the astra which, as I explained at the time, we needed because the wife was having trouble with her left leg and needed an auto.

We were very happy with the prices paid for both cars and the trade in we got, and that's what matters.
Cue the maths teachers.

This is of course what matters and I'm not having a go Uncle STEMO.  :-*

I'm just surprised and am now wondering if WBAC has become the benchmark for trade prices.  :-\
You're not the type to have a go, Tigger, I know that. It's that Lincolnsausageshire fella who keeps picking on me, in between making funny models with his carrots and turnips.  ;D
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Re: A Day At The Auctions
« Reply #33 on: 18 September 2018, 15:09:56 »

FWIW, WBAC offered me £17k on the Skoda.

It failed to sell at £18.5k, privately, earlier this year.

That doesn't seem like an awful deal, really.. they just aren't interested in cars only fit for the crusher ;)

£17000 for a derv Skoda?............has the world gone mad? :)
Someone bought it new...  So yes, madness :D ::)

That would be me, the breakless retard ;D
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« Reply #34 on: 18 September 2018, 15:11:23 »

FWIW, WBAC offered me £17k on the Skoda.

It failed to sell at £18.5k, privately, earlier this year.

That doesn't seem like an awful deal, really.. they just aren't interested in cars only fit for the crusher ;)

£17000 for a derv Skoda?............has the world gone mad? :)
Someone bought it new...  So yes, madness :D ::)

That would be me, the breakless retard ;D
Wuckfit!  ;D
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« Reply #35 on: 18 September 2018, 16:13:37 »

Bought a few cars from auctions in the past best was a Sierra estate paid around £1800 for it was written off by a tractor about 10 days after buying it and got £2500 from the insurers, always bought cars with low owners & full history never had a bad one.
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« Reply #36 on: 18 September 2018, 16:59:57 »

 ;D having worked in the auctions for 4 years, had loads of big bargains!
usually paid half retail, ran them a year or 2, then sold on for more than i paid!
having said that, I am conversant with most tricks the auctioneers use,

its pretty difficult when your lusting after a particular/model spec, etc to see the bids bounciung off the walls and the auction houses own bidders,but once you know, its easy to say no thanks,often the bidding stops then! the auctioneers then have a conflab of its close to reserve and offer it to you at you last bid,
which of course was the rough price you had determined having given the vehicle a good going over in the run up,to be the right price, you would pay for the car,

if a dealer waants a particular model and has none on the forecourt which he knows he will shift easily they will often bid over trade price just to keep thier stock moving around,if a large dealer,car supermarket etc, has a car sat for moe than 6 weeks its often shipped to another dealer, then sent to auction if it still dont sell, its all about keeping the forecourt looking as if its busy

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Re: A Day At The Auctions
« Reply #37 on: 18 September 2018, 18:06:50 »

The vendor was WBAC.com (owned by BCA) who probably paid a tenth of that for it.  ::)
Theiving vermin bastids.
They have a place in life for people too lazy or idle to move stuff on themselves.

In a former life, I used to linger around the pawn shops in Bletchley (its that sort of place) just after Christmas and snap up all the brand new games consoles that people had got for xmas, but were trading in for next to nothing in order to get their next fix.  I'd keep them for a few weeks until there were not many around, then sell them for far more than I paid for them - things like Wii's, Xbox360s, gayStation 3s I was buying for sub £30, and selling for 3 times that.


Sometimes I used to think some poor granny had saved her pension for that for an ungrateful grandchild, who had likely exchanged for a quick shot.
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Re: A Day At The Auctions
« Reply #38 on: 18 September 2018, 18:56:31 »

;D having worked in the auctions for 4 years, had loads of big bargains!
usually paid half retail, ran them a year or 2, then sold on for more than i paid!
having said that, I am conversant with most tricks the auctioneers use,

its pretty difficult when your lusting after a particular/model spec, etc to see the bids bounciung off the walls and the auction houses own bidders, but once you know, its easy to say no thanks,often the bidding stops then! the auctioneers then have a conflab of its close to reserve and offer it to you at you last bid, which of course was the rough price you had determined having given the vehicle a good going over in the run up,to be the right price, you would pay for the car,

if a dealer waants a particular model and has none on the forecourt which he knows he will shift easily they will often bid over trade price just to keep thier stock moving around,if a large dealer,car supermarket etc, has a car sat for moe than 6 weeks its often shipped to another dealer, then sent to auction if it still dont sell, its all about keeping the forecourt looking as if its busy

I've often wondered how kosher the internet bids are.  :-X  ::)
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« Reply #39 on: 18 September 2018, 19:51:38 »

I often speak to people obsessed with there trade in allowance ,end of the day the only bit that matters is what you have to pay, it matters not whether its added to the trade in or reduced from the purchase price :y

Ps. I think uncle Stemo did ok on that deal :y
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Re: A Day At The Auctions
« Reply #40 on: 18 September 2018, 20:02:56 »

Many years ago I was running a 2.5 auto Senator A2 and had an earlier Senator A on the drive so decided to get rid of the A2 and buy something smaller/more economical for general running about purposes.Went to Bawtry auctions [nearest auction house] and at the end of the night I'd bought a 3L Senator B auto :D :D
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« Reply #41 on: 18 September 2018, 20:28:38 »

Many years ago I was running a 2.5 auto Senator A2 and had an earlier Senator A on the drive so decided to get rid of the A2 and buy something smaller/more economical for general running about purposes.Went to Bawtry auctions [nearest auction house] and at the end of the night I'd bought a 3L Senator B auto :D :D

You know it made sense .....  :y :y :y :y
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« Reply #42 on: 18 September 2018, 22:42:13 »

I often speak to people obsessed with there trade in allowance ,end of the day the only bit that matters is what you have to pay, it matters not whether its added to the trade in or reduced from the purchase price :y

Ps. I think uncle Stemo did ok on that deal :y
AKA the cost to change ;)
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