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
Evans Halshaw matched WBAC for my VW when I traded it, as you say they just don't do bargin bangers.
That's exactly what happened with the captur. I told EH what WBAC had offered, he went away and, when he came back, said ok, we'll match it.
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.