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I used to hate marketplace but done really well on there recently and it’s free so no harm in trying it. I still use autotrader but agree it’s been slow lately, I think that’s possibly down to their guide pricing being way out at the min. I’m finding their rrp’s are way higher than cars actually for sale which makes mine look expensive. Used to do well on eBay classified some years ago but jacked it in a while ago as I seam to get zero interest on anything I advertise on there anymore

Could also be suspension top mounts. A lot of Peugeots and Citroens suffer with excess wear on them.

Who knows but they’re aiming high. Hoping to compete with Bentley and Porsche.

Jaguar is going through a complete rebrand next year. All current models are being axed and replaced with an all new electric only lineup

Auction prices through the roof yet Autotrader prices going down? Strange times again.

Be careful believing that bca are only doing it to cover their backside. A friend of mine bought a Corsa a couple of weeks back showing amber on engine running. Picked it up and the bottom end is knocking like mad. Engine scrap. Yet I bought a 208 that was red for clutch slip and turned out to be perfect. It’s just a complete minefield.

It’s another way of keeping Cap prices up. artificially “sell” the car at a higher price numerous times then finally let it actually sell at a lower price will give a higher average.

Seams to vary by site. I’ve recently bought UKCGR stuff from Bristol and Blackbushe which came stuffed with invoices yet Walsall, Measham and Wolverhampton always seam to come with nothing other than a service book. But yes it is to do with GDPR. I heard a story of someone that sold their car to WBAC and the guy there shredded all the paperwork in front of them. Personally I’d say it’s down to lack of information to bca/WBAC staff or staff just being lazy, as in theory only paperwork with previous owners details on should be shredded. Anything else could be kept.

To many of us, myself included, rely to much on bca/manheim which is helping them keep the prices high. We need to realise there’s more ways of gaining stock. Bca don’t care about us buyers they just want your money and it’s got worse since being online only. Even recently I’ve seen cars fetching more at bca than I could of bought them for privately advertised on AT/EBay etc, and I could of viewed those in person and had a test drive.

Apparently it’s because during Covid insurance inspectors were doing damage inspections by phone and not actually seeing the vehicle in person. So basically being overly cautious when pricing repairs meaning more cars were being written off.

But then keep getting relisted over and over again. There’s a couple of cars I’ve bid on at bca that have been through every sale every day for a week now. I keep bidding up to my max then getting outbid, only for them to be relisted the next day.

Totally agree, it’s a bit like playing the stock market at the min. Over the last couple of years a mixture of lack of used stock on the market, joe public in a lot of cases having more spendable income due to no holidays or socialising etc and companies like BCA artificially inflating cap prices have all kept the prices high. There comes a point where this will come to an end. The worlds opened back up, new vehicles are getting back up to speed and now a lot of people have been pushed closer to the breadline because of rising fuel costs etc. You only need to watch BCA over the last couple of weeks. I’ve snatched a few way under cap and even the stuff that they still seam to be trying to get high prices for just keeps getting re-listed over and over again.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=m1xiM2F1kH8&feature=share

They do pick the best of the bunch for themselves but with the volume of cars going through bca surely they can’t keep everything. Also surely this is only the case with WBAC/UKCGR As other vendors would want their cars to go through the block and not be bought at rock bottom by BCA/Cinch

Heard there’s a big backlog on Kia and Hyundai clutches at the min for some reason. A neighbours clutch went on her i10, she’s in her 80’s and took it back to Hyundai to be told they can’t get the parts for 8 weeks, then she tried a local clutch specialist who said the same.

What area are you? I’ve been watching most of the midland sites today and most has been going up to a grand under Cap. Been the odd one that’s still fetched a high price but still a lot better than it has been recently.

A lot selling for way under cap today. Has the table finally turned?

I think WBAC used to work on half cap average, may have changed now since the markets gone bonkers.

Agreed, not really sure what the hells going on at the min. I’m watching grade 5’s go way over cap then price checking with AT and finding I could go and buy an equivalent retail ready car from another dealer cheaper than I could from BCA. Who is actually making money from these auction cars at the min?

I’ve gone from having a decent January to it dropping off a cliff so far this month. Not an ounce of interest in anything last week.

Yet after a few slightly more sensible weeks at the auctions the prices seam to have gone back through the roof again this week. Someone must be selling somewhere.

They have you by the balls, if you do take them to court and win they close your account and ban you. So it’s either put up with it or be banned from buying from them, they know most dealers need them for convenience.

There’s no come backs on essential check is there? Not worth the paper it’s written on or the £7.50 or whatever it is that we pay for it. Even getting a result with assured report is hard enough.

This is my point, a clutch won’t cost them £3500

This is another thing we was thinking the other day aswell…. We watched a grade 3, 09 plate focus, Capping clean at £1375 fetch £2900 at bca last week. With fee’s and prep you’d be looking at probably £3500 providing there’s nothing serious wrong with it. You’d have to retail that at £4000+ to be even worth it. Now the kind of customer buying a car like that is probably going to want to trade in their 06-07 plate Astra/focus? As dealers we’d probably be being generous offering £500 for their p/x depending on condition etc. So it’s then basically going to cost the customer £3500+ to upgrade to a car of similar spec only a couple of years newer and not even to anything desirable. Surely no customer in the right mind is going to do that?