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  2. Posted

    1 hour ago, twerp said:

    Where are you buying private from?

    Standard private adverts?

    Or going the extra mile placing adverts 'Cars Wanted' / 'We Will Buy Your Car' on promoted social media posts / Local Press ?

    Standard private ads seem to work ok.

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    32 minutes ago, NOACROSS said:

    True in that you’re def. the injured party.  

    Unfortunately you win & lose in life no? On the whole things balance out I find.   

    I buy more private than trade, and more trade from DA than Manheim and more from there than BCA  

    Overall I def. win, and the private stuff causes me less grief and entail less lies than from the trade on the whole.  

    Manheim and BCA (and obviously DA etc) is all online. No major issues except sometimes they’re better than described and sometimes they’re not. On the whole I can’t complain. 

    However, at the risk of repeating myself and being dull: I don’t buy German, diesel or high miles, so maybe that’s half the reason. Also half the reason why maybe I don’t do the big numbers (peaking at 20 odd a month)!

    I hardly ever actually attend an auction and even my local (depressing) one SWVA only fills me with dread at the thought of going. 

    Agree - private is fantastic, can't beat it. 

  4. Posted

    43 minutes ago, met said:

    But, at the end of the day, we all know that 'surecheck' was created to inspire confidence from private bidders rather than trade? Other than an additional charge there is no tangeable benefit for traders, you cannot pass that 'surecheck' on as added value at sale time?

    EPV don't buy anything without viewing it in person first, buying on-line is all very well, but buying sight unseen from 'any' auction is scary!

    Valid point but the eml should have been highlighted as being illuminated otherwise I would not have bought the car. Life goes on

  6. Posted

    They’re a bunch of jokers, not going to bother with them anymore... I’m finding DA is ok at the moment

    13 minutes ago, NOACROSS said:

    Was it a diesel car?

    Yes, in worse condition than they’d described too

  7. Posted

    What a bunch of crooks. Bought two Golf's via online auction. Both cars had a surecheck and passed with flying colours.

    The first turns up a couple of days later on our forecourt, eml on, turbo issue & gearbox issue. We have now contacted Manheim and they kept passing us along to the next phone number, eventually we got told that they couldn't help with any of the issues as they are not covered by the surecheck... Fact is, the eml is illuminated when on the 'surecheck' it was not pointed out.

    So we haven't yet paid for the second Golf as we were waiting until they rectified the issues with the first one. Anyway, a whole MONTH later, Manheim called... 'bring the car back, we'll credit you every penny'. Great, we had then planned to collect the second Golf within a couple of days. I had been keeping in touch with the chap at our local Manheim throughout the whole process and he had confirmed I was OK to collect the second Golf the following day, turn up & they say they've re sold the car and we owe them £700!!! Account suspended until we pay!!

    Tossers.

  8. Posted · Edited by alexcars

    We've been using eBay Motors Pro now for a while but the leads seem to have dropped off a cliff, we are giving Car Gurus a go - Has anyone got any experience with them? Are they worth the money?