We want your motorbike

[pickettwayne]

Just put in the details of my bike (Kawasaki zzr1400 2008, mint) through the website https://www.wewantyourmotorbike.com.

Had a call from them to say they will get back to me with hopefully the price that I said I wanted.

Shall I avoid like the plague and beat them back with a shitty stick and try sell though mcn/autotrader etc or go with them if they offer what I want? (Which I doubt the will as these sites never do)
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1994 Suzuki RF 600: SOLD, Yamaha R1 2005: Current

[P.]

If you think its worth £1000, they'll offer you £400.

Avoid init.

[-Matt-]

Presuming its a similar outfit to the clowns that run webuyanycar and similar it will be on autotrader for you in a few months, for you to wince and sob over how much you undersold it

But you never know - if they throw piles of money at you, why not I guess.

[pickettwayne]

Yeah, I have told them that I'm not accepting anything lower than 5k.
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1994 Suzuki RF 600: SOLD, Yamaha R1 2005: Current

[-Matt-]

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Even if you do get offered a semi-reasonable price likely..., i've heard these sort of companies often ask for deposits payments and such for the agent person to arrive to 'pay and collect', and then disagree with your described condition of the vehicle - and refuse to accept it if you aren't willing lower the price/lose the deposit.

[Scotsman37]

If they are like we buy any car dot com then they will offer you say about £400 up to £500 for 1/10th of the usual selling price. Why? they have turn it around and sell it with a sizable mark up to make a normal profit on it after expenses!

Companies like them prey on people that are desperate for money because that is why they make such killing on it by making such a huge profit on it by offering very little in return!

The average used price is about £4,000 to £5,000 for that bike, as can be seen here https://www.motorcyclenews.com/mcn/bikes-for-sale/searchresults/kawasaki/zzr1400/_/N-151+3016+191

[janner_10]

Wait and see what the offer is?
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Yamaha FZS600 (Now gone to heaven) > CBR600F4i (SOLD) > '99 YZF-R1

[beardface]

Avoid like a dose of the clap
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[Rogerborg]

I like how they have a "no haggle policy".

"Oh, see, normally we wouldn't make an issue of it, but look, this bike's only got two wheels, you never told us that, that's proper misrepresentation that is..."

With the car lot, you bring the car in to them, then they keep you waiting for hours until your piss is fit to boil before trying to knock off hundreds of £££ for every real or imagined scuff, scratch, blemish or sound until the meek and easily bullied give in and just take whatever risible offer is left on the table.

That said, my dad did actually sell his spare car to them. He'd had it up for a month privately, not a whiff of interest, and his dealer chum told him that he couldn't match webuy's cash offer even at mate's rates. So he took it in, and being neither meek nor easily bullied, and also retired, told them that he had all day for this, and they could either pay the full offer price or watch him drive away. (sniff of familial pride)

However, there is one significant difference between that and the bike buyers.

With the bike lot, they're collecting from you, so they have to turn up at your convenience if they actually want the bike. You can then treat them like any other buyer and tell the truck monkey to either pay up in full or sod right off, at his time and expense.

Could be a laugh, really, just expect them to be chancers who probably won't even show up, and keep advertising it elsewhere as well.
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Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike

[pickettwayne]

Quick update. Had an email from them just offering £4500 when I specifically told them i ain't accepting no lower then £5000. So just replied saying "Errrrrrr, no thanks".

So anyone interested in it? I already posted it in the for sale section few days back.
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1994 Suzuki RF 600: SOLD, Yamaha R1 2005: Current

[CaNsA]

"Your Contact Info"

AKA

"Where can we get this free bike"

[Scotsman37]

[-Matt-]

[janner_10]

Dealer one for a grand more, year older with 11k on auto trader. You take a hit for convenience, they haven't offered an insulting price.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201404063116557/sort/recpriceascdefault/usedbikes/cc-from/1300cc/model/zzr/make/kawasaki/postcode/gl205al/page/1/radius/1500/quicksearch/true?logcode=p
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Yamaha FZS600 (Now gone to heaven) > CBR600F4i (SOLD) > '99 YZF-R1

[Ste]

Probably a waste of time although they might not be as bad as webuyanycar.com who wont buy any car as when I tried to sell them my neighbours car they weren't interested.

[-Matt-]

On closer inspection of the site... free nationwide collection... no haggle policy...

Its almost too good to be true

[Rogerborg]

Private Good: £4,620
Private Average: £3,900
Private Poor: £3,180
Part Exchange: £4,260
Trade: £3,979

You should expect the "trade" price from a dealer buying for cash.

2007, 11,000 miles, 1 year's tax and mot, went for under £5000.

2008, 30,000 miles, with extras, "sold" for £4620. "quotes" because it was eBay so who knows what haggling went on at the point of sale.
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Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike

[Christoffee]

My brother sold his car through webuyanycar. Guy comes round, tried to knock him down, bro says "Not interested, see ya". Guy was clearly under pressure to get the car, and following just saying no and showing him the door eventually got full asking.

Not haggling as such, just saying "Go away buddy, conversation over".
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Bike: CBF125

[Rogerborg]

[Vincent]

They're chancers......like "knockers" that call round out of the blue and ask if you have any old furniture that you want to get rid of - then pay you £150 for that tatty old Chesterfield sofa so you can replace it with a new Ikea one.
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[Rigga]

I sold my focus st to WBAC a few years ago, car was mint, low mileage etc they offered me £12.5k online took it through and they knocked it down by £250 due to a slight misrepresentation on my part (I put it was a 2008 57 reg but it was 2007 57 reg). Was very happy with the price and money was in my account the next day.
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Current bike: Honda CBR 1100xx

[Baffler186]

Nope, they prey on the desperate. Fine, if you're desperate, but otherwise avoid.

I had a quote from we buy any car, offered me £50. Sold it for 400 (that was a few years ago now)
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Current: 2009 SV650 S, 1990 Kawasaki GT550
Previous: 2009 CBF125, 1998 GSF600, 2004 FZ6 Fazer, 1978 CB400a Hondamatic

[Conzar]

I'll give ya £4501
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[Scotsman37]

[pickettwayne]