I was a car trader many years ago, I’m amazed how things have changed. 20 or 30 years ago, if you bought a 10 year old car at auction nobody would ever dream of going back and complaining about anything, especially a 350 quid car. Things must have changed a lot if you have any kind of warranty on a car in that price range.
Totally agree. I bought and sold lots of cars from auction in the mid 2000's sold as seen and no returns. That's auctions for ya. It was £350 and on the spec as grade 4 so a heap mate.
It's a no reserve auction the regular auctioneer always says expect the worst n sometimes be pleasantly surprised ..... all ukn are sold like that..... it'd be nice with issues mentioned but we all know how we buy .... its a numbers game ..... I've just chucked 3 over the weighbridge but I'll be back tomorrow!!!!
It’s happened before with cars that aren’t from no reserve, but I do agree it’s part of the game in this business. Some cars are better than expected so it can work both ways.
Mate, I do exactly what you do. Don't fall into the trap of spending money in a car that's a lost cause. At that sort of age and mileage you're looking at a very low sale price. I'd either try and sell as or just get the cutting out fixed then sell.
BCA are a terrible auction house now. They are taking advantage of the Online Bidding process to stitch up buyers. Bought loads of cars from them over the years, but now won't buy from them.
Unfortunately the lot number responds to a Ex- We buy and Car vehicle, which a lot are sold from Thurleigh ( difficult place to get too), I purchased a 2014 1 owner £3,000 car sold with a Full Green Tick report & well under 100k miles, Drove it back home got 1/2 way back & the STOP sign came up, unfortunately the dreaded DPF issue, cost me £1,400 to sort out, I didn't bother calling BCA as I know what they are like as I would have got nowhere anyway & just as well saved my breath, I bought 3 ex - WBAC cars and every single one off them had Major Hidden Issues, Obviously I don't buy them anymore.
When you have driven away then I understand it is what it is, but if an issue occurs before even collecting a car, they should take that responsibility.
I notice a lot of the times when people sell these cars to We Buy Any Car. They usually clear the codes or do some quick bodge job to get the car ticking over before it sold. A lot of the time WBAC deliver these cars on a transporter to BCA sites. Since these cars haven’t been driven any underlying fault won’t appear up until it guys like you drive it.
I’ve had 2 similar experiences with BCA & 2 completely different results. Personally I think thurleigh is just bad to buy from in general. - bought Mini Cooper auto from thurleigh. Essential check was clean apart from low oil & no MOT. I get there the car has engine management light on, exhaust is blown completely & cars absolutely battered. They weren’t having any of it. - bought a mini manual from Bedford. Turned up and the passenger carpet was flooded & mould everywhere. They came and inspected the car. I requested a refund and they were happy to do so. Shame really cos your right if they described them better, we would have more confidence to allocate budget etc and pay more.
I mean this with the all the kindness I can give.. Its like you know nothing about cars, auctions, business, buying.. Life You bought a car from the 'We buy any car vendor', for £350 (probably £700 after fees), then got upset because this high mileage old AF' petrol banger with an oil leak had an issue.. There is no way youre gonna fix all those issues on the MOT, prepare the car for sale, then make a profit. Im pretty sure anyone checking the MOT history on this car, can see that its currently unsafe having failed a new MOT. You learnt a lesson, you bought a car probably worth £999. Scrap it, and maybe look at something lower risk, that you could sell in bulk, ie clothing.. There is nothing honourable about buying cars, that people have sent to 'we buy any car' to get rid of..
I totally agree with you, I thought this video was a wind up. I used car auctions for thirty years and buying cars at that price even 30 years ago was a case of what you bid on is what you get, warts and all. If you bought an absolute duffer, then that was your problem. FFS, what do some people expect these days!!
Yup. Yup. Yup. Solid video. Anyone decades into buying volume BCA know never going to win BCA. Be interested find out the start cut out cause. Electrics EPC and similar guess on a VAG car
Cars are cheap at auction because they are sold for a reason. You bought this Polo for deathtrap money . If you are not handy with the spanners and prep yourself you are inevitably heading for a hiding . Its a difficult and stressful business hence the rewards can sometimes be decent.
Buying no reserve is like playing to lotto. Sometime you win and sometime they win. But you have to take good with the bad. Especially at that price where you can sell it for crap metal, make half your money.
If you are going to buy bangers buy from the public not auctions , with all the extra costs at auction , you will be able to make a better assessment on stock , put a sign up ' We buy cars for cash ' you will have them delivered free as well . The better stock you buy the easier life will be.
He's bought an old knacker from a an auction for £350 that he is going to add £1250 profit on and sell to a punter. Caveat emptor mate. Win some lose some. Fix it or break it.
The problem with “ cheap cars “ in auction are NOT cheap after fees ! Polo with no mot is scrap money ! Similar car would be £300to £400 on market place ! £350 plus fees is £600 ! Back in the good old days , £350 car in auction would have £70 fees ! Auction fees kill cheapies at auctions
Just re watched. Yes BCA are the very worst. Treat us patrons like vermin. Cannot believe emailed you half way didn’t make good will offer cancel sale. It’ll just re sell again. That’s bca for you !!! Lovely. I have used them 19 years with 3.5 years off for hating on them so much
I think you cant say 1 bca is bad they all are the same you will never get a refund from them dont matter what you do the calling goes straight to slags who work at home and have no idea what to do or say rather stick to Manheim much better 😊
Very brave to drive home in that condition. I would have probably gone home and arranged a trailer to pick it up and then asked for some contribution towards the cost from BCA. Hopeful understand but BCA is about volume and customer service is very poor. Any way I’m sure you will make profit
£350.............................................! I bet you wanted 2 keys, FSH, 1 owner, a full tank, 4 new tyres. and be valeted on collection, then you woke up! And what has Ramadam and fasting got to do with buying a car???
I had a car delivered to me from BCA from Nottingham .. When come to service the oil coming out was like milkshake . No mention on essential report of oil/coolant contamination and when i called BCA to report they said send photos but we cant do anything about. Its an essential report. I am wary of buying from BCA Nottingham now. @slademotors
Checking the oil and coolant for contamination is basic common sense on any used car, and if I cannot check it myself in person then I would not be buying the car. The idea of leaving an agent of the seller to check it for me rings so many alarm bells.
I was a car trader many years ago, I’m amazed how things have changed. 20 or 30 years ago, if you bought a 10 year old car at auction nobody would ever dream of going back and complaining about anything, especially a 350 quid car. Things must have changed a lot if you have any kind of warranty on a car in that price range.
Very true!!!!!!!! 350 note's. He assumed it was problem free, UA-cam trader's 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
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Totally agree. I bought and sold lots of cars from auction in the mid 2000's sold as seen and no returns. That's auctions for ya. It was £350 and on the spec as grade 4 so a heap mate.
The car was purchased in a No Reserve Auction - Sold as is - no warranties or anything…. Let’s be factual
It's a no reserve auction the regular auctioneer always says expect the worst n sometimes be pleasantly surprised ..... all ukn are sold like that..... it'd be nice with issues mentioned but we all know how we buy .... its a numbers game ..... I've just chucked 3 over the weighbridge but I'll be back tomorrow!!!!
It’s happened before with cars that aren’t from no reserve, but I do agree it’s part of the game in this business. Some cars are better than expected so it can work both ways.
Mate, I do exactly what you do. Don't fall into the trap of spending money in a car that's a lost cause. At that sort of age and mileage you're looking at a very low sale price. I'd either try and sell as or just get the cutting out fixed then sell.
I’m gonna investigate the repair costs at the garage on Tuesday so let’s see then!
It's £350.... No reserve auction.... Get real
Glad you got it back ok… looking forward to part 2👍🏻
Thanks Andrew 👍🏻
BCA are a terrible auction house now.
They are taking advantage of the Online Bidding process to stitch up buyers.
Bought loads of cars from them over the years, but now won't buy from them.
Where do you use now ?
Who do you use atm?
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Unfortunately the lot number responds to a Ex- We buy and Car vehicle, which a lot are sold from Thurleigh ( difficult place to get too), I purchased a 2014 1 owner £3,000 car sold with a Full Green Tick report & well under 100k miles, Drove it back home got 1/2 way back & the STOP sign came up, unfortunately the dreaded DPF issue, cost me £1,400 to sort out, I didn't bother calling BCA as I know what they are like as I would have got nowhere anyway & just as well saved my breath, I bought 3 ex - WBAC cars and every single one off them had Major Hidden Issues, Obviously I don't buy them anymore.
When you have driven away then I understand it is what it is, but if an issue occurs before even collecting a car, they should take that responsibility.
I notice a lot of the times when people sell these cars to We Buy Any Car. They usually clear the codes or do some quick bodge job to get the car ticking over before it sold. A lot of the time WBAC deliver these cars on a transporter to BCA sites. Since these cars haven’t been driven any underlying fault won’t appear up until it guys like you drive it.
I’ve had 2 similar experiences with BCA & 2 completely different results. Personally I think thurleigh is just bad to buy from in general.
- bought Mini Cooper auto from thurleigh. Essential check was clean apart from low oil & no MOT. I get there the car has engine management light on, exhaust is blown completely & cars absolutely battered. They weren’t having any of it.
- bought a mini manual from Bedford. Turned up and the passenger carpet was flooded & mould everywhere. They came and inspected the car. I requested a refund and they were happy to do so.
Shame really cos your right if they described them better, we would have more confidence to allocate budget etc and pay more.
I wouldn't spend my money at any BCA auction they have totally gone down hill.
I mean this with the all the kindness I can give..
Its like you know nothing about cars, auctions, business, buying.. Life
You bought a car from the 'We buy any car vendor', for £350 (probably £700 after fees), then got upset because this high mileage old AF' petrol banger with an oil leak had an issue..
There is no way youre gonna fix all those issues on the MOT, prepare the car for sale, then make a profit.
Im pretty sure anyone checking the MOT history on this car, can see that its currently unsafe having failed a new MOT.
You learnt a lesson, you bought a car probably worth £999. Scrap it, and maybe look at something lower risk, that you could sell in bulk, ie clothing..
There is nothing honourable about buying cars, that people have sent to 'we buy any car' to get rid of..
I totally agree with you, I thought this video was a wind up. I used car auctions for thirty years and buying cars at that price even 30 years ago was a case of what you bid on is what you get, warts and all. If you bought an absolute duffer, then that was your problem. FFS, what do some people expect these days!!
Yup. Yup. Yup. Solid video. Anyone decades into buying volume BCA know never going to win BCA. Be interested find out the start cut out cause. Electrics EPC and similar guess on a VAG car
Hi glad you got home safely very stressful may be a nice little car
No Reserve = Bangor Sale ....
Cars are cheap at auction because they are sold for a reason. You bought this Polo for deathtrap money . If you are not handy with the spanners and prep yourself you are inevitably heading for a hiding . Its a difficult and stressful business hence the rewards can sometimes be decent.
Buying no reserve is like playing to lotto. Sometime you win and sometime they win. But you have to take good with the bad. Especially at that price where you can sell it for crap metal, make half your money.
If you are going to buy bangers buy from the public not auctions , with all the extra costs at auction , you will be able to make a better assessment on stock , put a sign up ' We buy cars for cash ' you will have them delivered free as well . The better stock you buy the easier life will be.
No sympathy, bought a £350 shed that was sold as seen and got shafted. Stick it back in BCA.
He's bought an old knacker from a an auction for £350 that he is going to add £1250 profit on and sell to a punter. Caveat emptor mate. Win some lose some. Fix it or break it.
What is latest report on this car? I am curious did you manage to sell it.
Wow has the job changed i bought cars 20 years ago from auction with gears missing , engines knackered, tough sold as seen its a £350 knacker
The problem with “ cheap cars “ in auction are NOT cheap after fees !
Polo with no mot is scrap money ! Similar car would be £300to £400 on market place !
£350 plus fees is £600 !
Back in the good old days , £350 car in auction would have £70 fees !
Auction fees kill cheapies at auctions
Fasting buying cheap says it all, would not buy a car from you
Lol cry more buddy
Just re watched.
Yes BCA are the very worst. Treat us patrons like vermin.
Cannot believe emailed you half way didn’t make good will offer cancel sale. It’ll just re sell again.
That’s bca for you !!! Lovely. I have used them 19 years with 3.5 years off for hating on them so much
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Good work Bro👌🏻
I think you cant say 1 bca is bad they all are the same you will never get a refund from them dont matter what you do the calling goes straight to slags who work at home and have no idea what to do or say rather stick to Manheim much better 😊
Very brave to drive home in that condition. I would have probably gone home and arranged a trailer to pick it up and then asked for some contribution towards the cost from BCA. Hopeful understand but BCA is about volume and customer service is very poor. Any way I’m sure you will make profit
I just wanted to get it back asap, didn’t want to invest more time into it.
Its an auxtion...? What were you expecting...lifetime warranty
Why would you buy rubbish like that online without seeing it? It’s people like you are the reason BCA won’t hold physical sales anymore.
Is this a joke
£350.............................................! I bet you wanted 2 keys, FSH, 1 owner, a full tank, 4 new tyres. and be valeted on collection, then you woke up!
And what has Ramadam and fasting got to do with buying a car???
@@Richweb74 Judging by your videos, you want me to leave the country too? 😂😂😂
Yes well shouldn't be using Ramadan and fasting as excuse. Happens all the time it's a cultural thing.
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Absolute clown these wannabe traders are worse than retail customers
Click Bait, you will make more money from this UA-cam video than the Polo.
Probably throttle body
Will get it checked out Tuesday
Don't they sell all the crappy webuyanycar stuff
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What's Ramadan got to do with it?? Cheap motor! Donut!
I’ve heard bca are reopening auctions
Why would they do that ?
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I had a car delivered to me from BCA from Nottingham .. When come to service the oil coming out was like milkshake . No mention on essential report of oil/coolant contamination and when i called BCA to report they said send photos but we cant do anything about. Its an essential report. I am wary of buying from BCA Nottingham now. @slademotors
Checking the oil and coolant for contamination is basic common sense on any used car, and if I cannot check it myself in person then I would not be buying the car. The idea of leaving an agent of the seller to check it for me rings so many alarm bells.
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