Selling car on Weelee

I’m planning to get an offer on my car from Weelee. The way I figure, OEM and even private dealerships have higher overheads due to the fancy dealerships they have to maintain, while Weelee and WeBuyCars can operate happily on narrower margins due to the stadium-sized parking lots they have filled with cars (which means they can offer you better prices). At least that’s the hope.

I know OEM dealerships will sometimes wangle it a bit if you’re trading in and they know the trade-in value is critical to you then buying an expensive new car … what they lose on the trade side, they make back on the sale side.

Anybody agree with the above theory?
 
Foxhound5366 said:
I’m planning to get an offer on my car from Weelee. The way I figure, OEM and even private dealerships have higher overheads due to the fancy dealerships they have to maintain, while Weelee and WeBuyCars can operate happily on narrower margins due to the stadium-sized parking lots they have filled with cars (which means they can offer you better prices). At least that’s the hope.

I know OEM dealerships will sometimes wangle it a bit if you’re trading in and they know the trade-in value is critical to you then buying an expensive new car … what they lose on the trade side, they make back on the sale side.

Anybody agree with the above theory?
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Not always. I’ve had great offers from a dealership just straight selling the car without trade being a consideration.

Just check everywhere and go for the best bang for back and something that matches the level of energy you want to give on selling the car.

Why’re you selling the 5 series?
 
Foxhound5366 said:
I’m planning to get an offer on my car from Weelee. The way I figure, OEM and even private dealerships have higher overheads due to the fancy dealerships they have to maintain, while Weelee and WeBuyCars can operate happily on narrower margins due to the stadium-sized parking lots they have filled with cars (which means they can offer you better prices). At least that’s the hope.

I know OEM dealerships will sometimes wangle it a bit if you’re trading in and they know the trade-in value is critical to you then buying an expensive new car … what they lose on the trade side, they make back on the sale side.

Anybody agree with the above theory?
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As with all things "it depends".

A dealership is likely to give you a good possibly even better offer on their own brand of vehicle over another, where the likes of WeBuyCars link their price very directly to how much stock they have across branches and then only after that the market value.

Had an absolutely horrendous offer from WeBuyCars before (less than non-brand dealer) since they had excess stock but then after some back and forth and seeing the condition of the car they came back and offered around 10% more than the dealer.

As a general rule I reckon just speak to a bunch of them and don't take the first offer.
 
Pho3nix said:
Not always. I’ve had great offers from a dealership just straight selling the car without trade being a consideration.

Just check everywhere and go for the best bang for back and something that matches the level of energy you want to give on selling the car.

Why’re you selling the 5 series?
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Love the 5 Series but it’s a bit of a boat. It’s super wide and super long, and even with the 360-degree cameras on-board it’s still not easy to park. But more than that, it’s getting long in the tooth and I want to sell it while I still can. If I hold onto it much longer, there will be no resale value for it at all: it’s a 2018 model. Now got a fancy for an SUV instead.
 
SauRoNZA said:
As a general rule I reckon just speak to a bunch of them and don't take the first offer.
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Yeah well my grand plan is to get a quote from Weelee in Centurion and then drive next door to WeBuyCars and get one there too, and call it a day if I'm happy with whichever is higher. It's pretty convenient and I like convenience. Also because my car is financed I know what my settlement value is, so anything over that is a deposit on my next car ... which will be amazing.
 
Having visited a number of WeBuyCars, can I just say I highly recommend people visit Weelee in Centurion simply for the far superior experience, even if not for anything else (I can’t speak to the cars’ mechanical quality - that’s on you).

In no particular order: the building is cleaner, the lights are brighter, the staff are friendlier, the cars are cleaner, there are couches to sit down throughout the main floor, and there is a Plato Coffee at the entrance!!!!

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The evaluator at WeBuyCars immediately showed me prices of other cars like mine he has on their floor and explained he wouldn’t be able to offer me more than the lowest-priced one, said that the optional extras in my car made no difference (even though my car is fully-loaded with sunroof, adaptive cruise control, Harman Kardon speakers, surround-view cameras), and said outright WeBuyCars operates on a 10% profit margin and there are no incentives to be offered should I decide to buy a car from WBC as well. He recommended I check out whichever WBC doesn’t have my car, because that one would offer me a bit more possibly. He also asked me outright whether I was prepared to sell the car immediately that day, because his best price is valid for 24 hours, then it goes down by R10 000 and is valid for seven days only. If he put my car into the system formally, that would have kicked in. So yeah, overall he was transparent and friendly, but the process isn’t friendly.

The evaluator at Weelee, by comparison, didn’t make me feel like a criminal. He immediately noted my car’s spec and said he was happy it wasn’t a base level, because that makes it easier to sell. He performed the evaluation while I walked through Weelee’s
floor checking out other cars. And when I came back to him, he said he was putting my car out for offers from Weelee’s partners because my car wasn’t expected to be one to move quickly, and I should expect a call from him on Monday with the offers he gets back. So overall, a friendlier process and evaluator than WBC. Whether the price offered than WBC is going to be any better, that’s still to be seen.

TLDR: Weelee is ticking a lot of the right boxes to carve a niche for themselves just between WeBuyCars and OEM dealerships.
 
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Reading on what you've mentioned so far I am guessing you are rooting hard for Weelee eh, come to the table with the best deal?

Still a kuck name imo, but I've heard the CT branch is a great deal better than the WBC Richmond branch.
 
Does Weelee also do the no warranty on certain cars cos we are a "wholesaler" thing like WBC does?
 
Foxhound5366 said:
Having visited a number of WeBuyCars, can I just say I highly recommend people visit Weelee in Centurion simply for the far superior experience, even if not for anything else (I can’t speak to the cars’ mechanical quality - that’s on you).

In no particular order: the building is cleaner, the lights are brighter, the staff are friendlier, the cars are cleaner, there are couches to sit down throughout the main floor, and there is a Plato Coffee at the entrance!!!!

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The evaluator at WeBuyCars immediately showed me prices of other cars like mine he has on their floor and explained he wouldn’t be able to offer me more than the lowest-priced one, said that the optional extras in my car made no difference (even though my car is fully-loaded with sunroof, adaptive cruise control, Harman Kardon speakers, surround-view cameras), and said outright WeBuyCars operates on a 10% profit margin and there are no incentives to be offered should I decide to buy a car from WBC as well. He recommended I check out whichever WBC doesn’t have my car, because that one would offer me a bit more possibly. He also asked me outright whether I was prepared to sell the car immediately that day, because his best price is valid for 24 hours, then it goes down by R10 000 and is valid for seven days only. If he put my car into the system formally, that would have kicked in. So yeah, overall he was transparent and friendly, but the process isn’t friendly.

The evaluator at Weelee, by comparison, didn’t make me feel like a criminal. He immediately noted my car’s spec and said he was happy it wasn’t a base level, because that makes it easier to sell. He performed the evaluation while I walked through Weelee’s
floor checking out other cars. And when I came back to him, he said he was putting my car out for offers from Weelee’s partners because my car wasn’t expected to be one to move quickly, and I should expect a call from him on Monday with the offers he gets back. So overall, a friendlier process and evaluator than WBC. Whether the price offered than WBC is going to be any better, that’s still to be seen.

TLDR: Weelee is ticking a lot of the right boxes to carve a niche for themselves just between WeBuyCars and OEM dealerships.
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Very interesting. I sold my previous car to WBC and while one branch bought it formally; the price was based on other branches bidding on the car. I didn’t have to take the car to another branch etc.

Car was sold to JHB South; spent a week there before going to Northgate before going to DBN where I believe it now resides.

I’ll definitely give Weelee a try next time I sell a car then.
 
So, to wrap up my Weelee experience:
1) Got a Weelee auction on my vehicle (they didn’t offer a value directly but put it out on their website)
2) Got a call-back from a Weelee rep that they didn’t get any good values back from the auction, so they’re putting my car out to another group of their trusted dealers who buy from them
3) Heard nothing back from them for a week
4) Got this message out of the blue over WhatsApp:
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Ja no well fine, hey. Moral of the story: visit Weelee for the great coffee, but maybe not for a great sales experience 🙂
 
Yeah, we are all poor these days and only want (non computer cars) toyota corrollas that are easy to fix.

The R80 - 90k asking price for a tazz says it all.
 
wingnut771 said:
Yeah, we are all poor these days and only want (non computer cars) toyota corrollas that are easy to fix.

The R80 - 90k asking price for a tazz says it all.
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Ja there’s so much disinformation as well. In 2024, I can’t face buying a car for our family that has two airbags. So what about side impacts with no side airbags? What about head protection with no curtain airbags? I am not one to take gambles with my family’s life in the interest of saving money, but try find a car with six airbags at a reasonable price lol. That’s a bit of an acid test at the lower end of the market, trust me.
 
Foxhound5366 said:
Ja there’s so much disinformation as well. In 2024, I can’t face buying a car for our family that has two airbags. So what about side impacts with no side airbags? What about head protection with no curtain airbags? I am not one to take gambles with my family’s life in the interest of saving money, but try find a car with six airbags at a reasonable price lol. That’s a bit of an acid test at the lower end of the market, trust me.
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It gets worse when you factor in EV's.

The data displayed is so pathetic.
 
Foxhound5366 said:
So, to wrap up my Weelee experience:
1) Got a Weelee auction on my vehicle (they didn’t offer a value directly but put it out on their website)
2) Got a call-back from a Weelee rep that they didn’t get any good values back from the auction, so they’re putting my car out to another group of their trusted dealers who buy from them
3) Heard nothing back from them for a week
4) Got this message out of the blue over WhatsApp:
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Ja no well fine, hey. Moral of the story: visit Weelee for the great coffee, but maybe not for a great sales experience 🙂
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Going back to WeBuyCars?
 
My wife recently bought a car from them and traded in her older vehicle. Personally, I wouldn't use them ever again. They had her old vehicle standing in their dealership for 2 months without settling the bank and gave me an absolute run around when trying to get refunded.

Besides that, new vehicle is great.
 
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