A YouTuber who decided to take his £7 million car collection to WeBuyAnyCar ended up devastated after it went terribly wrong.
Usually, for us normal folks, WeBuyAnyCar represents the go-to option when it's finally time to say goodbye to the scrap heap with three working wheels that we got as a teenager.
However, for those fortunate enough to possess a mega collection worth millions of pounds, it can often be an entertaining idea to go and see how much the company would be willing to shell out for your Ferraris and Lamborghinis.
One man who owned an Audi he believed to be worth £74k 'nearly fainted' when he heard WeBuyAnyCar's initial offer for his beloved motor, before eventually returning for a second valuation.
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The same man tried a similar tactic with his Tesla and thought that the employee might be 'joking' when he offered his valuation, even if the cars aren't quite worth as much as their billionaire creator, Elon Musk.
In the case of Mark McCann, he wanted to see exactly how much he could get back for five of his most luxurious cars, not that anybody really needs that many.
First of all, he took them to Tom Hartley, a high-end showroom for the sale and purchase of luxury used modern and vintage performance cars, and they valued them at £220k, £330k, £125k, £435k and £575k respectively, resulting in a total of £1,685,000.
Mark soon ran into some problems at his local WeBuyAnyCar as the system that it uses to recognise registrations didn't work for one of his cars, which made him momentarily believe that he'd been banned because of a previous video where he took his £5 million car collection down.
However, after using his friend's registration from a car that is the same model as his own, he was able to get a quote for four of his five vehicles.
Naturally, there was a bit of pushback from the poor employees at the company who were forced to put a price on these supercars, but by using a few more underhand methods, he was able to get the shock factor price he was looking for.
In total, Mark was offered £370k less than the previous valuations he received from Tom Hartley, which makes sense since WeBuyAnyCar is unlikely to sell second-hand supercars in the same way that a high-end showroom would.
After all, you wouldn't buy a Wagyu steak from a high-end butcher and then try and get a price on it at your local Tesco.
So, if you do happen to have some old supercars rusting away in your garage, you might be better off selling them yourself.
James Moorhouse