In a moment of common intrigue last week, I entered my registration number into the website of those annoying chumps webuyanycrapcar.com just in a hope that it would make the advert music leave my brain.

They offered me £70, (out of which I'll still have to pay a £49 admin charge) and then sent me an email a few days later to try and persuade me again. This mail explained the pitfalls of selling privately, presumably because I hadn't dutifully accepted their kind offer.

1. "Classifieds are costly" - yeah, like £20 or £30. Your admin fee is twice that for starters.
2. "Haggling is difficult" - to some maybe, but going with WBAC is effectively just taking the lowest offer anyway. Even the world's worst haggler could do better by just saying they'll sell the car if they get a mango flavoured Solero in return.
3. "Cheques might bounce" - who still pays by cheque for a car? Especially when you can get three lots of £70 from a cash machine in one day...

However the one that really got my back up was this:

4. Test Drive dilemma: "Buyers will want to test drive your car but it's unlikely they'll be insured to do so - so who pays for any damage?" 

Nobody you irresponsible twats, the clue is in the statement, if they are uninsured then they don't drive it. Not rocket science now is it?

So the question is, shall I go down for some free haggling practise? A recent report has suggested that the employees are told to haggle 25% off the quoted price as a minimum. I reckon I can get the full £70.