Flipping Cars company

IBrows89 · 30-04-2019 03:19PM #1

I'm currently looking at buying a car (preferably from the UK) and a friend mentioned Flipping Cars.The name alone sounds bad but looked at the website and it seems to be fairly well reviewed and a good concept. They have an Irish address and can ship to car over from the UK for around £300.

Has anyone used these before? I don't know anyone first hand that have used them so am still a bit wary.

Sorry if there is already a thread on this I must have missed it...

Notch000 · 01-05-2019 12:27PM

my brother got a UK car through auction through this guy, he was very positive about the whole process afterwards. I believe he had a YouTube channel as well. He got the brother a car through auction stored it for a few weeks and meet him at the airport to hand it over keys and take final payment. The deal all went well for a pre-arranged fee

Shefwedfan · 01-05-2019 12:44PM

They not the same company as https://ukcarimports.ie/

That website used to have a person on boards to give advice,

IBrows89 · 01-05-2019 01:00PM

Notch000 wrote: »

my brother got a UK car through auction through this guy, he was very positive about the whole process afterwards. I believe he had a YouTube channel as well. He got the brother a car through auction stored it for a few weeks and meet him at the airport to hand it over keys and take final payment. The deal all went well for a pre-arranged fee

It seems like a good service, I must watch some of the youtube clips and do a bit more research..

vicM · 04-05-2019 01:48PM

IBrows89 wrote: »

I'm currently looking at buying a car (preferably from the UK) and a friend mentioned Flipping Cars.The name alone sounds bad but looked at the website and it seems to be fairly well reviewed and a good concept. They have an Irish address and can ship to car over from the UK for around £300.

Has anyone used these before? I don't know anyone first hand that have used them so am still a bit wary.

Sorry if there is already a thread on this I must have missed it...

I got a car from auction using him, pretty painless and got the car delivered to Dublin as well

zweton · 05-05-2019 12:57PM

Shefwedfan wrote: »

They not the same company as https://ukcarimports.ie/

That website used to have a person on boards to give advice,

These guys look good, their website has everything you need.

Paranoid Mandroid · 06-05-2019 06:55AM

vicM wrote: »

I got a car from auction using him, pretty painless and got the car delivered to Dublin as well

Same experience myself. It was all dead easy and I found them great to deal with. Cost of delivery was about £390 (includes Vat).

damemcd · 07-05-2019 10:47AM

Very good service, got a vw golf in NOV.2017, very happy with it.

bf · 07-05-2019 12:30PM

Bought a few cars through Chris at Flipping Cars - highly recommend him, easy to deal with. He will also deliver to Dublin, but I would say go over & collect if possible (cheap flight to Birmingham & ferry back) as sometimes delivery can be slow.

IBrows89 · 07-05-2019 02:17PM

Excellent, thanks for the feedback.

I might shoot him an email and get talking to him about the next car, I'll let ye know how I get on!

domrush · 07-05-2019 07:11PM

anyone think the guide prices look a bit low on their website?

terrydel · 08-05-2019 12:49PM

zweton wrote: »

These guys look good, their website has everything you need.

Except that it doesnt work.

IBrows89 · 08-05-2019 12:58PM

terrydel wrote: »

Except that it doesnt work.

The website works for me when I've tried it. It does have the same cars repeated but not too bad to gt an overview.

Or do you mean the service doesn't work?

vicM · 08-05-2019 02:47PM

domrush wrote: »

anyone think the guide prices look a bit low on their website?

It may look low, but bear in mind that it's up to you to consider your budget and set it. You then of course get Chris to bid for you.
Think the guide price is just that..

terrydel · 08-05-2019 03:32PM

IBrows89 wrote: »

The website works for me when I've tried it. It does have the same cars repeated but not too bad to gt an overview.

Or do you mean the service doesn't work?

No, I just mean the website isnt working for me when I do a search mate.
Might be the network Im on at work, who knows.

Shefwedfan · 09-05-2019 06:24PM

terrydel wrote: »

No, I just mean the website isnt working for me when I do a search mate.
Might be the network Im on at work, who knows.

If you are talking about ukcarimports, dont use the main search, click on the top of page on used cars and search via that

gooner99 · 09-05-2019 07:14PM

vicM wrote: »

It may look low, but bear in mind that it's up to you to consider your budget and set it. You then of course get Chris to bid for you.
Think the guide price is just that..

Would the prices generally end up more than the guide price at these auctions?

Anyone go for the trade sales option instead. I'd imagine in this case the listed price is the price?

zweton · 09-05-2019 09:07PM

Anyone know the difference between ukcarimports and flippingcars ?

Do they go the same route when geting someone a car? Both seem decent.

Shefwedfan · 09-05-2019 09:16PM

zweton wrote: »

Anyone know the difference between ukcarimports and flippingcars ?

Do they go the same route when geting someone a car? Both seem decent.

It would be interesting to see if both companies are owned or in partnership with each other

vicM · 09-05-2019 10:37PM

gooner99 wrote: »

Would the prices generally end up more than the guide price at these auctions?

Anyone go for the trade sales option instead. I'd imagine in this case the listed price is the price?

I know for some of the bids, the budget was a bit tight for me, but we went for it anyway, as once you have paid his fee you can bid as much as you like. Even then one car I really had my eye on and had bid, went for about 300£ now than we had budget and about 600£ morr than asking..

For the trade options, Id say you'd have to bid/buy in bulk but not sure, fire Chris an e-mail, he is quite good at getting back

vicM · 09-05-2019 10:40PM

zweton wrote: »

Anyone know the difference between ukcarimports and flippingcars ?

Do they go the same route when geting someone a car? Both seem decent.

Doubt they are the same, but could both be using the same biz model..I think for bca auctions in the UK you have to be a dealer of sorts to participate in the auctions

Flipping cars has a Irish arm flippingcars.ie

ewj1978 · 10-05-2019 04:43PM

Stick to the flippingcars.co.uk website. Chris is sound and got back to me within a few hours of enquiring about a car.

dazzday · 13-05-2019 05:03PM

Hi all. Im looking at using this service - anyone have any recent feedback?

Is it required or worth it to upgrade my membership to get increased visibility into auction prices - or should i just pick a few cars and email Chris with my budget etc?

vicM · 13-05-2019 06:01PM

dazzday wrote: »

Hi all. Im looking at using this service - anyone have any recent feedback?

Is it required or worth it to upgrade my membership to get increased visibility into auction prices - or should i just pick a few cars and email Chris with my budget etc?

I recently used the service and can recommend. The membership does give you a more accurate expected cost, I'm not sure it's really worth it given you can tell from the site the approximate cost range of the car, then the auction fee is appropriately 300-400£, then Chris charge

Wheety · 14-05-2019 02:19PM

Does Chris check the cars out first?

IBrows89 · 14-05-2019 02:51PM

I'm still very tempted by this but it's a lot of money to hand over without seeing the car or meeting Chris first, makes me very nervous.

vicM · 14-05-2019 02:52PM

Wheety wrote: »

Does Chris check the cars out first?

Nope, but there is a mechanical report and a condition report
The condition report is quite good
The mechanical report I think is a basic, is it working or not, what I did is stick with cars from the big leasing companies with fsh

IBrows89 · 14-05-2019 02:53PM

vicM wrote: »

Nope, but there is a mechanical report and a condition report
The condition report is quite good
The mechanical report I think is a basic, is it working or not, what I did is stick with cars from the big leasing companies with fsh

How do you know if they're from these leasing companies?

vicM · 14-05-2019 03:22PM

IBrows89 wrote: »

How do you know if they're from these leasing companies?

Under the auction date column, it has the location of the car and underneath the vendor

vicM · 14-05-2019 03:26PM

IBrows89 wrote: »

I'm still very tempted by this but it's a lot of money to hand over without seeing the car or meeting Chris first, makes me very nervous.

Trust me it was a big risk and after completing payment I didn't hear from Chris for 2 days and begun ****ting myself, but he got back to after that to confirm funds received
He had sent me the invoice from bca which had the date, amount and car reg so that went some way in alleviating some concern

2smiggy · 14-05-2019 04:06PM

VRT would drive a person mad looking at the prices at some of the cars. How the government keep getting away with charging it is beyond me

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