webuyanycar offered 17500 for mine a few weeks back which I`m sure they would of either cancelled that offer once they examined the offer, or tried to talk me down on it- even a BMW dealer will struggle to shift it at much more than that.
Sellings cars privately can be a real pain with timewasters and joyriders etc in these type of cars. YOu can save money but lots of hassle and I don`t personally have a lot of spare time to spend with potential buyers. I`ve learned before that buyers will make a low ball offer sometimes also, after they`ve test driven of course.
I`m happy with the deal. One bmw dealer offered me 13500 for mine recently but trade in against the M is much more than that! I think I might of only got another £800 privately to be honest and that would of been at a push. I already had two private offers, one the same as the dealer, the other £1000 less but neither of these were firm offers anyway, so an easy trade to the dealer is much more appealing.
UPDATED:
While a little bored I just tried the webuyanycar quote system again and it now quotes 15550 instead of the 17440 it quoted a few weeks back.