Terms & Conditions

These terms govern your use of yourcarsoldscotland.co.uk and any valuation, purchase, collection or scrapping service we provide. By using the website or requesting a valuation you agree to them. Please read them alongside our Privacy Policy.

1. Who we are

This website and service are operated by Your Car Sold Scotland, registered in Scotland under company number 03301330925, with its registered office at 42 Cumbernauld Road, Glasgow G33 6EW. We hold a metal dealer's licence issued by North Lanarkshire Council, licence number 15538621.

2. Getting a valuation online

The price the website shows is an estimate based on the registration and mileage you enter and on current market or scrap metal values. It is not a binding offer.

• We hold the quoted price for 7 days from the date you receive it, provided the vehicle matches what you told us.
• A valuation can only be as accurate as the details you give us, and depends on data being available for your vehicle.
• We may revise a valuation if the vehicle differs from its description, at any point up to and including collection.
• If our system cannot price your vehicle automatically we will say so, and confirm a firm offer by email instead.

3. Inspection and final offer

Our driver inspects the vehicle at collection. The final price is confirmed at that point, and may differ from the online estimate if the condition, mileage, specification or history is not as described. No contract to buy your vehicle exists until the vehicle has been inspected and you have accepted the final offer.

4. Your right to sell the vehicle

By offering us a vehicle you confirm that:

• You are the registered keeper, or you are otherwise legally entitled to sell it;
• There is no outstanding finance, lease or other claim over it, unless you have told us and it is being settled as part of the sale;
• It is not stolen, and has not been recorded as an insurance write-off or subject to any other material defect, unless you have told us;
• Everything you have told us about the vehicle and about yourself is true.

If any of this turns out not to be the case, we may withdraw our offer, cancel the sale, and recover any money already paid.

5. Documents you need

At collection you will need your V5C registration certificate, photo identification and proof of your address. Where finance is outstanding we will need a settlement figure from your lender. Metal dealer licensing in Scotland requires us to verify and record the identity of the person disposing of a vehicle, so we cannot complete a collection without this. Service history and a spare key are not required, but usually improve the price.

6. Payment

We pay by bank transfer, before the vehicle leaves with our driver. We do not pay cash in any circumstances — Scottish metal dealer licensing prohibits cash payment for scrap metal, and paying electronically leaves a traceable record for both of us. You are responsible for giving us correct bank details, and we are not liable for delays caused by details supplied incorrectly.

7. Collection

Collection anywhere we cover in Scotland is free. There are no admin charges, no paperwork fees and nothing deducted at the door. Someone named on the paperwork must be present to sign and receive payment — it does not have to be you, provided we know in advance and they have the documents. Vehicles are recovered on a transporter, so they do not need to be taxed, insured, MOT'd or driveable.

8. Scrapping and end-of-life vehicles

Where a vehicle is scrapped rather than resold, it is passed to an Authorised Treatment Facility to be depolluted and recycled in line with the End-of-Life Vehicles Regulations and SEPA requirements. We notify the DVLA of the disposal, and a Certificate of Destruction is available on request once the vehicle has been destroyed.

Please remove your personal belongings before collection. If you want to keep a private registration, apply to the DVLA to put it on retention beforehand — once the vehicle transfers to us, the registration transfers with it.

9. Changing your mind

You can withdraw at any time before you accept our final offer, at no cost. Once you have accepted and the vehicle has been collected, the sale is complete. Where a contract is concluded at your home rather than at our premises you may have additional cancellation rights under consumer protection law, and we will tell you about them at the time.

10. When we can withdraw an offer

We may withdraw an offer or cancel a sale where the vehicle materially differs from what was described, the required documents are not produced, we have reasonable grounds to suspect the vehicle is stolen or cannot lawfully be sold, or you have not complied with these terms. Where this happens before payment, neither of us owes the other anything further in respect of that vehicle.

11. Using this website

Please use the website lawfully, and do not attempt to gain unauthorised access, introduce malicious code, or submit false vehicle or identity information. The content, branding and software on this website belong to us or are licensed to us. We do not guarantee that the website will always be available or free from error.

12. Our liability

Nothing here limits our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, for fraud, or for anything else that cannot lawfully be limited. Otherwise we are not liable for indirect or consequential loss, or loss of profit. If you are a consumer, your statutory rights under the Consumer Rights Act 2015 are unaffected.

13. Complaints

If something has gone wrong, contact us first at Info@yourcarsoldscotland.co.uk and we will try to put it right. If we cannot resolve it, consumers in Scotland can get free advice from Advice Direct Scotland (consumeradvice.scot) or Citizens Advice Scotland, who can refer matters to Trading Standards.

14. Data protection

We handle personal information in line with our Privacy Policy, which forms part of these terms.

15. General

• If any part of these terms is found unenforceable, the rest continues to apply.
• If we do not enforce a term straight away, we do not lose the right to enforce it later.
• We may transfer our rights and obligations under these terms to another business; this will not affect your rights.
• These terms are between you and us, and do not give rights to anyone else.

16. Governing law

These terms are governed by Scots law, and any dispute will be subject to the jurisdiction of the Scottish courts. If you are a consumer resident elsewhere in the UK, you may also be able to bring proceedings in your local courts.

17. Contact

Your Car Sold Scotland, 42 Cumbernauld Road, Glasgow G33 6EW. Email Info@yourcarsoldscotland.co.uk.