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Scrapping a Car During the Covid-19 Pandemic

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We’re all locked down again because of the pandemic – and life feels like it’s come to a standstill once more! All those things you want to do firmly put on hold but if you’re thinking about scrapping your car during Coronavirus - you might wonder what you can and what you can’t do – well, you can still do it!  

The Number 1 Car Scrapping Service in London and Hertfordshire

At ScrapToday, we’re the number one London and Herts car scrapping service so we’re pretty clued up on what’s allowed and what’s not allowed.  The good news is that we’re completely Covid-secure, which means we’re able to scrap your car keeping you completely safe.  Doesn’t that give you peace of mind?  Rest assured, we want this pandemic to end just as much as you do and our priority is your health (and the health of our staff). We’ll walk you through our Covid-19 car scrapping service right here.

We Follow Strict Government Guidance

Firstly – we’re open for business and we’re using the government guidance to limit social contact, dramatically reducing the chances of catching Covid-19.  We continue to adapt our car scrapping service to suit our customers as we don’t want anyone to become unwell.  If government guidance changes, we quickly make the changes too, we want you to feel safe especially if you want to scrap your car for cash and need it fast!

A No-Contact Car Scrapping Service

You don’t need to wait, if you want to scrap your car now, even in lockdown, the good news is that you can.  Our car scrapping service is now a no-contact service, we don’t need to see you or go near you.  Perhaps you’re concerned about money during the pandemic, especially if you’re freelance, self-employed or on furlough. You won’t be alone and scrapping your car gives you the benefit of fast money in your bank account.  We’ll get that money to you the very same-day – that’s our ScrapToday promise!  When you scrap your car with us, you don’t need to continue insuring it and neither do you need to tax it.  You just get it scrapped and fill out the SORN information, declaring your car as off the road.  Click here to access the Statutory Off-Road Notification.  In fact, once your vehicle is scrapped, it doesn’t need to be registered as SORN because it’s gone – forever!

Trustworthy and Reputable

With ScrapToday, you know you’re with a reputable scraping service too.  We are trustworthy, we use our own scrapping facilities and we pay fairly, unlike so many other scrapping services in London and Herts.  



We Come to You and Collect Your Scrap Car

When you call us to scrap your car in lockdown, we give you a no-obligation quote and then organise convenient collection and scrapping for you – with zero contact.  There is literally no inconvenience to you, you just sit back, relax and wait for us to collect your scrap car and get your money transferred on the very same day.  Most of the communication is done via phone, the person scrapping your car will ring on your doorbell to tell you that they’ve arrived but they won’t go near you, only your car.  So, here are the steps to follow:

Car Scrapping Steps During the Pandemic

  • Call us and get a quote from one of the friendly, efficient ScrapToday team
  • If you’re happy with your quote, we’ll press on
  • We’ll give you a time for collection, obviously a time that’s convenient for you
  • You relax and wait for us!
  • We collect your car and remove it
  • We scrap your car
  • We pay you, the same day direct into your bank account

Important Documentation

There is some stuff that we do need from you.  We’ll need your car keys, V5 document, the owner manual, service history and any receipts related to your vehicle.  Have them ready so when we collect, we just pick them up.  Feel free to leave them inside your car for safety (maybe not the keys but you could put them in an envelope under your doormat or other safe place) to keep up with our no-contact car scrapping collection.

For your peace of mind and ours, we will carry out some checks on your car to make sure that it’s in the right condition for our scrapping service.  That’s all you need to know!  Easy car scrapping in London and Hertfordshire during lockdown – and we’re Covid-safe so you don’t have to worry.

Extra Cash Always Comes in Handy!

So, if you need some extra cash and you don’t use your car, especially as nowadays we’re all mostly working from home, there’s nothing to stop you scrapping a car in London or scrapping a vehicle in Herts and being Quids in!  Click here to get started.

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