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I got my first 100% Facebook enquiry & sale last Saturday and it put a huge smile on my face as basically it was 100% free and self generated.

Yeah I would still do so if space wasn't at a premium because it's not nice having the same car on your website even for months on end is it really? normally when you drop a car to what you paid for it or thereabouts the phone rings on it so you shouldn't really lose money in theory apart from cost of advertising and storage in the time you've had it, only if you have paid way too much in the first place could I see a problem??

That's North Wales for you. I'm fairly sure if we swapped locations, my hair would grow back and yours would go

I've been thinking about this a long time and have analysed previous sales, length of turn oves and other bits including margins and prices paid for vehicle. I am now implementing the following strategy due to space being at a premium. Proper margin for 6 weeks, will only adjust if response rate is at the floor. Reduced margin for a further 4 weeks, hopefully this should bring in the buyers. After 10 weeks if not sold at reduced margin, then price to clear and get money back, re stock and move on.

80% Autotrader 10% Ebay 10% Walk in

Thankfully we're still fairly busy and August started well, 4 over weekend, Just looked at the book and 6 gone out so far this month, 2 more look promising, compared to 23 for July, 21 in June and 13 in May so its improving. MOT's and service doing well also. More interest now in more expensive, BMW's and Audi which we've been sitting on for 3-4 months

No advice, and I wouldn't want to teach a duck to suck eggs, but we have to remember in this day and age that when your man comes over to look at your car, in most cases he will have done his homework already and done some virtual tyre kicking. For whatever reason, he has come to see your car out of the hundreds that are out there so it's important, I feel, to have confidence in what you are selling and the price you are selling it at. Easier said than done, especially when it's quiet, but as George Michael once said, you gotta have faith.