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Now I'm just going to get straight to the point. I'm not posting this to offend anyone, however I have noticed over the last few months that more and more questions are appearing on Car Dealer Magazine Forum from small part-time , home traders , asking how to do this and how to do that in the trade, now as I say I'm not meaning to offend anyone especially anyone at Car Dealer Magazine who do police this forum very well, BUT in my view if you have another MAIN employment and only trade on the side then do you think it's ethical that these part timers are asking detailed questions about the trade on this platform and expecting FULLY committed dealers of all sizes to answer them? Now I know what you are going to say, everyone has to start somewhere, YES, I agree and many people start part time with old cars to see if they like the trade before committing fully, however when some part-timer traders have full time employment and trade on the side with cars priced up to £10,000 with NO intention of giving up their full time work surely that is affecting us full time, fully committed businesses? I would also like to say that I am more than happy to help, assist or answer any amount of questions from someone who wants to make a go at this great industry , we even run a small mentoring service for these but at some point you have to commit to go full time, either that or you are stealing sales & profit from me and my peers! As I say hopefully I won't receive abusive phone calls or emails with this, but feel that someone has to say it, because I'm sure there are many who are thinking it! Jim

I think creating an FAQ section sounds like the best way to go. That way you can choose whether to dive in and answer questions or not and it doesn't clog up the main forum. When I'm back from holiday I'll get this sorted. And yes, I am reading this on holiday...

Quiet day today GG?

Sheffield to Shrewsbury and back. Every day. Except Xmas hols. For 5 1/2 years. I could be wrong though...

I have a ford transit van in with 300k on the clock, that's the highest miles I have ever had in, I'm not sure if it was a mistake but I saw a Nissan Micra on BCA with.....wait for it...... 445,000 miles ! In a Micra ! It was a 2010 aswell, where the hell would you go in a Micra to put those miles on I wonder

Priced accordingly they always sell for us. Certain cars it is not really such an issue ie a mondeo/audi a4 etc Always a struggle shifting a 1.2 corsa taken in px on 198k.

100% with everything said here by Jim and the more 'recognised' faces. Have frequented here a lot less lately due to the questions being asked, the kind of questions that 15+ years in the trade I've had to work hard to find the answers to.. Just waiting for GGs input on all this * Edit, how about a closed forum for us bonafide dealers, maybe something that requires say a VAT number to use? *