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Yes 'last price' is increasingly common, but best price for cash always gets me. Do they think magic beans are an alternative method of payment or something?

Last weekend was good but this week so far just the 1 deposit taken. We are going to be open Friday and Saturday but I have decided to close on Easter Sunday and going to do the same on Easter Monday.I have not taken a single day off since the new year and need a couple of days to re charge and I think everyone else has been working hard and under a lot of pressure so it will do no harm.

Bethany, do you visit this site often? Do you listen to the podcasts? Do you read you own dealer edit portal's forum? If you do then you'd realize how much Dealers are becoming unhappy with you. Does AutoTrader care about the lots of unhappy customers amongst it's paying dealers or just about price increases and pacifying the shareholders? IMHO Auto trader is a bit like marmite you either love it or hate it and with your endless price rises more and more dealers are switching to the later, not because you don't have a good product because you do, but times are hard for dealers with margins getting squeezed from all angles, wouldn't it be nice to reward your loyal customers who have made you the company you are today, with something nice like for every 3 months you advertise you get 2 weeks free. It would cost you a little in the short term but really would be a nice gesture to help those who pay your wages in times of need, after all how many millions are you saving without sending your copy collectors out every week and printing a magazine. Do something nice today help the dealers and they will continue to support you when a viable alternative comes along.

I work in a small town with 5 car dealers, bit over kill for the size of the town and customers who come from far away always comment on how many there are and how do we all survive but from day one we've all worked together rather that going head to head with each other so all have a slightly differing stock profile, we all have a good chin wag when we see each other and will quite happily underwrite each others part exchanges or point customers in the right direction if they arrive at the wrong dealer which is quite different from the impression most folk have of the motor trade. I travel the country buying stock and I find most in the trade are polite, pleasant folk who enjoy there job and are not the type I started with in the motortrade 20+ years ago where sales staff would do anything to get the sale, maybe the modern world of the internet and sales of goods act changes have helped focus the mind a little from profit to customer care a little more? If I do come across an unfriendly type its normally some fake Rolex wearing sales manager at a main dealer, I came across the type a few weeks ago when collecting a car from dealer auction, kept us hanging around for 10 minutes while just chatting and laughing in an office with the other staff, came out and shouted around for somebody to help him (he only had to open the key cupboard, took the p155 out of the young service receptionist then made a big deal of telling us how busy they are and how much money they're making.