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Its been drilled into me for 20 years, theres a reason why every company i've ever worked for has a strict stocking policy, is because it works. Cars don't go up in value, ( however I do put mine up in price sometimes ) so as far as i'm concerned I need to move it asap. We have had some real strange ones stick over the last year, a beautiful Green Cooper SD, up on miles but a lovely 1 owner example, great spec and beautiful condition, sat here without the door being opened for weeks, but that MY ££££ sat there, rotting, doing nothing, I need to make it work harder for me, thats my opinion. So I gradually kept creeping the price down and then all of a sudden, bang, the phone rings. 3/4 people interested in it. In my view, there is a man for every car, however you've got to find him, or more importantly, he's got to find you!!!! But it also has to be priced right. People these days are so price focussed, and without a showroom presence, we are destined to always be keenly priced until I fond my 30 car roadside pitch. We just don't have the space ( and funds ) to have cars sat around for weeks on end.... get the £££ back in the bank and get it invested in something else! Don't get me wrong, I do premium price my stock for the first 10/14 days and splash it about on facebook. At the minute I have a 1 off, JCW thats been locally owned by a MINI Employee, best i've seen, and tastefully modified, so its priced way above market, i've been told its too expensive by the facebook experts ( the ones that can't afford it ) however i've had 4 enquiries on the car in the first 10 days and an appointment on it this morning. We've also been bitten by being too proactive and advertising stock we don't own yet, like a PX coming in or an existing customer wanting to sell back to us after a few months, This happened the other day, we'd sold a JCW that was due to come in from a local guy, that we'd sold a few months back, he'd had a chance in circumstances and neede out of the car, we re advertised it before it came in, sold it first day and had everything lined up for the weekend. Friday comes, he calls me and says his wife can't part with it so they're keeping it..... ARGHHH 1 very p1ssed off customer on the other end, however its now our job to find her another car ( if there is one! ) But thats the way I work, it needs to be prepped, cleaned and advertised within 24/48 hours of it landing with us. Again in PLC world if my stock wasn't in, photo'd and on the pitch in 48 hrs you'd get fined. Unless it needed bodywork, which it was then 72 hrs. I advertise everything within minutes of buying it from auction, by pinching the auction ad pictures too. Just gets it out there as soon as physically possible.

WARNING...this post contains language that may offend some people. I am at the block,so I will just check my new valuation app ( on my iPhone 17)...I could not do without it,it is very accurate. Here we go....13 reg Dacia,Black Horse Repo,50k,90 day blue,management light on,no docs,needs some paint,smells of dog.........it's doing the maths !....... here we go.....yes ......it says it's worth .......FUCK ALL..!!.....I said it was accurate.........Apologies to 2435 Mick

I use a vacuum cleaner!! It's amazing how warm you get when you hoover a car!! Stops me from sitting on my arse, spending all day on here.....

These guys are doing ours in the next couple of weeks, diamond grinding, oil sealent down and two coats of epoxy resin. Have seen their work in a friends place so decided to go with them. Will let you know the results. https://www.facebook.com/resinfloorstelford/ Heres an example of their work...

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me very easy FREE and way to find out what is going on in your area i couldnt give to hoots how much they sell for in Scotland, also handy feature is to be able to click sold for, just because someone advertises a car for £3500 doesnt mean there going to get it, see recently sold items and they might be only fetching £2500 with auction bids. I use my trusty old iphone 6 i must be way behind the times if other dealers are using iphone 17's

I'm not going to buy your car because... IT'S TOO F**KING PERFECT!!!!! It's within budget, is the make and model we suggested, has 5 doors as requested, is the colour we like, has full history, below ave miles, has never been smoked in, drives bloody well, is tidy outside, is cheaper to tax than we assumed and comes with a new MOT not the 7 months that are left on it...OK well do you have a card? We have a few more to look at. You just have to smile and say 'certainly' sometimes....sometimes though you just have to ask why do you need to go and look at others? It does everything you want for less than you thought. Week in week out. I wonder if these people spend four hours doing a round of Tesco, Sainsburys, Asda, Lidl, Morrisons and Waitrose just to buy a can of beans sometimes.