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takes a bit of thinking about that one, imagine 45 years ago auctioneer= " morris 1000 then tax disc is with me, tested march, who will start me off? do i hear £35 ? £30 then ? move it to the door driver or put the choke in me customers are dying "

I do really well on sundays, 2 today, normally get the spur of the moment buyers on sunday. 2 last Sunday also. I know these people can all appear to be a pain in the arse but there is some decent customers mixed in there I would of just said you have brought it into trade? Why didn’t you bring it into trade and do it online. Takes 2 minutes.

The only saving grace is the under bidder messaged me gutted he'd lost out by a penny, he'd put his max bid in and was busy when the auction finished, I put him in the picture and he's coming round tomorrow having sent a deposit via paypal.

Yup always won by some wannabe trader from Bradford or Birmingham who thinks the price is a starting point They don’t have fathers

Cafe was in a central glass room, just prior to auction lane (don't recall there being two but long time ago) overlooking the hall Isn't amazing - at the time you must have been totally devastated at the cost/loss, how to recover, stress, wishing you could undo the deal. Now just water under the bridge. had several nightmare buys but now I smile to myself about how it seemed to be the end of the world. Still have the odd one now but I don't sweat it, just hate the bastard car until the day it goes and they always do in the end.

Brings back memories of going with my old man and seeing Maxis being pushed thru by a couple of yard lads, selling for £10, only to see the buyer drive off in it running fine

You're flying mate. Well done, you're a good bloke who deserves a bit of success.

Justin, If only bigger companies taught their staff to take ownership instead of passing the buck.. just imagine how much easier everyone’s lives would be. It’s an excellent principle to run your business on.

I had a complaint about our sales man last month, customer rang in saying he was rude and abrupt when I asked her for details she told me she doesn’t expect to be told sorry this garage isn’t for you when she asked can you not help me the sales man advised she needed far more help than a car sales can offer. of course I had to quiz him on it, basically the lady came in with her how to buy a car guide and laid down the rules of how she wil do business with us terms and conditons even had them written down, then a check list for 7 different cars she wanted to drive my guy tried his very best after 35 mins of pointless dribble explaining it is impossible to match Hyundai,s 7 year warrenty of a 2k Fiesta she then acccused him of trying to put her in a clearly illegal car as why would be putting trade plates on she isn’t in the trade and we must be trying to mask the cars real identity from her. At that point he pointed her in the direction of the door and said thanks but no thanks. I said good bullet dodged there and made the next round of coffee.

Any good runner with 12 months ticket is worth £800 imo

I have a few classics and more modern interesting stuff around, still trade the bread and butter stuff but I’ve ended up with a dozen or so classics which the trade aren’t interested in and I don’t have big enough balls to retail / eBay etc!!!! I can’t deal with the public, wouldn’t sell anything because as soon as one word of crap came out of their mouth I’d kick them out of the yard!

Yea I’ve seen a few on eBay adverts over the years. “Just had new head gas kit” was a recent one.

Do you swallow?

Fecking Dinosaurs... its the modern world folks, GP appointment reminders by text, DPD/courier info via text, bank/CC balance via text, flight/ferry confirmation via text, order a pizza via text, inquire about a car via text, rightly or wrongly good and bad communicate via text whether SMS or social media messaging its quick and simple and can be done from anywhere, work desk, lying in bed, having a shite... If the opening text is 'best price???' it'll be ignored but if it has some intent and genuine interest i'll respond.