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I don't usually start these threads but...... Three deposits taken today.........

Crumbs T.V. I’m with your Mrs! Good luck though!

I am knock,knock knocking on Heavens Door and according to my wife....MAD.We have our old pitch from long ago which has become vacant and I cannot find anyone credible from any trade to take it on because they say it is too expensive.Since I last used it,it has been a double glazing showroom and lately a posh cycle shop.Its on a very busy 4 exit roundabout next to a new large shopping park,it is a cracking pitch,9 car frontage,23 car showroom........Anyway,get to the point,I am going to reopen it.I thought it would cost about 5 grand to get it ready.Already gone past 10 grand and still 4 weeks away. I have found opening new accounts with people I have been with for over 40 years takes ages.Additional Bank account,card machines,HPI,BT,BCA,websites ,regulatory stuff and getting appropriate insurance cover.( we only had buildings cover ).Apparently Business Insurance Regs have changed in 2016.Reams of so many rediculous questions like ‘has there been any arson in the area recently’....my answer ‘ probably last night,it is central Newcastle.’...da da da....I will keep you posted and will probably be asking you guys for advice !

Track Cars,Range Rovers,Renault Dealerships,lawyer girlfriend ( they always are) tall,long grey hair ( pony tail maybe and red trousers )......I have no idea,are you sure it was not one of the Dirty Rotten Scoundrels...Good Luck.

Up to 30 if squeezed in, 20 comfortably with space to manoeuvre/drive through + space for 12 or so out the front but in reality that’s just used for our cars & visitors. Detached property set back on a main road. Tbh I only have about 20 lumps (of varying quality ) kicking about at any one time, it’s enough for a one man band & I can have them parked-up & accessible without moving cars about. I’m self contained which suits me. In the past I’ve tried this lark of running back & forth to a storage area & then waiting for punters etc. I know everything boils down to pounds, shillings & pence (that’s life!) but from my viewpoint I think you either need a pitch with staff (which doesn’t interest me in the slightest) if you’re aiming to do the numbers OR have a big set-up close to home - time is the biggest enemy of ALL of us, my cars are 10 seconds from my back door (which won’t suit everyone) but my ‘wasted’ time is negligible.

Nicely prepped for sale

That sounds like Eastern European, specifically Hungarian and Romanian, to me. Not auctions but I’ve sort of had similar a couple of times on cheap heaps of shit. There’s no chatting to The Boss-man on the end of the phone here! The offer of the phone getting passed to me was rejected & the ‘physical’ Johnny was told to handover his envelope or go. No more discussions, nothing. On both occasions the money was passed across. No point f***ing about with these Charlies, get into discussions with them & you get sucked in. As far as I’m concerned it’s my way or the highway & they’re the ones who’ve travelled a 500+ mile round trip.

Wow, that's going back a bit. I bought a new one of those for my old dad. It would be interesting to see what the age demographic is on this forum. I'm guessing we're all over 40 as the youngster wouldn't be straying this far from FB? I might have to start a thread about pensions?

Nice one.,the things that went on in the old days you would not believe anyway ...But yes of course.since 2000....I can also bore you with many tales about punters good and bad to auctions far and wide,finance companies,Payment Protection and clawback,Trading Standards,paint and workshops,bungs,main dealers,HMRC,accountants/ solicitors cock ups,leases,pitches good and bad,staff problems,past glories with advertising,small claims cases won and lost,dealings with banks,insurance companies,DIY warranties,dealing with traders and all the characters good and bad I have come across........anything I have missed ?

You could always try the Manheim / Cox/ DA Head of External Relations

Inbetweeners reference. Freinds, friends, fucking football friend

never heard of them my friend, most on here use the trusted services of lawgistics, the number one name in the motor trade, highly recommended, would you like a link ?

You probably missed out some good no-nonsense deals there. I’m sure they were all Salt of the earth types, genuine men who intended to pay what they’d bid and not try any games when they handed over the money.

Correct. When these cretins ask questions like ‘is it mint?’ I think to myself, if it was that good it wouldn’t be on an eBay auction would it