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Always found the best thing is to slow the action right down, really slow and deliberate. I used to be an auctioneer and it really messes up your flow on the rostrum, often gets you wrong footed on a commission bid and sometimes makes other bidders think before acting rather than getting lost in the moment. When I used to sell I had a begrudging respect for dealers slowing me down/throwing me off rhythm.

The speedo says 150mph, doesn’t mean it can do it!

Had even worse. Someone from the South West on a £6500 2011 Honda Insight (big demand for hybrids in London now, he had missed this news). Quoted Parkers £5000, finally admitted he had seen AT Retail £6350 and the fact that my Honda has leather and sat nav and was the one he wanted. He then said: "I am doing my homework now, I am also looking at a number of Honda Insights sold by other dealers for less and closer to me and I would like your very best cash price please". I said to him I prefer a finance buyer and that we also have £300 deposit contribution offer if he was interested. He had a go at me for now wanting to reduce my price for cash and sounded really annoyed that his tactics were not working. Hang up on me when I said we don't take Credit cards (what happened to the cash offers!!!). I googled his number later and he has a liquidation goods business, buys unsold stock from failing shops... You'd think they would know how to get a good deal Oh I want the EDIT button: should read "He had a go at me for NOT wanting to reduce my price for cash"

yes, change pictures, attention grabbers etc. sometimes makes a difference

Yes. It's also a good idea to not display the number plates on the main photo (or even all photos) as some customers remember them and know it's the same car and assume something is not right with it. Change photos, change price slightly (up or down) and the AT attention grabber and if you had it say two months and it says FULL MOT on your advert (because you did a new one in October) change that text too.

its your shop window on the world........................ yes your pictures are the only thing your prospective customers have to initially gauge an interest

Possibly? If your photos are crap in the first place?

No I’m putting a new Mot on it, it’s £890 with a new MOT

Be positive! Our acceptance rate actually increased slightly to just under 45% :-)

It’s gypsies, tramps and thieves all week for me

Yes. You have to understand the ignorant enemy.

2 so far for the month and it’s that quiet I’m currently trying to do something with this quality Gumtree lead. ‘Hello, Will you help me get a financial in this van, i have bad English knowledge.’