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Case history involving a close friend proving private buyers at auctions have consumer rights.He bought a cheapie from the fleet section at our local BCA or ADT whatever it was called then.It had an engineers report on the screen.He then just reentered it in the next sale after paying for it without touching it.I often did the same.The same engineers report and vehicle description remained on the screen and the only difference was the lot no.It then sold and he made a small profit.A few days later BCA asked him permission to refund the private buyer and cancel the sale.He refused and Trading Standards then got involved,there was an independent inspection and the cheapie was declared unroadworthy.He was prosecuted and fined and with legal fees it cost him about £1500,a write up in the local paper and I don’t think he got the car back.

Good point.However private buyers do have consumer rights when buying at auctions like BCA.

Having scanned that,it still looks OK to me.I had a case where a guy claimed to have a garage repair business so we discounted and marked the invoice ‘trade sale ‘ etc.He then claimed for various work and took us to court.The judge said I was negligent for not getting a signed ‘ in the trade’ declaration so we lost.

It looks OK to me.All their T&C’s are clear and easy to understand.Key to this is that buyers must sign a declaration form confirming that they are in the motor trade.

I thought they were very good.Two honest,hard working ‘ nuts and bolts’ type guys who told like it is.

Car sales guys usually get a hard time.Don’t deal with an order taker,deal with an experienced pro.Be pleasent and straightforward and you will usually get looked after.If you are happy with the service,it makes sense to stay loyal to the same dealer especially if the same sales guy remains.They will be pleased to see you and will do favours if you need them.

Thought you meant car dealers dealing with car dealers.That one is easy,disregard 50% of what the other one says then divide by 2.

Mr Barratt maybe a nice guy but come on,how can you keep a straight face and say Ford will continue to look after all their dealers and to support the British economy .In reality his boss,the current President of Ford who is from the office furniture business and gets paid $13m is terminating half the dealers,stopping production of many models,closing engine manufacturing plants everywhere and throwing thousands out of work to bet the company future on electric vehicles.

Thank you,I will still have to ask permission from ‘she who must be obeyed ‘.

I am a Facebook virgin and not allowed to join because ‘ she who must be obeyed ‘says I am liable to offend someone which causes us to lose our house.

Would a patrol officer not scan the reg on the ‘ recovered’ vehicle after asking what you were doing.You might have to be travelling in the right direction of the previous keeper to get away with it provided it wasn’t down as being ‘ in the trade ‘. ....

Hi Noa I have not read the small print about gov.lock down directions.I think technically you should be allowed to make a non contact delivery.However should you get pulled by a patrol car,I think they will still give you a ticket and turn you around.Keep on going and you are in bigger trouble with a bigger fine.Then the only way to get out of the fine is to challenge it in court by which time the police might have thought up other charges.I just watched the Ford UK CEO tell James Baggott that all Ford dealers are not delivering vehicles and lock down means lock down.

Rory,I think Tango V might know what he is talking about.Also has anyone heard if Glasgow Mark got back safely.

Excellent

Hi Mr C Regarding Tax,there was some report on local telly recently where a local camper van manufacturer guy was complaining that their vans were being reclassified for road tax comparable to commercial vehicles.I think he said road tax was increasing to 2 grand .That cannot be right surely,I thought of you at the time,

95 ...I am now thinking about all the things that made the job easier back then !

Old photos from auctions,would like to see some of those.

Just checked.That video must have been cheap,it was shot on the Thames in 83.Fast forward 10 years and record companies were spending 500 grand on videos and still making money.Now the job is shot with downloaded music .......a bit like when AT went online !

If I had an MOT station I think I would be lobbying whoever to make the 6 months MOT deferment not transferable to new owners/keepers of vehicles since the lockdown.....does that make any sense ?

That will be right.For a start these 2 father and son have different surnames anyway.They might have it off to a fine art.Having checked,they appear to have a property company which they have recently conveniently resigned from worth 400 grand.I don’t think their accountants will somehow be KPMG !

Thank you.Just as I thought ,it is a manufactured non story.He has 15% of an investment company who will have taken a hiding in the markets and will be reinvesting.There investments could go tits up.They are not exactly hoarding PPE stuff to sell on EBay .

Would you mind explaining what he has done !

Well done guys.I see Easyjet also got theirs today but it was £600m despite paying out £160m in dividends a few weeks ago and their main shareholder Sir Stelios saying that government help will only delay them from going bust until December ! We have quite a few flights booked sounds like they will be ‘ down the swanny’.

Best sale and the most expensive one !

We have had a few regular older punters turn up to buy with their new catelogue bride in tow and it is hard to keep a straight face.You want to say to them ‘ what make is she ‘.