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They are all nice guys but they have to ‘toe the company line ‘ You have to present them with an invoice for your time and expenditure so far.Include copies of any prep bills you have.You need to be compensated.

I am the same.I think I am probably classified as non digital or worse.

Right guys it’s Instagram go on to dorothywang.....click on G63 story highlights ( hope that makes sense )

Changing the subject if you don’t mind Del Boy ( not able to start new topic ). Merc punter story today from Tinseltown,not quite James Bush punter.Daughter of billionaire months ago ordered a new Merc G Wagon with every conceivable extra at 200 grandish.Apparently huge demand for these and it finally gets delivered.She gets the invoice for the balance and notices that the Merc Dealer has welded on an extra 30 grand described as dealers margin.So she asks for advice on Instatattle ( having 1 million followers) saying things like, should I just pay this extra charge, it is only 2 Berkin handbags etc .She is also posting all the dealers bullshit justifying the extra 30 grand because they have other punters who will pay more.I will try and get a link,it goes on a bit but very amusing,only in America etc.

Send it back,you need a full refund plus all your costs and rising on a daily basis like storage fees.Alternatively try and negotiate a full refund plus a favour from the auction.Stand your ground,be prepared for bullshit.

Hi Beckly, Sounds good,small unit nearbye ( no business rates ?) to get you back in to the trade.Things have changed a lot in 40 years,you will be shocked.If you can remember what to do !! you only need to stock 10 cars to make a living.The guys on here are very helpfull. Good luck

Surbiton !,mobile mechanic with a van outside your house.What would Margot Leadbetter say about that. If you want to find a good value workshop,you could ask a taxi driver or a Euro Parts van driver if you have no joy here.

Hi PM I would not let this go.He had no right to get involved,he is from another ward,he embellished the complaint.I would report him to the Council Standards Committee and copy in all the other councillors.I would want to know all about this guy especially as he did not disclose that he knew your father.....Give him a headache !

Hi Paul The guys on here will get you up and running and will give you valuable advice.You will learn a lot just looking at previous posts.Ask plenty of questions.Good Luck.

Calm down ECJ,you have had good advice.Yes,people do take the piss but that is part of the banter.I don’t want you to end up at the Magistrates because they might stitch you up.Guys like Noacross and Tradex appear to be top guys to me and are needed on here because of their vast experience,I am unsure how they have upset you.You must have had a bad day.

It’s Tabloid size,I will keep you informed,thank you.

Hi ECJ Possible scenario. So this ends up in the magistrates court and you plead not guilty because you have a photo which you claim is you at the till in Sainsburys at a certain time.You think this proves you were elsewhere at the time of the offence.The prosecutor may not agree that the photo is you and ask for your till receipt ( which I assume you don’t have).The Clerk of the Court who runs the show subsequently advises the cardboard replicas who act as Magistrates to find you guilty. I had a case 2 years ago which started as a speeding offence until I proved there was a lack of warning signs and then was summonsed for a clerical offence.So I went along with the paper work,pleaded not guilty.The prosecution said I had failed to answer their questionnaire correctly which was ,full name and address of the directors of the company.I had written my full name and address plus my wife’s first name and the same address.I had missed off my wife’s surname,so I was guilty. It was a kangaroo court......guess how much was I fined ? ( I did declare I was a car dealer ) that is a clue.

Yes,that is in hand they are doing the art work for quarter page @£50 per week for 6 weeks.

We aren’t buying enough Noacross.We are not fully optimised,Click Dealer have tried,but despite being good at everything else they do,their SEO stuff for buying appears not to be their speciality.We have had various quotes from specialist SEO companies starting at £500 per month upto several grand and they do not guarantee success.! So most of the stuff we buy at the door is from passing trade,we are on a very visible site.

Our small pitch did OK,we have 17 to 20 and we retailed 16.Sounds good,but we chopped one or two to money back,we had some good margins on a few but then we also had a few ‘self destruct’ as usual ,clutches,turbos and stuff.It is a cheap pitch with only one wage bill but it still adds up to £1200 per week with everything accounted for and standing still.Whatever you think you have netted in a month,I always half it because the profit just evaporates in this job.

The Nissan Makem factory is the most efficient in Europe.They have already been told that whatever happens with Brexit they will be looked after.This is more about Nissan angling for some sort of disguised government subsidy.Jaguar are doing the same.I think sales are down until the new emission rules are established,they are also down on the £30k Leaf.In the old days at Dagenham ,the way they did it when sales were down and stock was piled up,Ford just upset the unions and they called a strike.A couple of weeks of not paying wages saved them a fortune.

Cannot think of anyone who has made the grade using no. plate stickers

Yes Lane 7 previously ATS ,downtown Blenheim St which was rough and full of car pitches.My first pitch was 100 yds away.Now renamed St James Blvd with no pitches,just pubs,restaurants,clubs,hotels and a casino.Tourists flock into Newcastle at weekends,I have no idea why. I know Brightwells,but in those days I was buying ex Mercia police vehicles from Leominster Car Auctions.

Yes up the hill to Beamish,it’s cold up there,great punters though and many are voluntary workers at the famous Beamish Open Air Museum .I used to go up the hill to Leominster ( is that near you) in the winter buying stock.Is that where the SAS are based.As I remember,bit chilly is an understatement. It must have been a culture shock coming up here.

Nice one Mark.You also appear to be fluent in ‘Top Gear’ language.’ Up here in the Northern Powerhouse ? ( Poorhouse ) with our target market for that, we might be using a description like ,plenty of space for a pigeon basket or a whippet cage.’ Super range topper ‘ and ‘ super sporty facade ‘ might not go down too well.

Another Michael Caine quote which I think could be attributable to a lot of car dealers....Be like a duck,calm on the surface but paddling like the dickens underneath.

Boring Dave is a considerate guy.I had been getting flak about something and he sent me a nice message.I had to tell him that I was not effected by adverse comments/flak and was surprised that I didn’t get more.

In the days of Payment Protection,our finance company ( the biggest ) insisted on us sending our best guy on a day seminar somewhere, where a hired probably at great expense bullshit Finance Guru/consultant who would teach dealers how to sell payment protection/or basically lie to punters.We later heard that the Guru had apparently explained to all these sales guys that in the event of a punter being indifferent to the payments that you quote,you just revert to the MTFU method.This was apparently met with lots of nodding from all these tame sales guys.However there was one guy there who could not take all the crap.....as it could have been Stalker,maybe he might explain.

We used to speed the process up.G3 on a mop and then jetwash,followed by G10 mixed with Autoglym then jetwash again.Then hand polish.I am unsure whether that would work with today’s paint and lacquer.Worth trying on a cheapie but not with Autoglym,too expensive these days.

I would ignore that advice.I think you may have to MTFU.Next time,get ID and record the sale properly,it just takes one.If you are not LTD,seriously think about it.