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If he is a solicitor,I would find out where he works and email a reply ‘ by mistake ‘ to some senior partner at his office with the details of his claim and asking for the service history since purchase in order to proceed.That should go down well with his colleagues.

Unless you were joking.With advice like that,would you not be better off selling time shares in Tenerife or somewhere because you won’t go far in this job.

The last wagon I sent there was for 3,the driver was held up for several hours and it cocked up their logistics.This resulted in us getting a large bill.The conspiracy theory is BCA want you to use their transport,more likely incompetence of management caused by employing too many foreign ‘Could not care less staff’.

I did not go in,the auction was heaving today but there weren’t many in the cafe.

It’s a bit better than Angel of the North.......You can get treatment Andy....I saw some tempest tossed prices at Brighouse today,went for 3 got 1.( a grand over c/c) never do any good there.

I don’t know about the diesels,we never had them.Circa 66-70.the petrol Transits were excellent compared with the column change 15cwt Thames predecessor in which the gear linkage constantly jammed and you had to get underneath to give it a shake.What about the Mk 1V Zephyr produced at the same time,now they were crap...But everything was fixable.....Best not to mention the good old days too much.

Looks like I will have to go myself.Dont like buying there on line.Was hoping to get a local Yorkie to bid for me,never mind.

The vast majority of punters are nice straight forward people.However,the odd one who lies about a warranty claim does get me annoyed.For instance,I remember being well down the M1 and an Astra we had sold went past doing about 100mph.Sometime later the guy calls in ( he was actually wearing a Ferrari Baseball cap) and asking if we could repair his exhaust under warranty.I said yes and asked him a few things like has he been far etc.He said no and always drove carefully etc.You can imagine the rest. Its not the punters,it’s all the other stuff,suppliers short changing you or just being incompetent and the bullshit explanations. I never liked flash traders,they are usually frauds.When you are struggling for a parking spot at the auction then some dickhead with the Range Rover Sport with vanity plates,fake tan and Rolex ( all the optional extras) arrives. The security gate just opens and they are allowed in because they are a big time operator,when you know they haven’t got a pot to piss in. That’s all for now.

I wouldn’t know where to start.....

Anyone doing Brighouse this Monday please ?

A recent High Court ruling found that because banks are UNREGULATED a class action against RBS for £100’s of millions for constructively ripping off businesses failed.

The point being,if you are a car dealer you have little chance of winning.Unless the rules have changed,you can’t bring a solicitor/barrister with you to argue points of law. Over the years,I have been to the Small Claims Court 8 times,won 6,5 of these were non motor trade.The motor trade case I won was with BCA,the 2 I lost were with punters and we had a strong defence in both cases and the judgements were a joke......Sorry if I keep repeating my Small Claims experience

Hi Twerp Sorry to hear about your loss.I know how you feel.The thing is if you had a PDI signed you would probably have still lost.I would have thought his consumer rights would have been diluted anyway if he had failed to declare it was to be used in connection with trade or business.RAC must have thought that. I hope everyone takes notice,I think these part time judges enjoy taking the piss because there is no appeal process.14k in 7 weeks,busy taxi drivers don’t do that,incredible. Get the judges name and complain,I have done that before.It won’t do you any good,but it will give the judge a headache.I understand these cases are recorded.

I don’t know them or how they started.I just know that it used to be impossible to bid against them.

Hi Tadams, You may think it is crap,but Car Giant sell 1000 cars per week from one site,produce descent profits year in year out.How good is that,can you imagine the volume of headaches.I may be wrong,but I think it is the biggest used car pitch in the world.

When you guys started IMDA,I think I did warn that you should not let it impact on your day job.I recall getting short shrift from Mr Reid.In Mr Reid’s case,I appear to have been right.

Love the name Prestige Auto International,reminds me of the Step Bros movie.You appear to have about £500k stock,so £4500 p/m to AT should work if you are doing your job properly....With 80 cars,vans,trucks,without being diplomatic,you should be doing at least 10 p/w.If you are not,the problem is the management.

Whatever next ?

20 years ago The Great Trade Centre ( now called Car Giant) always charged an admin fee which I think was then £99.Also,finance applications were £50 but refunded if the sale went through.I see it’s £399 now if you get your own finance.Whatever they are doing will be legal,these guys are switched on.They have been top of the league for many years.

Focus more on what you are good at.Work harder on the buying side,it is the same for everyone.Its not just cheaper stuff that comes with big bills.Don’t believe other traders too much,the job is full of bullshitters,it always has been.

Future classic ? £2500

Brightwells,Leominster often plenty of Landrovers including those needing work from Forestry Commission and other government agencies.If I was in the Land Rover resurrection business I would check it out.

Hi Richard All the best,sounds good to me.If you need any help,there are some great guys on here who will give good advice on all aspects of the job.Land Rovers,do you do Brightwells,If not worth checking out.

Back in the eighties I could not afford them.You used to hear of guys paying £50 per car for a quick knock or more if they were selling and rang the bell.It was commonplace then,doubt it happens now.For a start nobody has any cash.

Well done but Best to keep quiet,you know it will be the opposite in next to no time,one disaster after another.