trade vet

That’s OK,when the next one comes out,she can hand this one down to you.

A while back a friend and occasional doorstepper ( with a trade ins policy) was hit from behind and his Gumtree worthy X5 was written off.He wasn’t getting anywhere with the claim so he went to the local no fault accident claims people.The next thing is he is given a new Range Rover hire car as a courtesy vehicle and doing what he is told,he is seeing medics about whiplash.Sometime later when the costs of the claim had escalated and he had no idea what was going on,he is summonsed to appear in court about the claim.The huge claim was subsequently settled by his claims people at a vastly reduced amount on the court steps.The claims people must have not declared it as a trade policy and got found out !

You did well,NIG are part of Direct Line.

We all have our least favourite auctions.I live in Newcastle but I have never done well at our local auctions.I have bought from many auctions from far and wide but I was never able to penetrate that Yorkie closed shop called Brighouse.Whatever you bought they always seemed to want a lot more money......years later I found out why,but in Yorkie speak ‘am saying nowt’.

Thank you

Ours is a nice 64 1.4 silver ,17k, fsh ,cost us £5850,it is a Gleneagles conversion ( if that means anything) I thought it was cheap at £7950 compared to proper WAV dealers.

Hope you have more luck than us.As WAV dealers tend to make massive profits, I thought I would try one.Two months ago we nicked a mint 17k Doblo and priced it attractively........Never opened the door !

Happy holidays Nick and everyone else ( very PC ) but most important guys make sure you are working on 27 and 28th because in the past I have found Thurs and Friday straight after Boxing Day to be good.

Ultra Low Emmission Zone.I don’t understand,can someone explain.Traffic speed in central London ULEZ is 5mph and modern diesels are far less toxic than petrol at these speeds.So why does it make sense to allow residents living in the zone to use higher emission and inneficient petrol cars like a Mini Cooper without charge.I see taxis are exempt so could you not just register your car as a taxi.

Hard lines Mark.We all make big cock ups in this job,that is a small one.However most dealers never admit to them,I don’t mind recalling mine.( there has been a lot)

Did this guy say he was also a solicitor.Worth checking.This is a good one.I would inform the councillor you have taken advice about making an official complaint to the council about possible corruption.That will give him a headache.

I agree.Someone I know was going to bid over C/clean for a late Range Rover.He thought he better check the fees first,I think he has a platinum card.It was nearly £900 !

I may be wrong but I think storage charges still apply but especially if you fail to settle before the break.Easy to find out.

I agree.I think a large PLC service company like BCA have a duty to inform all their customers including buyers account card holders of any changes to their fees.You could always complain to the London Stock Exchange just incase BCA have broken any of their rules.I think they may have been warned recently by the authorities about hidden charges with WBAC.

It helps if you are a retired auction centre manager.

We have done -2 since Saturday.Two full refunds,Corsa 1.2 not enough power for 22 year old and 207 buyers remorse when the punters wife realised her bloke had given their swapper away.( which we have kept)...Happy days !

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Talking to a friend today,he has an old Rav advertised for £1000.Bloke keeps ringing him and asking about the condition of the front bumper.He then asks if he can buy it .....the front bumper that is !

Hi Beechwood If it is any help,2 months ago I restarted and set up a pitch after being 7 years retired ( but on the periffery).Everyone said don’t bother because things have changed and I can understand why.Setting it up took long enough from getting BT,Utilities,bank accounts,card machines,new insurance regs,website,FCA stuff,etc,lots of bullshittters letting you down. When you factor in that most people under 40 are either debt ridden or would prefer to rent a new car instead,your target market is now drastically reduced.When you do a deal now,the punters often take a week or more to collect and settle up.I only go in for an hour or so per day but I get very impatient , it has definateley changed.As for getting stock,if you can pay Cap Clean for stuff you will be doing well....being an estate agent sounds better .....Good Luck.

Tip for newbies bidding at the block.Occasionally a clever auctioneer might bring down the hammer on your bid and then say ‘subject’ or ‘provisional’.If that happens go up to the rostrum and tell the auctioneer you have bought it.The fall of the hammer is a binding contract.

If I was bidding and noticed that the other bidder was a private ( who are usually slow to bid) I have sometimes gone and stood next to them.Then whenever they made a bid,I would bid quickly and tell them to hurry up or they will lose it.This usually makes them uncomfortable and they freeze.This works best when there is more than one of them and they are conferring between bids.Another one we did was when you knew someone who was going to bid against you.In the early days of mobile phones when they were like bricks with a loud ring,I would just get a mate to ring the other guy during the bidding to try and put them off.It might have worked once or twice but I do recall getting told to F/off aswell.

Luxury model etc !That is the sort of thing I have been on about with these part time judges.

Interesting AD thank you.If the claim on the summons differed from the letter before action was it not a futile claim anyway.

Anyway James,cracking awards photo on your site,that will not do you any harm.Also,as an example of what is typical with this job.There appears to be a big impressive pitch a couple of miles from you.If you are interested the ‘good ‘ news is that having checked their results,you will be doing better than them.

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