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Thank you,I get it.

Am I reading this right,you have to pay a fee to be nominated for these awards ?

Granted,but if some dealer goes ‘tits up’ having received an award (which they have milked ) and then not paid off p/x finance settlements etc.Those punters would be very unhappy.......Anyway it was only one or two I am on about.

I agree the award is bullshit,it is about ‘punter credibility’ and I am sure you will make good use of it.When we supplied cars for a Bond movie ,we made sure the story was prominently displayed in our advertising. I just think the judges might take a little bit more care in future when vetting one or two of the nominations.

Worst case scenario etc. Carney knows what he is doing,his contract has just been extended,maybe he wants to be fired.He is a Goldman Sachs guy,some people might say that any Wall St guys ( he will know a lot)could make money shorting stock having prior knowledge of these statements.

You are right,your award is genuine.What we had was a big banner up on the warehouse wall back in 04,claiming we had been awarded some fair dealer award.If I did that now I think I would get an image generated of the staff collecting the award from some tabloid celebrity impersonator at the Albert Hall.I would then have the trophy and the photo displayed in the office. All harmless bullshit.

I hope they do,however having looked at the nominations,it is evident that a few of them ( including the judges) have not considered their bottom line. One or two appear to me to be technically insolvent. However the guy running Yorkshire Vehicle Solutions must be some player,he definateley knows what he is doing considering they don’t appear to have been established that long.Congratulations to him ( and the guys on here) If you want an award,I still say,just do your own.I have done it,I had a big banner with a rosette on our big wall.It was there for years,no one ever queried it.

The vast majority of punters do not want to buy stuff with visible stone chips and scratches.They don’t want friends and neighbours pointing them out.I have often made the mistake of leaving the odd stone chip on a bonnet to save money and it hasn’t sold. You then find later by getting it painted,it sells.

So to self nominate for an award I am presuming you have to provide your trading accounts,details of trading partners,photos of premises,your ‘unique selling point’,evidence of good deeds etc...........or maybe not.

It’s all about the bottom line.How you get there is up to you,some people want big mark ups but historically the guys with pitches who work on sensible margins always appear to do better over time.It appears to me that a lot of people maybe doing business but they are infact treading water and deep in debt.

Are you being serious !,sounds to me like it must have been a ‘Robert Magabe’ voting system. I look forward to seeing who has won what. Thank you Nick,glanced at the nominations,no Motor Point or even Car Giant who have the biggest pitch in the world and do 1000 per week,also no AD for video/business model etc,very interesting.

Are you being serious !,sounds to me like it must have been a ‘Robert Magabe’ voting system. I look forward to seeing who has won what.

OK. However,if you do come into contact with these guys in the future,you must factor in that these people can be typical public sector jobsworths and hate the likes of us.It is better to tell them what they want to hear. I had one guy over a 20 year period who constantly picked fault with us for the smallest things.

I have to tell you James,it is not a good idea to tell a local government Trading Standards Officer that they are wrong.

+ their bullshit and arse covering which I find worse.

What about the old Mini that Jason Bourne got a lift in across Europe in midwinter.Never owned a Mini as good as that but I am sure the soundtrack ‘Extreme Ways’ had something to do with it.

Your not kidding.Cheapies are easy to sell,but the potential liability for legitimate dealers is far reaching.Product liability,road safety issues,contributory negligence claims apart from CRA stuff.Then of course a kean VAT inspector might take an interest in the p/x’s and then the names and addresses on their sales invoices which could turn out to be fictitious.Bingo !,they will just make a large assessment and you will have to prove otherwise.......However if you are on benefits and live in council accomodation and have zero assets,no vat,then selling cheapies probably works.

Wow,you actually drove them !

Nobody said they liked them ! It was about supply and demand.

£750 + vat ,that needs to go on Twitter or whatever.

More like door steppers door stepper ! I thought It was James telling Rory !

I don’t think my dream car would qualify,62 to 64 Reliant Regal 3 wheeler.If you were lucky enough to get one of them in the late 60’s and advertised it in the evening local rag,punters would queue during the night to view the next morning.Because they only manufactured a handful each week,the used ones actually increased in value.I was 16 at the time and the first one in the queue always bought and asked for delivery.You only heard from the punter again when they asked a few months later if you would buy it back because they could not drive it.We just gave them back virtually what they paid and put the price up..........all unbelievable (and uninteresting) to most of you guys.

If it was a proper courtesy car, I think the customer would be automatically insured through the dealers trade policy.If the dealer just lent out a car,then they probably had a duty of care to check that their customer had third party cover to drive another vehicle.Long ago to get round any potential problems,I used to issue the customer with a purchase invoice for the loan car, then when they returned it,I would bin the invoice.

Thank you Mark.However,we do have an email from AT saying we do not have to do anything.We just have to remember to load up the extra stock.

5+2 deal £450 +vat,about £2 per car per day......Sign up now and they should give you a 10+4 deal for Dec and Jan for the same money.