trade vet

EV Batteries. A guy I know was telling me last week about his new car,the way punters do.He has bought a £30k Nissan Leaf and thinks it is great.You can imagine my reaction.This guy would have paid list price.So I asked him if he leased or owned the batteries,can you believe he didn’t know.

I agree Nick,we also subscribe to Cap I watched it on line,the BCA catalogue valuation was £9100,sold hammer down £8700 Ring Bedford,it was Lot 86 UKCG Premium section today,can’t remember the colour but it was 13k and 61 plate I only watched out of interest after reading what you said yesterday.However I did get a cheap diesel high mileage high spec 14 Mondeo Estate Business Edition there today for just over £5000.You guys probably think that is expensive because who buys diesels !.....If I see any more descent hybrids up north,I will let you know.

Hi Nick Out of interest....Just watched a 61 Auris Hybrid with 13k do £8700 ,4 below Cap Clean at Bedford Was that not cheap.?

Yeah....Yeah .....Yeah !

I see ,inner London ULEZ commencing April or pay £17.50 per day to use your current car within the zone........Just thinking how you could beat this London crap.Surely this does not apply to taxis which I think are now deregulated.If you were driving into London every day,could you not just buy a taxi licence over the counter in Berwick on Tweed. Then buy a cheap Mondeo and sign up to a local mini cab firm on the outskirts of London to work very part time. You could technically record and bank £150 of bogus fares per month.Cheap car,plus good tax relief etc,no emission charges,better than spending daft money on an expensive Hybrid.......not very PC of course.

No it’s not,Tom says he has a ‘site ‘whatever that means.Come on Tom where is your ‘site’ ?

It depends what area you are in.Inner London traders would ask £2000 for that.Where we are £700 with a new ticket.

Testers cock up involved.....it happens........but 7 grand for 13 90k Auris,is that cheap? OK it’s a Hybrid but if that was up north etc. Regional differences must apply here. Good Luck.

It’s not just getting stuff delivered which is a problem.It is getting them pulled on site.We had three to collect at Blackbushe and the wagon driver was held up for nearly 4 hours.This resulted in us being surcharged 50% and our transport company being well out of pocket.Same chaos at Bedford,I have complained of course to BCA but don’t expect a reply.( I have suggested they should be liable for the surcharge considering their extortionate buyers fees).

I don’t think so.I recently opened an additional on line account and it involved posting the application to Manchester or somewhere.

Thank you,we will get one.

I thought I saw a hybrid camera with a microphone in the reflection on the Jag door !

Hi James I have just watched your Jag video.A couple of months ago I was impressed with your videos.I think they are even better now.You certainly put the effort in.From a buyers perspective,your punter friendly voice over language is what they want to hear and well delivered.I also like the leafy back ground on the demo,it adds credibility.I will get my guy to take a look for ideas,unfortunateley our new ‘ old pitch ‘ is downtown.May I ask what type of camera you use.

I don’t think so,but in future if you could refer to the case number and location it may help.

Hi Nick I agree,except in this case the guy befriended Barry and then contrived to stitch him up.Every now and then in this job you find your have been ‘bowler hatted’.That is often where a periferal dealer mascarading as a private punter on behalf of another dealer,trades in a swapper which turns out to have serious problems.You then see your car being advertised by the dealer nearbye.That is why I wanted Barry’s case details in case I get ‘bowler hatted’ again.

Hi Barry. This is a game changer,well played.Would it be possible for you to quote the court location and case number.

Hi Dirty Barry Very interesting,but I think we need a bit more info please because it does not appear to stack up.Some people might say you were negligent by not checking out the swapper.How is a punter not connected to the trade qualified to describe the condition of his p/x.What did the judge say when summing up the case.

The thing is,if your clever dick customer searches out your guys ltd co. at Companies House and the Articles of Association doesn’t allow for dealing in the sale of motor vehicles,there could be a problem.I am uncertain but this may be grounds for a void sale and a refund.I hope I am wrong and it doesn’t happen.

The plot thickens,a third party business was involved in the transaction.This is interesting,is the partners business a Ltd co.

Hi Selfi. This bloke has probably done this before with other transactions.He is probably some college lecturer type or civil servant.Tell him you are skint anyway and can’t afford to help.Have I missed something,you are a doorstep trader with a card machine ?

Remember Comet,white goods sold for cost price or less except it was compulsory for customers to take out the add ons.I think it was new consumer law that killed them.

I hope you have logged the incident and put a heatgun training programme in place.

They can’t cancel your account for no good reason.They won’t,or you could probably do them for loss of profit,missed opportunities,hurt feelings etc etc

Hi Mistermuttley When the auction cocks up as in this case,they should owe you a cheap car ( or quick knock).Auction contract law states when the hammer comes down you have bought the merchandise.They are in breach of contract and treated you as a soft touch.Offering you a free on line buyers fee is not good enough.In the past,I have been involved on several occasions where the auction has made a mistake and were pleased to resolve the matter by owing me a favour which they have honoured.This goes on all the time.I recall the last time it happened to me,an auctioneer brought down the hammer then said ‘ provisional’,I called to him there and then in front of the rostrum and told him that I had bought the car.I think he said ‘we will sort it out later’ and that is what happened. I think you should get back onto them and let us know how you get on. Regarding your profit margins,if you can get by on low margins that is OK.This business is full of people who always take big money out of deals when the reality is completely different.

I would like to see the t&c’s and disclaimers on dent and scratch protection.How much extra per month was it for these add ons.I hope you told them to stick it .....I am meeting a guy tomorrow to discuss my idea for administering ‘ customer care packages’ for under l£10 p/w.Add ons do help but they have to appear good value to the punters.