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No sense of humour then. If they are allowing you to sell and fit tyres,that is servicing,just get on and open up.They are not going to close you down ( unless of course you are involved in stealing and supplying mopeds and selling mugging wearables and accessories )...da ...da ...da. Good Luck.

Marc...Is this a 56 Zetec 33k one owner being sold by a Commercial Dealer in Wishaw who is a Ltd company !

I think I am with Sparky and co,why would you,the chances are it will be a ‘ wrongun ‘.We have all been there......Case in point,my brother in law ( who knows little about our job )against my advice sees a cheap car on EBay.The seller was apparently a very nice guy who runs a garage workshop.So,he pays £200 deposit on PayPal and flys down to Southampton.He goes to the workshop meets the guy,pays the balance and drives back.It was a nice car and very cheap but several weeks later the Police took it from him.It had only been parked up at the garage while the owner was abroad after having some job done and the docs were left inside.The seller was someone who had only worked there 5 mins. and then did a runner.......I had to laugh ! Hi Marc If you are doing up to £3000 stuff may I enquire which area do you operate from.I happen to think that you always buy stock.

I think I am with Sparky and co,why would you,the chances are it will be a ‘ wrongun ‘.We have all been there......Case in point,my brother in law ( who knows little about our job )against my advice sees a cheap car on EBay.The seller was apparently a very nice guy who runs a garage workshop.So,he pays £200 deposit on PayPal and flys down to Southampton.He goes to the workshop meets the guy,pays the balance and drives back.It was a nice car and very cheap but several weeks later the Police took it from him.It had only been parked up at the garage while the owner was abroad after having some job done and the docs were left inside.The seller was someone who had only worked there 5 mins. and then did a runner.......I had to laugh !

New trader policy for road risks and retail premises cover that tick all their boxes,I doubt any well known insurers annual premium would be less than £3k.

This is all very helpful,but in my experience ( it’s not like Judge Rinder) when you are in a small claims court defending yourself and you have some disgruntled Judge they may not be so reasonable towards a car dealer whatever defence you have.These people (lawyers and barristers )acting as Judges know you will not appeal......please tell me I am wrong. I once defended a small claim involving estate agents inflated fees.The judge took a dim view and I was ticked off for bringing a solicitor,we lost.Likewise,I once went with my wife to defend a small claim on behalf of her elderly father.The claimants sent an Irwin Mitchell solicitor,again the judge was not impressed and dismissed the claim.....things may have changed !

This is all very helpful,but in my experience ( it’s not like Judge Rinder) when you are in a small claims court defending yourself and you have some disgruntled Judge they may not be so reasonable towards a car dealer whatever defence you have.These people (lawyers and barristers )acting as Judges know you will not appeal......please tell me I am wrong.

We have signed up to Click Dealer and they are building our new site.They have already spent a couple of hours with us providing relevant info.They appear switched on as people have said on here.We are doing a min Autotrader deal to get our new pitch started as we are on a main road and have a highly visible pitch .We intend to rotate the stock on Autotrader.We have been offered a 5+2 deal which appears to workout at just over £2 per day per car.We will see how it turns out.

I love these corporate press releases....’ some quality bullshit there’.......as CJ used to say to Reggie Perrin at Sunshine Deserts ‘I didn’t get to where I am today without recognising bullshit when I see it’.

Hi Phil I notice you have not commented on CAP valuations and the rumour about collusion with Auction groups.Seeing the bonus being paid to the BCA CEO,the CAP guys should invoice her for £10m.

I agree,she must be a good player,she probably negotiated the targets herself.However what happens when the major leasing companies and other big vendors work out that their guaranteed 98% of CAP return on entries is a crap deal when most of their stuff is doing £500 to £1000 into CAP. When you think about it ,with their buyers fees plus their sales profit above 98% of Cap,they must be grossing £1500 on a lot of their entries......It just needs CAP to wake up with their valuations and the bubble will burst and she will be gone ( with a big pay off).

BCA have disclosed that their CEO earned £29m last year with over £28m in bonuses.She must have stitched up the remuneration committee or they must be a set of donkeys.

Thank you AD....you are right,when I got my first pitch,I also got the ‘sheepskin’.I think I wore it only once or twice because the other traders in the street had proper ‘sheepskins’.I was getting comments like ‘ nice cheapskin’ son.

I am knock,knock knocking on Heavens Door and according to my wife....MAD.We have our old pitch from long ago which has become vacant and I cannot find anyone credible from any trade to take it on because they say it is too expensive.Since I last used it,it has been a double glazing showroom and lately a posh cycle shop.Its on a very busy 4 exit roundabout next to a new large shopping park,it is a cracking pitch,9 car frontage,23 car showroom........Anyway,get to the point,I am going to reopen it.I thought it would cost about 5 grand to get it ready.Already gone past 10 grand and still 4 weeks away. I have found opening new accounts with people I have been with for over 40 years takes ages.Additional Bank account,card machines,HPI,BT,BCA,websites ,regulatory stuff and getting appropriate insurance cover.( we only had buildings cover ).Apparently Business Insurance Regs have changed in 2016.Reams of so many rediculous questions like ‘has there been any arson in the area recently’....my answer ‘ probably last night,it is central Newcastle.’...da da da....I will keep you posted and will probably be asking you guys for advice !

Track Cars,Range Rovers,Renault Dealerships,lawyer girlfriend ( they always are) tall,long grey hair ( pony tail maybe and red trousers )......I have no idea,are you sure it was not one of the Dirty Rotten Scoundrels...Good Luck.

Ha Ha....I could believe that,do you remember he had that overseas bank account in his dogs name which he had forgotten about,I think it had £1m in it .He got away with it,I think HMRC cocked up the prosecution.

Albert in a 306.I think he was 6’4”.It must have been his gardeners or something,I would see him in his new 500SL....nowt wrong with 306s by the way,we sold hundreds of them,mostly ex Police patrol cars.

Nice one.,the things that went on in the old days you would not believe anyway ...But yes of course.since 2000....I can also bore you with many tales about punters good and bad to auctions far and wide,finance companies,Payment Protection and clawback,Trading Standards,paint and workshops,bungs,main dealers,HMRC,accountants/ solicitors cock ups,leases,pitches good and bad,staff problems,past glories with advertising,small claims cases won and lost,dealings with banks,insurance companies,DIY warranties,dealing with traders and all the characters good and bad I have come across........anything I have missed ?

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I am so pleased Mr Northard has surfaced.The guys on here are the front line,straight talking,trade entrepreneurs who mostly make up Manheim customers ( I have to declare I am mainly a BCA Guy).I think you should come on here more often and join in the banter.You could take notice of us more than these franchised dealership suits many of whom could not value a 12 year old Micra.I have predicted that diesel stuff will rise.Not very PC but what are your thoughts and of course the continued failure of CAP to follow the market which impacts retailers doing finance deals.Low CAP values must be great for those auction groups guaranteeing vendors 97% of CAP Clean.You buy stuff now and it could be a grand over CAP Clean and you have bought a cheap car.What is going on,we would like to hear your thoughts......So thank you again.

Wife just reminded me about this.Was in between pitches and selling a few from the door.As it was an old imposing house with a drive and large garage / workshop and by far the best house in the street,selling stuff was easy.The neighbours never noticed until one complained they were getting callers asking about an XR3.They knew I was a dealer and I explained I was selling a few cars but never had an XR3.It turned out the XR3 was a solicitors wife’s car who lived down the street.Of course they never complained to him.Without my knowledge they collectively made an embellished complaint to the council.A council guy called and because he could not see any cars ( they were in our garage) he said just carry on......After that our landline would regularly ring in the middle of the night.This was when my daughter was in the middle of her A level exams.In those days BT would not help as nuisance calls were not an offence.When the phone rang I would dial up neighbours with my mobile to see if it was them.( none of them had mobiles ).....It was none of the ones we suspected.There was a very proper ( nice ) elderly lady and very ‘ churchie’ who lived on her own several doors away.She was related to a friend ......turned out to be her.

You could always try the Manheim / Cox/ DA Head of External Relations

You have done well,if they are building 300 houses nearbye the value of yours will rocket especially if it is front line.

Hi CC Stew If you are in Cambois,is that not in the Enterprize Zone.If so,you could probably open a brothel aswell.You cannot have many neighbours unless things have changed.

Why was it 2 grand ?