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The guys on the pitch this morning were considering getting a new battery for a late Focus,how much for this new type of battery.....£120,but a little cheaper from Euro Parts.

Hi Andy You retailed 230 last year and 34 in January from a pitch all on your own......That is incredible,well done.......All I would say is ,make sure they are all recorded ,you don’t know who is reading this forum...

Light blue jump suit ?

I agree also,I have an idea,maybe we could contact Channel 4 and pitch for a new motors show ‘Challenge Andy ‘based on the Challenge Anica concept........Only joking Andy,I know there is profit in risky stuff,providing of course you bin the bad ones early...which it appears you do.

Good painters who do trade work are hard to find.If you have one,look after them and pay them well and on time because often traders give them a hard time, so they pack in and do something else.Painting cars is an awful job,when you think about it,if you had a paint shop,you would not want to do trade work when you can easily undercut the big paint shop guys who charge £500 a panel .....So IMO if there is a bit of overspray just deal with it.

Hi BHM Take a look at the stock at this pitch in Dartford,it’s called AMC cars,it just proves my point,are these some of the most expensive cars in the U.K......They appear to do well,can you imagine the punters they will get....Good luck to them.

To most of us,it is maybe worth £700 on a very good day.However,I have had first hand experience selling stuff like that in South London.It was a while ago,but super low mileage old stuff with history under £3k would sell quickly,especially autos.However,it took us 2 years to find that out having previously tried everything else under £10k.I see this one is in Dartford which is not that far away from where we were in Dulwich,they will probably sell it !

I think he said it was a proper punter who bought it who saw it as a future classic.Beats me,it’s like my daughter who knows nowt is telling me 3dr Rav 4s,740 Volvo estates and Hyundai Coupes have a following.

Back in November I was at BCA and I watched a trader I know from Harrogate buy ( on a hunch )an 03 75 Ambassador diesel Auto estate with leather about 70k unwarranted,no reserve etc,but it looked fairly original.I think he paid £400 hammer down for it.I recall saying let me know how you get on with that......He did ,it was right mileage ,2 owners......and I think he got £2500 for it !

I think you have to take care how you now describe ex lease stuff. Our guys might now use the phrase ‘one former keeper’,Arval leasing company etc. rather than ‘one owner ex company car ‘which we have used for years which could now be construed as having one driver since new.

Yes ! , better still buy a few shares ,we could call ourselves BCA shareholders action group.We could charge traders a set fee per complaint,can you imagine ..........

Just picked up another 2000 at 187p.....May help in arguments with them about misdescriptions etc...We currently have two cases to talk to them about,left messages Friday but no response yet....as they do.Will keep you informed !

Hi Rich I would tread very carefully.The Dennis Buyacar ltd last set of accounts show a deficit of £1m on the previous year ! It appears to be run by accountants,that does not make sense. I hope you have not entered into some unfair contract written in legalese wherebye when you pull out,they will be able sue you.....sorry but being in this job all these years makes me think this way !

Thank you Umesh,that will be it............It will be interesting to see what happens in the long term,if this class action succeeds and the claim chasers get involved etc.....what a potential liability !

Does anyone know why Motorpoint share price is up 10% in the last week.It is interesting when you consider they sell ex daily rental cars and the recent court rulings and class action on behalf of punters who have bought ex hire cars,I would have thought they were a sell.

Good news for Kwik Fit fitters !

BCA are doing record business,so I have just picked up 3000 shares at 191.5p,if they drop to 187p,I will do the same again.

Jimbo You have to understand that it is difficult to sell cars privately.Sellers get fed up quite easily.I would just tell them who you are and compliment them on their car and explain you cannot pay them the asking price.Tell them to call you back if they don’t have any luck and if they agree to a price,you will pay them quickly and they will never see you again.....Don’t low ball them from the outset,that is a bad move....It worked for me,but I have to admit,it was some time ago.

Alfasud........now they were crap !

From what you say,there is no need for you to buy from auctions.If you are only buying one or two per week,if you put the effort in you can pick them up from private sellers.Ebay,Gumtree,AT or local newspapers,just speak to the sellers and you will be able to establish who are genuine,you should be able to buy 10% of the cars you go to look at.

What price range are you in,have you got a pitch or premises,sounds like you only need 3 or 4 each week.What area are you in.

Hi Jimbo I think for the guys to respond,you need to provide more info.How many do you need to buy per week,what do you sell,do you just buy on price etc.You need to learn how to bid first,because there are some good auctioneers out there . There is so much you need to know,the things that go on.For example when I am bidding against an amateur ( which could be you )and I know the auctioneer is going to help them along.I have sometimes just gone and stood next to them, bid quickly and told them to hurry up and bid which confuses them and you get a quicker knockdown.I could go on and on.

Just been discussing these prices to Cap etc.Our guy has an interesting theory.Who benefits from these ‘way over ‘ book results.What is it to stop the bigger auction groups from reporting misleading results to Cap/Glasses.We mainly use BCA and they must appear to be heroes to their major vendors for achieving what must be ‘way over ‘ reserve results time and again.Surely Cap cannot be so inept to get their valuations so wrong month on month without receiving misinformation

That makes my 57 14k poverty model Fiesta out of BCA last week cheap at hammer down £1975 !

Robins and Day were fined because of the way they described the car .From now on the ‘big guys’,can no longer describe these 6 month old ex hire cars as one owner,one company owner or give an impression that it has only had one main user as opposed to multiple users.They must now make it clear,that they are selling an ex hire car.I would imagine the first keepers name on the doc can no longer be recorded as an abbreviation disguising the name of the hire company.Disguising ex hire cars has gone on for years,I can recall buying late model Montegos ( remember them) ex hire cars and they were recorded as being owned by British Aerospace.Austin Rover was owned by British Aerospace and you could describe them as ex management cars .While most of us on here don’t sell nearly new ex hire stuff,this ruling could be good news for us because the ‘big guys’ like Motorpoint could lose a lot of business.