Arfur Dealy

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  1. This has to be a joke, what type of tasteless moron ruins a CL like that. I mean..... why ?
  2. 5 on your policy ? Are you limited to a specific number ? You need a policy which covers any vehicle in your control for Motor Trade purposes.
  3. I started at 15 as a Saturday boy site car washer, then a Petrol Pump Attendant, then Consol operator then became a Valeter at 16 at the same garage, when I passed my car test at 17 I bought my first PX, a Moggy slpit screen in dove grey... I was on £50 a week and I bought the Moggy for £150, sold it to a Dr for £800 out of the local paper on the Thursday the paper came out... Absolutely hooked from there on..
  4. Marc, are you a full time trader or just doing it on the side ?
  5. we can all deal with the knuckle draggers when we are busy, you simply and very quickly dismiss them. Its when you are quiet and waiting for genuine business you notice them more... This game is a Roller-Coaster.... Re "I don't know how he is still sane, the amount of tossers he has to deal with must be astronomical! " I absolutely agree, I did it for a good 4/5 years prior to the crash 2008 and sold a shed load of cars, but you are right tossers eventually drained me of the will to carry on doing it........
  6. Yeah, its saying "unauthorised access"...... Oh well...never mind
  7. I wouldn’t want to re visit the past. It was a successful period in my career, the thing is though I really hated the buyers, scumbags. Now, I simply want an easy life. Shill bidding is essential to make that model work, it’s easily done, however I’m really surprised they are still in business. Good luck to them.
  8. There's easy money in the bangers !!
  9. Shoveling up all the crap from BCA and re-auctioning it on eBay. Selling to those who just want "cheap" and they still neg him. Totally unfair in my book.
  10. Yeah, I know.... you don't need to tell me, I wake up every morning thinking how can I improve and simplify my video purchasing process. The problem is, the internet allows the extrinsically stupid (and they now have smart phones) to attempt communication when they have the inability to read the simplest thing, like the advert. I used to re-auction via no reserve auction between 30/50 cars per month on ebay prior to the crash 2008, just like Luke at Sterling Cars £400 net per car... He actually copied my business model, 40% of all auctions were wrecked by the greater majority last minute foreign named bidders who had no intention of owning the car, and I mean my head would drop when mo... or naz... was the winner.... Utter scumbags... Don't get me started in eBay.
  11. Mark, a different risk for tradewise, B2B..... I'm with them as well :0 Never claimed in years......
  12. Love the story, thanks Justin. I wouldn’t call myself stressing, that’s too hard, more real frustration with the quality of enquiries, or the lack of.
  13. Like I’m just used to being really busy, the last 2 months have been statistically my quietest, I’ve been low on stock and as “everyone” is saying finding it hard to buy.
  14. Ahhhh Sterling Cars Carswithnoreserve, been following them for years. I made my biggest profit last year on an E55 Estate, absolutely MINT it was, straight out of the box. The PX string went on for about 5 cars, all with great margins.....
  15. What I mean is, even with "please watch the full video presentation" written on the lead picture, in the description, repeatedly written everywhere they still don't seem to able to read.... Then I get the ones who say they've watched it but just want to "av a look" and "I would never pay you a deposit". It's getting to the point where I'm close to saying..... what part of "I only appoint confirmed buyers" do you not fucking understand. My buyers are great, they manage to hold a conversations in a bright and educated manner, they call say, Simon Ive just watch your video, I'm really impressed how can I pay the deposit :)..... That is exactly my aim. Very recently had one, spent 25 days in Thailand in March and April... Off to Corfu for the last two weeks of August I've got no problem being extreme, been that way for years........ I'm just getting frustrated
  16. For the last 7/8 weeks I'm just getting getting bombarded with morons & cretins, one after another, after another... It's really starting to annoy me and I'm just not being able to say the same fecking thing, time after time, after time...I'm losing all patience for these cretins and lack of tolerance levels are currently at 110%... I can see me getting negged soon !!
  17. I'm currently getting one after another, after another... It's really starting to annoy me, I'm just not being able to have the patience for these cretins.. I mean, how do they get through life being so fecking stupid.. My lack of tolerance levels are currently at 110%... I can see me get negged soon !!
  18. Justin, If only bigger companies taught their staff to take ownership instead of passing the buck.. just imagine how much easier everyone’s lives would be. It’s an excellent principle to run your business on.
  19. Any good runner with 12 months ticket is worth £800 imo
  20. I’ve run a few e320’s and yes they do buzz.
  21. When I met the other half, she told me she used to own a Vauxhall Fiesta. I still take the piss out of her now.... oh look there’s a Ford Vectra, oh look there’s a Vauxhall Mondeo.. the joke isn’t getting thin even after 10 years