Arfur Dealy

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  1. Tradewise, isn't a direct insurer. You need to contact your broker who will then deal with Tradewise on your behalf.
  2. Practical Classics has a a lot to answer for.... You are sat at the airport lounge, plane delayed with 5 pints of stella weekening the blood.....next thing you are in Smiths looking at Magazines......Before you know it a classic car mag is in your hand and some ebay bottom feeder is grinning because he's sold his (bin) 1.3 escort (rs turbo look a like ) on ebay to a newbie from Bradford for 20k.........You know the story
  3. Crazy in my book I remember having a couple of Metro Turbos, great fun, along with a Renault 5 Gordini Turbo..... Nissan Cherry Europe with the Alfa engine....
  4. January very steady with 15 I always seem to manage one every 2/3 days. Target 150 a year
  5. Do the right thing and take it straight to the breakers, make sure you see it crushed No offence intended
  6. Diesel estates are my bread and butter, I’ve not noticed a drop off of sales, lots of buyers need an estate and they’re aren’t hardly any 10 year old petrols available. The 10 year old prestige diesel estate market IMO is alive and kickin... Plus I’m still nicking a couple a week on the block..
  7. Overspray isn't acceptable, its unprofessional. It means poor prep and the sprayer isn't taking pride and doing his job right. Totally not acceptable in my book.
  8. Sadly, her number comes up with a siren warning when I am In the pub....Looking forward to this Sunday, with an afternoon of beer, Pool and watching the Rugby. She knows Ill be "well jolly" when I get home
  9. You get 3 calls from the same number within 3 minutes with no voicemail....
  10. Its a 13 years old and its winter......All of my cars have condensation on the screen.
  11. Took a deposit over the phone on Sunday. Billy had been out looking all day, then looked further afield and watched my video of my 320d M Sport...... I'd shown the cup-holder worked properly in the video....Bang car sold !! Lady had looked at two 3-Series both with broken cup holders, apparantly she likes to drink coffee on the way to work......
  12. My guys always have a backlog, so giving them extra work would delay preparation even longer, not sure if I would redeem the cost...
  13. I Mot and PDI everything. I show all the service stamps in the video (if applicable). Very very rarely do I get it serviced.
  14. Max, yeah...... we know all of the above and we all sell accordingly, you have missed the point of my post. Everyone does business which has been initiated by email and we all embrace, we would be mad not to. I have been a business trading on ebay since 2002, with in excess of 3300 with 100%. Sadly, over the years the quality of the clientele has changed massively. My post is specifically about abuse from a moron, it is not about a lesson in how to answer an email.
  15. Twelve for me so far all with good margins. Very pleased
  16. A green giant of vast knowledge, how do you know it’s random ?? I had to do one last week and it didn’t work till I got to 7.... maybe this is on older V5 ‘s? I agree that last few have just gone through on a 0. We
  17. Thanks for the information:) What about diesel smoking..... surely that is a death penalty..... ?
  18. Tip It’s easy, the ref # on the front page is the same as the v5/2 ref apart from the first number is missing........ Simply try each number from 0-9 until you find the correct one