David Horgan

Still sold it , hes collecting 12 pm Monday , no px though

Me too , £50 to scrap it . Told one customer two weeks ago it would cost him £50 to leave it with me

Just had a guy here looking at PX,ing his 2011 80k SRI Insignia 1.8 petrol estate , This car was black at one point but very MATT now , fairy liquid washing no doubt Covid extension on MOT expiries NOV 4th Service history was his brother he said as he's a mechanic , cant turn service light off as he hasn't got one of them Machines he says Then the smell was horrendous of Spaniel and left its honk of fox Shite , mud , hair , and every other filth its ever picked up . Brakes were more than ready for new discs and pads , Rear light was a plastic bag , Gear Box whining its nuts off as that 6 speed bag of shite does does Clutch needed two feet to press it down , Brother fitted it he said " I know what its worth matey he says " Go on then enlighten me i said , Bin offered £1,700 he said but its worth £2,000 We buy any car says its worth £1,600 but there robbers he goes on So i waited for him to shut up selling his scrap to me and said . Well £795 for a clutch , £800 for the gearbox , £400 to resurrect the paintwork , £150 for a back light unit , £200 to service it and MOT it , £350 to get it defumigated , £150 to valet it inside =£2850 plus the VAT =£3,414 , Does that explain why I value it at NOTHING . This post is for the amusement of fellow traders who have seen it all before . ALSO FOR THE PUBLIC WHO MIGHT READ THIS . LEARN FROM THE COMMENTS , If you car is a pile of scrap it will be valued as scrap . Service it , Clean It , Repair it when needed , keep the service records , MOT it on time ,DONT Let your dog take over the car , HOOVER it out , polish it , OWN It for the sake of your pocket . He's going to sell it private he says , £2,000 I'll get he assured me they think we ARE the CROOKS

Car sales is open in our tier 3 Notts .

Tax it with V5c2 Tony , when its sold tax it again with same V5c2 form . No problem .

Trouble we are all going to have now though Tony , is they are feeling like not leaving their county to see cars , this tier 1/2/3 idea seems to have the effect of making each county a barrier. .Had one ring today unsure if he can leave his county 35 miles away , I said "for gods sakes its not a civil war you know " we breathe the same air as Derbyshire" He's coming tomorrow if his wife says its ok bloody wimps

Were open as normal , People are still traveling to see us too

Its permanent export isn't it , Ive always sent the export notice in to DVLA . Customer wants V5 and V5 c2 , you send Export notice to DVLA to say its leaving the country . Right or not its never been an issue , but that only to France and Southern Ireland mind , Should be same though I would have thought . Advisor 1 is my vote

That shows your age Umesh But I too remember as well

0.57% is very high but world pay are in my view . Barclay Card are our suppliers , LOTS lower than 0.57% Bank transfers do work , get them to transfer £1 to you and it starts the process for a seamless transaction at point of sale we call the £1 the rule to open the account up before you arrive . Even a £1 shows commitment to purchase and it stops the problems of starting the whole transfer process as the sale gets to pay up time .

got to have trade account to bid a proxy bid . what auction company is it

Seen chains give up at anywhere between 30k and 60 k service or not . They must all have had one or more at some point Chains , tensioners , guides , oil pipes to turbo on the S , Piston rings , are main faults We've rebuilt these dreadful things many times , they can use oil like an oil tanker leaking and it doesn't show out the exhaust pipe , run that hot the bloody things burn it away . Rust , interior , and the rest as you say are fine .

46 mile test drive is the ECU learning its got issues again Chain stretched , happens on ALL those bloody engines ,

Working here my end James

That old cons not much use nowadays , public are wise to it being a con . lots of good stuff out there but that's for detailing specialists not dealers making money

Fast way to chuck money away I reckon . try it an see is one way . Puts your car up on top yes , but customers don't fall for that do they , if they want eg a BLUE VW Polo with 30k on the clock they will bypass your eg RED one at 46 k wont they no matter where its on Auto Trader

One careful Owner Hahah Had to be said Sorry

There are people about who do repairs , we've got one guy who stitches leather seams puts panels in and they match bang on even fetches the seat away and brings it back , about £70 /£100 depending . match that against a new seat , but only if you can find a repair guy though , swings n roundabouts really isnt it

we had a car in for a service a while back , Audi A6 , been to same Audi main dealer for 60, 000 miles . New owner brings it to us , took oil filter off and there was only tatters of the filament left , Never been changed we reckoned , Air filter same Clogged to death it was , Fuel filter never been touched . Main dealers with apprentices are my big nightmare for service history records . Joe public asks me about Main dealer services and I do have to have a slight smile .

No worries Johny As the others have agreed , and I stated , DONT go that way at all . there is better ways to make money in this industry without going there my friend

Risky game is that one Johny You have to make it very clear that a few things are at their risk , Insurance while in your care can be an issue as its not your stock is it . Warranty is also an issue as the previous owner will deny any fault existed profit margins can be contentious too as the owner wont understand the profit you need to even really think about selling it , "you sold my car for 8k why have i only got 6/7k for it " My advice is DONT do it , Sounds good but when the shite hits the fan its going down big time , all on your shoulders too Regards the accounting , its simple , you sold it on commission + VAT , return was x , profit Y plus the VAT charged to the owner

Customers don't give a hoot mate don't worry I have sold two this week with Massive HIGH prices on , one was wait for it £2,890 OVER Priced the other thing is their system don't take into account , rarity , Polish jobs , Cam Belts Full service history ,Colour , New tyres , and if you bring it up with them as i do regular they just say its all part of the customer journey and a discussion point .

Online is a new way of buying ,always bought a few online before but not all of them , be here a while I'm thinking so better get used to it . Bought nine today , my biggest problem is getting them here fast enough though delivery is so slow . Takes two weeks sometimes which caused a massive delay when it first started , so found we had to buy 10 extra and let it feed in so we had a constant supply arriving , if ever they deliver all together I'm stuffed for space LOL Transport prices have gone up too this week so that's upset me I do miss the cheapie bits we used to buy at physical auctions though for a bit of fun , See a Corsa etc and bid for a laugh to see what we could make out of it , was a guy at Notts who will be pleased to see us gone mind , he used to go nuts when he saw me looking at something he wanted as I nicked it on last bid , cant do that online . Different world now , fun and atmosphere has gone out of buying , but we've took to buying different stock and moved onwards .

Selling strong here too Rory , cant prep em fast enough