David Horgan

Send him a text with your name , vendor Number and car reg number , we trust our driver and give him the card account number . 9/10 times they ring us and ask if ok to let the car go . I just say its an ugly guy with one tooth and they are fine

Clutch has to be lined up properly when fitted ? Or it shakes Flywheel bolts tightened properly ? New Bolts ? New release Bearing fitted properly ? It was changed ?" Just a thought Might be a silly thought " But they did change the flywheel ? " one hopes . Things have been left in silly places as suggested , seen that many times . Annoying though isn't it when you've done the right thing

Acquaintance of ours says hes doing well Sold 9 on Sat he says and took 30k on the card terminal . Hows did that take place? i ask , simple he knocked £8,000 of the total take of 9 cars , Still thinks he did well all because hes had them too long . He forgets how much they have cost him to buy , Hasn't a bloody clue Makes me wonder how many more out there doing the same , Money turners NOT money earners Brags about his VAT bill being low WOW Duh Truth is his vat bill rent bill and £4,000 advert bill is due mmmmmmmm all at once .

My son started mechanics college a good few years ago now , Get into the college workshop and see the tutors , It was the tutors who placed my son in a place that was very beneficial to him and the garage . Told him he was wasting his time at college and started him two weeks after joining . The tutors don't recommend the idle good for nothings , and there's a few of those about , cant be arsed and never will be sorts , the good ones go to good homes , so knowing the tutors and showing interest gets results . That's from my son and not my assumption too . Only trouble with the good ones is they leave and set up on their own , so it can be a never ending circle with them . I just LOVE sacking these sorts , Come er son , pack your bags and get out NOW

I've done it with loads of them , they all do it DONT THEY

Tell em you have to slide the seat forward manually & Back again

Adrenaline Junkie's get back on the horse again & again & again . Once an adrenaline nut always one , A little excursion doesn't stop with a wee crying paddy fit and " I'm not playing anymore " By the way its worth Feck all now , Spot one of those that's had a whoppsy at 500 paces

Haha that's funny Mark

Only one response to deaf wheelchair driver guy . FUC# OFF

I'll come and buy a car from you then shall as a mystery shopper , Milk or dark , Red or white ?

My wife asked that They said i was a nice guy and not a salesman , They had some bad experiences with pushy boys at big outlets So the chocolates were a genuine gift , But my wife has stolen them Daughter in law took the wine

Had four cars a little to long in my opinion , thought Bugger it I'll put them up , always works when I get that fuzzy feeling in my head 1 , £12,495 to £12,995 , =6 weeks 2 , £12, 295 to £12,695 =5 weeks 3 , £4,795 to £4,995 =4 weeks 4, £3,290 to £3,495 =9 weeks That was two days ago , AT shown increased attention on all 4 Web site trackers shown increased attention too . Today we have sold all four cars before 11am £1,100 better off and they never chipped us . Even got two bottles of wine and a box of chocolates As I've said before , Funny old trade at times . Anyone do this trick on a regular basis , Customers know best sometimes .

Best px we ever had was Guy was worried about the 200 mile journey on the train to collect his new car from us . I said you mentioned your scrapping your old car and will it make the journey ? yes he said but its scrap , NO Prob i said i would scrap it from here for you . Long story short he arrives and I didn't even look at his car till after he had gone . Picanto 6 yrs old 28,000 miles with history he had it from new , it was so filthy he didnt see it was unmarked under the muck , Sold it retail and its still around today . Had a stupid one this week though . Guy comes in for a daughter car , her Yaris is getting on , we have the usual fight over values and finish up at £300 for it 04 70k same family from new . Arranged deposit £300 and collection on Monday , this morning she had accident in the yaris , its written off , Can we still collect the new car on Monday with the same agreement of £4800 balance he said , NO your balance just moved to £5,100 because the Yaris will go to the scrap yard . He still doesn't get it . Weird times were in

BCA do post the charges , but only the private buyers fees , only ever have done , Silver /Gold /Platinum & Black have never been displayed

Aston Barclay are the cheaper , because you don't have to start at the bottom of the buyers pile , same fees for all buyers

RS it was , I still cant understand the no profit thing though , That's for sure ,

Only one sensible answer to profits isn't there As much as possible is the truthful answer . More on some and less on others is the blinding truth , If you get the calculator out , pye charts , graphs and all the rest of the calculations regarding % this and % that , you are doomed I say doomed ****eg ******Golf TSI in the block other day , Needed two bumpers painting , 4 tyres , three wheel refurbs , BCA assured pointed to manifold problem and it rattled on start up , Needs chain then . Retail it would fetch £8295 tops at age and mileage . Spend if you do it yourself , is around £600 /£900 depending on what sort of tyres needed , Made £7250 OUCH , + fees and report out the door say £7600 ish Assume the wheels are not going to be done , 2 month MOT left lets leave that , Switch EML light off "await warranty call " as going to deny manifold and chain was faulty and Paint is done £200 if cheap Tyres have no choice as 2mm only So £200, still makes it £8,000 on the showroom floor + advert , +valet , as a min that takes £200 which now makes £8200 and still a mess really plus it needs chain and manifold . saw it up at £8495 Now thats two months ago , still for sale , but now its £7595 , clearly this so called trader has forgotten what he paid or it . ****Another last week ***. Megane , local guy to us paid £16,500 on hammer plus fees , needed MOT , Service and new tyres 3mm rear 1mm front , Its on sale at £17,295 , I wanted to sell it at £16,495 and that was on the high side really plus I like to earn money out of it ,so shows what he paid over book for the bloody thing . Then tries to gross about £300 out of it . Be £99 left after Advert , MOT , VAT , and a wash Funny trade at present

On Any MOT cert thats missing on cars we have bought I have just printed the MOT history papers off the GOV site CHECK MOT HISTORY " MOT History " in fact we check every MOT History on all cars purchased . Give that to customer as it gives Expiry date as well . Not a certificate anymore really is it , all been online for ages now .

if your VAT registered then yes .the fee is subject to VAT on top of the charge you said to the owner .

Trader friend of ours , sold a car £9,495 on credit card . 4 months later its back with 9k on clock stating its not fit for purpose , Customer got money back from Credit card company minus usage £450 , the car is a bloody mess , wheels kerbed , paint damage , cig burn in seat , stinks of weed , all tyres changed for ditch finders cheap stuff . Total set up it was . His fault though , hard lesson , costly lesson , Anyone NEW TO CARDS , Remember , DONT Take CREDIT cards EVER , As Jason above says , £1 you could be in trouble , a YEAR later Too

Barclay card with Payzone are offering some great rates . Money in day after and moving very soon to same day or next day depending what time the money was took . Tip for keeping track like trade vet has said is "end of day bank every deal " and write every card transaction reg and name of card holder in a book next to the terminal , hi light every amount when end of day has been done then you can trace every payment , "simples " . Used to use Transax but got a little expensive , Barclay card was half . Terminal is £19-£25 and % is negotiable , depends on how much you take i suppose . TOP TIP , Never take money on the phone EVER , NEVER EVER got It NEVER take money over the phone , PIN only . Take a deposit over the phone of no more than your prepared to lose is GOOD advice I take £100 ONLY on the phone , NO exceptions EVER

Phew that's great news , Don't panic Mr Mannering any more Seriously , we can laugh now , pleased the money is with you Tony .

Buy It Now Car Auction mmmmmm BUT with fixed prices even more of an mmmmmmmm Thinks we smell Bull S dont you ? Some poor smuck is going to fall for this scam , then be on here with bleeding hearts , going on about how it should always be straight and above board . Bet the deposits are fun to get back when the cars not there

BCA is bending over to the vendors , brown nosing all the way , Vendors have taken over the running of the sites , this is where the problems are coming from regards car parking for us traders . Vendors want to keep us away from viewing and listening to the cars in my opinion and buy online , add up the online fees 40,000 cars at online buyers charge , min staff needed , No cafe to run , cut down on girls on the windows taking payments and eventually no need for expensive auctioneers either , Vendors made BCA notts build new halls so supermkt buyers didn't have to walk from one hall to another so they spent a cool million putting two new halls back to back to keep the powers that be happy . they cant just be happy and leave it as it is , each new generation has to interfere . Next generation will wonder why its not working , and reinvent a new system of lets invite traders to bid on site again , we could even put a thing called the auctioneer on a stool to take bids Funny world isnt it

Reading this thread makes me love my card terminal Cash thats 4 days in unknown cyber space would really make my blood boil I dont trust people now days to pay unless it in my bank showing up on the screen or chip and pin debit they are NOT leaving