BHM

+1. A poorly written advert would be off-putting to me. Conversely, when I receive emails in abysmal "text speak" I just hit the delete key.

Sorry but I disagree. Nutters are to be ignored, dance to their tune & you play by their rules. Operate a straight business & you'll sell. If you think you can please 100% of people 100% of the time then I'm afraid you're in for a disappointment.

Hi, I'm going to come at this from a different angle - DO NOT SEARCH YOUR COMPANY NAME & READ REVIEWS IF YOU ONLY EXPECT YOUR EGO MASSAGED!! You WILL soon be disappointed. The last time I searched my details, a couple of years ago, I was horrified at what I read. Apparently I'm rude (true, but only to arseholes), my cars aren't immaculate (no shit Sherlock!, most of mine are under £3K) and there was one reviewer who I'd only communicated via eBay email apparently didn't like me refusing to give him the personal details of a previous owner. The fact I'd asked him something along the line of "Would you expect me to forward your details to any internet weirdo who requested them?" didn't go down too well with him He was such a "real man" he put the same review on 5 or 6 websites. I guess he had a big stiffy on thinking he was going to wreck my business, because that's the mentality of these spineless cretins. HONESTLY WHITESTONE, PAY NO ATTENTION TO REVIEWS - THE POPULATION OF THE UK IS ABOUT 63 MILLION - DO YOU THINK ALL 63,000,000 WILL READ THE REVIEW AND GIVE A FUCK ABOUT IT? There is no such thing as bad publicity & I used to have a laugh with buyers who mentioned the reviews. Forget it & don't read it again. Simples.

Three weeks ago I was whining that I'd sold nowt in nearly a fortnight then 3, 3 & this week 5. It is dead & the five I've sold this week have, oddly & gratefully enough, been 'sticky' scruffy old shitters that I thought nobody wanted, but they were cheap & five cheapies sold has made a very nice wage. I cannot weigh up this game though. 5 cars I've had stuck around for a while then in one week the only cars I sell are the errr...cars nobody wants. Very odd.

Snap. You can't force a customer to buy what they don't want to! The DVLA can do what it likes, the post office is 50yds from me & the DVLA is via the internet and that's good enough from me.

To bloody true. The reputation bit is absolute bollocks or certainly is at the lower end of the market. A saving of £100 up the road on a similar car (but no history etc. etc.) will have the average greedy price-centric punter scurrying along & stuff you! I've seen it a number of times & even when they've bought a shitter they a still not happy with your prices.

+1 absolutely. Tbh the days of making money with eBay auctions are long gone. The private man is back to shitting himself with auctions.

Yes

The last 5 or 6 auctions I've attended I have bought nothing. I CAN buy crap just to fill spaces but the level of crap that's getting traded-in is too bad even for me. And on a rare trip to Leeds I found they now don't let you have the keys, , you can't get in them, you can't open bonnets & the driver's won't even allow you to try the electric windows. How the hell, in 2017, has the treatment of customers REDUCED to this level when in any other industry service levels have increased & they've embraced "openness"?

Are you serious? You actually point a phone (or whatever) & record them!?!!! I can't believe it.

I thought he was serenading us with song. He's probably had a few private messages asking if he's "free tonight for a drink and possibly more".

You'll get your money out of them plus a drink. I hope you don't mind dealing with greedy Asians as they'll be all over that Passat like a rat up a drainpipe.

That's why I hate small cars & try to avoid them.

Stephen, they'll love them in the collieries & failing that a greedy monkey hanger will soon take them off your hands.

+1 Absolutely. tbh when they say on the phone "I want to see a few of your cars" that usually means their head is already full of cars & they don't have a clue what they want.

Yep - string him out with letters but don't be too quick to answer - play him at his own game. Although he has been to Honda, as usual he's over egging it so you'll trip him up. I'm not sure why many on here are so keen to refund a chancer, or perhaps in this case someone who has a minor fault and panicked.

+1

You don't say!!! I'd be more surprised if he WASN'T trying it on. Also if they do have a minor grievance they normally over-egg the story (the Honda dealership visit on a £895er smells fishy to me) & once you've caught them out they disappear.

Well, don't be tempted to buy one unless you like ornaments.

iPhone good enough for me. It's more about getting the background & lighting correct. Personally I don't like walkarounds, I think they look poncie & aren't required by 99.999% of buyers but I'm sure we'll all be doing them in 5 years.

Are you sure he's been to Honda? Also, don't do business by text!!! It the preferred communication method of arseholes - I'd ignore his texts until he phones (which 99% don't).

Ah but!! Is your folks' carpet rammed full of pop, crisps, toffees, sticky sweets and semen like the seats of the average scruffy 12yr old Peugeot?

The easiest is to scrap them but you'll get a few more quid on eBay HOWEVER you MUST write a brutal advert & clearly tell them on the advert AND face to face that it's a one way deal, sold as seen with a lamppost warranty. I know the bullshit legality of this but it works on pure shitters - if you have a problem with dealing at the bottom level then scrap them.

Yes the gearboxes sell very well

I don't touch them. There's no money in them either unless they're yellow or red and even then need to be behind book.